The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-30
1o0Ns RROM THE 0ARLANp-ADpI
sOH-HATCHErr CASE.

the late GARLAsp-ADpfsoSI iArcnETT case
1t says; "Arl the parties /" this foolish
melancholy, and murderous affair, one tha
but for the bloodshed would have beer
farcical, are reported as belonging 10 tn,
: first families II Is becoming the fact lha
In first families, as in all other families frs
and last, the love affairs Of the daughter o
the house are those in which her parents ar,
not to be permitted to concern themselves
until such time rs they may be directed /,
be NJ the necessary expense u the marian,
feast Mademolselle is at liberty to manag,
her affections for herself Her parents mus
not interfere. To coerce her inclination
would be brutal but 10 watch aud guide h,l
footsteps through the perils ola t,shionabl,
season aud the ways Of courtship is The
exercise Of natural authority which il
would be cowardice to refuse to exert
There is much food for thought in tn, OK,
tract. The conjugal state il intended as a
permanency during the life u the contract.
ing parties. 1t is the one great vital crisis
of their lives, the forming of relationship
that is to be one of Joy or one of sorrow. II
1t transpiro that the former be secured then
the couple have veritable gar,len of Eden
endowed and environed with all that goes
to make up the sum of human bliss it, on
the other hand, mistake has been made,
then there is no solvent for the resultant
precipitant, the misery and woe and
wretchedness of the married couple as long
as they remain together. They may wear
their grief within their own bosoms, and
bear II 80 AZ TO avoid positive detection by
friends or the scandal of the worlds thirsty
tongue, yet this state of things Is something
worse than Ia living death. The mania for
divorces, tor the past year in par
ticular, is full of significance and
suhstantiates these statements. There
was in those cases mistake made
In the marriage; the parties were un-
suited; the sophistries or strategcms Of lovo
In its efiervescent state deceived the un-
skilled eye of the young man or the mex.
perienced heart Of the young girl in the
trysting season. There was glamour and
an indetinable charm, an unsovable mes
mersm that scored triumph in the field
OF short courtship, and the matrimonial
knot was tied In the belief that love is an
nndying principle, colorless, ilawless
diamond, seed that when planted necessa-
rily grows luxuriantly in all soils and in
all climes, a sort of centripetal force that
brings all good to the focallzing union.
But when that glamour IL gone IN the sun
light of daily life reality, and the supposed
diamond is found to be full of flaws,
there comes recoil In which
disappointment succeeds to surprise,
and disgust and repentance are the logical,
well'dehned and graded ,equents to that
disappointment How, then are these m is.
takes to be avoided or lessened2 How could
MISS HATcnKrr have averted the disastrous,
the fatal rencontrc of her two loversp Had
she from the first made conildants OF those
who were nearest and dearest to her, her
parents, solicited their attention and aid
In what most concerned herself and them
selves. and been guided By their advice and
wisdom that comes from experience and
contact with the world, and whereby one
learns to know human character Invested
of its VEIL she might not to-day
be tho partially insane sufferer she
is What better, what more reliable.
what in every way safer counsellor and
adviser can u young lady or n young man
have than mother or father in all the ar,
fairs of life, DO these of the heart or others?
Have those parents not reared and educa-
ted and nurscd In sickness and In health
and worked and spent their earnings upon
them from the hour of BIRTH Are not tn @
highest aspirations Of tho souls OF the intel.
liscnt and loving father and mother cen.
tered In their children, those who arc to
bear their name, to inherit their fortunes and
to comfort their declining years. To them
in the sere and yellow leaf, with their feel.
ings mellowing by the stealing hours OF
time, with tho circle of their desires,
pleasures, and ambitions contracted
the hcarthstone Is their supremest care,
| 'h'h '''uuNh'VsN iVaoit anu lItlT CHllutCH
their highest joy, And when comes the
season to part from them, surely the par
ents should have some further considcra
ton extended to them than tho privilog,
of dcfraying the expenses Of the marriage
feast. Truly there are cases where parent,
are unreasonable from unwarranted preiu
dices or other things, but in the vast ma
jority of instances the man or the woma,
whom the parents honor aud approve ar,
more apt to make for the son or the daugh
Tor the iiitcr helpmatc in the long run
Fray what else than their ohldren's happi
ness can parents have And the young il
their ignorance Of the world aud its ways
and In their incIperiencc in reading the in
ncr depths OF the human breast as thos
parents generally can do, would save then,
selves FROM much future wretchedness h.
soliciting and by listening to their advice
The Chicago Times is right in its sarcasm
CALIFORNIA; PASSION.
The citizens Of San Francisco are again 4