The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-04

Tell me not in mournful numbers, | Life is but an empty dream, For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they Seem.' '' | Do opposites in the human family have an unconquerable attract1on TOT each other? It would seem so IT noa' why. is it that the golden chord Of love in the solemn, studious woman's heart can be awakened only by the conpeh- | ing presence of the. clown? That the ] girl who holds that purity is the rose
 bloom which jewels noble feminine existence, will, more often than not be found welded to the worst profi- gate going. That she was prizes home, gets the nomadic husband who
 moves her about from post to pillar, cheating and beating landlords. That the woman who loves sunshine and happiness at her fireside gets the grouchy husband who would rather
 quarrel than eat..s That she who is free hearted a.nd generous enjoying
 the pleasures of the table, life, and living, is inveis1ed into hnatr1mony by
 the miser so close-fisted he will half- starve her, force her to cut out the society of the friends she finds con- genial, enjoying his power to make existence burden to her.
 Why do amiaible daughters who adore their good, loving mothers, mar ry the men usually, who make war and battle with frightened mothers-in- law? The poor souls are widowed and alone!
 On the other hand, how is it that .the grave, estimable gentleman whose honor is his shield, is attracted un- conquerably to the girl. he knows to be a. flirt and a coquette. as faithless at heart as she is fair of face; wholly una ppreciative of his good name and fame?
 No one can tell why the man, neat and particular almost to a fault in his dress. is drawn toward the slat- tern, who even in their courting days. doesn't seem to care a rap if he does
 notice that her shoes are run down at the heel, the large rent in the hem of her dress held together by a safety pin, that her gloves need a bath and a stitch at the finger-tips. The youth who ruled home and mother with a high hand, generally gets his match in the high-tempred wife before whom he will not dare suggest his soul is his own. Fortune, fate, call it what
 you will usually hands out to the man who has had a mania for saving the pennies for a rainy day. a wife who will have all the luxuries she believes are due her, regardless of the future. The tinid, nervous man is sure to get tht wife, who fights him like Turk into becoming a chauffeur for her au- tomobile. The man who is bitterly op-
 posed to women tippling in fashion able cafes, does not dare give the out side world his real reason for trying f, al tcf7 Ise, e. lrrT,% s1
 she would; but where is the woman who would willingly air her own pet folly? The man who boasts about how
 he is going to run the money part o1 1t after marriage. is generally the one who has his carfare, lunch, and cigar
 pennies doled out grudgingly to him from his own pay envelope, and bat 1 ties like a Trojan to secure even that
 much from his penurious wife
 The man who yearns for family nine times out of ten gets the wife
 who dislikes children; the mo child
 no care" kind of woman.
 l It often seems a downright shame this mismanagement and bungling o1
 Cupid in mating hearts, that the ras lcally fellow gets an angelic wife, ana
 the sensible man the most fighting bi of human frivolity he could pick out l AhAO INV "AlO lONO WiSGiy nave an un leventful life of it. Those who love un
 wisely do not have to consult a die
 tionary to find out what a troubled heart means.
 Both men and women rush alon, the love route with eyes blinded, arit the wings of Judgment pinioned Yet after all. how is one to crush impulse ana long1ngs; turn cold draft on ho bounding blood, or temper it 10 luke Warmness; coax or beat affection back, no matter how unlovable or ap Iparently unsuitable the one upol
 whom 1t centers may be-. No bulwar] lean be built around the heart to kee,
 it from overleaIping the bonds of pru aence and going astray. But, after al
 Is said and done, who of us could bet
 ter Cupid's methods? It takes tn
 saint to hold the sinner in leash, an
 our opposites to subdue the wors,
 and bring out the best in us 4