The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
THE LURE OF THE
 OTHER WOMAN

It is a rare occurrence for 8 bride to-be to discover serious inpediments to her happiness in the past life or the man who is about to lead her to the altar. Yet there are numbers Of women who have been caught in this dilemma The lover who is anxious to marry her tries to laugh away her fears. He declares that when a man marffesS his past is plotted out and that the woman he weds need never fear he will be a back-slider, along the old path. He says that he is done forever with associations that att tracterd him only for the time being. The woman who has more heart than head. who knows as little of life and men as child, believes him implic- ftly and trusts blindly in him. She does not know thes resources of wo- men who are not of her world.
 While nine out of ten men might turn over a new, clean leaf and live up to the standard they have set for themselves, the tenth man may not be so lucky in keeping to his resolutions, providing he is again brought in con- tact with temptations which have proved his undoing. There are men who are irreesistably drawn to a Wo- man for her mental charms. Some are saves to feminine beauty; others are captivated lby peculiar personah- ties, or physical charms. When any one woman has a combination of just what a man has a liking for he may break away. from her and find other heart. interests, but the liking is still in his heart.
 A girl who marrdes a man who should not be considered free to love and wed her shoulders a great re- sponsHbihty. She is ever in fear that the other woman will regain her hold on his heart again. The ugly thought is ever confronting her that she has cheated the woman whom he should have married of the right of becoming his wife. Instead of ever after think ing. the girl he has wed is his guar dian angel he soon loses his respect for her for condoning his follies and, standing between him and the repara- ton he should have made. Gaining his name, which, was her hearts de- sire, is much more apt to prove a curse than a blessing to her.
 The wife who makes such a discov- cry too late for adjustment is to be pitied. She has stepped into the mar ital trap with, both eyes bandaged. therefore blinded. She fights the mightiest battle with her conscience that a wife is ever called upon to fight. Shall she continue with him honorabiy and in the best of faith, or drive him from her, hurl him back into the bondage from which he en- deavored to escape after he had met her? The matter takes a far more serious turn if the woman Of his past has serious, aye, if not more serious. chans on him than her own. If the wife has family she may well con- sider whether her rights are not the greater. She loves her children. The heart fears for those 1t woFships. Many women stif1e their heart pangs and yield to .tWatchfr1l waiting, dur ing which time their children win be older and some day help them Sssolve the worrying thought which, like a worm in the bud. is eating their hearts out. To the wife who Is childless her duty is plain: one heart should not suffer at the expense of two or more. The woman who has the first moral claim to man is, in the sight of God, If not. of man, the woman to whom he fbelongs. There should be no great strain on the heart for eiy-