The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

Refore me lies a letter, signed An
Orphan" asking my advice IN a most
unfortunate affair of the heart
~ have become very infatuated with
a married man ard nave been keeping
company with him for about a year. His
wife knows Of my going with MIN ard
has Carsed trouble for US both.
Il dcr't feel that l am DONG her an
irjus,ice, as her husband supports her,
although she cares nothing for him. while
/ 1--we him and kn Nv tina. he loves me.
Thv request was male for an answer
10 thi. letter. an1 since somewhat
similar request has com. TO me before
this ! am glad to tell this dear, mother
less girl that she is tasting Of dead
SEA /: uit that will turn al! her life into
the very dregs OF bitterness.
What Can II PROFIT Her.
What can any yours woman hope to
g4in thI ough so close friendship with
A married man, a,en if we IooF at the
matter from a purely practical stand
pen :?
She is wasting her youth in owe that
ca.nut result in marriage: that cannCt
.fer ker anything bEt the stolen happi-
ness of the moment: that robs her OF the
chance to meet AMI associate with anoth-
er man who might love her and touch
the N9al hedrtStri;tS tnaI NOulu SdCSS
her to respond to his love.
Outside of the emptiness of the future
of such love, any girl may let this GER
tain truth sink down into her heart:
The man who is unfaithful to the
woman who is his wife. his home-maker,
his legal nelpmate. and perhaps the moth
er of bis children. will be true 10 no
other woman in the world.
1t is following but a will-o'-the-wisp
dream to believe in the stability OF such
a love.
FaithIesS to One. FaithIess 10 All
Remember that he loved the woman he
married when the marriage occurred even
as he loves some one else now. perhaps.
If he has tired of her he will III turn tire
of any other woman. II he has NOT
enough respect for his wife. his home.
and his own manhood to hold his mar
riage VOWS inviolate, he can respect no
other good thing in life.
1t is not a difficult matter for an eN-
perienced man to win from an ineNperi-
.nced girl faith in the stories he tells her
of his marital infelicities; 10 make her
believe the tale of his love for her is
roseate dream. which will not fade, as the
other love has done, with the breaking
OF the wedding day.
The fact that he continues TO support
his wife should not be b3 I'm TO the con-
science of the girl who has won from
this other woman everything that she
holds a million times more precious than
this mans financial support.
Can a girl weigh a woman's honor and
the purity of her home against dollars
and cents?
Can all the money a husband might
give toward the creature comforts of his
wife compensate her for the faith he
has broken?
Who Can Really Judge.
This motherless girl reminds me that
his wife does not love him., and l ask
her how does she know?
Can she pluck the wife's heart from
her bosom and read its story:
This alone would enable her to under
stand for she cannot tell by outward
signs. which may be pride stunS TO an
outward indifference.
The wife of faitEless husband does
not wear her emotions on her sleeve that
the world may run and read.
The deeper the hurt the stronger the
instinct to conc, al it. and certainly no
other woman can truthfully say that
she does not care.
Every woman with a shred of self-re-
spect cares that she has lost the love
of her husband, Cares" that another
woman has robbed her home of its honor
and its peace.
And even if this were not the case-if