Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-02-04

like huge wen over his heart But
the worst was he would pull them out
and read them TO any sort OF acquaint-
ance. Ten to one he would visit
some one not familiar for no other
purpose but TO tell tho charms OF his
inamornta, and TO read her letters. He
was superb SCHOLAR. and bright
every way; but on this topic he was
the lnughing-stock OF tho town. The
whole thing went 10 pieces with
crash, for what girls love eau en-
dure such silllnessP He survived the
disaster without impaired brains.
which Is more than sometimes occurs.
/ never knew man to be love-craclxed
with u second or third flame; but the
end OF n arst-love disappointment is
always serious. and sometimes disas-
trous II may lead only to death OF
sentiment and susceptibility TO wom-
ans affection, or II may dislocate the
intellectual powers, or the moral.
But not too much can bo said Of the
evil OF entering wedlock without the
discipline OF first love. Mon have
sometimes done this, and they are al
ways untamed. hard and severe. A
man with keen. critical intellect can
never be satisfied with an ordinary
mate. Ho will DO by her as he does
by Smiths last essay-wiii pick out
her faults and sec all her blemlshes
and failures. The poor woman Is only
magazine article, that he picks to
pieces instlnctively. He has never
had first love teach him to trans
form people and things. to give the
rose-color to dullness and TO tone |
down the MONDAY glare OF work-life.
Hc can not endure such bad habits as
he will be sure to find In the best OF
wives Then II he have an imperious
disposition and an iron will. the con-
sequences are Injustice and misery.
On the other hand, man OF peculiar
ly sensitive. loving disposition is sure
TO look for first love in his married
life. lie has longing for that ideal
which he never created audaclously
out OF hand. and boldly declared he
had found. and then worshiped A
woman may DO thankful she is not her
husbands first love, but that he had
one that having worshiped. no
learned after NIL was one OF our CON-
mon humanity. aud that goddesses
are not In corsets.
need not ask you II you remem-
Der your own first love You could
not love hor now--of course not She
Is possibly n dowdy OF the worst sort,
married 10 coarse fellow that you
marveled she could tie herself 10, and
yet you soc now It was all right; or
she Is n simple, plain. matter-of- fact
wife OF matter-of-fact husband, and
the farthest possible remove from
any thing ethereal How you ever
came TO see angels wings on her is
your puzzle But she served you ad-
mirably. A first love you must have.
or ought TO have, and she was really
avery judlcious angel She did not fiirt.
nor did she help you to be extravagant
In your fancies. When the spell was
OF she became good friend. and has
been such ever since. There is, how
ever. quite chance that your first
love has never returned your letters
and you have never returned hers,
and that you both need TO think over
the warm sunrise OF your life's loves.
and that II helps you in your welded
state Your wife Is not jealous, or
ought not TO be. II she Is sensible,
she will be thankful that some ono
came before her TO open her Jimmie's
soul and teach him tho amenities OF
love; she has him now all the more to
herself, and all tho more OF him there
is to have. She would be In sad
predlcament II ho had never had a
FIRST love before herself.
So you see that first love holds
place wholly distinct and quite unique.
IL Is not love In the sense OF any other
love known. 1t is not logical or COM
mci-sensicaL II does not show per-
sons in their true light; indeed. is
sure OF false ccloring and extrava-
ganco II Is development OF imma-
turity. 1t Ia part OF human ovolu-
tion. Welded love Is the wedding or
welding OF two who have been carried
beyond the period when they can be
carried away from reason.
That would make an interesting his,
tory II one could road the loves OF
the fifty most rounded, strongest char
acters in history; but not tho first
loves, for those would be almost the
same story retold. They rarely get
into mans biography. or are re-
ferred to In his autobiography. He
tries 10 let them drop out OF sight
He counts only those later grapplings
OF his heart after one whom he desires
for life's partner The aBcients never
told any thing OF man without giving
his love story. How delightful the
story OF the patriarchs. and their wan
derings after wives and their woolngs
OF kln,womenl But we need not be-
lieve there was no romance OF the
other sort in their lives. They, as
w6do. hid this chapter OF their lives.
1t docs not count In the same way rs
the rest OF life counts. One would
suppose. in reading OF the Orient,
that love had been reduced wholly to
matter Of bargain and economy, yet
there Is nowhere else SO much OF the
idyllic and romantic.
Our hrst loves linger with US in as
sociatlon with the old school-house on
the hill. They make music with a
brooklet that tumbled down~the shady
willow bank they are remembered as
the perfume OF the long-gono cln-
namon roses; they resurrect them
solves In our somber moods to tell us
that ideals are as real as tho practical,
and that our plain working life Is
capable OF richer phases. think
there may be hints OF u finer life here
after beyond. Have you any old love
lettersP Any old souvenirs OF your
dream llfeP II was well that you once
we're soft and dreamy. Do not burn