Life's Problems
Are Discussed
Life, like tlie form of government
outlined by our National Constitu
tion, is largely a system of checks
and balances.
"We've got to give and take,"
run the lines in a current stage
comedy; and the significant answer
is, "You take and never give." That's
where all the trouble arises.
Every relation into which we en
ter—business, personal or social—
—is in effect a contract; but ex
cept in purely commercial trans
actions, the terms and covenants
are usually so loosely stated that
one may construe them about as
he pleases, and as a consequence
one or the other of the parties to
the agreement, generally both, feel
defrauded. The misunderstandings
and resentments due to this one
fact are the source of almost all
our so-called "problems."
Any lawyer will tell you that it
is the very essence of a contract
to leave no point open to question;
yet men who will hold out for the
last dotting of an "I" and crossing
of a "t" in a financial instrument
constantly obligate themselves in far
weightier matters on an utterly hap
hazard basis, or none at all.
Marriage, for instance, is prob
ably a more important step to most
of us than granting a power of at
torney or executing a real estate
transfer; but look at the difference
of method in the two undertakings.
In the one case, every contingency
is safeguarded, the language Is as
clear and explicit as it can be made,
there is a settled penalty fixed for
any false representation or breach
of the agreement.
In the other case we have an ex
change of "vows," beautiful and so
norous we will admit, but about as
ambiguous and indefinite in phrase
ology as could well be framed. The
bridegroom after fumbling for the
ring and generally slipping it on the
wrong linger, bleats in repetition
after the clergyman, "with all my
worldly goods I thee endow." Yet
even as he says it he knows that he
is making a pledge which he has not
the slightest intention of keeping.
What he really means is that he
will provide more or less for his
wife during his lifetime, and that
at his death she icy claim one
third of his estate. A similar men
tal reservation or i>oth sides attends
the words, "until death us do part."
And as for the binding covenant,
"To love, honor and cherish," ap
parently covers everything short of
physical violence or actual infidelity.
But if the marriage agreement is
vague and uncertain, what shall be
said about parenthood? Indeed,
many people do not regard the as
sumption of that relation as a con-
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Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1917, International News Service *— * *— * ** By McManus
(( J\ J '*VV/HAT THE Bfcy COME '"M *l_l_ WRAD OA, WhAT WILL. DO** WELL -if vrwl /-v
\ W HCR E - ,N ' MOW: /-•*- rvBLOVTMY UK E L KisfT]
tract at all, and will be startled to |
hear it called one. Yet that is just
what it is—a tripartite undertaking
between the parent, the child and j
the state.
The parent agrees to give the j
child maintenance, care, education]
and support within certain years,
and in return the child is obligated;
to submit to the direction and con- I
trol of the parent. If either fails
or refuses to abide by these terms,
the state will step in and enforce
compliance.
So far, so good. But there Is
something beyond the mere material
wants of the child which the parent j
should give, and that is a respect j
for his individuality; and there is!
something the child should give be-j
yond mere obedience. Here is where!
the vagueness and uncertainty of
the arrangements creeps in. One
side or the other is almost sure to j
"take and never give," and a fair!
exchange is the spirit of every con- I
tract.
I discussed in a recent article an
instance of the sort. A mother had
written me asking for advice in re
gard to a daughter who was habitu
ally bad-tempered and impertinent
toward the members of her own j
family, although fair-spoken enough}
and charming in her manners toj
outsiders. In other words, she)
"took" all the comforts and protec-;
tion of the home, and "gave" worse:
than nothing in return.
As is my custom when a ques
tion is submitted to me by one of!
my correspondents, I tried as well;
as I could with the data at hand to
place myself mentally in the posi
tion of that mother and also of thej
girl; and when I wrote my article j
—it was the one about the "Dia-I
monds and Toads of Speech"—l en- j
deavored to show the younger wo-!
man the mistake she was making In
giving away to her petulance and
to suggea| to the elder one a course!
of judicious praise as a corrective!
for her daughter's waspish ways. |
It seems to me that I had pretty'
I thoroughly covered the subject, but
| a day or two later I received a let
i ter which presented the question
j from a new angle and caused me
somewhat to revise my opinions.
Here It is:
"Dear Mrs. Woodrow I have
i read your article in to-night's paper
j and wish to say a few words.
"You suggest that the mother
praise her daughter to rid her of
her impertinence. I think if this
girl's parents and brothers would
leave her alone until she is rested
and has eaten a good supper they
| would find her as gentle and affec
\ tionate to them as she is to her
j friends.
"I am seventeen years old and a |
I bookkeeper working for my father.
: Not only do I work in the office,
| but in our shop, too, and I work as
] hard as our hired help. When I
| get home from a hard day's work
imy mother insists on asking me
! dozens of questions about the busi
| ness—what orders have come in,
who telephoned, did Mr. So-and-So
call to-day. etc. —and besides, she
used to call up about five times a|
day to ask those same questions on.
| the phone.
"Now, I have a temper, and when
j all these questions are thrust at me
| just as soon as I enter the house,
' I let it out on the family. Then they
' wonder why I am so irritable and
j unpleasant.
I "Do you imagine, Mrs. Woodrow,
i that if my mother started in prais
ing me when I got home from work
! that would make me pleasant? No.
I The only thing I want is to be left
J alone until I have rested and oaten
jmy supper. Then she could ask me
s hundreds of questions, and I would
! be only too glad to answer them. She
! has stopped telephoning to the of
| lice, because I have made her un
| derstand it interrupts mo and inter
feres with my work."
I sympathize with that girl and
appreciate the justice of her con
' tention. Every human being is en-
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titled to a certain amount of quiet
and freedom from interference, sea
sons in which to rest and refresh
one's soul. The truest friendships
are those which recognize this right
and which permit of "intimate si
lences." There are times with all
of us when the babble of voices and
a buzz of questions is torture. But
the family circle In general has lit
tle respect for this prerogative.
When Napoleon was planning to
invade England in 1804 he pre
pared a great flotilla of flat-bot
tomed boats to transfort his army.
Paris, bound to have its jest, called
these peniches or walnut shells, and
Brunet, the comedian, raised a
laugh one night by eating walnuts
on the stage and tossing the shells
into a pail of water. "I am making
peniclies," he said. For this the po
lice punished him. but the next night
he again tossed walnut shells into a
pail of water. "What are you do
ing?" asked a companion. "I know
very well what I am doing," answer
ed Brunet: "but I also know when
not to talk."
Half the trouble of this world
would be avoided if people only
know when "not to talk." If I were
called upon to formulate the terms
of the contract which from their very
association exists among the differ
ent members of every family, one of
the first provisions I would write in
to it would be a paraphrase of a
speech Mrs. Fiske makes in one of
her comedy parts:
"Every human being has the right
to at least one hour of uninterrupt
ed silence every day, and no ques
tions asked."
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A SERIAL OF YOUTH AM) ROMANCE
By VIRGINIA VAX DE WATER
V J
CHAPTER XXI
(Copyright, 1918, Star Company)
During the next few days Cynthia
Long was undergoing a period of re
adjustment of which her relatives
suspected little. Heretofore she had
gloried in her independence. Now
she realized that she had gloried in
that which did not exist; that, but
for the small sums of money which
would come to her in the next year
or two—sums quite disproportionate
to her needs as she saw them—she
had nothing which she could call her
own. Moreover, her uncle had paid
some of her father's debts. Stephen
Livingstone might insist that this
had been but a gift to the daughter.
The daughter herself felt that she
would be under continual obligations
to him.
And the only way she could dis
ci arge these obligations would be by
crmplying with his demands. These
demands precluded her attempting to
earn her own living.
She was glad that she could reply
frankly when her uncle asked her,
with elaborate carelessness, what ar
rangements she and Edward Van
Saun had made about her reading.
"Of course, he suggested no re
muneration?" ho interrogated.
"Of course not!" Cynthia replied
quickly. "1 would have been much
wounded if he had done so."
"It would have been an insult to
you, my dear, and to me as well,"
her uncle declared. "Edward Van
Saun knows my views with regard to
young women earning money for
themselves when they have relatives
who are able and willing to support
them. That girls assert their own
rights in this line so frequently is, to
my mind, an evidence of the degen
eracy of the times. I deplore it
greatly. I do not see how a girl
with proper feeling can so far for
get her sphere."
"By her sphere you mean," began
Cynthia.
Her uncle did not allow her to
fir.ish the sentence.
"I mean the Home," he explained
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sententlously. "That is where wom
an belongs—in the home of her par
ents or guardians until she goes to
the homo provided for her by the
man she marries. That is woman's
destiny."
A Difficult (lucMtioii
Cynthia would not argue, but in
her soul she was wondering if any
thing could be more degrading to a
woman than marrying a man for a
home. Suppose she never fell in love
—what then? Was she to be a de
pendant all the days of her life?
She did not put this question into
wtids. It would do no good. Her
only course was to live by the day,
do her duty as well as she could as
leu as her money held out. Then—
She shook hot- head and closed her
lips firmly. She would not look
ahead. She was sure that she could
not carry out her uncle's idea of
woman s destiny. She was forcing
herself now to go into society a lit
tle more, as this was her relatives'
expressed desire. But she met no
man whom she could bear to think
of as a possible husband. None of
them stirred her pulses.
It was all very well for a girl like
Dora to be planning marriage, for
she was engaged to a man whom
she had known for years, a man who
was unlike other men—strong, sym
pathetic, all that he should be What
a friend he would make if one could
j let one's self accept the friendship
he was always ready to offer her
if one dared—
She checked her musings abruptly.
She had trained herself to do this
during these past few weeks when
her thoughts turned toward Milton
Van Saun. She told herself this was
because she did not care to have as
a close friend another woman's hus
band. And Milton would soon be
Dora's husband.
Was that the true reason?
The question thrust itself upon her
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!iME^niiiiiiTiMiTs^^nTri r maw inmate
mind as clearly as if some one had
asked it of her in clear tones.
It was a snowy afternoon and she
was walking briskly toward Edward
Van Saun's house, for this was one
of the days on which she ti-as to
read aloud to the semi-invalid. He had
telephoned to her that she must not
risk facing the storm, but she had
insisted on going, pleading that she
needed the exercise. Dora was shop
ping with the car downtown and had
offered to send it back to take her
cousin to Mr. Van Saim's, but Cyn
thia had said that she preferred
walking.
A 'Kindly Greeting
The wind was strong and blew in
her face as she turned eastward
from Fifth avenue. She bent her
head and fought her way against it.
It was an actual relief to struggle
with something as tangible as this
wind, instead of with the thoughts
that assailed her.
Mr. Van Saun's house was but a
few doors from the avenue, and
when she had rung the bell and been
admitted her host came from the
library into the hall to greet her.
"Dear child," he sympathized, "I
am sure you are very wet and cold.
Take off that coat and those rub
bers and come In by my fire and get
warm. This is no weather for a
girl like you to be out I blame
myself for not forbidding you to
come. But you see what a selfish
old man I am. I would have sent
my car for you, but it is laid up at
the repair shop."
His tone, his manner, reminded her
of her own father. Impulsively she
turned to him and caught his hand
in hers for an instant.
"Oh, I am so glad to come!" s'he
exclaimed. "It seems almost like
going home to come here!"
She stopped, shocked by her own
temerity. When she and her host
reached the library Are he spoke
gently.
"I am glad you feel as if this
were like home," he said, "for—
stiange, isn't it?—l was thinking be
fore you came that I felt almost as
if a litle girl of my own was coming
to me out of the storm."
Then he laughed as if ashamed of
his sentimentality. Cynthia laughed,
too; but It is doubtful If either rat#
of eyes was quit© clear at that ln4
stant.
(To tic Continued)
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Sequel To
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