Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-28
cnrcrRNINa HAPPINESS

Dea an.srsstsd IN contest they had. There
were 1900 replies to the query: why m nllr.
Red my husband" l was glad 70 see ena -
the stand I have always taken, that love is
now as much the ruling power as In the DAYS
az the Troubadors. was confirmed. Ihere Were
90 per cent giving that as the reason tnere
were only two who gave money as tne cause.
e. many had their hearts won by the mans
tindnesS 10 mother or sister that l am con-
strained to say that young women Of the pres
emf day have their eyes open to the Iact that
ssIf,sh love Is not an asset for happiness.
There were women who married Tor the snei-
ter of home. but they had seen enough OF the
world to be prepared TO meet the man nan
vrav in every endeavor to promote their mutual
welfare There were many who discarded otn-
ervvise good men because they could not put
IN with whisky or tobacco, against showing
that while Love rules the court, the camp.
the grove" the influence Of the goddess OF
wisdom is felt in the court Of love-
Almost ali the orphans married when about
e ~ 10 Most Of them reported happy homes.
There seemed sympathetic ne between .ns
husband and his orphan wife that gave her 8
rose colOred pair Of glasses VIVA a when ths Fact
that so many Of them asserted that they had
the best husband in the world shows that the
good husband has not passed into innocuous
deseutude.
Poets sing that in the spring a young mans
fancy lightly turns to thoughts Of love. Bryant
says:
woo the fair ones when around
Early birds singing,
Early herbs springing.
When the brookside banks and grove
All with blossoms laden,
Shine with beauty, breaths OF love,
Woo the timid maiden"
Three women who had passed the years OF
girlhood but were not old enough TO have those
memories crowded out, were sitting on the
veranda Of a home facing a park IN which
young people were wont TO gather. one signed
ana said that they were eating their whitest
bread and did not know il. Perhaps that
adds to its flavor the quick reply OF
one who had salted hers with tears. Had
known when I was that age all that has been
in my life / would have been as overwhelmed
with the sorrows that ! could never have had
the pleasures that did come Let the yolhg
the lax discipline that is In some homes, the
sooner we learn TO control our own spirits, Just
that much sooner wiz peace abide with us.
OF early marriagesr' was the question put
THAT is a question that cannot have the
same answer in every instance. Some girls
mature mentally and physically earlier than
others; they know their own minds and are
more capable OF forming attachments that VIII
stand the strain Of matrimony than others
viii. and that must be taken into consideration.
think that we American mothers are not
careful enough in training our daughters. IL
hurts me TO hear mother teaching her chSd
to look on every boy as a possible lover. Let
them be good comrades and freeze out any
such thing as teaching little tots that such and
suCn little platmales are kNetAutdIlS. htcP
the girls in school and put enough studies on
them to absorb all their time when away
from you
you would make them old maids. thenY''
mo. my observation has proved TO me that
the girl or boy that commences with sweet
hearts in the nursery generally fritters away
all the finer feeling that should be given TO
husband or wife. The girl man that keeps
a clean heart for the first love generally weds
that love. the poets to the contrary notwith-
standing"
a girl told me a story that showed up
human nature in a very poor light She is a
busy woman IN a southern city. She passed
her girlhOOd in one OF the eastern states, and
years she had received a lot Of attention from
one OF the most prominent young men there.
Another girl was in love with him, and when
Frances left caught his heart on the rebound.
You know how often that happens. Well,
among the first invitations was one from that
wife. Frances went and prepared TO have
a pleasant evening chatting over old times
and their mutual "reminiscences. Instead OF
that she found that she had been invited there
by the wife to show her what she had missed.
the wife displayed so plain that her hus-
band mortified. She said she had always
been eontented with her life as a business. but
that visit home settled any doubt that might
have arisen when she got tired"
But to return TO the subject Of the magazine
article. there were some who said that after
years OF marriage and they still asking
themselves the question, and had never found
a satisfactory answer. They are the sort
that are usually railing against il. and that
minority make much fuss that the hun
dreds Of happy wives not heard
Is II not q blessed thing that We do not
have 10 know the names and addresses Of those
who form the 10 per cent? The world is 50
full Of happy husbands and wives.
MRS. FULLER.