The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-25
ARE HOMES OF
WEALTH HAPPIEST?

81 reach into the dark. o Love! al
I cannot ind thee, and my cropping
hands
\Touch only memories and phantom
shapes.
O empty arms! Be glad Of those sweet
Wherein all loneliness escapes
Did she marry we'll? That is most
apt to be the first question asked when
one woman informs another OF a,
friends matrimonial venture. Yes.
He has lots Of money She can have
her automobile. a box at the opera,
servants, fine jewels. She is the luck.
lest girl in town.
| Not one word is said about her mat
ing or if the young woman selected a
man so congenial that they would be
married lovers while they lived. While
marrying for love will never go out of
fashion, ambition very often elbows it
aside
The girl who weds for wealth alone
can never cheat the world into the be-
lief that she is really very happy
wife. She has missed the tender note
which makes welded existence one
long, sweet song. The wealthy man
who has welded for beauty and youth,
soon opens his eyes to the fact that
his money bags were the attraction,
not himself. He feels keen1y the lack
of affection, the absence Of true wffely
interest. The home of wealth is usual
ly fair to look upon. The parlors are
luxurious, as are the library and din
ing room. But there s not one room
in the house in which a man can feel
content to sit. The par1or is too cold.
The beautiful chairs are stiff and un-
comfortable. The library is lonely if
one is not in the mood for reading. 1t
is irksoIne for a man to sit in his bed
room. The club holds out, at one and
all times, Turing arms to a man. He
spends his evenings there.
The young wife, relieved at his abb
sence, finds her pleasure in the gilded
ballroom, where it is quite the fashion
OF young men to hirt and pay homage
to beautiful matrons. Nine times out
of ten, such marriages are childless.
Is it to wondered that young wives
hattered by attention. drift into un-
fortunate romances? They feel the
lack Of loves appreciation and sun
shine to brighten their drear exist
ence.
How they envy the shop girl and her
beau hurrying along to the movies of
an evening. The woman of wealth
gazes out att them from her automo-
bile with a hungry look in her eyes
What are simple clothes, a slim purse
and a humble home compared 10 the
rich, full measure of love that crowns
the girls life?
widows choose a poor man in wedding
a second time. There's reason for it,
They know why. She realizes the joy
of love in a cottage and one faithful
heart that is dear to her. Pa1atial
homes often hold weary welded peo-
pie disil1usioned wives and dissatis-
fled husbands. Let no couple fear to-
begin life in a humble way Happi-
ness will reign therein that is as sweet
as life itself
Many a wife would live over again,
if she could, the days of her poverty
long ago, when she cooked her hus-
bands meals and met him at the door
with a kiss. Then they, were all the
world to each other. Great wealth
Outlines drifts husbands and wives
apart. SO many divided interests iii
up their lives that love for each other
is crushed out or becomes only q
maine. It is better by far to marry for,
love and work together for prosperity.
True love and devotion are more sat
fSfying than riches