The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-13

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ALREADY Tie tin thunder Of the
ancisnt gods rattiss around unhssd-
an6 ears, aad the stage lightning
Of Tie wrath 20 come hes lost its
DeweS 70 alright. Pear 10 passing
1sen -. To-day. even when the
80 Of JuggsFsaut rolls over ~. ws
manage - kesp ourselves alive
len6 enough 70 take The sumter Of
he machine.
Hut though marriage IN no longer
fetash. II 10 stiil a formula. and the
best working formula OF happiness we
have found. In It's perfection It EN-
bodies tho highest ideal OF the race. IN
IT, failures 1t represents tho paradox
that comforts while Il mocks-
What aspired to be.
And Wa not. comforts me.
A brute ! might have been, but would
not sink In the SCALE"
YOUTH 10 EVER DISeATIeFlEp
WITH ITSELF.
Every very young person who thinks
at all hnds himself or herself dissatis-
Ned with the working out OF nearly all
formulas OF human conduct Youth Ii
naturally radical and the hardest blow
. young radical ever receives Is In the
realisation that he Is not the first OF
his kind. II you go In heart and soul
for snti-religion or anti-matrimony and
then some day. In something written In
40 b. c.. you come across the Ideas
you had fondiy believed frst came to
life In your own consciousness and you
realise that the majority of human be-
inSs are still getting married and going
TO church. your valiant young spirit
| OF reform II apt 20 grow as discouraged
- Q picked dandelion blossom. Every
| now and then get q letter from q
mother or older sister who urges me to
write something for the girl who says
she doesn't believe In marriage
| These relatives are generally In a state
OF real d!stress, and II would he difficult
70 convince them that a girl who does
her own thinking. even II she Is follow
ing a blind lead. Is to he preferred to
one who takes life as inconsoIuently
and a. much for granted as II she
were a prizes kitten. Rules OF Nfe. Jus,
IKE rules OF arithmetic, are merely
snort cuts TO the inevitable answer
N 10 the stupid child who learns
the rule without undertaking It's
way ana how. ana having learned
II, secs through his problems with
the mechanical accuracy OF trick
horse. The original mind has to
| know Why Il requires proof.
] have always thought that doubtinI
Thomas was by far the most origina
Of the disciples. All the most radica
young mon and women demand proc
that marriage Is really the working rul
OF happiness Life will always give 1
TO them. And while blind acceptance
saves n lot Of thinking, the inteiligen
! being will always prefer to reach hi
: own conclusion that marriage Is stll
the only real formula for lasting Low
and that love Is still the best spolog
for marriage. The views Of Evenin
World readers follow:
THEY LIVE HAPPILY ON $3.50
WEEK AND SAVE MONEY.
IL. Dear Madam: am a young
I l. woman twenty years OF age and
have been married one year. My
husband earns a salary OF $3.50 q
/. week and am glad TO say that we
:, live we'll and save money besides.
When married my husband had
about S.0 In a bank. I myself had
, nothing, as was working in a de-
partment store Tor . a week. The
= most of the 500 went to furnish my
$ home. We left little In case Of
= Illness. We have three-room
> apartment for which We pay ~
week. Ny husband wants eggs for
!. breakfast, meat and vegetables for
supper and he has sandwiches and
a a bottle of coffee for his lunch. Car
/. fare isn't necessary. az we live only
fifteen minUes' walk from his work.
We 80 TO q show every sunday even
ing. which costs us twenty Ave cents