Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
WINIFRED BLACK
Writes on
A Bride and Groom
The Problems of Married Life and
the Way Some Folks Meet Them
Simply and Happily
Bv WINIFR ED BLACK.
Simply and Happily

what your wages are u.b.,,-
want to get married in the ,,s
church. l wonder what s,I,--
Adam got when he told Fv, ,.-
eyes were like lakes of blue and 49,.
lips were like a thread Of now.
granate.
AND sweet, and sweet tho 7,r-A.
thrilled through the little cbon.T
no specially fine voices no h3ss5
singers, just plain everyday frinrs.
OF the bride and groom. WIN 49,
proud to be in the choir m +,.i.
wedding day '''7''
The beautiful old ceremony Wa,
over, the girl was a wife ~, .15
mother had lost her babv dar,...-
and the old sailors blue eve, ,..r'
full of dreams.
The sun was setting across n.
canyon, some belated cowboy hal
Ioed to his little bunch of bon,.
going cattle. There was lsugbtnu
and crying, and joking, and smiI,n@
at the door The old priest ,,.bs
mad baptized the bride varnos ~, ="
bridegroom. with a twinlIo ,n'
Mary had the O'DonneI ta, ,,iol
sometimes and the bridesroos.
VINO was baptized by the old nrisD'
100 laughed and took his cboua.,'
ana down the walk Of the Ken.
churchyard they went, the weddt.s
party as happy as the birds tba,
mate in the spring, and NV boaa.
and all that was in it wen, n'i..
them. WIN
Be a good girl. Mary: be earnos,
be clever, be true, be patiant b,,t
above all and beyond all he 1ovfna
Tor love can forgive all else but the
cardinal sin of unlove.
BE true, John. Oh! be true 10 ~.
girl you've taken and whose f,o,
you have set beside vours IN -.
pain you walk so gayly nov
There's trouble coming. sickness,
suffering, poverty, eIf-sacrifo.
The little girl there won't sIwsvs
look as she does TODAY. Her ava.
won't always be so bright her stem
Will falter sometimes and On ,,,I,
her temper. She likes her POTATOES
baked and you prefer yours boiled
on. there are lots of things for
you to talk about and agree Inon
Be tired, be i'll, be failure he
success. be clever, be stupid, but oh
John, be true, be true, that is ali
that matters, all that really counts
with the likes of Mary or any
true woman.
Mary, Mary, you hold a man,
heart in the hollow of YOUR little
hand. Don't let anything make YOU
forget that. Nothing else matters
or will matter as long as you both
shall live if you only keep on loving
each other and be true.
For better, for worse"-oh. YES.
there's worse in it; for richer. for
poorer" just think, Mary, John may
make as high as twenty-five
week some day, Shall you grow
purse proud then, little Mary, and
will you turn away the old friend
that comes to you for help?
Don't do it, Mary-it doesn't pay
1t never pays to harden the heart
neTer, never. For, whisper, Mary.
I'll tell you secret on your we'd
ding day.
Keep your heart soft. keep your
heart kind, keep your heart gene
rous. keep your heart young and
not all the years that will silver
that brown hair of yours can make
you anything but divinely young,
Bless your little heart Mary, and
joy go with you, John Pm glad
YOU never even thought of mar
riage as a problem" 1t isn't one
when love stands at the door Of
your own little house to bid you
welcome home.
How simple all these problems
we hear so much talk Of these days
are when we meet them simply,