El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-09
The Girl He'd Marry
WHAT SORTS SHE?
Mothers Can Clean Good Deal Of Valuable Infoma-
ton from This Advice

0 OF your religion. RacheTs traditions
aren't like yours, her training ism {
the same, her people are impossible.
She won't be happy with us, you'll be
miserable with her. Oh, Rodney, Rod
ney, you're all 1 have-youu get over
this infatuation, but III never get over
II If you marry Rachel was the re-
frain Of Mrs Browns every word.
She almost said IL in her sleep.
Rodney saw his duty and gave
Rachel up. All that happened during
his last year at law school-but ne
couldn't so home TO all the memOries
of Rachel Norris. There wasn't a path
IN his home town-there wasn't even
q street car line without its memories
Of Rachel
Rodney had two lean. lonely, poor
years I'm Cambridge. He had given
Gp his hearts desire for his mother.
but he couldn't let her pay him an
allowance, he couldn't take her
money. On one OF her visits TO Cam
bridge. Mrs Brown told Rodney OF
Rachers marriage. And it was then
chat his lonely heart began looking
for sympathy.
Meets BesS in Restaurant.
In the restaurant where he ate.
because he liked keeping in touch with
the college spirit and the college boys.
there was a little waitress who was
very sweet and quiet Somehow Rod
ney felt a sympathy in the very gen
tleness with which she unfailingly set
down before him the hot milk he
liked in his coffee and the wafer like
slices Of lemon he wanted for his tea
You never had TO tell Bess anything
twiCe-she remembered She served
things daint-ly with certain pride in
her work.
Sympathy is often a growth from
ffaur-r-
TO help him over his bad places and
ne didn't know anybody TO do it. so
he turned right around and helped
some one over her bad places. In
Jraying TO cheer Bess. making life
little more livable for her. he made
1t infinitely more livable for himself
Bess had managed to put herself
through high school with a little
help from an aunt and good deal
Of work. taking care Of babies, run
ming errands and doing odd Jobs. Now
she was taking two courses at college
IN the intervals of waiting on table
and she thought that she could man
year course IN six Rodney admired
her grit
Her tenderness appealed TO him. A
contemplation Of her troubles made
him forget his own. And so he fell IN
love with her, and they were married.
and hope they viii live happy ever
after
If this were story. 1 would lay a
great deal Of stress on the gradual
growth Of love, on the romance Of it
all. But It is just a little study of
human nature, and I hope all mothers
Of boys will read 1t and let it stimu-
late them to bit Of thinking
A Chance to Think.
II your son wants TO marry q girl
whose faith is not his. whose tradi-
tons and training and ancestry and
environment and family and circum-
stances in life are all other than You
would have them. don't Immediately
insist on breaking up the match.
Not every poor girl is a designing
not every socially un-
known girl is bound to be n handdi-
cap not every girl Of ordinary family
is common little thing"
Give the girl your boy wants TO
marry fair chance. Meet her and re-
is shabby Let your boy feel that you
are being square. that you have his
best interest at heart and won't snob-
Dlshly drive him away from what he
longs TO possess nor yet selfishly
deprive him Of his happiness.
Rodney Brown has sworn that he
viii never again speak to his mother
81 was almost grateful to her for
spelling my love for Rachel because
that saved me for Bess." he laughed
boyishly, but she has said things
about my vile that I am never going
TO forgive"
Perhaps some day Rodney and his
mother will be friends again. But
in the meantime there stretches be-
tween them long, arid. bitter years
Of Misunderstanding that they
can never get back