West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-04-17
LOVE AND WOMEN.
trc~ an JoscntImcnth aud rracttca
Point of View.

trco an Jos~ntimcntal and Practical
Point OF View.
Wha. Is love? is question which has
been asked thousand times, and which
in spite of monotony Gcnyille Murray
repeats with certain freshness and
emphasis Ia niS new book. Under ule
Lens lie treats the subject with "A
decided dash Of uynicism like most
fashionable writers ot the present day.
Love. he says. on the part of fwomcn is
sn Inclination felt tor man who has
made himself moro agreeable than
other men. lie may not hc a pleasant
fellow at ALL but some physical or social
superiority he posse ,>Cs lifts him tenn
pOrarily on u pedestal, where hc lords IL
I'LL hi, very arrogance helps go COM
plctc the fascination of the simple crca-
turc grovolmg Nt his feet. have scan
girls fall in love with the Vcric,t cub /,
for lack OF other malc society. Don't {
tell me there wHS any deep sentiment ia
these attachments The rir,, wanted
husbands; that i all They were
obcyiug the natural law which attracts
sex to sen, and the social law which
bids girl get married rs fast ~ she
can, lest She glide into old Spin,tcr.
hood
Ii girl, after deciding to accept a
gcntecl pauper. chances to allure II
man who has II in his power tu mako
her n bed of rosc-lcaNCS. sec how uuickl,
her eyes get opened to the beauties of
Incidence and luxury Sclf-cstccm
tells her that she WAS not made merely
for the study of that parsmOnous arith-
mctlc wh'ch consists iu pairing down
bakers bills. She wants tu walk i'm
silk attire, and feels grateful to the
man who, by his Courtship. acknowl-
edges b9r right TO do SO. Who can
deny me magic of fine linon, Jewels.
s0a-cushioncd broughams, champagne.
and Obcdicnt mcuials upon woman x
mind? And wls0 can not imputc the
still greater magic afforded by the
prospect of eclipsiug sisters and school
friend, who have married poorlyp
Sometimes if a girl has got hopclcs,ly
engaged TO fellow with shrunk en-
puSC-if she be 80 near her wedding
day that IL j. impossible to hrral, on The
match without making scandal
pride and vanity will induce her to keep
her pledge, and this will ~ simply
because the plutocrat came too late into
the field II the two had started at the
post together, or If the paupcr had had
but n half-distant start, the plutoerat
would have run him down AMI come i'm
first with dying colorS Moreover. a
woman feels sore all her life nt having
missed tn chance OF u rich marriage.
The thought OF it. turn, her sour and
her wretchcd husband has uNorial
pceyishnc,s and contempt poured uDon
him by the buckctful
That may be, but we have also m-
stances of rich mems wives who de.
plOred not having married their first
loves, poor though they were.
(which all comes of the contrarincss
Of human nature in never being salts.
fed with the present lot responded
the misogynist cmphatically The man
who wrote the Praises OF Poverty -
Seneca wasn't it?--indilcd his remarks
upon II golden table. and had couple
OF slaves to fan thr flies away. A
woman who sits by her boudoir fire.
with her feet well warmed. novel on
her lap, and five O'Clock tea, and
cream and crumprts nj her elbow. h
very apt TO dream that she was cut out
Tor the part Of a heroine She gild,
poverty with her Imaginative touches
I'LL IL looks all rosy Her husband bores
hcr, and she thinks OF the other man
who used 10 make her laugh aud whose
muscles were like whipcord. She at.
tributes 10 him talents which hc never
had, charms which she never discovered
in him while she had tlc opportunity
Of observing him every day. and She
dreams OF herself a. fighting life's
baltlcs by his side and winning.
IL never occurs TO her 10 reflect that
the lot She rcnOunccd was that living
upon mutton hash and growing up
into q dOwdy slalfclm, worried. and
perhaD- bullied, by man rendered
cantanllcrous by failure in his profcs-
sion. IL is easy 10 be- happy in fancy
with man whose ideal pericctiOu- one
may depict at one leisure. a woman
is often found whmpcriug over novel
which portrays the life ol u heroine
such rs she thinks herself 10 be-: but lust
let her rich husband die. leaving her
pcnnilcs7, and you'll see whether .he
dOcsu at once set her widows cap at
another rich man sooner than pariakc
herself 10 that like Of struggling which
she deemed so exciting when viewed
from distance. Chtcag0 TriLunc.