Show MARRIAGE QUESTION SETTLED The teachers of Martin 2 county Indiana have finally lr decided that single life is matri matri- mony r. r The discussion was we are told a hot one lit ti the judges by four to one decided in favor of li s. s This unlooked unlocked for result has bas led to w unpleasantness The leader on the side of ofis Ji cis is a married man and cannot now go lr h ys who in the debate took the side of l happiness w were ware rc denied the privilege of i r lady friends hom home And further theY the l' l Margin C county nty i announce with natio f t they i will ill n never er speak to any of the them themen m men ook part iri in lie debate on the wrong side Th moral oral of this singular debate and surprising decision de do- in Indiana suggests if it does not indeed clearly establish that thai that the young men of Martin county ty aie are not up to date The girls of today are tre better qualified than titan the girls of any former period to make nake ake men happy happ Twenty years ago sa says sas s the ther r Cincinnati Enquirer a marriage notice of a farmer r l would nine times timE's out of ten have mentioned ap- ap lip dv that the tho bride was a ma master ter hand at but but- f t td rr m that she was one of the most successful rais- rais il Suf poultry rn in n the township or that she pos- pos i i habits of industry which so peculiarly te her to be a farmers farmer's wife Now Kow an equal equal ro ro ro- ro port portion pf pf such no notices ices will recite that the bride is isa isa it a a fine musician that she is a graduate of such and ana F lc an institution that she won wona a prize in fion- fion ion or that she was noted amon among her associates j for proficiency in some of the arts The Enquirer gt es s on n to indicate the vast gulf that has opened i 11 between between tween the past and the present sent with respect to farm life A few in the presence of modern develop devel- devel op methods incline to the fear that successful sue suc l t aiming lla hi has dl drifted ift d i into 1 o the irrevocable le past But there is no reason leason wily the woman who can pf play y th the piano cannot be just just justas as good a wife as the one one who can play on the washboard Matrimony i is not the teachers of Martin county to the contrary contra contra- ry rJ notwithstanding a fail failure rc It is the door to that life safeguarded against evil eril spoken of by bJ William Arndt Empty hours empty hands empty companions companions com corn empty words a ail l l empty hearts draw in evil spirits as a vacuum draws air in To be occupied occupied occupied pied with good is the best defence against the inroads inroads in in- roads of evil V Verily eri y it is not good for man to be alone |