The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-05
Choose Love,
Take Chance
on, Money
Nv MARTHA LEE

Among the oueSbioilo AAOiiio'
rdison asked young chaps who are
.snirine TO be master inventors was
(Which one of the following would
Won be willing to sacrifice for the
sake of being successful-happiness'
comfort, reputation, pride, nonor'
health, money, loveP
Saw some sSlort-sighted folks'
what has that to do with the DIM
Guilty Of chemical symbols" AND
vet that question, truthfully an
svered, would be the keynote 10
every man or voman's future lie.
Some time or another. every
human being Is forced to make
choice of one of those eight, some
times more than one. because they
are allied so closely there Is hardly
any separation. Sometimes tne
necessity for making a choice comes
before the mind has developed COM
pletely enough to comprehend the
values OF the one against the other.
And sometimes. the choice is MADE
uhen ideals have been lost so long
that the true sentiment OF man
or woman has sunk beneath re-
covery.
Health is Essential.
There is one item in the list that
will be excluded by every one. that
of health. No sane person would
sacrifice health for success, because
the glory would be too completely
futile without 1t. But money, love,
comfort, reputation, pride. and even
honor have been sacrificed time and
again for the desire to be successful.
That word successful 1t means
such different things to different
people. To some, being successful
means only that their lives should
be such as to gain the kingdom of
God. To others it means being &C
cepted as a social satellite.
To one man it means finding the
girl of his heart. To another it
means his name. with three stars.
in Bradstreet. To one woman it
means raising a flock of healthy
children in happy home. To an
other it means grabbing of heavy
sugar daddy that can give her a
cuff of diamond bracelets that
reach from wrist to elbow.
To one child it means having
three meals a day and 10 another,
finding another Treasure Island
to delight his heart.
Girl Is in Doubt.
young girl who is being forced
to make a choice has written to me.
She can. by one word, have love
and happiness. BY the same word
to another man, she can have lux
ury. money, and all that it can buy.
Dear Miss Lee have a very serious |
problem confronting me and ! am in !
capable Of deciding for myself just What T
I should do. am 10 and, without
Dragging. quite attractive looking. I have
worked practically all my life. as my
family is poor and We are numerous.
young man several years older than
myself has been very attentive to me for
some time Ike him very much. in
fact. ! believe could learn to love him.
But ne is poor we are. and ] can
not bear TO think that my whole life
will be spent in the drudgery have seen
my mother go through. I would love to
have Injuries and pretty clothes and
leisure. This young man wants me to
marry aim.
Another Man Enters.
There Is another man. whom have
not known as long. Who also is attentive
to me. He is much older and although |
he is not wealthy man he has great
He also wants to marry me.
ike him. but It would be much easier
for me to fall in love With. the younger
fellow. Now. Miss Lee. this older mar
is pressing me for my answer. As 1 say.
I cannot beai Tire thoughts Of Shaving all
my life like my mother has done, but
also hate to think OF marrying this man
without loving him. He saws would
learn to love him. But would rather
be sure beforehand that I will love him. !
What do you think I should do?
SUZANNE
1t would be much more sporting
thing to gamble that the young man
you love will progress financially in
time than it would TO gamble that !
you will learn-to love the man who
already has arrived" You see.
your standard has been so low that
his financial position Is probably
not nearly such a WOW as you
now think.
It's Better to Gamble.
When your young man is this fell
lows age, he may be running circles
around him. OF course, having
lived in partial poverty does make
one wary, but. my dear child. there
could be nothing. not even stark
poverty for the rest of your days,
worse than marrying a man you
did not love.
And you certainly do not love
this man. You would better just
keep plugging along. working the
position you have now and helping
your folks along the. best you can,
until things look little brighter i
Look around bit and you will
see evidence after evidence where
marrying for money is sad flop.
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