EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1915:
MARRYING FOR MONEY AND
THE PROVERBIAL WHIRLWIND
The Mercenary Woman Forgets the Upsetting Influ
ence of What the Poets Term "a Heart" and the
Prosaic "a Touch of the Spring"
By ELLEN ADAIR
I j a dangerous business, this "marry
ing tor money" crae Tet tt doesn't
Ietm to show any symptoms of being on
the wane. Upon tho contrary, In thews
modern days it's
Just as flourishing
ns tho proverbial
green hay tree.
dealing with this very subject of marry
ing for money. Under tho, title of "Land
of tho Scarlet Leaf," It Rvea an excellent
description of Canadian life not Canadian
life as seen by a Canadian, but as It
would strike an English girl who saw It
for the first tlmo.
"It makes a girl's
llfo very compli
cated when she
sets out with the
determination to
make a success of
It by a great mar-
lite," says a well-known critic. "Great
mwrlages are not made In Heaven, and
Hven even when It haa to deal with
jaTeU a perfectly atrocious matchmaker
( role. It U all very well, to grow up
frith the fixed determination that Money
and Boctal Position and Matrimony will
gjt eons together; the unfortunato port
li that man must necessarily oome
th them and some men are each
bounders, aren't they?
"Besides, there's a Uttlo thing Inside
even the most callous girl which poets
call ' heart and tho prosalo put down
to 'a touch of the spring At any rate
It upets all calculations and creates
muddle where before the greatest serenity
wfcnwJ-
"When we fall In love," he continues
Mlthely, "wo are expectod to marry, and
when we marry we are expected to re
main marrlod for ever and ever and ever
or until they can me unaercauer in 10 us.
go we are faced with the alternative of
having what we want and living to regret
It, or going without It voluntarily and
living to wish we hadn't. In either case,
life Is rotten. But, then, It Is mostly rot
ten In every case. Isn't It? So we might
M well take what we want and trust
to a railroad accident, or something of
that kind, to deliver us when our delirium
of Joy has become an affliction.'
The majority of us are much too timid
to take chances on any such venture,
lurrying for money is a miserable affair,
anyhow, and marrying without money Is
Just about as bad. To some short-Blghted
persons It would seem that these two
states form an unhappy alternative, and
that chotoe of one or the other must be
made.
But, as a matter of fact, a further
choice offers Itself. There Is a happy
mean between wealth and poverty. And
we all know full well that, It Is tho peo
ple with mlddlo-class Incomes and middle
class mentality who most frequently are
happiest, matrimonially speaking.
I have Just read an Interesting novel
The heroine is a worthless sort of young
woman. Falling In lovo with ono man,
sho yet marries another for his money.
This scemn nn action little calculated to
bring happiness to anybody and, of
course, It doesn't. For Immediately aft
erward the foolish lady realizes keenly
that sho Bhould have married for love,
and this realization annoys her so
poignantly that sho sets to Immediately
and works tho most dreadful harm In the
lives of at least two people.
That Is tho worst part about the woman
who marries for money sho never will sit
down under the burden of her own folly,
and tell herself stoically that, having
sown tne wind, she must reap the whirl
wind upon the contrary, sho decides that
any reaping of the whirlwind which Is
forced upon her must bo borne In equal
part by aa many other people as sho can
gather Into the unhappy circle.
The horolne of this tale, then, in ortho
dox fashion. In tho first Instanco breaks
the heart of the man she loves, marries
the man who loves her, ruins his llfo with
systematic thoroughness, commits forgery
and a few little sins of that sort, gam
bles, and nftor a few years of philan
thropic repentance, ends up happily in
marrying tho one sho loves bestl
This seems too good a fate for the
naughty heroine. "It's all very well to
say wo aro punished for our sins, but, as
a rule, wo have to wait a long time for
that punishment; whereas wo aro pun
ished for our vir
tues here, right
now," observes tho
cynic drearily.
The woman who
marries for money,
however, In real life
utmost always gets
everything that Is
coming to her. For
money as the sole
basis to a llfo of
wedded bliss defeats
its own end and. In
stead of bringing a
whirlwind of happl-
carthly delights, brings the
proverbial whirlwind of sorrow and a
regret all the more keen because It comes
too late.
V 'f iA
ness and
Then and Now
"You must not be so quarrelsome, Wil
lie," said William's father. Impressively.
"Remember tht 'the meek shall Inherit
the earth. Maybe they will hero
after," responded the young militant,
"but around at my school they are used
to wipe up the earth." Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch.
ACCESSORIES ASSUME A NEW
IMPORTANCE IN LATE MODES
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FEMININE FANCIES
' TVHADY'S costume is marred or made
JLYJL this season according to the acces
sories which she affects. Everything is
unique, for the fashionable woman can be
as Individual as she chooses In gloves,
handbags, furs, footgear and neck fixings.
Styles In these particular lines are
Varied to a degree, and run from $3 and H
to enormous prices.
velvet handbags are very good, with
claspg of brilliants to match one's tai
lored costume. Jade and lapis lazuli are
frequently seen on smart bags, with a
moire lining to harmonize. Fancy silks
and leathers of all kinds are also seen in
the shops,
No use to dwell on the eccentricities of
Mioes. There are gipsy cuts and Russian
"pot", and velvet shoes nnd high, 12
strapped satin dancing boots the very
litest Innovation. Bronze kid Is particu
larly stylish,, and the military blues
grays, tans and dull black give novelty.
As to the newest neckwear, the feather
scarf of curly ostrich Is taking the place
of furs to a certain extent, although It Is
easy to understand why Milady refuses
to give up her picturesque frame of soft
white fox or deep rose fox.
Ornaments of feathers are also seen on
the new winter millinery. There are lob
ster plumes, long, curly affairs in two or
three shades, and smart upstanding fan
cies of all descriptions. One of the most
effective of these fancies Is used flat on
tho sailor shape hat of black velvet shown
In today's Illustration. The hat Is slight
ly tilted to one side, with a charmingly
rolling brim. The ostrich trimming Is In
a lovely shade of periwinkle blue, with a
black pompon. The effect Is decidedly
smart, and ono could havo one's laBt
yenr's plumes made over with llttlo expense.
THE DAILY STORY
Miss Abigal's Ward
Most old maids are old maids for two
or thrco reasons. In tho ease of Ablgnl
Joy, however, she was nn old maid be
cause her great, great grandfather packed
up hM duds at tho time of tho sail
ing of tho Mayflower from England nnd
camo along with the Pilgrim Fathers as
aio of them. He wns proud of tho fact
as long ns he lived, and when ho died tho
youngor Joys took It up and continued
tt down to Miss Ablgal.
If Miss Ablgal had ever found a young
man related to tho Mayflower and Fly
mouth Hock and pork nnd beans, sho
would have fallen In lovff, but such a
ono had never appeared.
When Miss Ablgal wns twenty-flvo
years old, n grcnt trlnl came to her.
Owing to nn accident nnd n death sho
wns In a wny forced to tnko to'her homo
and caro for n girl relative ten years old.
Tho namo wns Mildred Drew, The chlld'H
father had come of Pilgrim stock, but her
mother could not be trnoed back further
than John Hancock. John had been tho
flrst to sign the Declaration of Independ
ence, but what was that compared with
landing nt Plymouth Hock? Miss Ablgnl
must tnko caro of Mttdrcd, but ns sho
though of that half-blood she shuddered.
Would Mildred .romp nnd play nnd
tear her dresses? Would she Jump a
dttch, climb a trco or hit a boy 'in tho
ear with a snowball? Would sho want
to skato on tho pond or slido down tho
long hill?
No one but an old maid and a Joy
can tell what Miss Ablgal suffered as she
thought of these things. Even tho Idea
of a tin peddler winking at the little
girl over the gate made her shudder In
a way to untie her shoestrings.
And this was tho prim, proper and
proclse woman that tho young girl camo
to after being brought up like other lit
tle girls to the age of 10. Thence for
ward she was to be nn nutomnton. She
might tnlk, but very quietly. She might
sing, but very softly. She might walk,
but It should be with dignity. If sho
started to laugh she must check It.
Mildred was 1G when Tommy Barnes
come. Miss Ablgal had to havo some
ono to milk the cow, feed tho pigs and
cut tho wood. Tommy was tho son of
a sea captain's widow, and ho was to
rccclvo ?2 per week nnd board and eat
by himself In the kitchen. Moro than
that, the old maid said to htm:
"You must not think of speaking to
Mildred unless she spenks to you."
"Yes, mnrm."
"You nre to call her Mtss Drew."
"Yes, marm."
And tho taw was also laid down to the
girl as to her conduct, and, of course,
the result was to make both the young
folks hypocrites and deceivers. They
pitied each other at the beginning, and
It was not long before tho pity turned to
love. They made chancos to talk, nnd
though they were caught at It nfter
awhile and Tom was discharged, they
found opportunities to meet now nnd
then.
Tom went to work in a factory where
he could save a little each weok, and the
years passed drearily enough for htm and
the girl. When she had reached her 20th
year, and ho his majority, thoy had
never had a chance to talk together for
half nn hour. They had never written
a note to each other. Miss Ablgal was
flattering herself that she had brought
up her wrd In a way to do the Pilgrim
Fathers proud, when things began to
happen. She fell downstairs and broke
an arm, and for a tlmo sho could not
play tho wntchdog.
During this time Tom Bald to Mildred:
"I have saved half enough money to buy
a schooner nnd I am going coasting. Cap
tain Baker will go with mo the flrst year.
As soon as the craft Is paid for we will
bo married. You had better toll Miss Abl
gal and prepare her for it.
"Why, she will turn me right out
doors!" was the reply.
"Then you will live with mother."
It took a week for Mildred to get her
courage up. She had never In the sllght
t nnnosed Miss Ablgal. Nothing but
lovo could have given her the courage
to do so now, for she was sure of the
outcome. She had to lovo in secret, but
perhaps it was stronger for that. Sho
realized that her life was being warped
nnd spoiled, and she clung to Tommy as
her anchor. One evening in a voice
scarcely above a whisper she satd to her
cuardlan. .
"Would you care much If Tom Barnes
and me got married?"
The old maid turned and started at her.
"In In a year from now7"
"Put on your hat and shawl."
She held the door open while the girl
passed out Into the night. It was a cruel
thing to do, and she had done It cruelly,
but she must uphold tho traditions of
the Pilgrim Fathers.
"I must go down to the wharf and tell
Tom," said the girl. v , ...
She did not beg to be taken Jack. She
did not weep. She was not at all frlgnt-
oned nor greatly surprised.
At the wharf lay Tom's schooner, tne
"None such." Such had a cargo aboard,
nnd would sail with the morning Ude,
Mildred stood at the edge of the wharr
and called, but no one appeared.
"But I must see Tom and tell mm
what haa happened," said the girl, and
she climbed over the low rail and found
a place to sit down out of the gusts,
which were coming oftener and stronger.
Mildred had been aboard ten minutes
when there came a movement of xne
craft that would have told any ono that
her mooring lines had parted and that
Bhe was driving out of the harbor upon
the tumbling sea. Scream after scream
was uttered, but tho gale stopped them
like a wall. When the schooner began
to pitch and roll the girl found her way
to the cabin, and .sat there In a daze.
She was being blown straight out to sea.
The fact that the craft had no sail and
was not too heavily loaded saved her for
the night, but It was a night to long re
member. The schooner was a mere chip
for tho waves to play with. When morn
ing came and the gale abated the "Nono
Such" was BO miles oft shore. The girl
found some provisions and prepared
breakfast. ......
Mildred had felt no great fear for her-
THE CHEERTUL CHERVD
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And trees tjtc $1m
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sotf during tho worst of tho storm, but
most of her thoughts had been for
Tommy. Ho would return to tho wharf
to find his craft gone, ami then what
would he do? It might be two or three
days before ho suspected that stio had
gono to sea with nil tils worldly posses
sions, nnd It would bo a hard blow to
bear up under.
By noon the sea was flat and tho wind
had gono down. There would bo no
progress for sailing ships, and although
she could see the smoke of steamers, the
hulls were passing below the horizon.
Tho girl must pass another night alone,
and as tho night promised to bo fine, she
brought bedding on deck. During the
day sho had inspected the craft quite
thoroughly, and the one thing that had
interested her more than another was the
fog-horn.
It was midnight as tho girl was aroused
by tho honrso blast of a steamer's
whistle, and she sprang up to find that
n fog hnd settled down llko n btnnket
Blast nfter blast camo from a steamer
and ench one was answered from the
schooner.
And then a louder blast the sound of
voices, and a great liner loomed up llko
a hill nnd camo to a stop Just ns her
noso touched tho broadside of tho Nono
Such, nnd gently heeled her over a bit.
Men on tho stenmer's bpw began to shout
and curso, as Is always tho case, nnd
through a blanket of fog camo tho words:
"Please don't swear at mo! I couldn't
help It!"
Two or threo men let themselves down
from the nteamer's bow.
"It's a girl and she's atl alone!" they
called back.
It took about 10 minutes to get Mildred
aboard the steamer nnd for her to explain
the matter. Then ono of tho men reported
on tho condition of tho schooner and tho
captain satd:
"Sho Isn't worth a tow to-port, but the
lad you aro going to wed shan't lose any
thing." The purse mado up by the passengers
and the sum added by the steamship line
amounted to thousands of dollars enough
to buy a cottage and another schooner.
(Copyright, 1915.)
The Ant's Climb
THE llttlo ant wiggled her feelers
around carefully and then crawled
over toward the tall hickory tree that
stood on the edge of the wood. "I have a
feeling," she satd to herself, "that up that
trco Lr a fine dinner for me. So I thtnk
I'll climb and get It!'
Without stopping for further Investiga
tion, she crawled across the mossy soil
nt the base of tho tree, climbed over the
great root that stuck out of the ground
nnd started bravely up tho tree trunk.
Hnrdly had sho gono two feet when who
should sho meet, coming down, but a
sister nnt.
'"Wlmrn In th wnrM nr, vnu i"1m."
i'Trsked the sister nut, In that free way
I Hint Misters usually have.
! "Tho Konio plnco you havo been," re
plied the nnt. "And seolng you havo been
thete, perhaps you can tell mo what It
is that I smell thnt Is so good. Did you
get some?"
"Get nothing!" exclaimed the sister nnt.
"You better turn right back while you
can! I smelted thnt same goodness and
I too started up this tree. But tet me
tell you what I found!"
"Yes," cried the nnt eagerly. "What
was It!"
"Spldersl" whispered the sister ant In
an awe-lnsplrlng whisper. "There nre a,
thousand spiders up on this tree! Better
oomo down whllo you can, I say." And
More than 1398 grocer are ttat4 wHU
the association and a majority of them
will be present tonight, rrof. Calvin O.
Althouse, head of the commercial depart-
mmt at five Otrtrml Hta HetioM. will
dreaa the tneettmr mm flw CKmrt (free
Company will cewWet a nm wmi
nd demonstration.
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SPFi
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Halloween Novelties
Halloween novelties are In demand Just
now, and the shops aro showing charm
ing souvenirs, costumes and dinner
favors.
A largo pumpkin, filled with favors to
accommodate a dinner of 12 covers, sells
In one Chestnut street shop for $5.
Small caps, made of orange crape paper
and decorated with black cats, witches,
etc., mako cute favors, and cost but 10
cents.
Fancy hard candles, to add a touch of
color to the table, may be bought for 40
cents a pound.
A largo department store sells cos
tumes for the kiddles at $1 and $1.25 and
1.60. This Includes Indians, 'gypsies,
devils. Bo Peeps, Carmens, Rumanian
peasants, etc
A table set consisting of largo figured
cloth, papier mache plates, of different
sizes, and napkins, costs 95 cents.
A thousand spldersl
the sister nnt went on her way down the
tree as fast as over the could crawl
which was pretty fasti
"Now who would believe thatl" sold
tho ant when sho was left alone. "I think
thero Is something very fine up that tree
and sister ant wants to keep tt all for
herself. A thousand spiders! I guess I
can run from spiders as well as
sister can, and I guess I can smell where
they nre! I'll not be so easily frightened.
So sho climbed diligently over tho rough
bark and made her way up the tree. (All
of which only proves how human ants
are they take advlco exactly ns you and
I dot)
Up tho tree the llttlo ant crawled over
green moss and rough bark as fast as
ever Bhe could crawl. And it you have
ever noticed the rough bark of a
hickory tree you know how hard sho must
have worked to climb over It as she did.
Now, unfortunately, tho little ant was
so busy climbing and so occupied with
thoughts of tho feast that was coming
that she failed to use her sensitive feelers
as she should have done. So that when
she rounded a corner of bark and came
upon TWO GREAT FAT SPIDERS-ahe
was so surprised she could hardly move!
Qulok as she could, she turned and
crawled down tho tree ten times as fast
as sho had crawled upl But did she take
udvlce next time It was given her? Dear
me, no! Do you?
Copyright Clara Intrara Judson.
Ground Broken for Catholic Hospital
Archbishop Prendergast broke, ground
for Mlserlcordla Hospital, which is to be
situated at 54lh street and Cedar avenue.
The ceremonies were attended by more
than 3000 persons yesterday. The hos
pital, when completed, will cover a field
of 525 by COO feet. Edwin F. Durang &
Son are the architects.
Reception for Grocery Trade
Tho Retail Grocers' Association of Phil
adelphia will tender a fall opening recep
tion tonight to tho grocery trade of this
city on the main floor of the Bourse.
HORLICK'S
The Original
, MALTED MILK
Unloss you amy "HORUOCS
you may got a Substitute
ESTABLISHED 1860
MRS. A. REICHARD
Stamping and Embroidery
Hemstitching, 10c per yard
PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS
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Invites your early selection of
Millinery, Evening Gowns
Coats and Wraps,
Blouses, Dresses, Suits, Etc.
1624 WALNUT STREET
We have put naptha and other
wonderful cleansers in a cake
of soap. There they stay until
they come in contact with
water. Then they start to
work on dirt and grease, so
that a few light rubs and
thorough rinsing is all that is
needed to make clothes
spotlessly clean.
Use Fels-Naptha for all soap-and -water work.
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TOMORROW
in these col
umns look upon
the cheerful face
of the man who
will help lend
light and person
ality to the Eve
ning Ledger.
We believe he wears
the mantle of Eugene
Field.
And there are thou-,
sands who believe this
with us.
He is aPhiladelphian
he loves Philadelphia
he knows Philadel
phia its people, its life
and its spirit.
What is more, he,
knows how to tell of
all this in a way that
is his alone.
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