Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-15
Written for Gazette.

COUsuts the brethren
snd, presumably, the
LORD, in the selection Of felloT armor-
bearer, with Gevout Incl n,tions and 2
stout constitution; qusdTupiy-beresvs
widowers, wider-awska than bachelors
to sense Of the uncertainty ct time and
earthly things, make haste to be wise Coz
FOOLISH sud set forth marriage feasts
with funeral NESTS still lukewarm.
These are economic snd prudential
contracts, legal enough, but wanting IN
all else that makes the joining together
in wedlock ot man and womaa anhonora.
bic marriage in the sight OF heaven.
Love that ssIclf5s, faith thai eievAtes,
the hope thst Ia well spring of jOY snd
comfort in heart and home are an omni-
potent three thst bring down TO earth the
kingdom of heaven. But it cometh not
with observation.
Women oftener choose husbands than
men wives, p1radoXical though the state
men: may sound. Tue overtures Of court
ship, however impetuous, give them
the advantage CT perspective in judg.
ing OF suit0rs' merits. 0.ce in gener.
ton Juliet meets r ,meo fully hsf wsy
perhaps little over-5ut the full tide
runs in the direction of mans approach
Snd Womsn's waiting. Women are en-
ticed, argued, led by cunpiogly devised
stages into love. Men "fall" In, how
essilY and fatally, Addison nsrrates in
his immortal lit Of CHILLED and wound
ed" at. S Wounded by Z .linda's scar
let stocking IS she was stepping out Of q
coach. Tim Tattle killed by the tap of o
fan. . Sir Simon Softly murdered at
the playhouse in Drury Lane by q
frown. W. W. killed by en- unknown
hand that was playing with a glove of,
upon thesside of the frontbox. Dick
TasteWell slain by q bush. Musidorns
| slain bv an arrow that flsw out of dim
pie in Flavis's left cheek" etc.
Shakespeare shows us his lover indi.-
ing sonnets to his mistress's eyebrow.
from which bow, We may surmise, sped
the shaft that brought him down.
Verify, 10 view of the exceedingly
"promlscuOus" character of the scci-
dents tina. guide C9,ebs's choice, he mas
reason to cling. as for life, to the belief
that matches are made in heaven. O.her
wise he has little "shoW" in the mighty
| lottery.
The only hope that the few hints friends
can throw out for his guidance may be
needed, is in the theory thst-reversing
the order Of the miracle done
upon the blind msn-there is e
moment in which the eyes, erst
clear aud critical, see through the first
folds of Clpid's bondage, women as trees
walking. When the silken tissue is once
firmly adjusted, observation is complete
After that, no experience save his own,
and that dearly bought, can enlighten
him. To vary the fgure-the love-fs is
durable Only in the incipient stages. This
opportunity lost. 1t must run It's course
Il is pity! We know so well what
goes 10 make up the ideal wife that we
lose patience with him who blindly seizss
upon the opposite type of woman, or
upon one who is no type al all. Il is
therefore with the feelings Of one who
besteth the air that l sit me down to the
preparation Of this paper.
once knew man who bore the bu--
den for ten years of q hopelessly- inyalided
wife. He was herlocslly patient under
the Gross, and mourned sincerely when
the racked and wasted body was laid out
Of his arms upon the one bed to which
pain never comes. Meeting him two
years afterward, l congratulated him
upon his second betrotlaI, saying l h.d
heard that ne was singularly fortunate ia
his choice.
"Thank you," said the honest fellow,
simply. ~ believe she is perfectly
healthy !"
Begin we where he left off. Health OF
body, freedom from SO much as pro-
clivity to organic disease, is considers
ton so important to one who anticipates
marriage that the wonder grows in
thoughtful minds st the habitual disre-
gard OF the question" 1t may be chival-
ric to undertake the charge Of an ailing
woman, and benevolent to smooth her
pathway to the tomb. but the childless
Widower who has dwelt for the best years
OF his life In th5 valley of the shadow Of
death, or the frantic father who
sees the development in his of
spring CT the dread mslady that
cursed their mothers existence, may well
deplore the early madness that has borne
such fruit. man has but one life. That
spoiled, there is no redress. Without
full acquiescence in Dsrwin's dogma that
legislation should step In here to protect
the rsce, we can hardly state too forcibly |
the fundamental fact that no diseased |
man or woman has a moral right to |
marry.
Said young divine in asking advice In
q dispassionate and Celebsisn spirit of
an elder teacher Of righteousness:
"Tae woman love is intelligent, affec.
tionate and plous. Her only defect Is an |
temper, but 1 trust, with
the grace of God, to be able to endure
that"
The reverend father raised warning |
hand.
"No, my son! Let her alone. Lesve
her to the grace CT God. That can live
where you could not!"
Let those who do not dread "Kate the
curst,n or shrink from a Petruchio's
office, neglect the admonition. The
solitary bright saying $50 far as
I know Of sloW-witted sufferer
from virsgo's tongue and temper, was