El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-02
Common Sense Is Needed
Mistakes Of MatrimOny Are Made by
just Such People ns Ask These
Questions of Miss Fairfax.

\ ONE one. somewhere. is counting

y ONE one, somewhere, is counting
somebody tonight and with such
- a large number of persons losing
their hearts around him, 1t IS little
wonder that the god OF lOFe Occas-
. ionalIy loses his head. OyerW orked,
rI1sbed Win success. and withaI a lit
f1e cOncefted because Of his power, he
aims indiscriminately r to the right
and to the left, and matches Beau
Brummel with Martha, and a BECKY
Sharp with plOWman.
He whfrIs his victims till every
thing around them assumes one shape
and one color. and the wrong sweet
heart looks like the right one, ana
the counterfeit love looks like the
real. 1t is while they are still dazed,
clutching fast to whatever comes first
within their grasp, that they reach
the marriage altar and then the trOu-
The Cause.
Such trouble and so much Of 1t, and
all due to matrimonial miSfits, It IS a
wonder that there doesn't arise in the
hearts Of those still free little sus-
picion of the good intentions Of Dan
Cupid, and a determination to come
into their own heritage Of love with
eyes wide opened It is a wonder that
young men and young women sane
and wise in ordinary transactions, DO
not display at least a grain Of com
mon sense in this one big and most
important transaction of their lives
A man writes that he has a good
position in business How he holds lt
with the amount Of credulity he dis
plays in his letter is a mystery. If
some one came into his store and
wanted to give him pennies for dimes
he would feel that his Intelligence
had been insulted, but along comes
woman who makes a similar offer,
and he doesn't know what answer to
givei
She IS a widow with a child; he IS
only p, and she limited that she would
RI ia H=nr d
What" he pleads, shall I do?"
Lose that good position" and then
see II she wants you to marry her!
I doubt it. The women who are the
real bargains on the matrimonial
counters are not going around, with
their children in their arms, limiting
to mere boys to marry them
Don't Risk 1t.
woman writes that she is a widow
Of IS and has a son of eight, and IS
engaged to man Of % who hates
her child, and makes no attempt to
conceal it. Shall she marry him? she
asks
Again 1t may be stated that the
women who are bargains on the mat
rimonial counter are not engaging
themselves to men who hate their
prospective stepchil6ren. a woman
who is worth while loves her child
first Of all and considers its interests
first Unless she does, her love is not
worth much to any man.
Better Run.
A Young man Of 20 loves a widow
eight years his senior He has
small salary, and she is eXtravagant
and found of pretty clothes, and would
bring in her demands on him not only
personal wants, but the care and
maintenance Of a young son. What
he asks, should he dO2
Run, young man, rum Your ex-
treme youth gives you the right to
run. and run hard.
Eighteen wants to know if she
should keep company with young
man who calls on her when intOxi-
Gated. She says that she would like
to accept his attentions, knowing
that she would never marry him.
There are others better fitted than
I to give advice in a case like this.
They are the gaunt, haggard, half
starved, uI-treated wives of drunk
ards. Let Eighteen" 90 to themI
When marriage becomes the sane,
sensible institution the Lord intended
1t to be, and ceases to be the national
lottery, then viii this earth be ready
for the millennium.