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,

what your wages are when ,-,,,
want to get married in the ~ls
church. [ wonder what s.t.--.
Adam got when he told Eve ~,
eyes were like lakes of blue and -.
lips were like thread of ,,n,.
granate.
And sweet, and sweet the music
thrilled through the little ohan,r
no specially fine voices. no bir.y
singers. just plain everyday frionda
of the bride and groom who -
proud to be in the choir on that.
wedding day.
The beautiful old ceremony ,.o-
over, the girl was a wife the oII
mother had lost her baby dsu,h,.-
and the old sailors blue ewes rno.I
full of dreams
Inc sun was setting across .,.
canyon, some belated cowho,, b.,
loed to his little bunch Of home
going cattle. There was LAUGHING
and crying, and joking, and smiri,r
at the door. The old prias, -
had baptized the bride varno5 -,
bridegroom, with a twinkle .h''
Mary had the O'DonneI to,,nas
sometimes, and the bridagr,',,-
who was baptized by the old priss,
100 laughed and took his cba,o..
ana down the walk of the .E+t,
churchyard they went. the veddin.
party, as happy as the birds tsa,
mate in the spring, and nv boaa,
and all that was in it Went n.ith
them. WIN
Be a good girl. Mary; be earn..,
De clever be true. be patient hut
above all and beyond all he Iovinr
Tor love can forgive all else bpt tbo
cardinal sin of unlove.
be true, John. Oh! be true "a H..
girl you've taken and whose foe,
you have set beside yours in tbo
path you walk so gayly now.
There's trouble coming eio.l.,.-.
suffering, poverty, seIf-sacrifcs
The little girl there won't always
look as she does today. Her ewes
won't always be SO bright her STEM
VIII taIter sometimes and 50 will
her temper She likes her POTATOES
baked and you prefer YOURS hoiIed
Oh! there are lots of things fl,
you to talk about and agree upon
BE tired, be i'll, be a failure be a
success, be clever, be stupid, but oh
John, be true, be true, thar is all
that matters. all that really counts
with the likes of Mary or any
true woman.
Mary Mary, you hold mans
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 worse3-oh yes,
there's worse in IT, for richer. for
poorer" Just think, Mary, John may
make as high az twenty-five a
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 1t, Mary-it doesn't pay.
1t never pays to harden the heart
never, never. For, whisper. Mary,
I'll tell you a 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. I'm glad
you never even thought of mar
riage as a problem II 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!