El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-13

q climb the wall that separates the sue
I cessful from the unsuccessful The
other hangs back, a dead weight on
I the hands OF his more ambitious part
ner.
The hindering helpmeet IS stin 60
ing around on the same short chain
forged by Individual incompetence
7 Mental slackers OF this type take
I the same immature view OF things
they took in early youth
They dread a new idea as the aged
dread a draught in the back They
have the same thoughts and-heaven
help us-the same old stories
They never add to nor revise their
point OF view. They are species OF
fixed star, but alas, there is no gilt
ter to them
Alternatives Of Partners
The ambitious partner Is confronted
by one Of two alternatives Either lle
mental sluggard must be left in his
own track and the ambitious one
must soar alone, thus giving Up an
idea OF the companionshlp ne noped
for in marriage Or the aspiring help
meet must give up his cherished
dream OF Improvement ana let op-
u0rtunftv pass him By in the ruL
It IS the old parable OF the mile
stone. and no one may swim against
the current burdened by millslone-
There is no more eNactlng PROB
lem than this among an the NeNea
problems OF married lie
Shall the runner give up the race
or lag behind 70 keep pace Win a
faced partner
There have been instances I'm which
the mentally stagnant one has 0een
so deenlv in love with the live wire or
the combination that untold teats OF
industry have followed AND the Tor
toise has caught up with the hare
as fin the old classic fable.
But. alas this is not often true,
the matrimonial tortoise ls con-s--
to sit under It's shell and watch lne
hare dash Off and hear All about what
happened when IL returns IL tne
hare does return.
But frequently the hare remains
with it's own kind. II enjoys the slim
illus Of the race. Of matching It's wits
and muscles with other hares- and the
Gull little tortoise waiting al nome
becomes less and less necessary TO the
happiness OF the other.
II the tortoise loves the hare there
is hard. grueuing work TO be done ana
much burning OF the midnight OIL lor
one loves work for works sake ana
the other loves the worker
Nevertheless this miracle has been
wrought by reason OF love ana IL Will
continue TO be wrought -Lll lle emu
OF time
Wives OF Public Men
We come across this type frequent
ly 10 the wives OF public men, me
bright young laNJe E OF Lle s-4-e-l- -uN. ID
marries the school teacher. and the
bright young lawyer goes ahead he
continues 10 improve, or as shaSspere
has put it,. There is a tide ia the az
fairs Of men which taken at the flood
leads on 20 fortune
II the school teacher IS wise she
follows She puts less embroidery on
her chIIdren's clothes. fewer lace dol
lies Of her own manufacture on the
table. and she keeps pace with her
husband in his reading, in his progress I
in his work.
The wise woman. these days. does ]
not let her husband do all the think 4
ing for the family. She was safe IN I
doing that a generation or two ago. ]
when clever women singled them I
selves out by unbecOming clothes ana
hair dressing that suggested a monkey I
rather than comb
But today cleveruess Is applied 20 4
looking ones best as well as-and Lel
the dull little wife remember tnls-
inspiring clever men
Away From Home.
And the wire who IS content TO let
her husband get his mental stimulus I
from another woman Is playing
1rrrrnnr- .Hnnrrnwnrre zane with her own