East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-12-29
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East Miss. Times,:1

EdSC MISS. IlmeS: ~
am in receipt of a letter from
an old school mate which makes
me, more than ever, determined in
my aversion to social corresponds
ence. - | always thought it was
the duty of every person to write
at frequent intervals to Mother and
Father as long as they live, and a
letter occasionally to a brother or
sister at a distance is not so bad |;
and, if the husband or the wife
goes off on a visit leaving the
other at home, it is not SO bad for
them to exchange letters every few
weeks, especially if there are chill
dren to be inquired about. But,
when it comes to writing to q
friend or acquaintance as means
OF diversion, | haven't got much
patience with it. 1t breeds gossip
and is means Of relating woes
that ought to be kept within the
bosom or talked oyer with the local
preachers and, in some cases, re-
ferred to good lawyer.
Now, to illustrate, my correspon-
dent writes; Il often think of the
days we have spent together in the
mellow light of boyhood, dreaming
of the great world lying out before
us to be conquered. But, alasl
we were only dreaming then; I
have found the actualities of life
devoid of the romances of child
hoods happy Visions" Then he
goes on to say that his wife, { 1
suppose a part of that early dream)
had become jealous of him without
cause and is making life miserable.
Now, that sounds both pathetic
and ridiculous; and if | should
answer his letter, couldn't help
bat tell him to get rid of the ieal-
ousy and keep his wife, if he can,
but, if they are inseparable, got
rid of both of them. / imagine
there is no greater curse imposed
upon humanity than a jealous wo-
man, unless it be jealous man.
| have heard of women who were
miserable IN 'hubby's" absence
for fear some other woman would
steal him and run off with HIM,
when, as matter of fact, he would
have died a bachelor had it not
been for that one woman he hap
pened to get for wife. And, vice
versa. Through the infamy Of
Jealousy many good men ami wo-
men are driven to desperation. 1t
is the arch enemy of that love and
confidence essential to a happy
home life and the most prolific
breeder of hatred and contempt
that can he conceived of the woman
who feels that she must keen !,
rubber strlng tied to that man o.
hers SO she can snatch him in When
Il dozen or two grab. ut him, has
adopted about the surest method Of
forfeiting his respect and maniiesls
a hankerlng to become grass
widow. On the Other hand, tie
tyranny OF a husbands ) jealousy is
about as contemplate as il is nat!-
seating. Not i'll one case in Il
thousand can he render u reason
acceptable To Iii uself when lie is
jealous. Almost without eXcepti0
he is perfectly welcome to his vic
tim, and the only reason the public
can discover For his jealousy is u
premedicated desire and purpose TO
make himself and his wife misera-
BILE and other people suspicious.
jealousy is a burned stick that is
liable to leave black'mark of sus.
picion upon the character and
reputation of its victim with every
larruping, and while the wife can't
do much violence to the reputation
of the average husband, a weasley,
counterfeit Of q man can blight the
usefulness and benefuenee Of the
queenliest characters among wo-
manhood by acting the part of a
Jealous freak. His conception Of a