The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-14

wife he will want when he Is 4
That carry marriages are much more
ant 20 turn out dlsAStrously than those
entered into hy mature people is amply
proven hy statistics which snow that
far the greater number ot divorces are
asked for by people who married IN
their salad DAYS More than this. II
YOU will notice YOU viii find out that
tina men who at 50 and over suddenly
Kick over the traces and become in
volved in disgraceful scandals with
women, are mon who, nearly all, mar
rIed when they were boys
They married when they were so
Young that they had not had their
hing, they knew nothing Of women and
their Viles and arts, and 50 when they
got middle aged. and had accumulated
enough money 10 make It worth while
20 be plucked. they fell victims To the
first siren who made eyes at them,
Moreover. the woman a man marries
at 90 is seldom the type that he would
pick out at so We may be crazy about
pink ice cream soda at 20. but our
palate Graves something sophisticated
when we are 50
IA glrt whose step matches his, who
has a curl on her forehead who can
chatter his own lingo, seems to boy
10 have every qualification for making
a life companion. Ten years later.
when he meets UP with her. she bores
him stiff and he wonders what he ever
could have seen In her to have ad-
fliaed 1t takes an entirely different
set nf graces and charms to fire his
fancy then because he has come TO
MATS estate, and thinks as man and
not as a child
Another objection 10 early marriage
"a that boy is selfish and lacks self
control, and Is arrogant, and very SUI
perior 10 woman in his own opinion,
LOO. Ft.tNa
esrisclda they are sure to spat and fight
like ;wo ChilC8en II takes age and
experience with life to discipline man
"a the point where any wOman's hap
piness is safe in his hands.
still another objection to the early
marriage ia that unless bog has N
serted a fortune. marriage simply spells
rain for him. 1t shuts the door OF OPP
pprtunity IN his face. II clogs his feet
So he can not climb No young boy,
~ MS own efforts, can get ahead any
III these days II ne has a wife and
chRureE to support lie Is doomed TO
the clerks stool, or the work bench
because he can not RISK his job oy
fAgiuuE any change The wolf Is al
ways bowling outside Of his door and
that breaks the nerves Of the strongcs.
GNd makes them lose courage
'He travels the fastest who travels
atone, said Ripping lie doesn't travel
~ all nowadays who attempts double
harness rim his buyhood He stays put
ia the grave he has dug for himself II
he Is poor boy who commits suicide
by getting married.
But II marriage Ia dangerous Tor the
young boy. 1t Is equally hazardous Tor
the old bachelor When man Is on
the shady side OF 30 he marries At his
peril, and Is pretty sure to find n WHO
excess baggage that he wishes he had
left at her home BY that time he has
acquired ways that are dearer to him
than any woman will ever be. and
formed habits that are harder TO break
than his heart. Living alone uncon-
solously and unintentionally cultivates
selTishnesS in one. and make II per-
petual irritation to have TO adapt one
self continually to another,
We are. alas, not plastic after we
become middle aged. We have run
into our molds and are set We have
formed the friendships we enjoy, and
worked out the scheme OF life best suit
cd to our taste, and to have to give
them al! up and ADJUST ourselves to an
Ofher, requires the heroism of mar
Tyr And few men enjoy qualifying tot
that role So the old bachelor makes
the worst Of all husbands because he IL
4. miserable one.
be,wv, Il OLD age and youth there II
happy medium Nnen man Is rape tol
l4ia,. .lnuuy Tie mas come TO himself.
Ills tastes are formed but me! nave
400 bvvome petriucu. tie Is settled, ana
Yet subject to CnaHEc. lie mas sottCu
l. pun nls own 1cCt 81 that he can sup
llOft a wiiu ana children WIthUut tevi-
ang them "A crushing burden. pcRhug
MHh the world has taught hun taco
Liu dp.Umaoy So that No VIII know
lUN 10 manage "a Wuu ptAcvabS instead
Vi dong II win a cub
tie has seen many women, and has