Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-22
THE MAN
ABOUT TOWN


AS the story goes, once upon
time there was triangle, with
husband sitting in one corner wifo
in the other, while away up in the
apex sat n beautiful blonde widow.
Now the husband happened to glance
upward in his aspirations, and beheld
the golden tresscs of the widow.
| Then one day he climbed upward
and his soul seemed to rest in peace,
for had he not found his true affin-
ity? After that, often and moro
often he made the perilous trip, and
finally became so proficient in tho
act that he could carry two quarts
Of champagne in the ascent, without
breaking either. At length he be-
came 50 well known that he was per-
mitted to enter the widows domicle
without knocking, which he did very
often. In the meantime, strange TO
say, affairs in the other corner where
his wife sat alone grew decidedly icy,
and in his righteous wrath the man
told the widow that she was the only
woman who thoroughly understood
his temperament But one evening,
when she should have been waiting
TO greet her affectionate unrig hteous
lord, the widow, peeved at some
thing, was out trifling elsewhere, and
the man wisely decided to spend the
evening in his own home, taking
WIFI MN tile usual TWO quarts he
had been accustomed to uncork else
where. The experience was so new
and novel as to be interesting withal,
and waxing exceeding generous and
n little thirsty, he decided to open
one of the sparkling quarts. We
draw the curtain here, but on his
way to the office the next day, the
man confessed to himself with some
thing of the old lovelight in his eye.
I . I,..t 60. 1, 1.
rying champagne to the wrong
woman.
The moral OF the above is very OBJ
vous But lest we be accused of
just trying to tell parlor story, let
us consider its bearing upon the sub
ject of divorce. And let it be ad-
mitted in the start that we believe
in divorce. Let the liberal laws re-
main liberal, for there can be no hell
worse than a chronic and unbeatable
case of domestic infelicity. Not to
mention grosser causes, if traits Of
character, unripened or concealed be-
fore marriage, develop afterwards to
make home Just a bedlam of antag-
onism, the sooner knife cuts that
knot the better
Now having stated that side of the
case strongly, let us look at the other
side The blonde above described
often she is n creature of the imagi-
nation, the ideal we dream about. A
dream, yes perhaps a dream, but also
perhaps the slain reality the woman
we led to the altar might have be-
come had she been given the adora-
tion and gifts which mentally or
actually have been showered upon
the other. In such an analysis as this
Il is very pertinent to ask how the
nprfI1mpI hp1lItE MIGHT
she to be placed under the eXacting
conditions and ungrateful grind that
we have actually imposed upon the
one we are tempted to cast aside. The
| chances are that the situation we de-
plore is but little hellette compared
with what would happen We're the
attempt made to harness down the
the same life. And on the other
hand. how many Of the differences
that have made life miserable would
disappear were we but to pour out
on the home altar its own rightful
gifts.
And then 1t must be remembered
that it's a poor rule that won't work
both ways. While the one triangle
filtration was going on the Innocent
looking wife had little dream boy
all her own sitting up in the trapeZe
of the triangle. 1t is barely possible
that he was more than a dream; or
he may have been the lingering image
of the man she thought she was mar
rying. And so the false love life
grew on both sides, the actual rela-
tions suffering in 4 battle with a
cloudy affair which would not stand
two days wear and tear of life's
grind on either side.
It's a mistake. however, TO think
that such conditions have bat one
court of appeal. Most of the infelici-
ties that are aired in the divorcet
court could be cured at home if the
pressure of cruel thoughtlcssness
were removed It's marvellous. the
recuperative power of love. Often it
is given apparently its death blow.
with a stain of guilt that no court
could deny. And yet, even in tho
midst of public scandal. such bitter
experiences have been known to be
but the birth pangs of a love more
real and satisfying than before. Some
how we are old-fashioned enough to
believe that in most cases the old
love is the best love, and that in cast
ing 1t aside person passes up some-
thing that can never be restored. Be-
fore giving 1t over to the lawyer try
carrying a little champagne home.
you may discover that she is the right
woman after all.