Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-16

They never held out a helping handsto
anyone in need. They never put aside
their own pleasure to weep with those who
mourned, or rejoice with those who were
glad, and so when the time came when they
hungered for human companionship, and
affection, they achcd for il in vain. They
hadN failed to SOW the seeds of friendship
and so when they came TO reap their field
1t was barren.
We are called upon to listen to no tale
of woe so often as that of the wife who
walls that her husband has grown IN
different to her, that he has ceased to
care for her, or to enjoy her society and
that he is at home as little as possible.
Nine times out of ten the woman who
tells you that she has lost her husband s
love is so unattractve that only man who
was miracle of faithfulness could have
retained any sentiment for her. She has
allowed herself to become physically un-
allurlng. She has ceased to comb her
hair and powder her nose, and her clothes
look as If they had been pltchforked at
her.
Worse still she has grown dull and stu
pid as n companion. She never reads.
She has never anything bright and inter
esting to talk about. She whines and
complains, and when her husband comes
home it is to dreary i'll kept house, and
to have to listen to peevish, fretful, dis
contented wife grouching because she has
to worry over children and servants, and
can't have everything rich women have.
Why should such woman ever hope
that her husband will find her attractive?
What is there about her to intrigue any
mans fancy? What is there in a home
that is the abode of all the glooms to draw
tired man to it after his hard days work?
Such woman is too lazy, and shiftlcss,
and selfish TO take the trouble 10 keep
her domestic garden plowed, and seeded,
and worked, and it is her fault when the
heartsease are choked out bv the weeds
Because her husband loved her once,
she thinks he will love her always, no
matter how unkissable she becomes
Which is a fatal error. Love is not a
perennial that renews itself year after
wear. Rather Il Is a one day flower that
has 10 be planted anew every morning in
a man 5 soul If woman wants TO keep
herself perpetually adorned with it. II
wife wishes 20 reap conStancv IN her
husband she must SOW the seeds Of charm
of agreeabllty, Of personal interest from
which constancy grows.
This truth, that we can not reap where
we have not Sowen, IS one that parents |
should impress with peculiar earnestness
just now upon their children. for the |
young have grown impatient Of the old. |
Slows plodding method Of winning sue
cess, and are hunting for some short cut |
to it, And there is none.
l4oys and girls are not willing to put in !
the labor, or take the time 10 learn how |
TO do their work thoroughly They de- |
mand big salaries that they can not earn. |
and they change from occupation 10 occu- /
patton, and position o position. seeking the !
mythical Job with no work. short hours.
and fat pay envelope, which they never
find
They should DC made to understand |
that before they can command high /
pay they must he able to do good work |
Before they hold responsible positions |
they must be fitted 70 All the places 81 /
authority Before they can command |
they must have submitted Ia authority |
themselves In a word before they can
reap the harvest Of success they must |
have titled the soil and sown the seed III |
sweat ol soul and body
For that Is the law OF nature-we can
not reap where We have not sown and !
the law never changes