Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
LIFE'S PROBLEMS
ARE DISCUSSED
By MRS. WILSON WOODROW

For one thing, the situation i.
complicated by the existence of E
child to whom he is devotedly at
tached; and, for another, he is still
obviously too much in love with
his wife to think of giving her up
He clings to the dreams of 4
home in which the three of them
reunited, husband, wife and baby
may live happy together ever after
have only the picture he draws
of his wife to go on. According
to that, she is young, somewhat
highty, extremely fond of admir-
alton, demanding constant amuse-
ment and eXcitement-a familiar
enough type. She may have these
qualities in the exaggerated degree
that he intimates, or his represen
tation may be prejudiced. At any
rate, she has the encouragementa and
support of her mother.
Unconsciously, however, he gives
between the lines of his letter a
much clearer and more definite por.
trait of himself.
Up to the time of his marriage
he says, he had always been an
actor. One can see that all his am
bitions and hope were centered In
his profession. Although scarcely
more than a boy-he is only twenty
four now-he had advanced rapidly
into recognition, and, was called up
on to support some of the best
known stars in the country. He de-
lighted in the players life; again
and again in his letter he reverts
to the charm and attraction that
it held for him.
Nevertheless, when he was COM
PEELED to choose between getting
married and the stage, he gave il
up. The young woman to whom
he was engaged made that con-
dition and he assented.
Much against his grain, he 3e'
cured an industrial position in shi'
native town and established himselt
and his bride in a hotel of theil
own. The unaccustomed work wa:
hard and irksome to a degree, bu
he stuck it out and tried to make
good.
In the meantime, though, hi
wife had become disconnected. Sh'
| wanted to return to her own cit!
and friends, and again he yielded.
He secured another situation
| there, and again manfully did hi
best for his family, which by thi
! time had been Increased by the ar
! rival OF the baDY.
But among old associations, ant
| with her mother at hand to rel
| upon for assistance in the house
| hold, the young wife neglected NOR
| and more her domestic responsiblli
ties to seek continual gayety ano
! diversion. Even an alarming lines
| of the baby failed to steady her.
Incessant broils and dissension
| were the result. Finally the huS
| band, wrought up beyond endur
ance, flung himself off, and return
! ing to the stage began to rehears
with big New York production
but he could not stand the separa
ton. and throwing up his engage
ment came back 20 plead with her
Since then his life has been mere
| Iy a series of quasi-reconciliatton'
and new breaks, of pleading on hi
| part and a constantly growing lie
! fiance of hers Without money an'
too upset by her conduct to work II,
! has become seedy-looking, and i
/ taunted by her as bum" and tolt
! that he is no good.
What shall, he do, he asks ?
Weakness in man is the on
thing which no woman can forgive
| The qualities she worships ar
determination, strength and will
success. Until this husband show
! some measure of these all tn
pleading and coaXing in the worlC
will not induce his wife to foregc
her course. In her frivolous wa
she is much the stronger characte
of the two. and she feels a con
! tempt for his inaptitude.
Let him prove that he can com
mand success, though, let him COM
to her prosperous and assured, in
stead of whining at her heels. pen
niless and shabby, and he will fint
the tables turned.
He made his first great mistake
when at her instance he gave ul
| the stage-the career to which al
his interest an enthusiasm wer,
given.
No human being can spoil an
others life. We do that only Il
ourselves, and we do it invariabl.
when we allow the advice, the fear
or the disapproval of another to turI
us from the special gift or aptitud,
which is implanted in each one o
us, and the development of which
is our lifework.
To this young man I should say
Go back to the stage. Work hard
See as your goal your name in alec
trio lights above Brosdway's great
est playhouse. And when you havt
accomplished that-long before, il
fact-it will be your wife. not you
who is pleading for reconciliation
and your dream of living happ!
ever after" will come true.
WHAT'S IN A NAMEf
Look here. waiter" said Mr.. Joyce
scowling deeply over his plate. q
ordered turtle soup. There is mo-
even a morsel of turtle flavor in this.
"Of course, not" said the waifer
/ asxvha at do YOU expect? II Won ordaral