| Show c A 1 WOMAN'S WOMANS OBSERVATIONS TS AtrOL S BY EDNA K WOOLEY FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PROVE HES HE'S RIGHT RIGHTA CHICAGO man forfeited the theother theother A other da day when he lie married at al tho the age of or twenty Ills grandmothers grandmother's grandmothers grandmother's grand grand- 10 mothers mother's 11 bequest was conditional upon ft i ins lie wu VU was U L Lold J ji 03 old before taking the perilous step Marriages made when a a. man Is young young- younger er turn out unha unhappily lu Insisted the grandmother It will vIII be bo worth north OOOO to prove that grandmother was wrong the man said Bald Now this comment hits has nothing to do dovith with early carh marriages twenty marriages twenty eight doesn't really seem Infantile nor Infantile nor Is It especially In praise of at disobedience to grandmothers But Isn't thero there something something something some some- thing rather Inspiring about a ft conviction conviction conviction tion that ones one own contemplated act IB la worth to oneself about oneself about be beIng being being be- be ing willing to pa pay that much to provo prove that one Is In the rl right ht and especially about the tho absolute certainty that one will prove rove It If In these days das when a considerable portion of at the people seem to bo be afraid of at any fiction action and Its consequences afraid of at matrimony and the thc gamble of or It afraid of or the next turn In tho the path ahead afraid oh afraid oh afraid of ot life liCe and all that It Il entails Isn't there Bome some som thing bracing In coming across a a. man who Is glad lad to pa pay for tor the privilege liege o or of proving pro the wisdom of at his stake S George E. E the mans man's name Is and It seems to mo me as though a leaf lenC of at laurel or an lion Iron badge of or soldiery sol aol diery of or some sort Is due him Certainly the most moat o of us do object to paying for tor what we wa take from tram life lite If It two alternatives es are arc offered altered us both desirable but only one possible we hesitate hes hes- long Jong and we c grumble exceedingly I over tho the forfeit of or the tho other Things are are very ery unfair and fate Is unkind and all that tho t sort son of or thing And for Cor forlong forlong long lays days afterward perhaps for tor years oars wo turn back and tr try to see around the corners corners we have turned to gaze Jazo once I more at that prize o we finally relinquished relin relin- and w we tr try to think how things s would have been different If It we had chosen differently and wo we turn the tho chosen prize over o In our our our- hands and fleck off orr a bit of or veneer and bitterly resent the Ignorance which directed our selection Or perhaps we never ne do choose Perhaps Perhaps Per Pr haps we wo Just drift along until choice no longer Is ours or until both prizes prize have become valueless And then of ot course It Is fate tate a again aln that Is to be bl blamed for tor our not eUn out of oC life ute all that someone else has got from tram It You Ton never ne can tell how hot things will turn out I Is the excuse much of or the time oCr this hesitancy thIs fear tear atI of at I life this whimpering at tho the forfeits of ot the game Of Ot cour course courso o you ou cant But In the meantime Isn't there something something some some- thing inspiring about a a. man stepping out boldly and joyously when a choice I is offered him and exclaiming with a n defiance I 1 choose and Im I'm willing willingto to pa pay not anI only for tor mv nw choice but for tor tho the triumph of at proving that m my choice was waa good 1 |
