The Washington times., 1936-12-14

VIII JQ6 fACeS SLlOWeI IlSS' PAO-
vide the wedding finery and in
spire the hope of living happily
ever after-or will the meeting be
just another dud?
No reliable statistics are avail
able, but all things considered, it's
likely that nothing will come Of
the meeting, unless that tremen-
dous urge, known as love at first
sight, fuses the imaginations-
hearts emotions-of both the Boy
and the Girl.
CASUAL FRIENDS
Chances are, instead that they
will drift into the status of casual
acquaintance who meet, dance,
chat sometimes; or will become
another case of Where did I
meet that girl?" and THAT boys
face seems familiar.
But suppose they are genuinely
attracted-'bowled over" is the ex-
preston they most frequently use
in writing to this column-what
are the chances that they will con-
tinue to meet under favorable cir
cumstances, until that happy day
when the Girl decides the mo-
mentouS question:
"ShaII be married in white
satin with a veil and bridesmaids,
and all those lovely things which
really make a wedding, or shall
be married in a street dress and
spend the money on furniture?"
All this is exceedingly pertinent,
for today many more forces tend
to keep Girl and Boy apart than
kept their mothers and fathers
apart generation ago. And the
chief villain in the plot against
them is, Of course, MONEY, that
root of all evil.
GARDEN OF EDEN
When Boy meets Girl, some.
times they are drawn together SO
irresiStibly that the world can
hardly hold their delight. It is
still the Garden of Eden when
the apple trees were in blossom
and the serpent hadn't yet made
it's appearance. Naturally, mar,
riage would be the reSult-but
what have they got to marry on?
The Boy draws the sketchiest
of salaries, and the Girl hasn't
been trained to do anything at
all. She doesn't even know how
to keep house we'll, to market
economically, or take a few dol
lars and transform a walk-up
cold-water flat into an attractive
little home.
But sometimes Boy and Cir
are so much in love that they
take a chance, and hand in han6
they leap the money chasm to
gether. They dare the fate
They fling prudence to the wind
They disregard the wise talk o.
their olders.
MIRACLE HAPPENS
They maryland the miracle
happens. Boy, inspired by a force
greater than himself. somehow
gets a better job. And Girl, realiz
ing that every penny counts, goe'
to a domestic science school
learns how to cook and makes ont
dollar do the work of two.
Unfortunately, not always il
there this happy ending. Bo!
lacks training, and has no rea
ambition to get ahead. He forget!
his troubles in the saloon or thu
pool parlors. And Girl, feeling her
self neglected, goes home tx
mother, or seeks diversion else
where.
But there are enough cases OF
record, where Love makes thu
grade and gets the better of tn
demon Money.
However, let us not conside,
that money is the only obstacle
to the happy mating of Boy ant
Girl. Other influences are a.
strong. There is the ever-growinl
single standard on the part o
women, which defers marriage OF
the part of the Boy almost indie
finitely. .-.
ANOTHER OBSTACLE
There is also the unhappy cas-
of strict parents-mothers ant
fathers who have completely for
gotten the way of Youth, and re
fuse to permit their daughter
to receive young men in thei
own homes, leaving these girl
the dismal alternatives of pick
ing up men on street corners. O.
becoming frustrated spinsters.
And there is the unhappy CIR
whose pay envelope must go t,
hold a family together, and VIII
never has anything left over t,
buy the proper clothes to g.
TO1oooS