The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-20

"There was a lover and his lass,
With hey and no and hey -
noninO,"
but unfortunately for this hypotheti-
thetically happy pair, something sud
denly went wrong with the hey and
the ho-or else the lass exercised her
time honored lassinine prerogative
and changed her mind. At any rate.
there they were hopelessly estranged,
and the young lover-under the cir
cumstanceS ! feel justified in assum-
ing that the lover was a young lover
permitted it to be pretty generally
known that his heart was broken
Within six months, however, he had
forgotten the whole matter as COM
pletely as "oung lovers usually forget
such matters, and had acquired a far
prettier lass, better hey, a steadier
no, and an altogether more dependable
hey nonino.
Now why in thunder did he ever
profess to be broken herated over
sub ca slight matter? Possibly be-
cause it was the regular thing to do
and the thing which was expected OF
him by people who should have known
better
But it was insincere and preposter-
Gus. No normal young man't heart
was ever broken by the loss of any
lassie's affection. Such preferment IS
TOO unstable at best to warrant. by
It's detection, calamity so sweeping
do not deny that the actual experi-
ence can be grievous enough. but
there is a vast difference between
grief, be it ever so abiect. and bona
Tide heartbreak. Sudden and over
whelmlng grief, whatever its cause
can drive man to great lengths. but
IL is usually of more or less tempor-
airy nature, or at least its most crush
ing quality is temporary. But heart.
break Is something else again. When
a man't heart is broken he NAV CON
tlnue living and functioning in a list
less KIND of way, but his spirit is gone.
lie is through-finished- for,
lnere is no fight left in him. He
goes to pieces.
1T is hard to break a mans heart;
especially if he is young man. One
grief will not do it, nor two. Pain
can contribute toward it, but. on the
other hand, pain can also strengthen
worthwhile spirit. Fear can do il
more quickly than either grief or
pam. Many young men who went ia
the trenches during the late war came
pack with hearts very effectuaIIv
broken; Some of these may still seem
as blithe as before but they are not
ever going to amount to much.
II man is naturally sensitive and
inclined to be easily hurt, there are
many things which, if they attack him
ttogether, can go far toward breaking
ms heart. Let a sufficient number IF
people show a real or pretended dis
taste or contempt for such a man. and
let them persist long enough and
steadily enough, and, if he does not
nave supporters who can counteract
TINS influence, his spirit is almost GER
tam TO be crushed by it. This often
happens to boys; particularly when
contempt is reinforced, as usually r
is reinforced, with ridicule. MANY q
youthful soul has been crowned with
thorns and crusified, or scourged and
crippled beyond repair, by an enforced
feeling of inferiority.
shame breaks mans heart very
easily. Few men who have spent a
Term In prison are able to cope with
life when they are released. Indeed,
they are never released at all; no mat
ter where they go, their shame holds
them captive, and it brushes them al
most invariably, unless they are