Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-02-04
CUPID'S FIRST WOUNDS.
Thoughts on the Beautiful Ex-
perienoos OF tho Heart
The First Love IL Merely n Preparation
for Botter to Come = How 1t Ar
fects aud Help. Both Men
anl Women

Aht Ntuth-
There a-e those who hold that love
IL simply love. and that one can love a
thousand times. and each time as deep.
ly. truly. human'y and spiritually with
the same cxaltation and freshness.
But ] hold that there is In that hrsi
stir Of the emotion by the opposite sex
turn given 10 life. color TO our emo
tlons, and lasting bias TO our whole
being that never is given again. One
may love more wisely the second time,
and with n moro lasting devotion. but
only the first love can give the abso.
lutc thrill OF uualloyed bliss and open
tho world to you as place OF Ioysome
work and worship. Tou are suddenly
awakened from boyhood and boyish.
ness, from irrcsponsibillty and care
lessness concerning the future 10 a
feeling OF marvellous responsibility.
Behind you Is the school. and play.
and obedience. and the fathers house;
ahead Is the exquisite pleasure OF
working for and tenderly guarding
n vile. and there Is the new homo TO
which your Imagination summons only
flowers, and song, and peace, and con-
tent Your love has not yet had a
single jar. Here Is n perfect thing.
The drst love Is rarely ever wedded.
II is mol so Intended. Her mission Is
10 prepare tho way for rational love
and n safe marriage IL Is prema-
ture preliminary, In the nature OF
things Is temporary, and has nothing
In 1t oi the home-making. Tho mar
ried love Is economical deliberatlye
and practical; the first love is neither
OF these IL secs tha world IN false
light because not a full light The
color OF all things 10 no longer tho
req OF mes SUNRISE nor Is II yet the
yellow OF sunset IL Is rose color "
our INST loves were often welded. the
result would without doubt, DO
vast amount OF misery. Marriage
would indeed DO failure The
worst oi all marriages are early mar
rlages' and the next worst are late
marriages Ihoss that are very
early are sure TO be lacking In com
mon sense. Inc hrst experiences are
baoyish. and the result Is childish
quarrels Tho two contend over
trifes, and, rs Tor very late mar
ringes, here again there Is quarrel
Ing over triues, because each one has
learned TO have undisputed sway over
personal matters The ideal mar
riago follows soon alter the hrst love
mas faded ana the DISAPPOINTMENT oi
burst ouooies ana vanished air castles
mas wen hoaicd.
IL, unfortunately, the iirst love ends
In n speedy Wedding there Is first Of
MI the oosh ana nonsense 10 DO got
ria OIL l do not mean that the gush
ot hrst nioction, the overflow and
hooding oil spring tenderness, are In
themselves nonsense out they DO
come nonsense when carried over
TO our work-a-day world. They have
their place, but not In the family. IL
they get there they have to DO got rid
OIL And tho coming down from airy
castles 10 cottages IN some vast will
uerness, ana from tnae 70 piain ciy
mats WIN q daiiy round OF dreadful
prosaic uuues, y hei.ner easy nor
oisen SUCCESSFUL. Inc cnances are tnat
'no cnange wiz come as coiiapse
md All AfIaGtl0n VIII IAll Hat lnt0 dis