Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
AnArrow Tipped
With Gold
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

~HERE Is a legend to the effect
that Cupid went storming to
Vulcan one day because he had
so,,rd his arrow useless. ut isn't fit"
he cried, ITO let fly at a sparrow, and
= &c an age since it fairly went home
to a heart"
Vulcan took the arrow and. after
working with it a while, handed it
back.
The urchin shot out and rare havoc ne
made,
Rut no wonder the rogue had such
Strengthening trade,
For the arrow was tipped with gold.
flTAM a young man past 81" writes
Philadelphia youth. and
about five months ago I became
acquainted with a department store
girl. 1t was love at first sight Things
ran rather smoothly until a month ago,
when received the following message:
Dear Harry can no longer con-
tinue our friendship, as in time you
might take things seriously, and on
YOUR present salary it would be alb
surd'
Il was then earning SIC a week.
Now, wasn't that enough to make one
purple about the eyes?
We'll, to make my story short some
time elapsed and I did not hear word
from her. Last week | received word
that my uncle who was a sheep owner
in Patagonia, s A. had died and left
me 81. 900.
Wrote at Once.
of course, the girl heard Of this ana
sent me an invitation to call that same
evening. I consulted my closest friends.
but they shook their heads and an
swered in the negative. l did not call
Now, was I right or wrong?"
A young man who makes the as
founding leap from an income of $16 a
week to an Inheritance of $11 900 has to
have more level head than borne on
most shoulders if he would avoid dan
gerous entanglements, and not mistake
the false for the true.
The girl was right in telling the
young man frankly and honestly that
she couldn't think of marrying on SIG
a week, and thought the intimacy had
better end before they grew to love
each other so much they couldn't end it.
That she didn't love him is evident
Had she loved him she would have lost
all reasoning power. She would have
urged that their intimacy continue
though he got only Sc week Love is
attended by hope. Deluded by that lit
i
that life for two on $16 a week was not
only possible. but would be the creates
joy life could hold.
But since she didn't love him. She
deserves credit for frankness and hon
esty. At least, she didn't accept atten-
lions from him; theaters and rides and
gifts, with the mercenary desire to get
as much out of him as she could, to
dismiss him when a more promising
victim came along.
hope he will give her credit for this.
And | am sorry that she wrote asking
him to call That looks a little mer-
cenary. 1t would be better If she had
waited for him TO write her of his good
fortune, telling her he was now in po-
stion to marry.
Must Be On His Guard.
It may be that SIZE wishes only to
congratulate him. 1t may be that mer-
cenary gain IS the last thought in her
mind
| hope he Will give her the benefit Of
the doubt. And beg him to remember
that whom he meets hereafter will not
ne Influenced in some measure by the
halo his Inheritance throws around
him
That IS human nature. It Is not a
pleasant trait of human nature, but it
exists, and must be reckoned with
II he wants to be loved for himself
alone, he must put that inheritance
away in good securities, and forget
that he has it. He must continue his
work at SIC a week. and when he finds
a girl who will love him on that wage
l hope he will promptly grab her
For he will have found that which is
more desirable than riches: A true and