Evening star., 1941-07-06

rVHERE's lovely little church the way home in
the country and approached day last month
d the bells pealed the organ exued and through wide
open doors came bride and groom. They standing
beside their car when passed
Gmpsing their shining faces my wife reached for my
hand. I'VE were like that once" she said.
"Whad d'you mean like that?" | asked I'VE didn't have
fifty dollars in the world We and friends and the clergy
were alone in the church. and you tweed suit
and hat with cherries on it.
Il wasn't thinking of dresses my wife answered nor
of that fashionable crowd thinking that this girl and
her husband looking forward to what you and expected
thryfve years ago. and to what millions of other brides
and grooms ahead of them every June They think they
entering paradise They expect life to be long
100 per cent happiness. And life isn't like that
"Unvaryng happiness declared. might be very dull.
Eyes, my wife agreed 1T might be monotonous
coudes sky But brides believe they always going
to love- and be loved they do and at the moment
There will be MISUNDERSTANDING fears disappont
ments And those the things that draw people together
Those the things that after thryve years. make
reach out for each others hand Do remember when
came back from quick little honeymoon and you found
your job gomez"
'You kept working" said.
Il did, and you hated it, and used home freted
and tired and each others After that both of
jobs the road and separated for months Do
you recall the time you walked twelve miles through the
night for dozen words with my train passed through
Elkhar And the time when we'd saved to build house.
and every penny lost the panic of 1907? No. marriage
isn't 100 per cent Like the gold the wedding ring. it is
stronger and enduring because of its alloys wish
could tell that to all June brides
HIS my effort to tell them not only the brides and
the grooms but the many people who astonshed and
grieved and resentu when their isn't perpetualy at
zenith Oddly enough expects that of anything but
life As child, wept when my school gradngs weren't OO
but growing older learned that 80 pretty good In
baseball tennis golf bowling and other sports counts
mall feet hacph MIA uhOy
hit 33 per of the times he bat usually pretty
we'll satisfied with himself and regarded 1t only
in daily living that less than unvaryng
100 per cent We should be to peg par WE'LL 8O
and feel lucky if we can hold to that
Marriage, it to suffers most from regarding
it failure whenever it falls below perfect You
and both know young people whove been ready to sell
after the first second disappointment Often these the
ones who have had least reason to count success,
Tom White, the of my Oldest friend, fell in love with
pretty face, and married the whole girl Under the
cumstances Tom would have been fortunate with 60 per
cent happiness Grace the child of weltodo parents
she'd always had what she wanted when she wanted Tom
earned thirty dollars week. Grace knew that and Tom
and pen and that she had done cooking house
work Grace have understood that Tom couldn't hire
it done At the end of year they said their marriage
"a flop, and they might we'll admit it and iquidate