Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-13
Wc Co for a Ride

We Go for Ride
For the next few weeks things went
ON rather smoothly. l did not see
Madam Gordon. In fact ! had not
seen her since she visited me at the
hospital, However. she sent me q
number OF polite messages by my
nurse.
was soon able to 20 riding, and
Alice took me often in her electric.
John asked me rather differently one
day if | would go motoring with
him and seemed quite pleased when |
accepted the invitation with alaerity
1T didn't know but you would be
afraid to go with me. after our ac-
cident," he said. mot at ALL" / an
swered "And don't YOU think, John,
now that / am well enough To so out.
| can dispense with the nurse? She
has been very sweet to me, but | am
really tired Of having her here"
I'm awfully glad to hear you say
that, Katherine" said John, for
! shall be much relieved when | can
have you all to myself again. Would
YOU like to go up to the Country
club?" ho asked.
know by theh way Iohns eyes
rested on me that he thought | was
looking particularly well, and he had
a pride IN showing me OFF to his
friends, but he didn't tell me so.
Not mOrdinalcly Vain
wonder why when people live to-
gether and see each other every day
they do forget to voice the pleasant
thoughts they have Of one anothter ?
do not think l am inordinately vain,
and | know by Johns face that when
lately, in q study OF married life, has
I was something complimentary TO
him, he enjuys It. Someone very
said; in this life Of ours the two
great essentials are comfort and hap
piness We never entirely neglect
comfort--even the poorest and even
the hardest take some preoaWion to
equip Themselves with a measure OF
the commodity. But with happiness
II is different with happiness the
greatest of all needs, We concern our
selves not at Rll Happiness is taken
for granted We assume that 1t will
be ours, and as q general result II
fails us--completely.
do not believe that one can find
happiness unless one also finds APP
probation, Then why should appre-
ciation after marriage be allowed to
wither3 am quite sure that neither
men nor women change IN themselves
and the whole I.itany OF a lover isl
admiration for the one loved. 1t isl
only relations that change. and the
intmacies of married life seem tol
crowd ont entirely any sense Of ad-l
miration and sometimes of consid- !
GRAFTON.
For TO admire and be admired" is
a quotation which made an old songl
popular because It appealed 10 that
love Of appreciation in every humanl
being. A man as well as woman
loves flattety, aud I am afraid neither
man or woman is apt to give il tol
the one with whom they come int
daily contact.
English Language Inadequate
Te repeat a thing once said boresl
us and yet there never was time
when | wanted 10 find another WORT |
To express my love and admirationl
for John, although he often told me
that the Engllsh language proved
yery Inadequate when one was IN
love
oh, ! learned my hitter lesser 80
soon u seems TO ME now. while
looking back thar even hefore John
baFeived home little things happened
which made ne understand that he
had completely ehanrad in his feel
lnr toward me do not mean to
sas thvs he did not iote me amy more. I