The advocate., 1895-04-10
ElleI Stone, ARti-EedeIaL.
Continued from page I.


kesing quite new to her.
TRnOW hardened old men of the world sneer at the
totoh Of 'love at first sight" as sentimental non
AAbas. But so much has been written by learned
n concerning love at first sight that it would be
10 doubt its possibility or even its frequent oc
ffence Not only did Shakespeare boldly ask:
m Whoever lov'd that lovd not at first sight?
ut that sedate philosopher, that great apostle Of
Sesinism, Schopenhauer, declared that "great pas
Mons, as q rule arise at first sight" Another mod
sSn philosopher has asserted that "the love which
lies suddenly takes longest to cure" and seems
sa think that 'loVe which grows slowly and by
aexees" may do for friendship, but does not
Nnount to much "as an ardent passion" Of course,
snce explains it all in its dresry way, as it ex.
VAbains everything beautiful or loVeable in life.
ate your speculative science which seeks to drive
fl poetry from life and to induce men and women
ss become hard, harsh, msterialistic thinkers"
N ith biz shiny fOreheads resembling newly wiped
aHesn: that science which Woos us from planting
tsss, growing flowers, and taking moonlight rides,
n hat we may engage in the seductive and eleVating
ussttOn Of reconstructing from miscellaneous fos-
N remains prehistoric frogs, tom cats and other
be8sts, birds and reptiles from the four quarters
NJ the globe" as the sideshOw man, with paper cur.
Sency between his fingers, is wont to remark. l
Sste this kind Of science. While there are beau.
Ia foliage, serene skies and babbling brooks, I
luse TO shut myself up to dissect bugs, classify
NrXcks with names as hard as themselves, or make
gGr into hideous monsters respectable prehistoric
tas by stringing together the helpless bones Of
X dozen different animals who did not even move in
'hs same set In their day. To your scientists the
'6ag love drops upon the coffin Of death Is only a
scnisWhat offensive secretion of certain glands q
1iEsh ID q mere mechanical effect produced by a
utt of congestion and love, please heaven, love
nike that which the poets of all ages have sung;
fhs love which made PetrSrch write sonnets all his
s,fe which nerVed Dante in his struggles, which
aigsd up chivalry in the midst Of barbsrism to
'<aRke the world human love- in the opinion Of the
entist, ID only a nervous affection, to be cured,
'sssumably, by zinc pills, change Of climate, and
1sscn
oh, dullsouled man Of sciencel You will &C.
epi nothing some hypothesis will not expainP
a you, what Of this phenomenon man may
1AlnEle with beautiful women day after day, for
SApnths, or even years; woman may mingle day
tet day with handsome men for months, or even
gh and feel no sentiment stronger than placid
dship, but one day this man or this woman
eAg stranger; eye meets eye; or there is a touch
1da and la thrill and these two people will fol.
one the other 10 the worlds end but they shall
A again. What is your hypothesis, o Science
Y ps, IL you can, why the heart futterS so unex-
A1sSasy snd often 30 unreasonably and so impru-
rfyy For even now, o Science, even under the
sisc reign Of the almighty dollar and of par
,Npe rsgpectability now, there are hearts
30 behave ss unaccountsbly and as foolishly as
hearts did in the simple days when the race
young, Even the fin de steele woman is every
fieht in danger Of having an unprogressiVe
A sadly obstruct her advanced career and re-
30 only woman at last. Among the states
even our soul-frozen era, think you there is
Il " NXs Marc Antony who for woman would lose
sEid and be content to lose itp Smile not, my
sc the statement that Gertrude was In love
1N' younR man Of whose very name she was ig-
AI and whom she had met casually and but