Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-12-20

uestlon OF who Is OO3s:" Tor Sucn y
uestiOn never arises. When q prob
EN- comes up before this home
rene court. they have a quiet little
arrest session and II they do not See
he issue from the same point Of view.
y concession and compromise the one
rho has thought most deeply oE the
ubject, who feels It most intently or
Who IL most affected BY II casts the
vote.
Comradeship ins2ires tolerance and
hrows little peculiarities into the
It ignores or Obscures petty
as Of no real consequence: It
concentrates on the fne sterling quail.
ties and fOrgives and forgets the little
Love Oftimes Is exacting;
Its intensity It may place undue i'm.
p0rtance on q trifle and be seriously
disturbed at a daw or falling that
seems q scar on a noble character.
Comradeship helps love to a more hui
man view. a saner. wiser charity In
A mar says q friend OF whom
he 10 genuinely fond. "he is q bully
good fellow" and oil the emphasis OF
bis heart goes into the words and
atones for the phrasing; he knows his
friends failings but loyalty mlnif1es
their importance. the eyes are
trained not to see, the lips keep 81.
lence.
In his bachelor days the husband
may have had some friend tried and
true who was dear to him, whom he
trusted as one good man does another.
II the golden light Of some success or
prosperity threw a glow Of radiance
across his pathway an involuntary
smile frightened his face as he thought
how pleased his friend would be to
hear 1t, how unselish would be his
sympathy, how hearty would be his
congratulations; he could bank on his
friends happiness just as certainly
and absolutely as II his own dear
mother were listening to the story and
eager for every word Of detail.
II the hand of sorrow pressed heav'
lily on his soul, and the night Of doubt
and fear settled down on his life, ard
the ship Of his great hope had sunk
when It was almost in port, and he
faced failure and defeat, he knew on
who would be unchanged, whom M
could count on to the very end. Ant
when some problem affecting the vel
fare of either had to be solved 1t wa!
the problem Of both and they woult
stay up half the night to settle 1t lik'
a jury locked out until they came to
verdict and they put together theil
wisdom just as they had often pooled
their meager funds when the exigen
cies or need of the one became tn
privilege and glad opportunity OF tn
other.
When this instructive impulse t.
confidence is carried into married If
and the heart and the lips and the out
stretched arms turn to the wife q
naturally as the magnetic needle find
its north, with the truest comradeshi
made greater and finer by love, the
married life has no real problems tina
the two, united and in unison, came
solve.
Comradeship holds the specter {
monotony at bay. With two eve
bringing their best sweetly to each oil
er, as a little child carries to Its mott
er n wayside flower it has plucked, Jul
because It is most natural to bring
to her, there Is little fear TINT the
days will be long or that they will hui
rer for change from each other whe
they are finding this change In enc
other and with each other. Whatey'
tends to lessen their ~comradeship mr.
to decrease their dependence on eat
other Is a menace to their happines
One of the early temptations of ma
r,ed life Is to live with the old folk
II nil sounds so alluring when 1t
proposed that "they can take the emil
!, third floor which Is not really needed
nv the home company who are willir
to donate it or sublet 1t to the your
firm. The advantages are obvious, Il
!, disadvantages are more subtle, but
, Is n hazardous experiment.
The opening words of the worlc
> greatest book are I'm the beginning
and they are the most important wor
, Of married life they open Its chapte
Of greatest Joy and keenest sorrow
j, All its problems are most easily mt
', tered Tin the b%eginnlng;" wrongs al
: Injustice that may throw the da
;, shadow Of despair over the life OF o
= md perhaps even finally separate II
ever the two who have loved may.
! n spirit of calmness, courage and "
!. dom. be silenced forever "ln the |
ginning" II there have been III
= takes and blind laundering and fol
y IL the two determine to start afresf,
y begin all over again ind wipe out I
- past, letting love. comradeship a
trust be their watchwOrds they {
% have a new-beginning.
And what was true Of TINT first m
:. rinre in the dim dawn Of history.
= TINT garden Of Eden. Is true OF all m
y riaues and will be till time shall q
- that their paradise Is committed to
y absolute keeping Of the two. and Il
- they shall watch It ind guard 1t 9
care for It and that only by their o
~ wrong shall this paradise with all
- Toys, and Its peace and Its sunsh
y. ever pass from them.
)" The First Headlight
~ ma. A.~< honAllUht u,na carried