The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-15
The Struggle
HrTnS rnornECY COMES

u vas odd what comfort Edith
derived from things the little dress
maker said Ruth Alison was only
y. Ediih lcrrnl nearly 10 years
Older Vet II was Ruth who talked
ana Edith who listened TO her home
ly philosophy
ITS because I've always worked
Tor a living. Ruth laughed. when
Ediih ono day asked her how she
oamc To have thought out 50 many
aatisfyinR answers to things" The
girl who marricE Young has her life-
work mapped out for her. She takes
things FOR granted But the girl who
struggles almost from her childhood
with big responsibilities finds her-
self pcrplrScd, She wonders why
things happen as they do why she
has nothing hut work and loneliness
and others have So much that IL
golden nv and by she digs out
reasons And she comforts herself
with tho belief that all things have
their compcnsalions and some day
the light will come inn her lifc too.
mi the struggles Will be forgotten. %
We had struggles too said
Edith Marriage doesn't mean pure
golden happiness
'Vf course not said Fdith brisk
|N but n brings YOU moro quickly
to the things IN lifr that arc worth
while. when YOU are married YOU
ut least have ~ definite aim You
have some one to do gor. TO build
for, To- improve YOUR character for
And perhaps you have children. ChiI-
dren alone, and Ruth lifted her cycs
from her work and looked or in4u
space, as she had a way " doing
when very curuNst, can make n
wcmpns life worth living They are
absolutely the greatest possihili III es
They rr sheer raw material. To do
with as YOU like, aren't they ltp
only when mothers have finished
moldinr and educating and develop
iug their children that they look
round for some cause 10 work for
something where their experience
aud understanding can be used TO
help tho world along
After llttlo M,sy Alison had put
her sciwors and work apron and all
the tools ~ her sewing trade away
m her Atphcl and taken her leave
for the dlv. Edith Fcrrol sat long
t,mr thinking
Sho began fully to realize how
much She wanted TO do for people.
and what blessed opportunity she
now had to do % For the Heater
company Wna huz1inE along mCrrily
and every Few weeks John came
home waving q slip of lavender
tinted paper before her eyes. which
he explained was dividend
check
Sew Fl1wrrtOn was ono ~ the
people Edi'h wanted 20 do some
no questions beyond the fact that he
thing for
Ncd had hoon away Edith asked
was going to a ranch in Texas for a
few wccl.s whore he could 1--we in the
open and 'lot oat Nuwl once in a
while II he frl' Ike it," Edilh knew
hn dad feel like o. For while Fay
summer, had hccu about as light
.u sweetheart AS could be imagined.
vlHl Nrd had cared for her IN his
fashion Nhur his fashion was not
the deep .tcmpcstuous one love in
lifetime sort ,oud precious few loves
pro1. Ned w.,s ftr from a philpndCrer
and h,s vanity. " not his sohcrcst
feelings. had been badly hurt hy Fay
llr was coming back soon. and
IAath had spent many JOYOUS DAYS
selecting furnishings fdt his room.
insisting tina, no must live with them
fnr "a while lt least
rhInly She decided suddenly "IN
q shall use this plain striped
choose the blue aud cream mon al
ways Ike blue. I'm SO perfectly