The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
LAURA JEAN LIBBYrs DAILY TALKS ON
HEART TOPICS
copyrighted Cure Newspaper syndicate
SHIRKING MATES.
pyr1shted. 1913. Nc Clare Newspaper Syndicate

SHIRKING MATES.
1.-THE world buds every year, but the
heart, just once. and when
The blossoms fall off, no new flower
comes again.
= Ali! the rose goes with the wind,
But the thorns remain behind
1t is often surprising to note the
kind of men and women that some
how get together and marry, fancy
ing they were intended for each other.
1t is usually the industrious, frugal
woman into whose arms fate pitches
the spendthrift husband-the man in
whose pocket money burns To the
good and noble woman is often allot-
ted as mean profiigate as Cupid has
to dispose Of, To the shrew who could
overthrow whole army of masculine
tricksters is handed g. meek, quiet
man who fairly adores the ground his
wife walks on. 1t is generally the
woman who yearns for a strong arm
to lean upon who gets the husband
content to sit at home and rock the
cradle while his wife is pushed to the
necessity of going forth to earn their
keep. ~
The lazy husband is the curse of
married life. He is usually the man
who believes in large families yet he
shirks from shouldering the RESPONSE
bility of supporting them. He has a
keen eye to the future. He counts
upon his children soon being old
enough to be- able to maintain him
when his wife is worked out. Y 1t is
arr ii 1ars ~ oeF wifi Of husky.
strong man who shirks work can con-
tinue to adore him, refusing to blame
him or see him as others see him.
When a, strong healthy husband, who
is. able to put his shoulder to works
wheel ,ibut won't, deliberately lives on
his wife's toll, his voice in the house.
hold should cease to count. 1t Is this
kind of a man who generally COM
plains of a nagging wife. What he
calls 'nagging' is in reality the words
of the woman who loves him, plead
ing with him to pull himself together
and find work, to bring in money to-
feed the mouths of the babies that
come to them! Such man can ex-
hause the patience of an angel. Good
nature ceases to be virtue with his
wife.
There are people. and supposedly
love is a plant-indestructi that
You can slight 1T, or nurture It: fon-
die or abuse 1t, but nothing can alter
or kill 1t. That is q mistake Love
is strong only when 1t is cherished.
1t can be made 10 grow wings or
hoofs, according to the atmosphere
about It. The home loving wife who
finds happiness only by her own fire.
side, feels keenly sooner or later that
she has been caught In loves trap by
the husband who never comes home
when he can find any other place on
earth to hang up his hat.
Domestic content depends upon
Kindness, sympathy and appreciation
her interest in d husband who has no
aualms in seeing her go out to toll for
him in the intense summer heat, as
well as in the intense winter storms
Who can wonder that such a woman
will, in time, chaf at the heaviness Of
loves welded chains? Love lasts
while hearts beat in true unison with
each other There are some women
shtrkers as well as men-frivolous
wives, who would be butterflies and
fit away if her wings Were not bound
down by love-chains. It is discour-
aging to a husband to provide home
Tor wife who takes no pleasure in
1t. Every woman who weds should
remember that after marriage the
friyolity OF single days should be laid
aside. Life is real, life is earnest.
The wife who shirks her responsibility
of making home happy for the man
who puts a roof over her head does
not deserve the heart of the noble
man who is toiling late and early to
give her all the comforts he can
The family team should jog along
together, shoulder, to shoulder, each
doing his or her share to carry the
load. It one has to carry it all there
is apt to be a break sooner than the
one who shirks, expects. Marriage is
not only a love proposition, but a
business proposition, where one must
study the interest OF the other Both
the man and the woman know be-
forehand that in married life they
should pull together, each being de-
pendent upon the other to Keep up to
the end.