The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-15
Confessions
OF a Wife
LOVE AND A woMAN's LIFE

LOVE AND A WOMAN's LIFE
As the thought of motherhood
came uppermost in my mind, 1T
tie book, saw the dawn creeping
thru the darkness, and in the dis
lance the smoke lying low over
the great city by the lake. In
some way the knowledge that day
was coming gave me comfort and
hope, and l must have fallen
asleep Immediately, for l remem-
Der no more until felt someone
shake me gently.
Wake up, Margie, said DICK.
1--WE will be in Chicago in three
quarters of an hour He was
fully dressed.
why did you not wake me be-
fore. Dick?"
Because you were sleeping so
soundly and seemed to be having
such a good time at it, l could not.
bear to be a spoil sport
Dick had already a different
air. He was girding on his har-
ness. He had completely forgot
ten our playtime together and was
preparing to enter the battle OF
business again. He looked very
thin, little book, and very white
| and worn, but | could see that
his indomitable villa will he
had trained to be indomitable--
was keeping him up.
II think We had better stay
over a day or two in Chicago, Mar
gie," he said. I'm rather tired
of railroad travel and I'll probably
find many letters and kilograms
from Jim awaiting me. 1 don't
mind telling you, dear, that l
shall be mighty glad to get back
into the work-a-day world again."
There it is, little book. No
man can get around it. 1t is his
heritage. Each generation be-
queaths it to the next, and the
great battle for power, which is
mans supreme desire, goes mer-
rily on. 1t may mean only the
power to earn ones daily bread.
1t may mean the amassing of mil
lions of dollars. 1t may mean
| artistic fame or political prefer
ment, but you may be sure that
one of these is the guerdon for
which every man battles daily.
| When he gives up, life is over for
him, and we women might as we'll
own up, little book, to ourselves
at least, that "love is of mans
life a thing apart
Dick had already forgotten the
long days of convalescence when
| the one word on his lips was
"Margie" and the one thought in
his mind was how to keep me near
| him.
OF course, you understand, lit
tie book, that l would not have 1t
otherwise. The only thing that
would have changed is that 1
would make love of woman's life
an incident as we'll. | do not be-
lieve that any human being, man
or woman, should center all his
hopes, his ambitions or his love
of life in another, for in doing SO
he not only makes himself unhap-
by but the other as we'll.
1t is perfectly right that q
mother should center her life in
her children IL she considers the
raising of children her life and
her battle. But right here | am
going to whisper surprising con-
fession to you. little book, one Of
the kind that makes 1t impossible
to let you tell my secrets to the
world have known many
women to bring children into the
world who should never have been
entrusted with their care and to
whom is due the punishment of
the child's mistakes and sins.
Eliene is real mother to the
twins. and it is very probable that.
the woman who died in giving
them birth could never have
shouldered the responsibility OF
bringing them up properly.
Nature is queer old imper-
sonal thing. She cares not how
unsuited two people are. 1t is
only her business to mate them.
She takes no responsibility for the
babies her urge brings into the
world. When they are born her
responsibility ceases.
Ito Be COntinued.)