El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02

"HE one road that every mothers
daughter Of us most desires 10
travel is Lovers Lane.
In our youth we may like to take
a flying excursion into the business
world. or to go adventuring for little
time after career Of fame. but for
real life journey We all plan TO set
cur feet the sweet. quiet path Of
love thar ends in home, and husband.
and children.
Every woman is seeking this way to
love. and the most pitif6l thing on
earth is that she is so anxious TO find
it that she often deceives herself into
believing that any fIowery pathway
leads TO her destination.
She doesn't consult the road map Of
common sense enough. She doesn't
take her bearings closely enough or
watch which way she is going. and
before she knows il she has taken the
wrong turn Of the road and is lost in
the slough Of misery
Now there are many roads that seem
70 lead 10 love but that really only
lead to sorrow and disappointment
and disillusiOn and should like to erect
a few danger siCnals along them for
the guidance Of the wayfarerS who axe
setting forth on the sentimental jour
The first is for young girls who
think that every path is the path Of
love. and therefore safe for those will
lns 10 rush bnndly down it with any
man VINO offers 70 show them the way
The Tragic Path.
Ihere are the poor little wrecked
pilgrims of love who drench the world
( with tears. have heard many. Of
these girls tell the stories Of their
: Jcurney-teu IL with painted lips that
Sneered and tremnled- It was always
the 50 me-
Foolish ignorant young creatures
who We're so eager to love and he
| loved they took as guides on the road
! TO love men who knew all the bypatnS
/ OF intrigue. of secret marriages ana
unconventional living. into which they
lured girls who did not know where
4 they were going until il was forever
too late TO turn back
And scarcely less pathetic Is the
case of the Girl W no marries the first
man who fires her immature fancy
only to find out that she has made one
Of the most terrible Of all mistakes
and is tied for life to husband with
whom she has not one thought. or
taste in common. and that she must
drag through all her days the corpse
of dead love.
So I implore all girls. not to be in
too great hurry 10 love Don't think
every green path leads to deathless
affection, nor that every man whose
step matches your in a dance is your
DEEQeSflntQ aIIlnlfN- IE1Nel Tar alOnE
the highroad of life. and examine care
fully many roads and many men be-
fore you finally take the turn that
leads to Lovers Lane. And he sure
you have got the right man with you
for a travelling companion
Then there are girls of a foolhardy
turn of mind who are always attracted
by the roads Of love that are marked
dangerous" at every curve. and that
are full of risk. They are adVenturers
in love and the fact that the pathway
they elect to travel is strewn with the
broken hearts of the women who have
gone before them does not deter them
or turn them back
The Fatal Error.
These are the girls who marry
drunkards, and roues. and ne'er-do-
wells. and men who are afflicted with
tempers and tuberculosis. and all the
other ills to which the flesh and spirit
are heir The more of a dark brown
past and dismal future man has the
more fascinating he is to this type OF
girl because he offers to her the same