The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-12
MONO my acquaintance is

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~ certain well to do elderly woman
who is always dressed in gar
mcnt> OF expensive material hu, they
are about three years behind the fash
ion
When other women are wearing tight
skirts, her skirts are four yards around
the bottom When other women have
on huutant sleeves, her sleeves III hcr
arm like a sausage easing. When other
women hats are untrimmcd hers arc
loaded down with ostrich feathers, and
altogether she invariably look, like a
back number. yet she spends as much
money on her wardrobe as many a
woman who presents a fashion plate
appearance
Now the reason that tins lady &c
scmblcS something that has been iiShcd
out Of the rag bag instead II a daily
HINT from Paris is because when she
gets 4 new dCeSS and hat she conSld
trS them too good to wear when they
are fresh. except on some exceedingly
respondent occasion. and as fcSplcu.
dent occasions occur but seldom III her
Culct life she don't wear them at all
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She carefully wraps up IN many cover
ingS her tine new ftoCk and hat aud
puts them away in the closet while She
wears her year before last things. and
by the time she gets around 10 them
they. too, are out of date. So she never
catches up with the STYLES.
In the same spirit she covers up her
new rugs with bits Of old carpet. and
NmolhotS her new furniture in tides To
protect II, and cats off OF nlckcd and
broken china to avoid cracking her new
dishes, so that her house is Away,
shabby although 1t is full OF good
things that their owner considers too
good 10 use.
This oma never has the pleasure
OF being we'll dressed or living IN the
midst OF beautiful surroundings be
cause she has never learned To- make
the most IT now and here. She puts off
using and enjoying her pretty things
until somc future time. and when tho
time comes the pleasure that she might
have had is gone Her frock that was
once so Smatt has become a scaf,trOw.
her rugs are Soilcd. her furniture
scratched, her china an old pattern. and
shes never had any satisfaction o N, Of
them At all
We can see easily enough thi, WON
ans folly as IT manIicSts itself III 4
.matcr,al way. but d6 not most of US
splrltually fall under the same cundcm
nation' We can see that il We are TO
get any good out OF our clothes and fur
niturc We must do so IN the present, bu,
do not most Of us put of ENJOYING the
finer things OF lie until 1t is too late.
and the JOY VI might have had is for
ever gone
We see this pathetic mistake being
made SO often in the domestic relation .
ship a man aud woman love each
other deeply and sincerely \ woman
appreciates To- the full every fine ami
roble quality OF her husband She
could weep with gratitude when she
thinks Of how hard he tolls to keep hcr
soft and safe of how deep and abiding
IS his patience with all Of her little
weaknesses, OF the generosity that
makes him offer himself up as a daily
sacrifice on the family altar
The man never looks at his wife
without feeling like gong down on his
knees before her as to a saint. She
typiiicS for him all that is good. and
pure, and loyal, and devoted all the
qualities that lift humanity nearer 10
the stars, and there isn't a day when. IN
his secret soul, he doesn't bless God g.,
having given her to him for a wife.
SubcunSciously these people know
that theirs IS one OF the rare marriage,
IN which a man and woman have
really found their mates. and some
tunes they mean to enjoy this precious
cup OF welded bliss that Is at Their
lips-Somctlmc they arc going TO sip
II drop by drop, tasting To the fullest II,
flavor, sometime they are going 10 take
long hours in r%eyellng IN a perfect com,
radcShip.
But not just now. They are too busy
IN the present moment with business.
with housekeeping, with parties and
clubs and a thousand foolish interest,
to even realize that they are happy OF
that their marriage IS a success. or ia
say a word of thanks Or appreciation
To each other. And then one Of then
dies, and the time when they might
have enjoyed themselves to gethcr u
gone past all recall
And every day you see people making
the same fatal mistake about their chill
I'dren In the wide universe thcro /,
nothing else a millionth part to en-.
chanting, 80 interesting, such fun as
| little child whose mind IS Just begin
ming to unfold. whose eyes are opcnin.
To a world OF wonder and whose liitl,
. tongue is Just beginning to babbi,
queer comments m lie. To feel IN,
! cling OF tender little arms around YOU
neck and the cuddlc Of a soft little bod,
IN the hollow OF your arm brings a thrill
to the heart more poignant Nwce,cr an,
more satisfying than any other tina
ever p%lcrceS the human heart.
Probably there l., not one father an,
mother in a thousand who doesn't know
this ot who would sell a child for
million dollars YET how few parent
do YOU ever see who are really en-
loving their babic, or who realize tina
they are eating their white bread %
HE while their children arc playin.
about their fee, and begging for he'd
time stoficS9
They expect to ENJOY their Childrr
somc time. but not lust now Now the
the, worry and fret and Scold bccau,