The Washington times., 1936-12-18

other.
"My fiance was in an architects
office and he had graduated with
high hOnOrs from a fine univer-
sity.. Everybody expected great
things of him.
"Then his office began cutting
down the force, and George went
with the rest. At first 1 didn't
mind. and we were just happy in
seeing each other. After q while
1 began to get tired Of this kind
Of a cOurtShip. I wanted to go
places and have good times like
other girls.
George could not get the work
he had been trained for, and he
refused to take two other posi-
tiOns which he considered menial.
He was very kind and offered to
release me, but even then 1 felt
I'd never meet anyone I'd care
for as much.
"Then unemployment and
worry. and never having any
money but q little he was able to
earn now and then, began to get
on his nerves. He grew melan-
chOly, and it wasn't much fun to
be with him.
MET NEW MAN
%AbOut this time / met Mr..
-. He was a good deal older,
had been married and divorced,
and was very comfortably off.
Mr.. was a good dancer, loved
shows, good restaurants and hav-
ing a good time, and he drove a
big car.
"At first he just seemed an es-
cape from the dull times I'd been
having, and then 1 was glad to be
going with a man Of his position
and influence. So 1 broke my en-
gamement to George, and accepted
"Now my family who like George
especially, call me mercenary and
q gutter, Do you think 1 am? And
Should a girl wait for a man for.
ever, especially when his hard luck
has such an effect on him as it
had on George? He has said moth
ing unkind to me, but my family
have said plenty. "EVELYN."
ISN'T A GUTTER
It's a good deal better that you
made the discovery that George
was not the one for whom you
could repeat these fateful words,
For richer or for poorer, for bet
ter or for worse"
And I'm not going to agree with
your family and call you gutter.
I believe that five girls out of 10
would have done the same thing.
Failure does such hideouS things
to people To stand up against
it one has to be the finest of fine
fiber. Unemployment and hope
long-deferred were taking their
toll of George. If his lack OF sue
cess had continued, he would
probably have become old and dis
illusioned before his time.
If you had loved him as deeply
as you imagined you did, in the
first months of your engagement,
you might have pulled him out OF
this slough of despond.
But, my dear girl, you didn't
love him well enough to perform
that miracle, and if you had mar.
ried him, seeing his faults and
only half caring, he would have
been as unhappy as you would
have been.
NOT A GREAT LOVE
Your was not a great love, the
kind that Surmounts every OBJ
stacle, that gives all and demands
nothing. So, instead of calling
you a gutter, like your family, I
think, with your temperament.
you did the wise thing to consent
to marry Mr.. -, who can give
you the bright lights without
which life apparently is flat and
tasteless to you.
But please let me beg Of you,
don't do the thing that so many
girls in your position have done.
They have married men who could
give them what they imagined
their happiness demanded, and
when the bright lights began to
pail and the prosperous gentleman
seemed a bit dull. they called
back the fiances they had de-
serted.
That is really wickedness be-
yond redemption, but it is not
wicked to marry man because he
can give you what you demand of
life. But, if you do this, do be
true to him, and let the one you
refused alone.