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Show Marriage Vows Solemn Doing thrown In contact Is responsible respon-sible for as mnny marriages almost ns Is lovo Itself. In tho caso of a I youth and maiden tho ,couplo Is usu-1 usu-1 nlly brought together by welt meaning mutunl friends. Tho charms of tho i girl nro sung continually In tho young man's enrs by tho comrades In whom ho has tho utmost confidence In his oyes that particular girl may not seem to bo tho perfection of lovoll-noss, lovoll-noss, but it thoy endow hor with nil theso charms bo Is apt to vlow hor nftor n whllo moro favorably. If ho , takes her hero nnd thoro a few times ' theso comrades find it not a timicult task to havo him think In 1)Uito in lovo with hi-r u.d that 6I.4 ij -jr- tnlu'y his heart mate. Under tho Inspiration In-spiration of their conversation he whispers sweet words to her which hor folks duly construo into a declaration declar-ation of nffectlon. Ho finds himself betrothed to tho girl for whom ho bits only a deep but moderato regard, Instead In-stead of tho love which should In-splro In-splro a man to wed. Ho is too much of a coward to confess to tho -girl, her parents, or his friends that it Is not love's choice Tho farco Is played play-ed out to tho end. Tbo wife wonders why ho Is growing cold townrd her what caused lovo to wane, Tho man who Is responsible for tho tragedy of theso two lives owes both her misery and his to tho fact that ho was not candid from start to finish. fin-ish. When It comes to lovo no outsider out-sider should Judgo for tho two most vitally concerned. No man should marry n'glrl on ills comrades say so that sho Is Just tho one girl In tho world best suited to him. Ho should know thnt for himself. He Is tho best Judgo. In tlmo those youthful friends will drop out of his llfo. Hut ho has to faco tho woman whom ho weds all of his after years. No matter how earnestly n person may havo tho wclfaro of h young man or woman at heart, thoy should not nttempt to mako a choice' for them. A girl may be tho sweetest, fairest, noblest creaturo under tho sun, yet Rnn Tnnv tinf tin nnniTAnl.1 ,n .... . .. ..rf ..vv ww.iQvu.t. w U11U JIUl- tlcular man. All tho lovo In his heart may go out to quite a different typo of a girl. A man may bo all that Is noble, worthy, honest, yet fall to touch tho heart of some particular girl who has elected to give her affection af-fection to somo ne'er do well. Lovo makes Its own choice, heedless heed-less of what tho world thinks or expects. ex-pects. They ofttlmes pass by girls of superior worth for tho one who appeals moro strongly to their heart. Well moaning parents, too, con-trlvo con-trlvo to bring their sons Into contact with tho daughters of excellent families, fam-ilies, with tho cherished hopo that it will bo n match. Thoy continually din their cherished plans into their ears until many n young man marries a girl out of sheer hopo for peaco, oven though it is not a cholco of lovo. Without love thoro can bo n0 happiness, hap-piness, nnd tho well meaning match makers hnvo lived to rue their of-fo-ts, aye, and their success in getting get-ting tho'r son8 Into those good families. fam-ilies. If a young man shows nn Inclination In-clination not to fall in lovo with a particular girl no ouo should attempt to coerco him Into proposing to her. Marriage Is solomn. It is a llfo affair. A young man should mako hl3 own cholco by lotting his heart speak and como what will ho Is over afterward after-ward ready to stand by his decision, which ho might not havo dono had lovo not mado tho cholco for him. Of all tho sad words ever said by tonguo or pen tho saddest aro thoso: "It was not n, marrlago through love's cholco." Every man and maid should sottlo tho great question as to a heart mnto through tho standard of lovo, and lovo nlone, If thoy would lnsuro for thomsclves a happy future |
