The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28

He is 8 man today; he has stood strong and brave through the tende. years of boyhood and has succeeded mod estly and through industry, economy and simple wants, and she. poor girl, suffers the sting of vanity and her life is dark | ened by snares of frolic. ~
 But I am leaving my subject did not
 intend to tell you all of this. I only in- tended to tell you that I thought girls should be raised practically, that they should recognize duty and sacrifice and
 that they should mature thoughtfully,
 in order to make good homes, and that
 men should be more frank with their
 sweethearts; they should understand their
 responsibilities, their tastes and their
 prospects, and purposes-then they would all be better partners through life. don't
 know if l am the only girl who helped her sweetheart pay for his home, and l really that makes no difference. My
 mother and his mother knew our secret
 and as they approved it, who else should We mind?
 One thing, we have not worked in vain We have not wasted these years, nor
 have we married foolishly, before we were equal to our responsibilities, and, best of all, we know that our partnership will al-
 ways be satisfactory--that we have un- derstood each other from the first and that we are going to live our lives to- gether simply and well. Haven't we a fortune. and don't you think our secret worth while?
 | When January 18th comes, just thinl; of two happy young folks, I at 23 and he 25 years of age, starting out in life after 1 years of loving and living-this is me and mine. The train left lne at my station and she rode on. promised not to tell,
 though I'd like to give the name of such | a splendid girl, but have here her exam- hot etx- tt,,S f1r .~+1 This young girl talked so freely, was so earnest and so honest that we were sorry
 not to be longer with her. but we did learn she had started young to make hats and that she had made them well,
 and that she had cared for her mother
 and an invalid brother; that the brother was gone and that she was going back to the home to be married and that in her new home there was q room for that mother. . M Then sa yit is not worth while to plan, even to dream! If 1t were not for the pleasure of looking ahead, much of life would be bleakness. Hope is nothing but looking to the future, trusting 1t sim cerely, and without the pleasure of hop ing many obstacles would seem immov-
 able, and the life would be burdened with barren regrets.
 But one must hope for the real in life the possible things. Hope is only ma terial stimulant, and needs to be sus- tained by worthy doing. There Is little
 result from waiting and hoping. but by
 working and trusting great hindrances are overcome.
 Sentiment is great asset, but it must be sensivle, it must be deep to be gen. uine.
 Life in passing each day carries us
 nearer to the journeys end. but if on the
 way we have done our very best, have
 pushed by the thorn and have plucked
 the blossoms, have we not journeyed well,
 and is not every true home worth while.
 These are the impressions left by talk
 ing to very sensible young woman who
 has lived well, and is full of splendid sen
 timents, and we could predict and wish
 for success. for contentment was hers
 already.