The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-18
IS LOVE A LOST AR7?'
It is Claimed that it is Fast Be-
coming Do.
Read What nm English Journal Says
on This All-ASsOFbing and In.
tereSting Topic.

English journals seem never to be
able To get lar awgy from that all alb
sorblng t1plc-matrlmony. Nov it Ia
the Pictorial that makes the character
lstlc nineteenth century wall to the
world lhe prospects Ut John Bulls
lair daughters musG be gloomy indeed
If its statements may be relied upon,
This IS tue substance of the moan:
Nothing is more natural than that
manageable maidens should eagerly
welcome fresh opinions onthe subject.
The statement that young men 90 not
marry nowadays, implies that women
are AT fault, and of course they natur-
ally clamor to know what they do to
discourage, and what they do not do
to find favor in the eyes of the sex
upon whom, despite of progress and
our independence. we are still misera-
bly, dependent for proposals. And
who can deny that they make the most
energetic efforts to meet the views OF
the fasudious men of the period? First
of all, for example, it was whispered
about, and then loudly proclaimed,
that we were too expensive in our
views nowadays and that the idea of
having to keep up the kind of estab-
lishment demanded by girl of the
period terrified Wooers in these hard
times. What was the result? Whole
estates of small pretentious villas
sprung up as if by magic, and flats
became the order of the day, and the
daughters of South Kensington were
prepared to 60 and dwell in lesser
Fulham and those of Mayfair in the
gloriftd model dwellings of the w est.
"Then domesticity was dragged out
and made the excuse. We could not
cook, to darn we were ashamed, and
our learning was literally all Greek
and Latin 80 this they said, was the
reason the men would not propose
Nothing daunted, We all rushed off to
schools of crockeIy, and devoted our
attention to technical training of our
girls. But it was to no purpose. Thosy
miserable men still held aloof. A few
struggled to the altar annually, but
drawing rooms +. came and went and
debutantes danced into society and
swelled their mothers dressmaking
bills, and still the supply OF bride
grooms was all out of proportion tc
the demand. Finally, they took refuge
in the charge that the fates of thu
end of the century young man were
not sufficiently consulted, urging tina
he found it more entertaining to b.
danced to by accordion skirted dam
sells of the theatres than to dance will
Mayfair maldens under the chaperoni
eye. And forthwith the fair patri
clans granted before them, and di,
their best to make my lords forget tina
mamma was lurking in the back
ground.
at might have been reasonably SUP
posed after this that there would hay
been a perfect plethora OF belate
bridegrooms and thstin sheer helpless
ness they would have given in. But o.
the contrary, they appear to be sti
unvanquished and still prepared wit
their paltry excuses, the very latest {
which is that we live in these latte
days at so rapid a rate that 'nervou
excitement victimizes nine-telths {
the men and leaves them no thought
for matrimony. Fancy that now 7
what a pass have they come whe
they have no time to get married an
are too much rushed to give the
minds to falling in love- Hilbert
they have brought forward argumen
against matrimony with which "
have been able to cope, but what is
be done now? Whatin the world ca
be done with the nerveunstrung Gig
ble' who is in too much of a whirl
lose his heart, and allows the exigel
cies of modern life to obscure the att
the possibly blushing bride, ak bride
maids, and eventual domestic heart
from his sight? Romance is dead, the
tell us. That sort of thing requir
leisure, and nobody has any
these times, Chivalry is complete
played ont counting is, of course, OF
of date, and falling in love lost art