The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-26
Laura Jean Libbey'S
DAILY TALKS ON
HEART TOPICS
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Welded TO YOUNG-LOoKNG
HUSBANDS.

''The bright eyes govern better than
the sun,
For with thy favor was my life be-
gun,
Still I reckon on, from smiles to
smiles,
And not by summers; for I thrive
on none
But those thy cheerful countenance
complies,
All! if it be, to choose and call thee
mine"
There are thousands of young wo-
men of the ages of 20 and over who
are leaving the blooming country and
picturesque village and are coming to
live in the cities to better themselves.
Some are young appearing, with the
bloom of nature on their cheeks, un-
used to boarding and taking up with a.
small room to save expenses and
make the money in the purse go as
long ways as possible. Usually they
are looking for something to do; ex-
pecting to be brought in contact at
any time with city young men who
are different from the sturdy, plod-
ding young farm owners, whose lives
of toll, day in and day out, the same,
they turned away from.
They might not have told it in so
many words, but deep down in their
restless souls they resolved that their
charms had destined them to wed
some city Apollo; to live like lady
in comfort and to see the world of
life, going about to brilliant places
to their hearts content, with nothing
to do but listen to a husbands COM
pliments, dress stylishly and be
looked up to by visitors. And they
would entertain lavishly.
All these decisions are quickly dis
PEELED when one unused to hardships
and different turns comes to the city.
Hard work faces them IN one capacity
or another. Time is not their own.
1t does not take a great while for
them to weary of the monotony which
surrounds them. Their chances of be-
coming acquainted with desirable
young prosperous men dwindle down
alarmingly. Where do they meet
them is a question Of vital interest
to girl strangers who have become
somewhat discouraged over their
lonely surroundings.
It is then that they know the value
of some kind heart; that the yearning
comes upon them for the mate they
imagined was seeking them. Letters
from home end with the words 81
hope you are having a good time!
There's so much to be seem the
bright, beautiful city. You see some
thing that's going on constantly"
How could she acknowledge in her
answer that she was obliged to be
shut up in her solitary room because
she had no one to take her here and
there. They simply wouldn't believe
it. A few short years spent in just
that sort of dull way make her de-
eide that she would come down in her
ideas and not limit her Judgment to
any particular single man. Just one
she might happen TO come across
would be considered inpartially. Of
course, she must try to find that he
had no bad habits. Marriage being
l-said to be a lottery, she must take
her chance. Each of the few suitors,
whom she had, was entirely opposite
from the man of her imagination.
The city has brought changes in
her appearance, as well as in her
manners. Her cheeks lack roundness
and rosiness. But her eyes are bright
er, her smile sweeter and her dispo-
sition more unselfish and more attrac-
tive. Young men, not as old as she
was, flocled about her, while older
ones passed her by.
At last the opportunity was hers to
gain young mans heart and hand.
The only drawback to their love match