Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-18
rm INE BLUFF
 D ROGRESS ROSPERITY
A SERIOUS SUBJECT.

Under this heading, the Corn Belt Farmer discusses the disposition of youth to Marry in haste and repent a4 leisure" in this wise:
 The sparkers are looked upon by parents generally as a nuisance, and generally they are right. Nine-tenths of the sparkling is done by boys who have not got their growth, and they look so green that it is laughable for th old folks to look at them. They haven't generally second shirt. and they are no more qualified to get married than a steer is to preach. And yet marrying is about tha first thing they think of. A green boy without 8 dollar present or prospsc- tive. sparkling a girl regularly and talking about marrying, is spec tacle fit for gods and men. He should be reasoned with. and if he will not quit 1t until he is able to support al wifi. and to know whom he loves, and tho difference between love and pas sion. het should be uuarantined or put in a convent erected on purpose for such cases. Nine-tenths of the un- happy marriages are the result Of gresn hun an calves being allowed to run at large in the society pasture without any yokes On them. They marry and have children before they do mustaches: they are the father of twins before they are the proprietors of two pairs of pants and the little girls they marry are old women be- fore they are twenty years old. De- casionally one of these gosling mar riages turn out all right, but 1t is a clear case of luck. If there was a law against young galoots sparking and marrying before they have all their teeth cut, we suppose the little cusses would evade it in some way, but there ought to be sentiment against 1t. It is tims enough for these bantams to think of finding s bullet when they have raised enough money by their own work to buy ! bundle of laths to build hen house. But they ie a girl who looks cum ming and they think there is not going to be girls enough to go round 5 and then they begin to get in their work real spry: and before they are aware of the sanctity of the marriage relation they are hitched for life and before they own bsdstead or cook stovs, they have to get up in the night and go for doctor. So frightened that they run themselves out of breath and abuse the doctor because he does not run tco; and when the doctor gets there he finds there is not enough linen dn the house to wrap up doll baby.
 It is about this time that a young man realizes that he is a colossal fool. and as he flies around to heat water and bring in the bath tub, and 20 after his mother or her mother. he turns pale around the gills, his hair turns red in single night, he calls high heaven to witness that if he lives till morning, which he has doubts about. he will turn over new leaf and never get married again until he. IS older. And in the nor-- ing the green looking "fath2r" Is arcaind bsfere a drug store is opeH with no, collar on, his hair stlcklns all over his blood shot eyes and ms fran,e nervous, waiting for the clers to opsn. the door so he can get some saffron to make tea. LESS than year ago he thought he was ths araategt man there was anywnere tpts ss he sits there in the house tna'