The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-22
LAURA EMLBBEYS
S1lAICY TALKSONHEARIFS
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WHO CAN BOAST OF A TRUE
HUSBANDT
Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndieate.)
Love sole lord. and monarch Of it
Allows no ties, no dictates, but its
own,
To that mysterious, arbitrary power,
Reason points out and duty pleads
in vain"
I would not imply by any manner
of means that good, loyal husbands
are few and far between, but that
the woman who has secured q valu-
able prize In q mate should rejoice
silently instead Of boaSting about Il
70 less fortunate wives. There is no
fruit 50 perfect that Il does not at
tract the destroying butterfly, which
shorn Of is beautiful gauEy wings,
is only an insect which feeds upon
that which has hitherto been faint
less.
A letter much out 81 the ordinary
has just reached me. I make IL the
subject Of this article. II Is in part
as follows, penning the woes OF a
wife's heart: Give years ago, I
married a young man who was as
absolutely perfect IS a human being
could be. We fairly idolized each
other. II was wrong % do this, but
/ once boasted, to my young married
women friends that no matter what
tenn tatlon ever came 70 my husband
be could not be Mred away from the
right path. The husbands Of these
women became angry AZ me and put
up a scheme to prove my assertion.
They secretly introduced him to a
young woman, beautiful as she was
cruel and heartless, one Of the class
whom wives do not come in contact
with. My idol fell. He was only
human. Women friends jeered az my
! boast
Very often II is the wives who
boast that unsheath a sword upon
which they fall and suffer injury. She
who has a good husband should
guard her tongue zealously. II she
\ has n help-meut who IL unusually in
I dulRent in his money allowance to
her, 10 may turn out TO be a blow 10
her peace and happiness % disclose
that fact 70 a woman who is an am
bilious, INSCRIPTIONS, social climber.
She may have a husband who Il
/ EtraininF every point % obtain a lib
/ eral hacker % keep his business
adoat. Immediately the pair weaves
a social web around the successful
husband and his boasting wife.
Such friendships cost dear In the
long run. The heavy drain on the
husbands pocket is the calamity
which ensues from needless boasting.
A husbands loyalty should be taken
by granted by all good wives. To
boast about IL Is indeBcate on the
part Of the wife, az we'll as bad form.
While not one husband in ten thou
sand allows his fancies 20 wander,
that one proves the unfortunate fact
that 90 err is but human. One has
been caught in a trap from which the
nine hundred and ninety-nine others
escaped. Whether by integrity or
cleverneas who shall say
The wife who boasts should knock
wood, which should ensure their
trust from being betrayed. As fdr.
the power Of q beautiful woman over
the heart which belongs % another,
l infatuation for such a woman il but
/ temporary. IL is a candle swiftly.
but surely, consumed by the fame
upon which II feeds.
Miss Libbey's replies to your let
ters. Correct name and address
must be given 10 insure attention,
not 20 print Use ink. Write short
letters. only on one side Of paper.
Address Miss Libbey. No. al6 Presl-
dent street, Brooklyn, n. Y.