The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-09
DISCONTINUED HEARTS.

We have many goodly days to see. The liquid drops of tears that you
 have shed
 Shall come again transferred to orient
 pearl; Advantaging their loan, with interest,
 Was there ever a woman-no matter how many blessings surrounded her who did not give herself up completely to a fit of the blues now and then? They have indulged this habit-for it is nothing less than a habit-from girlhood up until at last it has taken such a hold upon them they are un- able to shake off these depressfons
 The girl who is abounding in health and the Strength and buoyaney or youth who has that tendency will. tell YOU that she is wretched because it of ten occurs to her that. she sls not ap- preciated by either her home folks or friends, and when she sits down 10 think it all over it ends in a case of the blues that lasts for days. The Wo- man happily married to a good, de- serving husband who is putting forth every effort to keep her in a comfort able home and free from the cares that worry him will tell you she is more often than not wretched1y dis contented and has the blues because he buries himself in his newspaper of an evening without exchanging a sim gle word with her for hours at a time.
 Girls who might be pardoned for having depressing thoughts, but who fight nobly against it, are those phy- ! sfcaIIy weak and defective who look up through the SUI nine into Gods fa oa with a brave smile, refusing to allow discontent to get a hold upon their hearts.
 The splendid army of working girls should be an example of cheerfulness to the women in good homes who have nothing to do but nurse their griev- ances.
 These working girls. each and every one, know the value of a, smile and how 70 radiate cheerfu1ness- If 3Ou put the question to them whether or no they ever have fits of the blues, the smile will die out of their eyes as they answer gravely that in the bus i mess world there i no place for the girl or woman who gives free rein to fits of melancholy and that good na- ture. a ppy mood and a genial dis position in general are the assets she depends on not only to keep her posi- ton, but to forge ahead. There are too many helpless ones at home, usually, dependent upon her to en- coura.e fits of the-l1blues. On the other h nd. she cultivates gratitude, even joy, that there is so little fric- tion in her everyday life of toll. r It is only the idlers or those who have little or nOth1nS~ to do who rail secretly lover really insignificant af- fairs- The women welded to men who drink up the greater D. ~+ of their wages, leaving the family at home to fight starvation, election from the home that shelters ,em and with in sufficient clothes to cover them brave ly fight the demon discontent, put their shoulders to the wheel and live ard dream of the glorious duties they are performing in keeping their chill dren at school and the ,Iden reward that will surely be theirs later on.
 The. child1eSS wife, wh> has longed for She clasp of little arms around her neck and childish, loving lips pressed to her own, encounters battles which she must fight bravely to outwit at tacks of the blues. P---- eophica1 wo-
 men accomplish this by answering the cry of their hearts with this truth : Whatever should be, will be. What ever is, is best He who denies their earnest prayers knows best.
 Even those who have known and lost love can. be made to realize that the heart has been enriched by it through memories of the hours when it was tenderest, truest and at it's best.
 If but one blessipe is given us, we should be grateful for that one, shut out discontent and cultivate a happy disposition, though we have it ~, and ~1vFays look on ths bright side.