Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-13

waistcoat ueglige.
Teen 10 Alabamap"
Yes sab. Il is a ve'y petty play, . ps's-
mount valid dana sab
ItaVe you ever been south?'
Y =. sab. have been stranded there fire.
guonts as an actor. Many moonlight night
h nNNe wandered by the sleepy bazoo-I mean
SsS,p waking away from the hotel. Nos'
"Isefo the wa'T'
No. sab. since the wa"
lou have the dialect notice.
-, 'ain Pecnhar1ties Of the southern dialect
Always come 10 me IN certain stages OF intoxi-
eas. ". b1t. as was saying. shat is where the
what mistakcy"
About love. The dramAtists never Al r.s
at the truth. They a.ways make the right man
i Isll IN love with the right woman. The fact ia
the man always falls in love with tho wrong
woman in roal lie. and vice yers. Won "a
ana watch n play. When the actors and a.
resses come on You know EXACTLY what an.
couples viii be IN the last act They NAV have
lots OF trouble before they get there but Won
can tell that harmony of creation which i al
noticeably absent from the real thing. ana 40
benehcently produced by the plavwright
Now, let us" and the seedy man lounged
back in his chair and swung his lef; leg over
his right
Hold on. Another"
''Ah. certainly. McIl need it, Now let N.
consider this question of love Mhy should
love be constant 20 one? How can love for one
be eternalg lmet a clever woman ouce-thnnh
yen. John; here If 20 her-I met clever woman
once. We talked OF love"
"Ahem-
81 said. gentlemen, we talked OF love- Nv
heart is dead" q he secdy man shed drunken
tear. 1--WE talked of love"
Have you ever lovedg asked.
"'Often, she answered.
Can one love more than onceY
Not the same man. 1 am in q great difa-
Guilty about that she answered. lam fond %
horses. and adore a man who loves tLsm and
can talk about them. am interested in cleo
tricitS ana enjoy a moonlight walk with q
young man who knows all about it, like
prize fights. and a third gentleman is welcome,
because nc goes to all the scrnpping matches.
am sentimental, and have an admircr who
reads poetry 10 me once or twice a week
And you love them ally'
AT times. L couldn't endure the prize
hght youth on my sentimental night. of course,
anu me CHAP who taihs horses is a bore when
feel like discussing electricity. But couldnt
get on without all Of them
do they all love youy
That's just the trouble They all want 70
marry me, but how could bear to have a hus-
band eternally reading poetry or talking horses
or describing prize fights That A. the mistake
hnd IN men-they not madv with a sufii-
Gent variety OF tastes Now. If there was one
man who WIS fond Of all those subjects he
would he perfect, but even then I suppose he
wanted him 10 be poetic. II could marry as
many as liked ;would be hal piness DO YOU
think. she asked Hnxiously. there will be some
liberty for women in heaven
II doubt it, 1 said sadly. A woman never
wants liberty except when she can't have it
like anything else
Now. gentlemen, what is love? There have
been many definitions. but none have covered
the SUBJECT For my own part 1 sometimes
doubt If that one is not accurate Wblch holds
love TO be Nlmlly A a..
thlng. quenched by possession. Sometimes
the object has sufficient variety OF ingenuity of
charm TO revive the desire. but he IL woman
or what you WILL II IL has not that power the love
never comes back. The lover tells the sweet
heart he is always the same. will always be the
same. Clasped in his arms. the gitl sW.ars 20
the man she viii never change. Gentlemen,
that Is where the mistake is made. For nv
sell. gentlemen, could only love a woman
who was always different. Trust me, The
woman who holds the husband holds him as
she held the sweetheart, by ever showing some
new charm"
You seem to know all about it,"
II know something, perhaps. loved once,
myself, and the seedy man wept again. II
met wnen 4 was a young man charming girl
She was many-sided. She had refined and
varied tastes. Every day she seemed to show
some new light. like the facets OF the diamond.
new attractions for me. One happy year We
passed together, and then"
''She dIed?"
No. She ran away with another man. She
had variety enough for several husbands. And
now. gentlemen, you know the secret of NV adj
miration for widows. 1 may have variety
enough for a second husband. But TO resume.
Love, as treated by the dramatists. is badly
treated. With a broken heart a woman is a
tragedy, with one husband she is a drama.
With two husbands she makes a comedy. with
three husbands she becomes a farce aud with
four husbands she reaches iarce-comedy. lou
can't make a heroine OF a strong nlay out of q
woman who has been married three times. The
ordinary human mind an audience will ad-
init the possibility OF woman loving twice.
but she cant do it any more without being
laughed at Yet doubt If there is a woman
living who has not loved half dozen different
men IN her lifetime well enough 10 have mar
rled them all The trouble Is lhat all men and
women can love, but very few can entertain
one another for a lifetime. The best husband
and the best wife are the best company ali the
time Ii rs all very well that George ~ 70
clever and 80 bright that Mary is bound TO be
happy with him. But George after he gels
married. expects Mary TO entertain him. too
He might have found out while they we're COURT
ing that she had nothing IN her. lie was 30
VAIN he couldn't see anything bat his own
ability, which she kept telling him about
Hence, gentlemen, parting and pain. The
divorce court was established to relieve
exhausted nature and give love a fresh
start Love is a fire, but you have 70
keep putting fresh chips on II to keep II going.
IL you don somebody else will All, me The
woman sis by the ashes growing gray of life
whose warmth and light have nearly gone and
q new lover comes along with a little bundle Of
shaylngs and starn the whole business again.
And Just as often as the fire goes out If the man
comes with the shayings it will blaze up airesh.
Gentlemen" and the seedy man got up and
began walking up and down, lit is a great dis
pensation Of Providence that love is eternal
but that the object may be varied ad libitum.
III We were compelled To love one woman what
a terrible thing lite would be. IL we could only
say Il love you once In lifetime life would
not be worth living. 1t is ennOblIng 10 love.
and If II be ennobiing to love one how much
more ennobllng to be able to love all! In TACT,
gentlemen, when you look into the thing see
how beautiful 1t is, even in that insignificant
detail OF concentrating on one at time"
Take soothing drink, won't your"
Thank You; had forgotten. But after all
everything as a changing ideal The woman -
thirty wonders why at twenty she married the
man she did when she sees how the other suitor
of the same age has developed. The woman Of
twenty hive turns away from the man her more
youthful fancy chose and weds the fellow whom
at twenty-five she thought fool The man ut
thirty-fve seeks the woman who hopeiessly
loved him ten years before and finds she has
changed her ideal, too. Aud 30 the world goes
round All, dear old Thackerayi Ii has NOS
changed since you BAT at your old table al forty
years. dipping your nose in the garcon wine.
Gentlemen, here TO Gillian, God rest her soul T.