The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
An. the rare friendship of

An, the rare friendship of a boy and a bog! But a capricious fate separated the pup from the boy forever. Tommy dis appears from this chronicle. Remains the pup
 A lost dog. Dejected, dropping, obsequious, tall furled and fearful. this pups very manner invited the small boys hurried brick and his tin can with pebbles in it. Comes along a boy. This pup bright ems perceptibly. Something of the old , selfh ood shows in him. He sniffs at the boy's heels. The boy, imperator, kicks at the outcast, who deftly dodges. The dog is parish-sll the world against one common, ornery, disheartened yell low pup.
 But the moods of a dog are not long moods.
 A diversion appears A street Arab rolls a ball along the sidewalk toward another Arab. Hi" says the pup to him self There's something worth while" With flauating tail he bounds after the ball. Every drop of his sporty dog blood is a-tingle. The Arab beats the dog in the race for the ball and rolls it back. In a jiffy the pup whirls and goes for it. This is touch of high life. He is no longer thing of the gutter-nobody's dog. He is dogful of joy. The children of the school nearby are let out. They stream down the street. The pup leaves off leapins in great curves after the ball and leaps up to the chil- dren He would lick their faces in high friendship. One of the midgets is fright ened, and then the cry goes up:
 Mad dog! Mad dog!"
 The children flee. The pup barks and jumps after them in great glee. What fun for yellow pup! How nice of the children to scamper so and scream with delight
 Bang
 The policeman's wicked gurf acks, and Tommy's pup is of no mors 2 in this world-as a pup.
 The moral of this tale?
 Oh, any old thng-the l. poor dog Tray or life misunderst> or the sting of iugratitude, or the joyous soul of a good woman ruined by mad dog cry. or any or all of these, or others.
 This is only a dog story. How to Be Happy, Though Married.
 Prof. F. H. Blackmore of the University of Kansas proposes the introduction into the schools of 'course preparatory to matrimony.'
 Whereat a guffaw goes up.
 But is it really ito laugh?'
 Surely there is great need of educa- tion concerning marriage.
 Surely there is too much ignorance about the nature. the dignity and the re- quirements of matrimony.
 Surely a better understanding of it's meaning would prevent much marital misery and many divorces.
 That is to say
 boy and a girl fall in love- with each other. They have been told that love will resolve all things into fac tors of married happiness. Therefore the happy-go-lucky plunge!
 But
 Does the average boy or girl know what love really is? Much that passes under the name Is the mere froth of sem tirnentality that will quickly pass away, ,r 1t may be mere animal passion-not love, but lust
 Could not young persons be delicately and simply taught the difference?
 They could be shown that love Is devo- ton: that 1t spells self-sacrifiee that it is kind and long suffering; that it thinks no evil: that it knows naught that is un- seernIy that it hopes all things, endures all things; that it upbraids not that it abides forever.
 After such an understanding of real affection they could be taught that
 Marriage means equality.
 That it requires understanding and sympathy, which are more than equality.
 That it presupposes the ability and pa tience to live with another person sue ccssfully.
 That selBshness must be put away and that nnfaithfulness is treason.
 If ethics and philosophy can be taught ''how to be happy though married"