The Washington herald., 1914-03-17
LAURA JEAN LIBBEY'S DAILY
TALKS ON HEART TOPICS


Can ne'er by gold be bought.
Yet want Of thesc has oftentimes
BY want Of gold been wrought
! love my dear one's tender voice.
The tTemor Of his sigh,
But without wealth We ne'er could wed.
And We must say good-bJ.
The young women who might have had
a happy enough life OF It had they made
up their minds to marry for love are
sure to make a mess OF it IL they throw
produence to the winds and wed men
they do not care for simply fer support
II is not fair to the husband IN the
case. II the woman were to frankly say
to him: ~ do not love you. ! simply
tolerate your presence. but i will marry
you because / want a fine home
and servants, an automobile. silks and
jewels In short. I want a lazy life,
during which l will not have to give a
thought, a worry OF support: even the
most infatuated Of men would get q
jolt that gave him an eye opener and
make a beeline fer the dor. exclaiming.
L guess notr"
The elderly man who weds a poor
young girl Is deluded into the belief
that in some way-just how, he cannot
explain. he has gained the young wom-
ans affections. He would resent the
thought that there was no sentiment
attached to II.
The case OF the poor young man is more
pitiful. No woman has a right to spoil
his life, wreck his ambition, by wedding
him simply to pay her bills when he
might have found some other girl who
would have loved him for himself alone,
and would have been willing to share his
fortunes good, or bad, that thev might
walk together heart to heart and hands
close clasped. How can girl who
N.aIa tKyfth for hfVfN
ever love his children as they should
be loved?
II is this class OF women who are al
ways looking about for a goodtime in
the companionship Of others to while
away dull hours II the magnet of love
Is not In her home she is not attracted
there. No matter how well her husband
does by her there's ever on her lips the
same doleful story-home is not con-
genial He is not appreciated. Every
man should be certain that the woman he
leads 10 the altar loves him and would
be just as eager to share poverty with
him as wealth.
Wealth. and even health. may take
wings. and the burden OF support would
be laid upon her shoulders at a time in
life when she was less able to carry II
than in her youth. That is the time
she couldn't shirk II. II a family Of
maintenance she would eagerly grasp
the reins OF self-support and thank
heaven she was able to do 1t.
Miss Libbey's Replies to Your Lett
ters.
A GAY LoTHARIO.
Dear Miss Libbey: ! wish to consult
you on a subject which is Weighing
heavily on my mind and l do not know
the right course to pursue. l am a
young girl employed in a store. l have
always attended the Sunday school here
and had great respect for its superintcn-
dent, who is a business man in this
town. standing very high. l also know
his wife. a splendid woman. very saving.
doing all her own work for a family Of
small children, six Of them. A month ago
/ received .etter from my aunt. who
lives in New York City. asking me to
visit her a week. ! went, and on Lin
coins birthday my aunt and uncle took
me to dinner at great. fine restau-
rant The very first person ! saw there
was my Sunday school superintendent.