The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-05
REVOLVING HEART INTEREST"
Something That the Working Girl Confided to Doy-A Little Story With Moral-Another Without Any, Which Prompts Some Rather Pertinent Questions and Gets
 Some Rather Direct Replies-Curious Old World
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE

@ sign of her, and letters by the dozens to be written MT. G. phoned the girl who had asked him to give our friend the job, and inquired about her, and of course she didn't know what to do or say. She supposed Jamie was there-'on the job So she called her up over the phone and in the suavest manner Jamie said:
 "T can't go to work today. Guess who 5 here?'"
 Mary couldn't guess of course," said she was too busy to carry on a conver- sation with her, but before she could get away the girl said:
 "'Why, it's Oscar Chat was the name of her husband). He doesn't want me to go to work, and so you can just tell MT. G. that l appreciate his kindness. but l can't accept the position. Oscar ooesnt think it's nice for women to work, and he thinks 1t would be reflection on him for his wife to have to go into an of fee and do stenography.'
 Now wouldn't that kill you? Reflection on him. What greater reflection could there be upon him than the way he had already treated her, and left her for weeks at a time? Oh, men are curious creatures, arn't they? The last we heard of Jamie she was telling Oscar that the girls were mad with her because she wouldn't go out into the world and leave him and go to work.''
 Just an old world situation; but it's no reason why this bunch of girls should get together and vow they'd never try to get another girl job who had a ''near-man' for husband.
 If Oscar leaves her again, she is in dependent; she has learned through the kindness of her friends how to make a living, and she could do it; but if he has reformed and is willing to take care of her and be a good husband, they ought to be glad that Janies unhapplness is turned to peace, &nd that she doesn't have to go out into the world and work
 Once l had a queer experience with a woman who came to see me about doing some newspaper work.
 She told the saddest story that I've ever
 
 and broken her heart, and left her starv- ing with five small children.
 This was only the beginning of her troubles, and as she retailed them to me I wondered how she could have anything but murder in her heart for all men on account of the way this one had abused her so outrageously.
 She got some work not neWcpa nc r work, but something equally as good and one day she came to see me again, and told pe she was getting along nicely.
 I'm saving up all my money to get a divorce now" said she. "n case I ever want to marry again."
 Marry againr' l cried. unable to keep misery of her first venture. Whom are you going to marry?'
 ''I don't know" said she sheepishly, but it's better to marry anybody than not to marry at all"
 It's bad enough for g girl to be so ir- responsible as to marry just anybody but a woman with five children and san exjerience back of her that would make every hair on your head stand up and take notice-heavens, it's fearful, The only sure road to matrimonial hap piness in this worll-a-day old world-or out of it-is to be reasonably sure you are marrying somebody.
 Marry "anybody' just for the sake of marrying IS a leap in the dark from which 1t is hard to recover one's-self.