| Show 4 j I The Common Sense Will of a Wise Woman I V v- v By SOPHIE IRENE LOEB i Copyright 1923 New York Evening 1 I World Press Publishing Co A woman left a will in which she directed that her husband Jive ive on the I I Income of ot her securities s. s and then added this codicil In case my husband husband hus hus- band hand should remarry and furniture and securities are to be sold for tor the children except enough to tomake tomake make e his I home e comfortable o the children children chil chil- dren n. n t to decide y ej j justly W what eh he should h Nc have This is merely to protect the children I shall be glad to have him marry This was a sensible woman t There will always alwa's be tie a happy memory of ot other her in the hearts of oC her children and her husband She must have bad had a avery avery very ery unselfish spirit and truly loved her husband S It takes a woman who cares enough for his happiness to write such sucha a willas will willas I as this The Other ether kind wants to keep I h her r husband tied by bv her apron strings I long long- before she has lost the use of ot her I apron apron as as well as the husband Many a woman has made a husband promise her before she has died that he would never marry just to satisfy her own feelings while she was alive And many a man has been lonely and miserable just because of ot some fome seeming seeming seem seem- ing tie tte that held him faithful to the memory of oC the dead How much better this man mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- in the will will feel teel should he find some one else with whom ho would like to spend his remaining years in the knowledge that he has the God bless you jou of oC his his' wife wire And what a reverence the new life will have for such a woman should he take one r While this case la is unusual the common one is when a man dies he leaves his wife money with a string attachment that attachment that is Is If It she hc marries again she loses the allowance ho he has made for her CURTAIN PULLS S. Hj lO-iS lO S New tork ork Evening livening live Eve ning World lr Press ss Publishing Co Curtain tassels are Just extra touches in the matter of decoration decoration decoration decora decora- tion but oh they mean so IO much Perhaps Perhaps' you have had a a. plain an anun and un unadorned curtain all aU your your me use and ana you su suddenly denly decide to add some bit of a a. bobbing thing hanging from Its lower edge The trans- trans f Is immediate Immediata and you find yourself wondering why on onearth onearth onearth earth you ou never never thought of it be be- be fore I Decorators are very particular I about these little touch touches s end and since they Are the sort of things that any girl p possessing only a Il Small proportion of ingenuity may ac accomplish accomplish ac- ac b by herself why it lt seems fr foolish to neglect e the te process for j jeven even ven another day Curtain pulls puBs are made marte of ot with vitha a braided cord and a bobbing tassel Oth Others rs are made from front gold cord with a gol golden en tassel on the end Still others are ma made e from narrow strips of ot silver galeon with silver balls bobbing from them There are with bright beads attached to their ends end some WIth long cut crystals Through these glass things things' the light tight shines shines' sparkling sparkling spar spar- kling and creates a nice glow at that spot in the room Other pulls are made entirely of ot ribbon and there are those made from dyed dyell string cords Really Reany the l Idea ea can be developed indefinitely and aud you OU will wUl find rind that if IC you start in to I adopt curtan pulls into the tho bosom of ot your oUr f family you will never I again to be without them for tor they give olve a finish without which you are going t to feet feel lonesome lonesome lone lone- some after a while lone lone-I Suit the curtain pull to the character of lr your room rooms room's a s tion and often oCten you will find that from some leftover fabric fabrio you can construct quite original c nes harmonious harmonious har har- with the other things you have have- decided to have scattered about I I I I I I 4 This Is Isone one of oC the worst forms torms of selfishness I know a woman who helped her husband during the ing mg pains of oC his business de depriving herself of ot many things in order that he might have wherewithal in or order order or- or der to succeed For years ears she tolled toiled with him not only doing her ner own work but aiding him in his And when he died he left lett a will whereby hereby she site loses all share In his es estate estate es- es tate when she marries It happened that she did meet some one that she cared for a good man but of oC moderate means And if it she marries him she Rhe has to give up all the com comforts torts that have been hers for fol the last few tew years vears and which in reality she sho helped to earn It Is unfair to say the least And what is the result Instead of ot that dead husband being honored and reI reSpected re- re yc and loved 1 l in the he memory e of ot his surviving V wife she h has nothing g I but the opposite sentiments for aim She broods over the fact that this dead man Is st standing between her and happiness and pretty soon she will come to hate him What at was the gain by such a will wilt Nothing but sadness and sorrow And the dead man could not take It with him He Ue had to leave It It and leaving it he left himself despised along with It the 1 wonder why people people- do not realize of Joy sacrificing ones one's own feelIngs feelIngs feelings feel- feel Ings a bit and so act while alive that the remembrance of oC such a ono one will remain kindly I would dislike e ever eer so much mch to T think that I SEv had had left anythIng in such a way that it would vex or wound some one close to me inc when I could have saved the situation by being merely fair At any rate what right has any anYone one to the lifo lito of another person after atter the they can no l longer be associated associated as as- w with ith such aone one What is the tho good ment of Inflicting unnecessary punishment punishment punish- punish Who shall say what you ou snail na do with your our life liCe under such circumstances circum circum- stances stances' It is like simply reaching out of the grave and K grasping e somethIng something some some- thing thIng- which i no longer belongs to you except In recollections Ah me me how much unhappiness happiness could he ho saved and broken lives averted if It only people would stop regulating the lives of ot others after atter they are gone Be satisfied with what y you have hae had In this life lite and leave behind at least a square deal |
