The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-03-21

this selfish woman who lived with
Paul only two years, never made
him a home or showed him any
real affection, and doesn't need the
money? Of course we want the boys
to be weu-schooled, to go to col
lege, and yet that ridiculous 81, 400
must be taken out of our income
every year for a woman who
means nothing to either of US.
They Must Pay the Piper.
when we remarked and made
this arrangement, we felt that
Maude would marry again, but she
shows no disposition to do so, and
as she is beginning her forties she
probably will not. I don't know
what we can do about it, but it
does seem that we should do some
thing"
My dear Mary: There is nothing
you can do about it except pay the
piper, and thank God that the mis-
take you made wasn't of a more
serious nature and isn't going to
cost you even more. Actually hun
dreds of thousands Of families lost
all their hard-saved capital eight or
ten years ago, through speculation
or unfortunate investments, and
they have to pay the piper. Mil
lions pay the piper with chronic in
digestion and headache, because
they WOULD eat and drink ndis-
creetly. An innocent small girl
pays the piper because her mother
would take her driving In a bitter
wind, and the mastoid operation
that followed a head cold cost her
her hearing.
Unhappy and unsuccessful lives
are all paying the piper; paying him
for parental stupidities, for bad
home influences, for lack of guild
ance or intelligence or grace. Sums
and drunkenness and poverty and
illness are all preventable, and
while we let them exist someone is
going to pay the piper for each
and every one. War is the cruelest
and stupidest mistake human be-
ngs make, and how we pay for it,
and how our children's children will
pay for it someday!
So stop worrying about the money
Paul has to pay Maude. You and
he both acted like undisciplined chill
dren when hard times came; you
didn't stick to him as a wife should,
and the discovery that you did love
each other, after the quarrel, is
what you are paying for. Forget
Maude; forget the details; only say
to yourself that you won't make that
mistake again, and will try to pre-
pare your boys for marriage along
better lines than your own were.
See that they know fine girls, and
are ready to assume the response
bilities of Life courageously and
wisely, and you'll more than make
up for the errors in your own life.
expensive as they seem.
Mary Should Be Grateful.
When your worst trouble is
money, you have much for which
to thank God. A cruel or drinking
husband, crippled child, circun-
stances that separate you from
those who love and need you, phys
ical suffering from some chronic dis
order, grinding poverty, quarrel
some atmospheres-these are real
troubles.
Recently was with a woman who
went to an institution to visit her
beautiful, eager, loving little boy
Of four. She could see him every
week If she liked, but she doesn't.
because he wants her so desperate
ly, and she can't make him under
stand that she has to work to sup
port him. Three months ago her
husband committed suicide. Now
she's paying the piper. You pay the
piper, too, and pay him CALAMITY
and bravely, and the first thing you
know Maude viii be out of the pic
ture, and that extra money viii
make you feel really rich.