The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-11

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You would not love her. said 1T would
wrong
He looked out OF the window which You sec and
pointed 10 the thousands of women sitting there in
the park opposite.
DO YOU mean TO say that all those women married
Tor love? No; they married homes They nude
marriages of convenience yet they are good wives
The rich do 1t every day. / would &c a good huS-
bnnd-I promise you thut-once 1 married her. Is
not a marriage justified by other things than love? \
man is lonely say. His nature Is becoming warped by
solitude Is lie not justified In marrying FOR asSocI-
tiohf Whether You speak by mouth or Gngers-it Is
The same. Intelligent association is what YOU need
9" 1T would he selling yourself insisted 'You are
marrying her for her $4,000 You are selling yourself
rs much The woman in the street Failure or no
failure man should not sell himself for money
well. he went away md said that he wouldn't do
It, said Mr. Cuban can argument like that might
seem Ineffective If used with the ordinary man hnt
the Jew of the east side has very deep feeling OF re-
Sponsibity to his nmost ideals"
The Book of Life
Mr. Cahan paused and excused himself for Il mo
nent while he went to another silent sbawcd figure
which waited patiently a chair at the end of the
large room where men wrote at desks He spoke with
her for Eve minutes and returned
But our most striking feature" he remarked In con
tnuation III you like TO call 1t that Is The Book
Life 1t is made of letters from the people which tell
their problems speak their tragedies We print three
columns of these day. We give the people advice II
they want It 1t has, perhaps. been due as much 10
this as anything that have grown So We get thirty
of these letters day. and select about three from
them"
How did you induce them To understand what
you wanted nrstf"
well, 1t was didicult," he answered. Il addressed
letter to the people In the first place l said;-You
have life Give 1t to There are great tragedies
and comedies of life In your tenement houses If I
could tear the roofs from them | could see those
tragedies and comedies; but | cant. You must help
me to know.
"Wel. Mt first they couldn't understand They sent
in long letters with those artificial climnxcs for
which The magazines have such tender rcgnrd-cxnr
Scratcd emotions. with no simplicity. no truth. So
tried again. / wrote letter myself IT was an arri
hci1l egg in the editorial hcncoop 10 induce the rca
Kind. Then the stream commenced 10 pour Inlet
ters throbbluc with pain; weighted with the prima
burdens OF men and womcu-problems Of living hu
mnnity written In tears
Mr., Cahan turned to n file Here il s YOU sec
He Indicated the page. which to was au uuinteli-
sIblity. Here is one" he said fornuIa,n. the
skeleton of It slowly
He loves girl. He * II cripple He is conscious
of his dcfornity and is ashamed to speak hcy The
others understand and laugh at him 50 That ne is
ashamed to show himself In the street lie hides
himself In his room. He says lie does not know
what TO do He asks us
Mr. Cahans moving finger passed along
Here Is a boarder who lived in family and quar-.
relied with the That was II year ago lie
left and started that she was ,mfaIthful To
her husband, Now his conscience bothcrs him ur
is sorry. i hate myself lie SAYS Il want ycu to
publish this womnas name and print that call my
self a liar This woman II good woman was
only angry and lied
'In fnct.7 continued Mr. Cahnn, cit is remarkable
what part conscience plays here There was = r,tcr
the other day from a man who bought some fake
jeweIry for dollar and sold II to n wounn Tor
nifty, You know'-Mr. CHLan pantomimcd The mar,
who comes up In the street with The urive air and the
piece OF jcwelry concealed beneath his coat well ihc
600 and his conscience bothers him He wants Ia hn
the woman that he give back The $50 He Navs
that II she VIII name some ittle incident connected
with the sale he Will send 1t back He feels bad"
Mr.. Cnhan consulted the files again
Here's a woman who had her watch stolen" rr
went on. "Shc knows the who stole it, He i, her
friend She likes and respects him. He is n good man
and not thief. She writes. lie was only lcnutrd
for he is poor She wants him to know thar
this is how she feels. She her watch buck nI
she does not want to hurt his feelings She knows l,,
has pawned IT. Let him only leave the ticket in some
place In which can get it, she snyS and II will be
all right Then LET him come to Just as he always
did. Let him not be ashamed | VIII not remind him
Of not In look n word 1t will bc lust as Il did
not know. Just let him leave the ticket at the place
He turned over the files. Here is another one" he
said. "ThiS is from woman. She and her husband
lived happily up to year ago. Then began to con.
GIVE suspicion that she saving money secretly
lie would search in her stockings He is always on
lie hunt for money In unlikely placcspnces In which
Ie thinks she might have hidden it, She cannot con.
'incc him that she is not saving any II is source OF
misery TO both of them
He turned over pages, pages-cach a chapter in his
Book of Life, Here is girl IN love with man
wenty years her senior. They friends in the
Id country. They worked together Her love is
aScd upon affection and esteem. but she doubts her
cart Her head tells her that there is too erent n
lsparlty in ages Yet she is lonely aud sure of his
Election He is good TO her-so tender What
hall she do?
Here Is nun who had TO 6y from Germany He
auccn IN here Vet thp fS sfrn