The Holt County sentinel., 1912-09-20
HALF LOVE ONLY
HINDERS AMBITION

Does love help Or hinder an am
bilious m8n?"
jeanette asked me that question aft.
or telling me that Jimmie had como
home In a rather depressed state Of
mind. because Tom Jenkins had con-
fided 10 him that since his marriage
TO Daisy he had been unable to pursue
the ambition Of bis life-to become .
successful stock broker.
1t seems. Daisy 10 Jealous Of Toms
business. She complains whenever
business takes him away from her for
an evening or keeps him downtown
late and rather than have q scene
when he reaches home, Tom tells pros
pective customers that II Is impossi.
Bile for him TO see them after I o'clock.
or to call upon them In the evening.
SO dear little Jeanette is worried for
fear Jimmie ~ili think his love for
him Q hindrance to his ambition.
Jeanette, dear" I said. you have
no cause TO worry. even II Jimmie 10
grumpy. II depends largely upon tho
love and the lover whether love will
be a help or hindrance In life.
Just because some grouchy old
| coiger has said that love Stays ambi-
ton 10 no reason to believe II, and
close observation shows I, TO be a pref
" poor ambition that ever suffers sx-
| tinction."
But Cousin Daisy wants Tom to
take position In a bank. where he
will have regular hours, and she can
always look for him to be home short
ly after 8 In the afternoon. Couldn't
he be ambitious In bank rs well as
selling stocks and bonds7"
Surely he may. my dear" an.
swered. Love may transform the
goal aspired to. II may even change
q mans aims: but the man who IL
truly ambitious TO make q name for
himself. like Jimmie. will assuredly
be more ambitious. not less, because
his successes will bring happiness to
you. whom he loves. as we'll 40 to him
self"
Then Why should Tom not - salts
fed to DO a. Daisy wishesf"
THE fault, my dear jeanette. lies
with Daisy. not with Toms love or
her love. II 10 always 90 when tho
so-called love hampers rather than
helps . man 70 rise In the world. Il
10 not love dear child. but selfish.
ness pure and simple. Sslhshnsss and
jealousy can wreck any mans am
billions II allowed to interfere with
them"
DO you think Daisy 10 selfish and
Il Jealous Of Toms ambition? Isn't Il
because she loves him 20 dearly that
makes her want him with her every
minute he can be there?"
Jeanette. you love Jimmie. do you
not:"
why. OF course, cousin. J."
That's what I thought. Well
would you put your own social pleas
ures before Jimmie's work."
NO"
Would you he angry II he were de
!. tanned a little late at the ONCE. es.
pecially " you had planned an early
dinner no you could go out In the
I EVENING""
"N.no-no. should be sure Jim
l ulie Wouu SGT uOsue up raiiy 40 NJ
possibly could under such circum
stances"
Are you interested In your hus
bands business"
| "Of course ! am-you know that
He always talks things over with Inc
when he has any interesting news Of
| problems tn decide"
| VERY well. then. That Is az 4
should be. You need have no fear
and neither need Jimmie. that YOU
love will ever hinder him In his ad
yanccment. II IN only the selicen
tered. foolish. selfish woman who
will In any way interfere with hel
husbands ambition. Hers is no
love but rather selfish greed for al
| her husbands time ard all Of his mon
ey. too. forgetting that TO make thu
money necessary to satisfy her wants
he must spend many hours outside
II those prescribed by banking houses n
II business hours
Remember, my dear child. that
Daisy loved Tom more truly his de
sires and ambitions would become q
wholly hers that she would natural!
be a help to him.
i 1T 10 only the half lovers and tn
selflovers that ever hinder a hus
bands ambitions. Now run al0nI
home and tell Jimmie what I have sal
to you and see II he doesn't agree witt