The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31

The =plaints of a, young man who is ing doubts that confront ma trimony
 touch a chord of sympathy in others similarly inclined He found just the
 girl he was sure he loved well enough to make his wife. He was equally
 confident that she returned his soffec- ton. The only drawback the impa- tient lover realizes is a year or per haps a little longer during which they must wait until the knot is tied and their modest little home is ready to step into.
 What economy he must practice with this project in view, which he will carry out to the letter. She must never know. Many nights when he was sacrificing the pleasure of her the thought of how lonely she must be crossed his mind regretfully. What if some wouId-be suitor chanced to cross her threshhold and proffer his es- cort to her for some amusement she had set her heart upon attending main at home, turn her face toward the chair now empty, which he usually sat in by her side, that she would be sensible, though disappointed. and smile, as1if she never cared a snap to go?
 With unmarried girls. a.s well as married ones, popular pleasures now and then are the sum and life of their existence One may be engaged, or wed to the best man the whole wide world holds, yet her happiness will be increased tenfold- if. she has some good times and happy naee etings, rninghng with those whom she knows will be among the rmerry-goers. After a be- trothed girl. having a little T1lisunder- standing with a very exacting lover, when he pronounces the girl a 1irt for going to some place of amusement with a male cousin, or 8 dear girI-. chu1m and her escort, if it Is impossible for the betrothed lover to take her, feels that her one g1eam of Joy is merged into watching and waiting for his coming, usually on Sunday even ings. They walk out, arm in arm, and hear the quiet church bells ring; re- turn home, after listening to an hours sermonaon duty. e1ef
 No girl who has pIighfed her troth need fear to be thought less loyal loving, true or dutiful, if some. one time or so she passes an hour rightly among friends, when they have aI- ways been' a comfort to her, and she a ray of sunshine in their midst En- gagged couples who cannot be together often should consider that it is just to inquire whether once in a while the one at home should have recrea- oAOAAN III I--O We(C1-CcSlS Ol SO1I0 IEQSCy company.
 Never would that privilege lessen the love of a faithful heart Always endeavor to make your sweetheart feel assured of having your perfect trust. He who has nisgivings and who snaps out sarcastic meanings when stay-at-home girl hints that everybody is going on some occasion and she might go, too, if it was all right in his opinion, is the cause of her dissa tisfaction over their rnisspent year. The glamor and romance of counting she finds is not for her. The weeks. which invariably slip by quick ly, asa-1f on wings to her, may be long and lonely She loves him, and turns her thoughts to the time Of their merry-Tnaking which is coming, and the wedding bells which the sequel tells. All is forgotten except the mem ory of words he says and writes to her when busy: Though lost to sight, you are still in this heart and memory dear.''