The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-22
LETTERS OF
TWO WOMEN
No. From May Wheaton, married,
to Kate OsWay. business girl.
BY ZOE BECKLEY.
Kerryville, Kan, May l.

Kerryville, Kan, May 1.
Well, Kate, dear old girl, here am
1 sitting at a typewriter for the first
time since 1 quit my desk in Wall
street and became blushing BRIDE
The typewriter is friend husband s,
which he borrows from the bank oc-
casionally to work at home. 1t looked
so natural, so like an old friend, that
l just couldn't pass it by Cor pen ana
ink Now that l don't have to make
my living with it, it takes on added
charm.
Eve so<fnuch to tell you that 1 don't
know where TO begin, so l guess III
begin at the beginning-the wedding
trip We went south, staying at Old
Point and other places l used to go
sometimes long ago when we lived in
Virginia and father had money and
everything was different.
oh, Kate, the joy of it! The joy
of belonging to some one; of being
taken care of and petted and loved
and looked at with the fierce pos
sessive interest that only man not
used to loving can show.
The only way l cam describe the
feeling I had those first few days is
to say l was in state of chronic
citation. l didn't seem to be touch
ing earth at all. L moved in a sort
of dream state, seeing everything
and everybody through a rosy haze.
L
is only just beginning to fade after
nearly month of marriage.
You and 1 were always frank with
each other, Kate. Let us not be less
SO now. We used to wonder why
married women, even when not par
ticularly happy, had that intangible
often eXasperating air of superiority
Do you remember Mrs. Fanway, who
used to be in the office with us? And
how her 'patroniZing way of saying
r1.1r-- NraNa Il
things" used to make US want to kill
her? Well, l believe 1 know the
answer.
It is this: The completed realiza-
ton of love does something to the
mind. 1t awakes new sympathy. 1t
kindles a spiritual understanding that
did not exist before. 1t creates a be-
lief in everlasting happiness. 1t trans4
forms commonplace life into an in
spired existence. 1t is as if ordinary
events were touched with magic
Hope and ambition spring into being.
sort of glory envelopes you. him, the
universe. You see yourself with new
vision-an exalted self, capable of
power, of happiness, genius even
You are a better being, superior, re-
created.
That is why you unconsciously
pity all others who have not the ex-
perience you possess
l don't know whether I make my
self clear or not, Kits. 1t IL hard 10
psychologist on paper. But I believe
ma iage has an uplifting effect upon
the soul of woman. If Curtis Bond
and 1 were separated forever right
now, after only these few weeks of
being together. l should be better
woman and a happier woman. no
matter what my grief might be.
How 1 have gibbered and preached.
Forgive me. Kate girl. but it is all
so new to me, and there is no one
out here 1 can talk to as / can to you,
" We had two weeks Of honey
moon and then, with teeth clenched
and fingers crossed. approached
Curtis's ancestral shack. Believe. me.
dear, I dreaded the Introduction to
Kerryville-
I needn't have, however, for il is
all very sweet and satisfying A
crowd of country folk (incIuding the
Baptist minister) met us at the train
and greeted US with rice AM giggles.
Father-in-law, who owns the local
bank was at the station IN his Ford
and chugged US UP to our house.
There was duly introduced to all the
grandmas and cousins-one of whom
is Quite human. and I expect will save
my life. She also has the. distinction
Ct owning one of the six bathtubs in
Kerryvillei However. we IL soon have
one of our own.
But I'll write you of our home in
my next. This will be an "earful" for