The Washington herald., 1914-04-02

LAURA JEAN LIBBEY'S DAILY
TALKS ON HEART TOPICS
When Thsy DON'T speak.

am bound h5 the old promise;
What break that golden chainf
Sweet love uorJk you leave unsIoken
Add but sharness to my pain:
Do you think because you fail me
And draw hack your hand today
That from out the heart gaSe you
Ny strong love fade asayi
The man with a good disposition Is
more TO be priced than gold or rubies.
The girl who sets her heart and hopes
of happiness upon a sulky lover. should
do a little bewaring. take caring! II
she marries him, she Is more than apt
TO have matrimonial storms ahead of her.
Where the son is the only boy of the
family. he is pretty sure to want his own
way, and usually gets il. When he finds a
sweetheart he is rather apt to think that
his word Is law with her as we'll
Lovers quarrel is the result, IL she is
girl of spirit. Without ado, he picks
up his hat and makes for the door. He
may present himself to take her to a
ball as scheduled the following evening:
but. from the moment they leave her
home and until they return again they
do not speak. Each has a wretched time,
although they try to conceal 1t from OBJ
serving eyes. When he parts from the
girl at her door, simply raising his hat
as he turns away, the young lady is
more wretched than she would let him
know for the whole wide world. He may
sulk for a week, a fortnight. or a month
before returning, gradually, to his normal
state of good nature.
To go about with him constantly. yet
never speaking. is a trial which should
make a lasting impression upon a girl.
II does not take much thinking to figure
out that he would be up to the same
pranks after marriage. A husband in a
home who can speak. but won't speak.
nor can be made to speak. would break
down feminine nerves of steel. A glum
man at the table or in the boudor is a
trial almost beyond endurance. He comes
in from business. freshens up a bit. and
seats himself at the table. There is no
incentive to linger over the dinner 1t
is hurried through. Without a word he
rises from the dinner table and makes
for the living room. Barricaded behind
his newspaper he sits like a stole. while
the hand of the clock travels round from
seven till ten Without so much as A
word, he throws down his papers. rushes
OF to his room. II this performance is
kept up a month. no wonder wives OF
such men grow weary. long to go OF
on a trip to see a schoolmate. anxious to
break away from the irksome loneliness.
TO get what mirth. laughter. pleasure.
might be found elsewhere. Wise is the
girl. who can tell by a lover. what kind
a husband he is going to make. II they
have spells of not speaking. when love is
supposed to be at its height. then a girl
should weigh carefully whether or no II
would be well to wed such a lover unless
he reforms.
Miss Libbey's Replies to Letters.
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Dear Miss Libbey: l kept company
with young man for four years. He
seemed to think lots of me. until last
summer-when he quit me entirely and
began going with others girls. While
with them he was always very polite to
me. but would never ask to come to see
me. Suddenly. he asked IL he could come
back to see me again 1 said he could.
and he has been coming twice a week
since Do you really think he loves me.
| and should l return II? l.