San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-21

with grief. But she bears him chill
Gren, and she makes him home, aud
after n while while everybody accepts
Der, loves her, admires her.
Betty and Tom marry at seventeen
aud twenty and Tom gets inflammatory
rheumatism and has to give up his
work in the law school, and Betty has
four babies in five years-and ten years
later they emerge triumphant Tom as
district attorney. and Betty radiant in
hei runabout, with quartctte of fine
children for background, anu theirs is
one u the happy marriages.
A cross old man named Barrett re-
fuses his daughter marriage on the
ground that she is bed-ridden. and eight
years older than the man she loves,
and both are poets, impractical and
temperamental - but the Brownings
have their love idyll in spite of him,
and thereby enrich the lovers litera.
ture of the world.
Driving through a lonely country
road. | picked up, year or two ago
an extremely pretty girl of nineteen
Her own car had broken down, and
during the five-hile lift gave her, Shc
gleefully and readily told me her his
tory.
Village Beauty and Rich Mans Son.
She had been married two years--it
had been runaway match between
the village beauty and the rich mau 4
sen.
All these acres of apple trees be
longed to Billy's father, and she anC
Billy were still going to college together
and having such fun! Billy wa
twenty.
And you are rich?" l asked.
swell, we will be. Billy has foul
blcthers and sisters; their mother is
dead. But there'll be lots for every
one when his father dies. And he and
are never going to settle down, were
Just going to travel, buying the mos
gorgeous things. He's going to give ne
white rabbit-skin jacket, with re-
belt"
"You and I will never see each othc
ogain," | said after awhile. But In
old enough TO be your mother and yoI
have no mother. and I'm going to Civ
| you some advice.
you've made fine marriage, to tn
man you love. But unless you max
your happiness matter oil seriOu
study and prayer, wealth and yout!
end love won't save you.
IF you act the part of big sister Il
your Billy's family, il you ase ia \
liy yourself. and fake your share :.
serving, and sharing. and working, thcl
you'll have a wonderful life, and ten o
| fifteen years from now you'll have tia
travelling. and you will have earned !:
There's a tremendous advantage il
these young marriages-dont lose IT..
I'VE Loathe Babies"
She looked at me with all rhe radiant
secure superiority of her age.
MY dear, we loathe babies she sal
gdily. land Billy's kid brothers ar
sisters are always fighting with thei
| aunt. and / hate his father.
More than that, he says he wants t
| live somewhere where decent. self-cor
trolled people can get something
drink il they want il "
Presently put her down, in front q
garage, and for the rest of the da
/ felt as if gallant little rOwboat ha
passed me. being rapidly. carried TO til
svirling waters above ,NiagdrG Falls.
This little wife was perfect illus
trstion Of all the danger there is i
Tuppy-lovc marriages.
Ten years ago some mother Shout
have been building this girls charactel
should have been backing that beaui
ard charm with patience, self-contro
sanity. and honest ideals.
Ii was not done; and now, unlea