The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-12-14


but when she joins one. and II sched-
tiled 20 write a paper he II pleased to
talk IL over and dig Up some gems Of
material from the milne Of his mascu-
line wisdom. just to help ont. They
criticize some book she has been read
ing az ahe tells him the story, OF per-
hAps she has read It aloud 10 him
after dinner. and though she may think
the hero demigod and he calls him
il p0mpoua pFig and they grow q bic
enthusiastic and finally laugh AZ each
others view, their n0n-agreement
really does not make The least differ
enee. sou know, for this ~ just--com-
rnsieship.
With this spirit III comradeahlp there
II never amy thought ~ settling the
auestlon Of "who III hyssf" for such a
question never arises. When d probe
lem comes MP before Ehis home sus
prcme court. they have quiet littlA
earnest session and IL tney do not see
the Issue from the snme point OF view,
By concession and compromise the one
who has Thought most deeply on tho
subject, who feels II most intently or
who Il most affected by II casts the
deciding vote.
Comradeshlp inspires tolerance and
/ throws little pecnliarities into the
shadow ID ignores Or obseures petty
faIIluga as of no real consequences It
concentrates on the fine sterling quail
lflea and forgiyes ana forgets the little
mortgages. Love oftimes Is exacting:
IN It's intensity II may place undue Inn
pbrtance on trilie and be seriously
/ disturbed at flaw or falling that
seems scar on a noble character.
Comradeahlp helps love 10 more hui
man view. snner. wiser charity In
| Judging. A man says a friend Of whom
NJ II genuinely fond, che IL bully
good fellow. and ail the emphasis Of
HIS heart goes into the words and
ntones FOR the phrasing he knows his
friends fnillngs but loyalty mlnifles
their Importance, the eyes are
trimmed not TO see, the lips keep ST.
lencc
In hts bachelor days the husband
may have had some friend tried and
true who was dear TO him, whom he
trusted a. one good man does another.
III fle golden light of some success or
prosperity threw glow Of radiance
across his pathway an Involuntary
smile frightened his face MS he thought
how pleased his friend would be TO
HEIR II, how nnselfish would be his
sympathy, how hearty would be hls
congratulations he could bank on his
friends happiness Just as certainly
and absolutely as II HIS own dear
mother were listening 20 the story and
, eager for every word % detaii
If the hand Of sorrow pressed hcav
I NY on hts soul. and the night OF doub
!. and fear settled down on his life, AMI
the ship of his great hope Ind SUM
/. when Il WAS almost in port, and h,
!. faced fixture and defeat, he knew on
i who would be unchanged, whom h
] could count on TO the very end. Ant
!. when some problem Affecting the vel
: fare ~ either had 10 be solved it wal
! the problem Of both and they woult
\ stay M half the night 60 settle Il llk'
! Jury locked out until they came TO
i verdict and they put together thei
( wisdom lust aa they had often pooie'
their meagor funds when the exigeu
q cies or need of the one became th
s, privilege and glad opportunity Of III
Is other
Il when this instructive Impulse I
ID confidence n carried into married III
d and the heart and the lips and the GU
q stretched arms turn 70 the wife q
ii naturally as the magnetic needle find
pr its north, with the truess comradeshl
u made greater and tlner by love, the
n married life has no real problems th'
4. the two. united and IN unison, canni
solve.
Il Cumradoshlp holds the speeter
II monotony at bay. With two ey'
q. bringing their best swcctly to ench 90
ar IL. a. 4 little chlld carries 10 It's mot
* er wRysldn flower II hns plucked, ln
IA because Il Is most natural to bring
he 10 her. there IL little fear that the
a. days viii 30 long or that they will hu
az scr FOR change from each other whit
ty they IRE tuulng this change Ia ca,
ad other ana with each other, Whatev
tends 10 lessen their eomradeshlp a
al "a decrease their dependence on eal
ii. other Is menace 10 their happlne'
AT one 81 the early temptations % ma
Is. ried life Is to live with the cid foil
~. u an sounds SO atluring when Il
"a. proposed that "thcy can take the enti
e. third floor which Is not really needle
rr. ~ the home company who are VIII
,ot 20 donate Il OF suhiet Il 70 the you
nd hrm. The advantages are obvious, I
he disadvantages are mere subtle, hut
he II d hazardous experiment.
ne rhe opening words Of the worli
ais greatest hook arr "In the beginning
ms ana they are the most important woE
to. II married NE they open It's ehppt'
a - greatest 10y and keenest sorroi
sud An rs problems are most easily M
Ia tered IN the beginning; wrongs a
az injustice that may throw the ds
nse shallow It despair over the life of q
and oarhaps even finally separate