MARRYING FOR SPITE.

Otaki Mail, 25 September 1922, Page 4

MARRYING FOR SPITE.

If »!ieie is anyone more foolish than tiie woman who marries out of spite it is tin- man who persuades her to be his i w tie. | Catching a heart on the rebound may ! lie easy rnougii. but i(, is holding it that count s . The love which is solely i tin.- possession ot one man to-day. ;tnd ! can spring up for another to-morrow, islands little chance of flourishing. ; 'file- unman who marries out of pique p: t to spite “the oilier man” —is ~ ale pa nd; ring to her v unit y. Tin nmn who mi,tries that woman. ! no •• mg tl :,t bn! ye.-’lerdny she profes- > ! in v. orsiiip another, is wilfully entering ‘ 1 dangerla ml’ ’ on a life’s lease. A disappointed sweetheart may find pleasure in the' attentions and sympathy given her by another man. and if I Ids mail is good and noble he can save { Iter from dubbing all men ns black-j guard . Hut. until her heart wound has j had idee io heal, any love she may pro-1 fe - lor thi' monad man is only “put ! i.itt !■■ - Ttnid I lay- ;i: iml-'-rtaat parr ' 1;; life —and i-e i- - wh a lit ile chap that ‘ it is no wonder he m-ciisiomilly throws !;] - dart.- in tin: u rung direction, or, 1 maybe, tires an "infatuation’’ arrow fioiit hi.- Im.iv, in mist tike for a “love” one. liecaiiso nut fringe is a ‘'sentence for lif, " we should give ourselves time to ji it 1 1 out if Cupid has made a mistake. Pong engagements may be unwise—esj 1,-, jally it the cnuplo see a lot of each oilier !nit a lightning-speed marriage v I ill a girl - ef Juan) with only yesterday was madly in love with someone ! ,-! e can spell nothing but tragedy. * f Love of mu.shn.iom growth can never ! gaud tin t-.-.i of year', for it has no, root tiny more than Im- the mushroom, itself. One ot the -range things about hu- j man eann'c ' ■ that mo-i of us hanker] after what v,,- haven't gem-even after we our.-eixes iia ve thrown it away. And the woman who amnios out of pique will a,-rer .Tier to regret missing the man -he dein h marry, j Hi ~ will argue in her calmer moments I that site w ahurried into her marriage i am! aas no' given time to judge what was the be-i thing io do. Even if she prove; a loyal wife in act and deed, she invariably holds at the buck of her j mind a tier iegret for her old love. That I' why it i- best to let the embers ot VIHU old love have time to - i gj-.y,v quite coei lie;ore you allow a , newer Ha me t o burst forth.