El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
The Daughter,s affections.
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z AURA DEAR
Would be inquiring too closely


z AURA DEAR:
Would be inquiring too closely
into the individual existence thai
you claim for yourself were I to ask
flat-fOOtedlys if you are falling In love
with any man ike John Hurley, who
would make a woman happy if he
really loved herr" I have noticed a
growing admiration for him in your
letters. At first you were somewhat in
clined to criticise him for bringing his
theatrical friends among his wife's So
clety friends Perhaps 1 should not say
that you criticised him. Possibly that
is too strong word. But at least you
showed no admiration for him then,
and, now, 1 scent something akin to af-
lection.
hope that am wrong. I would not
want to think that my Laura is falling
in love with a man who is not free to
marry her. Remember the words Of the
Bible. Laura, dear: Whom God has
Joined together, let no man put asun-
der" 1 think it is in the Bible that
the injunction appears. but, at any rate,
1t is sound doctrine. There are altogeth-
er too many divorces. I read recently
where someone said that there were not
enough divorces but this is simply part
of the inverted logic which has become
so popular Of late among people striv-
ing to be smart
The standards which are established
by the churches, dear, are not merely
quaint traditions which have grown UP.
They are the disqualification of years
Of wisdom They are the result of the
thought of generations of religious phi
lOSOphers. men who wanted to make the
world better and stronger and healthier.
The preservation of the family is as
necessary to the strength of the ma
ton as to the strength Of the churches.
We are having surfeit Of new
communicating the world. The stage
especially is being degenerated by all
sorts OF fads, put forward in the name
of the uplift The new idea of curing
evil IS to flaUnt vice in the face Of the
world; to depict immortality as q warn
ing against sin I don't believe the
world viii become virtuous by the sim
pie process OF witnessing a siciSening
procession of vice More people are i'm
proved by seeing a beautiful play of a
Woman'S sacrifice or 3 mans herOism
than by seeing a plan of woman's deg
radiation and mans ignominy. The first
may cause emulation and the worst Of
ii is that the latter may also.
Don't get caught IN this maelstron Of
virtue turned upside down. The creeds
Of the churches and the conventions of
society may seem designed for the indi-
Tiduals inconvenience, but it is better
IN some cases, that the individual
should be subOrdinated to the church
and society. Don't think If smart TO
defy society. Laura Society is big and
powerful and invariably takes a Jug
gernauf revenge
So that you may not think me alto
gether hopeless, I may add that your
brother Phil. instead of defying society.
IS gorgeOusly counting it with neckties
Of wonderful radiance. while your faith
er IS drinking nightly to societv's
health He says he is now showing
his strength Of viii by taking a drink
when he feels like it and that it is onIv
a weak minded man who would swear
off altogether.
Love from them and from me.
AffectiOnately,
NFo4har