Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-21
Confessions
Of a
Wife
Molhcr MnAcrlN Cnmnlnins.


! Copyrighted, 1918. by the Newspaper En-.
terprise Association
] went over to Dicks mothers this
morning and found things all at skies
and sevens,
Motherly WHverly was fairly storm
ing Mt Aunt Mary when ! came in.
81 am glad you have come at last,
Msrgie, to see your husbands poor
widowed mother" she said. I'm my
Young days ] thought / had TO pay
at least a little courtesy 20 the
mother OF my husband, and when
Richards father died | went over to
the home and stayed with Mother
Waverly for a couple OF weeks"
Il thought Aunt Mary would be of
greater comfort to you than J." | said.
But II o wish me TO stay with
YOU for a while IN do so"
"Oh. no, / could not think Of TAX
ms YOU away from your pleasures to
stay in this sorrow-ridden house. You
must have time TO call on your
friends and to dance and be merry
even If the stricken mother OF your
husband is sObbing out her grief
alone
l looked at Aunt Mary. She shook
her head as II to say: 81 con do moth
ing"
"0h, / heard of you being over to
your friend Eliene Symone's house
the other night. singing and dancing.
II You do not grieve for your hus-
bands father or do not care for me,
at least / would think YOU would
have some regard for the speech Of
people"
The speech of people, Why, oh,
why, little book, should we care 80
much for ufha anaalh OF nnpnla %
] care very much what those i love
say Of me, but / have never been
prone TO do anything because l vas
afraid that some unknown might
have something TO say about Il.
This was what / wa thinking, little
book as ] said 10 Mother Waverly:
81 am sorry If my little visit to Ellene
made you feel that ] did not grieve
with you, over dear Dads death. ]
was at Mrs, Selwin's when Harry
telephoned for me and asked me to
come over and spend the night with
them. l did not know there wac 20
be anyone else there, although, 20 be
perfectly truthful, ] probably should
have gone just the same.
81 was glad to go as you know Dick
Is away. When ! got there / found
a number Of their friends had just
dropped in. / expect they do this
every night, as YOU know the Symone
house has the finest ballroom in the
city,
Naturally, being there, I danced,
Surely you cannot expect me to foist
my grief on strangers. Mother, dear
mother of Dick, won't you try to
understand We are alive and we must
act as those that live-Dad is dead"
Don't say that, Margie," almost
shrieked Mother Waverly. Don't say
dead when you speak OF your father,
say he passed out or he went away
J cant bear to think OF him as
dead"
There It IS, little book; we lie to
ourselves; VIC cheat ourselves. ] won
der IL 7 dislike this kind OF self-de-
ception more than most people.
Dad is dead He did not go away,
for going away" means that you vol
unfairly go, and | do not think that
many Of us push aside the portal
that opens 20 us the great unknown
at u own Volition.
/ believe I would say of the one l
loved best, "He is dead"
These words contain all the ire
vocableness Of the tragedy.
They are fraught with all the
meaning Of humanity despair when
II AOiiitH hB hEhliANA AhO
No Juggling OF softer words can make
the blow less hard.
Mother Waverly is perfectly un-
happy because we all do not wear
mourning, and ] consider that to use
one entire months income in the fol-
lowing Of the silly fashion OF wearing
mourning is almost criminal.
There | go, little book, that sounds
hard know, for poor Mother Wav-
erly has had a terrible grief, but that
should not make n lose all ones
common sense. Poor motheri She
never aid have much sense l guess.
She has not awakened TO the fact
that women must nowadays have
more than chastity and a great re-
spect for social traditions and con-
ventions TO be Of any worth In the
world.
ITO Be Confined Tomorrow