The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-23

ished q romantic notion that ne
was Prince Charming In spite Of
everything and that maybe she had
been wrong In divorcing him.
His sins were the usual maScu-
line sins. I took them too seriously"
she said. Seeing him after. say.
twenty years was q sure cure for
her lingering for him. HE was
very coarse and -about-town,"
she said. mot at all the personable
young man who had captured my
girliSh fancy"
Years Bring Changes
Wives sometimes regale their
husbands with glowing accounts Of
the fascination Of some man In
their pre-marital life. only to give
their husbands q big laugh when
they finally meet. That's what the
years do; maybe the man had been
fascinating. Who knows?
Across the table, and many in
tervening years, with q former
swain a woman Is bound to breathe
q little prayer Of thankfulness that
she had. in those far distant years.
said no and stuck to It. What the
mans reactions are Is another story
he's gallant enough to voice his
regrets. and she. playing up to him.
may be led into signing bit, leav-
ing him to interpret the sigh as
he sees fit.
It must be very sad to wish your
self married to some man. especial
ly some man one might have mar.
ried and didn't have sense enough
to. but It's something Of q stimulant
to prove to yourself that you had
good sense enough to say no.
A woman who had more than
her share Of attention and chances
to marry assures me that she has
never had one regret. never wished
she had married instead Of refused
q single one Of her long line OF
suitors. But she Is fair enough, and
experienced enough, to admit that
had she married almost any one OF
them they might together have
built up successful marriage. I'LL
Ing their days with mutual interests
and building together q very salts
factory life. especially had they
been blessed with children.
Thrill II Gone
The marriages that 60 on the
rocks are usually the marriages
that are built on physical attraction
only. Those that stand the strain
of daily living are built on q more
substantial foundation than that.
It's therefore rather difficult TO
look at that Observation-Disclosures.
have-been and come to any definite
conclusion about him. All one can
be sure Of Is that the thrill has
gone. and q profound feeling OF
relief that one did not marry him
when one might have.
A warmed over romance Is PROB
ably q great deal more exciting than
It sounds. To meet, after many
wears. q man who loved you then
and does still must be o very Stimu.
lating experience, especially when
ones own heart warns at the Ola
flame. It does happen, too. One has
only to pick up the papers to read
Of q middle-aged romance that Is
q holdover from youth.
II may not be romantic, but us
entirely satisfactory to meet an old
flame after long years. especially
II Ne has prospered and is honored
In his profession and when he has
not married. what more could any
woman ask? His reasons for not
marrying may have nothing what
ever to do with their early romance.
but what woman would ever admit
It? She hugs to her bosom the
thought that he has never FOUND Q
woman to compare with her. while
the chances are he's been too busy
and too satisfied with his freedom
to settle down to one.