The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-25
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sistent, and all things must reach theil
reckoning time, as was the way with
the affairs of little Mrs. Bride who
added TO her troubles with more parties
more desperate effort to keep up appear
ances.
And when the breadwinner in the part
nership came before the bar of justic,
to tell his side of the tale, no one doubt
ed the sincerely OF his tone when he de
clared that he was quite willing to NEE
all the obligations she had incurred ir
his name when she finally came to hin
with her story. although It would TAKE
them some time to accomplish it-s
thing which could not be done at al
unless she was willing to make less pre-.
tense of keeping up to the standard OF
her fathers house.
Il reminded her that her fathers pres.
ent financial position in life had beer
secured by lifetime of hard work an6
thousand self-derials, while l was but
just beginning. the harrassed young
husband told the court.
And in reply little Mrs Bride had told
him that her wedding finery was grow.
ing shabby, and that she must have
new frocks. and shoes. and gloves il
she was not to be looked down upon as
a veritable dowd by her set (Which
by the way. was of the butterfly type
living only on the surface OF life), anG
when he had said that they must pay
some of the bills first she became sulleu
and silent. and eventually packed UP heI
belongings and went home to her mother
who. the young husband attested. shed
tears OF sympathy for the daughter
whose life. she declared, he had
wrecked
The court had the good sense to bid
IA srfrI - IL -
live within his smeans." at which ad.
vice little Mrs Bride shook her head
defiantly and vowed that "he had nc
means" and that divorce or no divorce
she would live henceforth under hel
parental roof.
Girls Mother To Blame.
The sordid tale set me to WONDERING
how many there are of the girls who
next month win go happily to their
weddings, who are honestly ready to be-
gin at the beginning of life instead OF
at its end; how many who are ambitious
to live for the true, deep things of life
that make for glorious eternity instead
of in frantic, nerve-racking effort I'd
keep up an ostentatious show for this
sake of their social set"
For there isn't doubt that the little
home begun by this young woman who
has just been refused a divorce would
have grown into beautiful, comfortable
refuge against the. years: a happy. con.
tented abode had not the girl who prom
ised to work to this end been incapable
of an appreciation of anything beyond
the superfiuities of life.
And can't you just feel the bitterness
in the heart of the other member OF
the young partnership as he faces life
now alone: his faith in the sincerely OF
womanhood' destroyed; his ideal of home
making shattered; his soul a desert
waste of disappointment?
And doesn't it make you feel, away
down in the deep recesses of your own
heart. that when a girl grows to young
womanhood with no ambition save 10
shine in the social world: no knowledge
Of the road to the sort of happiness that
endures; no conception of the purpose
for which the. great God created her;
that, in large measure, the mother who
has had the training Of the young life
is to blame?