The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31

tina, his wife repulscd his further
intrusionE.
would advise Anonymous" r.
get some good book on the power
OF will. Sec TO II that hia wife
reads II and studies ~ even ~ hs
mus, rad II TO her and explain ~
Keep the other man from her at Any
cost. And II shs Ia capable ., grasp
ng the meaning OF will power. mind
influence. influ~nc. Of strong will
she Ii cured
A VERY OLD WOMAN.
Dear Miss Grey; Tho letter oi
Anonymous" asking advice OF theor,
lists II one which appeals 10 mo. n
l have gone thru many OF tn. ex.
perienccs he has. and like him.
firmly believe that th-rc In not ono
case in a hundred where real and
genuine and lasting reformation IL
possible when tho wife has once
gone wrong.
l know OF case where a wife
was forgiven several times upon her
plea for one moro chance. But In
every instance where she felt reason.
ably safe from detection. shs appar.
entity could not resist temptation 10
have a little affair separate and un.
known to her husband.
More than once tho greater fault
lay not with tho wife. but once n
woman goes wrong there 1. a certain
indefinsble impuls. In her which
needs only a little encouragement TO
see IL che cannot find that some
thing which. lacking In her own
home. she may find thru tho asso.
citation with other men. who lead
her to think she In being deceived.
neglected. abused and God knows
what else. by her husband. And
also. that she IL very foolish not to
get n little fun out Of life. too. when
she may know Of dozen other mar.
ried women. respectable 20 all ap-
pearances. who can manage TO carry
on an affair now and then and not
get caught.
In the case I know OF. there was
and Ii absolutely no reason why the
wife should persist In her actions.
as sho has a good home. decent hus.
band. In her own boss. has the privi
lege OF cultiyating her own friends.
goes and comes OF her own free
will. In supplied with tho comforts
Of life. And yet. in the face Of all
this. abe carried on an affair with
a married man nearly two years. IL
was found out. not from her own
acts. but those OF the men. who grew
tired OF H.
Forgiveness followed. yet within
year she was caught carrying on a
correspondence with another mar.
RED man. Again tears. and vehc-
ment protestations OF sorrow. and the
almost inevitable forgiveness.
Later she was caught as n par.
ticipant In the old. old badger game.
This time. the forgiveness ives not
no soon in coming: but after many
scenes" and months OF good be.
hayior and earnest pleading she
again gained the good Fraces of her
husband.
Altho his heart was breaking. he
could not bring himself to believe
that the wife he had trusted nine
years was wholly bad.
| might write book on the follow.
ing episodes his wife participated in:
but viii merely say that when this
man was thoroly convinced OF his
wife's guilt he put II straight up TO
her: offered to get divorce and let
her have half OF all their property.
take the blame on himself. II she
would marry the man she had loved
for 10 years. but as is usual in such
cases. she refused. suppose after
she found that the man was not
willing TO break up his home. IL
further forgiveness worth whiie7
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