Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-01
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Now you are gone-and hour by hour
l muse of things l long to share.
There's not a bud. leaf, a flower
But helps me miss you everywhere!
When a love match does not meet
the approval of the family, should
girl take the marriage reins in her
own hands and elope rather than give
up the man she loves?" This is the
query l receive in letters from girls
in almost all parts of the country.
When wedlock is the most serious
problem of life it cannot be entered
into without much careful considera-
ton. Many a girl meets dashing
young fellow today. Without much
thought of the future, he makes ro-
mantle love to her by paying her
tiowery compliments. The girl i'm
AGNES that she reciprocates his affec-
ton forthwith. In an enthusiastic mo-
ment, after seeing her home, he makes
hasty proposal. Without ado, the
girl accepts him. They find the road
to matrimony not so easy as they had
expected. The father and mother of
the young man set up vigorous pro-
test when they find out what he has
done. 1t is followed by a storm of
reproaches. How could you support
wife," exclaim his parents in one
and the same breath. Couldn't she
come home?" he queries. Decidedly
MOI" answers his mother. There's no
home big enough for two families.
Wen get along somehow" responds
the young man anxiously. The angry
father will not discuss the case fur
ther than to say: LAS you make your
be- you'll have to lie in it." He slams
the door after him as he goes out.
The girl 5 parents we're equally dis
pleased when she informed them Of
her betrothal. Engaged to a man
whom you have been acquainted with
so short a time!" gasps her mother.
And without our sanctiOn?" supple
ments her father sternly, adding
sharply: II refuse to entertain such
an affair. The proposition as to wheth-
er you could marry or not should have
been put up to me. l don't know who
or what this young fellow is. I'll put
stop to it before it goes any fur
Their" IF you do we'll elope," sobs
the girl. Charlie said we would If
either his folks or mine raised any
objection" Her folks paid no atten-
ton to the covert threat. Soon after,
there were two very much surprised
families in town; for the intelligence
reached them that the young folks
have taken the reins into their own
hands and eloped.
Tying the marriage knot is the east
est part of it. But after that-what?
If both families prove unrelenting,
they face ordeals which they are i'll
prepared to meet. Love under Difficult
ties sounds very romantic, but in real
life it's decidedly unpleasant. A hall
bedroom and doing the cooking-if
there is anything to cook-do not feed
the fame Of love. On the contrary, it
has a whitening effect upon it. The
young man who has been used to sit
ting down to a good table without the
worry of providing for it, does not
prove a very jovial companion. I
does not take both of them long to
realize that their elopement was the
wrong thing.
Swift courtship and hasty marriages
are, more often than not, fatal to hap
piness. Everything can be gained by
waiting. BY seeing more OF the young
man, the girls parents grow to like
him. They look forward with pleas
ure to the time they shall give the
treasure of their hearts to his keep
ing. Time also works favorably in re-
gard to the young mans folks. Taking
her constantly to call upon them, the
sweet, innocent young girl who loves
their son is sure to win her way to
their affections. The father stands
ready to help the boy-to put him on
his feet.
EIopers may be forgiven by both
sides, but it leaves a bitter sting in
the hearts of those who should have
consented. Happiness goes with par
entail blessings. No couple can afford
to elope and trust to luck after.