The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-07
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Prominent families do not seem To-
have the slightest objection 10 wash
ing dirty linen In public, judging by
tie indifference which is shown to
obligations, Wealthy fathers commits
sion brokers and lawyers TO find
titled husbands fors daughters pret-
" or plainand refuse to settle af-
the bargain Is made. They may
pme iostealiSe that the goods were
bad bargains hui that does not wipe
out the obligations, and besides one
should be willing to pay something
to keep the world from learning how
sordid marriage can be.
From the highest to the lowest class
OF society matrimony is the destiny
Of women. A few may close their eyes
to il but the great majority recognize
the truth by the eternal struggle to
settle in life Thos who have wealth
want titles, and those who are poor
want money. A mother may be paf-
doned for a desire to secure real
prize for her daughter, but she is nep-
er forgiven for wilfully overlooking
desirable qualities and passing over a
girl to probable misery Every human
being has tight TO happiness as he
or she sees it., but nobody has the
right to attempt to select II for an
ether.
presume that a boy who thinks
he has found his happiness in mate
OF whose existence his family is ig-
rorant is entitled to some consider
Grafton for the belief but nobody can
/ blame his parents for compelling him
10 be the man he assumed TO be when
he took matters in his own hands.
II there is anything worth while in
his character it will be developed in
the struggle of earning a living for
/ two. If he is worthless that, too,
would develop even under the hap
| piest circumstances so there Is moth
ing but good sense in plan that per.
mts son to work out his own desti
ny after he has once taken the bit
between his teeth.
No wise parent dreams of having
more. than the privilege of taking a
hand in the shaping of destiny Good
advice, tact, diplomacy. all have a dis
tiEct value nuless boys and girls are
swept off their feet by impulse II is
always the fate Of parents to pay in
some way for whatever comes TO theh
Offspring therei anxiety ALWAYS
and grief very often, and children
should be educated to mderstnd this
and he taught to do their share il
making the burden lighter.
One Of the finest women evei
krew carried a perpetual sorrow in
the knowledge that her only daugh
ter was mar.ied 10 a man for whom
rascal was mild term. There was
no humiliation which his wife didn't
krow, from faitblessness 10 wasting
'ther fortune. yet the mother who loved
her shared every grief with her kept
) . proudly lifted head before the worlC
and safeguarded the future Of the
; erandchild' en- nv creating a trusi
fund when supplied incomes which
could not ne wasted The family liner
looked spo,less enough. and the worlC
had TO guess at The dirt Something
Is due 10 self-respect you know
! Don't let the paby suffer from
: eczema. sores or any itching Of the
skin Doan's Ointment gives instant
relief. cures quickly Perfectly safe
for children. Ali druggists sell it.
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mean business when we do, our en-
tire china department to be closed
out at once. Patterson Furniture Co