The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-25

HPO1SO w "SSOAAA
Should we pity or envy a dam
sci who is booked for a region
where, though sweetheartS and
husbands ought to abound, orange
blossoms and lace wells and in
fact the whole delightful scheme
of bridal pageantry will be quite
out of the questions?
I have complete sympathy with
a young girls desire not only for
a love-story of her own, but for
fair setting for her romance. In
fact, I'll confess that for my own
part 1 am extremely susceptible
to the ceremonial swish of white
satin and the silver significance
of wedding chimes.
But we all know that mar
rage ceremony is one Of the brief
est of human dramas; and that
once the bridal bouquet has been
thrown to a bridesmaid, the wed.
ding gown stiffly laid away in a
box, the crumbs of the wedding
feast swept from the floor, the
laughter Stilled and the tears
wiped dry-then love has to begin
to stand on it's own merits.
FUNDAMENTALS
Are the young pair wisely mated
and is their love sound and real?
aF'rom now on. it is the fundamen-
S4alc thot will cOllnt
I Something of this is what 1
SHOULD like to suggest, as gently
Sas possible, to young correspond
sent of mine who breads the hard
ships of a pioneer experience,
seemingly for no other reason
vthan that, even though the I'm.
known country may yield a de-
%sirable lover, all the traditional
accessories of marriage will pretty
certainly be missing from the pic
pture.
= Il am &c." writes Zelda. 'My
parents expect shortly to go to
ALASKA, where they have secured
"a grant of land, and they ex-
,%%pect us five children to go with
them.
Z Though 1 am devoted to them
both, it seems as if they were
asking me to give up my real life.
Even if 1 fall in love and marry,
what kind of a wedding could /
have? What kind of a home
could I count on, in those bleak
conditions? You see what a sac
Hrifice / should have to make!
Right here is a boy 1 like.
and who seems to like me. And
my aunt would be willing to have
me live with her and go to bust,
ness college till / could support
myself. 1 have been afraid to
propose this to my dear little
mother, who counts on me. What
do you adviser"
If Zelda were older, or if she
had real love affair instead of
what seems to be merely the hope
of one, I should admit that she
had problem.
THE BIG CHANCE
AS matters stand, it seems to
me that she is obviously bound to
fall in with her parents arrange.
mentS for her. It is her youth and
inexperience, and shall I say, a
certain selfishneSs, tn a t prevent
her from seeing what a magnifi.
cent opportunity pioneering pro,
Vides.
AS a preparation for life, and
indeed as prelude to love, I
should say that pioneering was
beyond all comparison superior to
a business college. should coun-
sci daughter of my own to take
the big chance and be thankful
that it came her way.
There is really great kick in
learning, when one is young, how
many things, unimportant things,
one can easily do without. You
will notice that 1 never for a
moment suggest that love is one
Of those things.
Any girl with gayety and a
stout heart and firm little back
bone ought to enjoy even the dis
comforts of life in a strange new
country, and be better for it. It
goes without saying that she need
not necessarily expect to spend
all her life there.
Courage, Zelda, and the happi.
est OF love stories!