The Topeka state journal., 1906-03-02
as TO MARRIAGES.

While one hears a. great deal about
such marriages as that of the Castei-
lanes and others Of like kind in hum
bier walks of life-marriages in which
real, self-saerileing love is not the pre-
dominating note, and which accord
ingly turn out unhappily-it is encour-
aging to note from the probate judges
records that Cupid appears to be as
busy as ever and that the usual number
Of young people are marrying because
they really love one another instead of
for money, or position, or for some
other such consideration.
We hear a great deal about the un-
happy marriages because they are the
ones that attract attention from the
very fact that they are unusual Some
times people think they love one an
other. when it is only an imitation arti-
Gle, and then the result is quite as like
ly to be disastrous to marriage as
though the consideration were money
or some other such an object that
ought to be only a minor matter. The
right kind of a marriage is described
in the following from the Minneapolis
Better Way:
when this writer was a good deal
younger than he now is, he knew a
young man anu q y0ulAB WOAA4dlA WIZ
fell desperately in love with each
other. When they began to talk of
marriage, the young man was either
honest enough or sentimental enough
to try to face the situation-said they
were too poor to marry, he'd go out into
the boundless, blooming west, make his
fortune and return riding a large black
charger. with two and a half bushels
Of gold in his saddle bags, to claim his
bride and take her to his mansion
the finest and largest one in all the
west, where they would live and love
the long, golden days away not caring
whether school kept or not. Oh, he
wove his words into a twelve-tinted
chrome that made her eyes dance, and
he was actually afraid that he had
overdone the business and that she
would rise to the occasion, give him a
tin type Of herself. lock Of her raven
tresses and with we'll concealed
broken heart lying dead in her bosom,
bid him go forth into the world to do
and dare. But huh uhl-she did not
feel that way. Why, it might take him
ten months to find two and a half
/ bushels Of gold. raise his black charger
and build his diamond-studded man
sion. He might fall and break his leg.
| or an antelope might bite him, or,
| o-o-ohl He might fall in love with
some beautiful Sioux princess. And
she held to him and talked about love
/ in a cottage. dinners Of herbs and all
those things that look so pretty when
seen through young loves rose tinted
binoculars-said they could live on
/ bread and water, and she would do
her part to provide it. She argued and
held on until he abandoned his trip to
the big west. (Which trip was al
painted out for effect. anyhow, and
he accepted the situation. They were
married in delightfully."- unconventional
t garb-On her part a green calico gown
with pink sun bonnet while he was
clad in a hickory shirt, brown duck
overalls and bare feet. And SO they
entered upon their simple life, she hon
estIy doing her part to help him get
the bread and water. All these years
she has managed to find the bread and
he has tried most of the time to rustic
enough water for their simple needs
They appear to be happy
OF course they are happy. Why
shouldn't they be2 They married as
became their station in life, with nc
fraud or deception on either side