Life — February 11, 1909 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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To rie Fortor or Lire: Once there was a minor poet —Ob, 3 very minor poet !— ‘And she wrote a little ballade, Typed it neatly, then, with trembling, Then with many trembles, sent it Mailed it, to the one who reads this! Passed the days and passed the nights, too, check—it was accepted! minor poet gladly, cashed the check—and spent it. he shekels having left her, she for fame and glory. and hoping ever, ) the long and dreary summer, ) the autumn and the winter, © fame that came not to her. Never published he the ballade, Thougli her hair grew white with waiting Mighty spirit of the sanctum, Tell me frankly—what’s the answer? Very truly yours, From a Bachelor To tHe Forrox ov Live: { divorces are on the increase, me nfer, it dlocs not follow that marriage is on the decrease, notwithstanding the many bachelors of both seacs. I am a bachelor, but I do not be- marriages are less popular than for- Some of my married friends think that because | am a successful business man, enjoy good health and have good habits, tastes, ete. that nothing but selfishness keeps me from enter- ing the married state, and it is in vain that I tell them I must wait for Cupid. To me mar- riage is not purely a business proposition; there is the spiritual as well as the practical side to be considered. I love beautiful things (and of all the beautiful things in this world there is none more beautiful than love), things that are fine and spiritual, and I can see better ends than t are only material; yet I am as pracy 1 please, and I do not think that imag- n and practicalness conflict, but can exist in one and the same person. It is, of course, too bad that so many girls are b blush unseen and waste their sweetness onthe desert air. And the poor bachelors: think what they are missing! There is one thing absolutely necessary to a happy union, and that is love—that mysterious “something,” the divine flame, which only death ich. A good wife is Heaven's best gift d I feel assured that at least 90 per the marriages of the present day turn oat happily in the end. And it stands to reason, for men and women are becoming wiser and more rc‘ined all the time through the cumulative forces «i truth and love. My married friends tell me shat if the unmarried folks really knew what. world of tenderness and devotion is felt and lived and expressed toward each other amon husbands and wives of the present day they would be rather more eager than less to lieve th merly WHY NOT BE AN ARTIST? Our graduates are filing, High Salaried ER WEEK P werk. 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