The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-27

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 | There are always two sides to every story. A step-mother's existence, trials and worth the world never stops to consider. I have never yet seen that a. fathers love for his children is less when he thoughtfully sees the need of marrying again
 Tn his dissatisfied view. the home is not what it used to be. It may not be going all at once to rack and ruin, but he reflects that the sunshine is fast turning into gloom; each member of the household has different opinion l of what Is being done and what should 1 be left out. In short, the chickering's and lamentations that frequently greet the parental ear slowly but surely warn him that the house is being d1- i vtded against Itself, or that it will eventually be the home end.
 He knows of an estimabIe widow whose sympathies and kindly feelings l for his years of distress lead him to broach the subject of marriage a sec ond time. She gladly accepts his of fer, and the new step-mother is en- rolled in her place at the head of the household amid the scrutiny and se- cret nafsgivings of the children, who ! for some time have known no law or ruling, except their own sweet wills. 1 Neighbors, behind closed doors, won der of she realizes fully the magnitude i! of the trials before her. for tn ere will be trials even though she is an angel. The new wife's nature one of love 1 and tenderness from the start toward the helpless children who are thrown upon her care. They form the hus- bands love and interest therefore she wishes to hold the same place in the 1 lives of each. It is said, There is usually a black sheep in every family It is not natural for children to love. from the first, strange woman who Ehas stepped into their mothers place | I1zr11f has Ind fC that some are more apt to dislike her and nurse i'll forebodings in their feel ings, to say the least.
 These bitter thoughts of unapprecia- ton are shared in some instances by the relatives and friends of the moth CT who passed away While spending the day with l1in-folks, the grand mother and elder folks, gather round their little visitors and inquire eager l 1y: "Is your step-mother treating you much of at home as you ought to be l or neglected ?''
 How cruel and malicious such mo- | tionS are Better were they to strive to teach them to have faith and take I a deep interest in her; to look upon her as their friend instead of sworn enemy; their counselor and guardian l of their hearts interest The step mothers life is often one of self-denial and restraint. She may love few dainty little furbelOwS dear. to the heart of woman but she turns away
 from gratifying her taste if there is I anything the children need or have set
 their minds on having. Her inward motto ~: Tt must always be the chill dren first, the step-mother can come I in afterwards She knows ths t. as his wife, she must share his love with i the others; that she must be satisfied
 with a part of his heart. Other wives
 may love less than she, and have al
 of their husbands affections if they
 enter his life first. As the children
 grow {. in years, they will conf1de fr
 strangers what their home life has
 been. Then comes the parting. They
 will marry and go forth from the roo1
 that would be doubly desolate if nc
 wife filled up the lonely gap, The
 wonder is that so many sensible peo.
 pie have not clearly looked these pos
 abilities in the face; Instead the sin gle go on complaining of the lone lift
 without joy, when the heart-nate i
 gone