Evening star., 1928-03-24
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Only a Little While.


Ruth says she can't stand 1t, and she
won't. Her life is simply ruined all be-
cause of the selfishness and narrow
mindedness OF older people.
She and Ray might have been mar
ried by now II his beastly family and
hers hadn't stepped in and spoiled
things.
They, If you please. insist that Ray
must go to college. and finish there
before he can think of marriage.
Rsy wouldn't have listened to this
ridiculous advice but for the fact that
Ruth's family backed him up
l. Now two young people are torn apart.
forced to go on living through four
awful dreary years without each other,
while Ruth grows older and more tired
of waiting each minute. Isn't 1t an
awful thing?
Perhaps it's the best thing in the
world, Ruthie. Those parents of yours
are pretty wise people and some day
| you may be grateful to them.
AS far as l can see. Ray Is the first
sweetheart you've had and your de-
| cision to marry him came as result
of a violent six months attack OF cali
| love-
Now. I'm not even limiting that what
you feel for the boy isn't real, lasting
| love, but it's rather good thing that
you will have four years TO think the
matter over.
-Four years-in which you and Ray
can keep always In your minds, II you
want, the glorious possibility OF mar
riage to each other.
| Four years In which you may learn
| something Of how to be good wife.
Four years in which your little-girl
| dreams will have a chance to sober
down and become steady, confident
| plans for the future.
In these four years ahead Of you,
| you'll be asked to come to the college
| to meet Rays fraternity brothers and
pals That won't hurt you any. Even
| though you may not give the other boys
| the slightest tumble. 1t will do you good
| to meet few men. and 50 have a
| chance to appreciate your Ray the
| more.
Ray. too. will meet other girls. This
| shouldn't cause you uneasineSS though.
You want him to have something to
compare you with, don't you? You
don't want to feel that he's picked you
out because you're the only girl he's
ever known?
And suppose he does fall for some
one else? That's what you're really
! afraid of Well, then swallow the bitter
pill and thank kind Providence that
you didn't discover he was capable of
unfaithfulnesS after you were married.
| Don't sit around waiting for the four
years to pass by.
Make the most of them. Learn to be
good housewife. Learn to be good
hostess. Go out and taik to people.
make friends. girls and men. too.
The fatal mistake a girl in your po-
sition always makes Is to sit patiently
waiting for the four years to be over.
| While she sits. thus. motionleSS. un-
| happy. respondent, her man Is at coli
lege. making friends, learning new
things. broadening his horizon. improv-
| ing his mind.
And when ne steps out with the
| diploma after the four years are over
| Is he delighted to find hts little sweet
! heart just the same sweet, shy. awk-
| ward schoolgirl he left behind him?
| He Is not. He's changed himself and
he expects a big improvement in the
| girl friend.
II none is discernible, he looks else
where
Therefore. II Ruth is the wise young
lady she would have me believe, it's
up to her to keep pace with her man
In the next four years-to grow as he
+! grows. learn as he learns-and at the
end of four years TO be every bit his
| mental equal as she is now.
/ tCopyriEht ig.S.l