Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-16
MARRIAGE MONTH.
WHEN JUNE WITH THE ROSES Is
STAYING.
Country Houses as Places for Match
Making-A Mountain Maiden
Breaks the Record-A Dissertation
On Love-some "Dont's."
Correspondence OF the Dispatch)
ALTON. VA. June 18th.


June bride. and she aptIy comes In with
the June roses. born to blush In her
shining hair"
The common run OF mortals are usually
much engrossed on the subject OF matri-
mony. Whether a man intends to get
wife himself or not, he Is always interest
ed in the wife his friend Is after. NO
man ever quite Intentionally became
bachelor; a bachelor Is rather the result
OF circumstances. At 20 he viii marry
soon: at 25 he gets ready Cor A more con-
venient season; when he crosses into the
odd SIS, he still celebrates. and at %
he Is lost and amenable TO the ILLINOIS,
bachelor-tax. There Is no relevancy be-
tween money depresslons and marriages.
for there Is a gradual decrease In the
number OF bachelors in this country.
There was time when bachelors could
be found on every road. and were soe-
cially signalied out for church collections
when the officers pissed around the bas-
ket. To-day a bachelor-i. e.. an odd
bacheor'-s about the rarest thlng
around Alton.
The house In the country Is very favora-
bic to matrimony Since We have been
following the English style OF the home
being out OF town, and the trip being to
the city for the winter season. and three
fourths OF the year IL spent in the coun-
try, matchmaking is certainly an easier
matter than formerly. Why do English
novelists as a general thing lay the scene
OF their stories in rural England? IL Is
because OF the possibilities of the English
country house. Open Duchess" novel;
and you know all about it-exceot the
names. The tea-drinking, the garden
parties, the man, the woman. and the
place are all wound around with charming
rustic settings. and end with the finale
marriage with the same money four
times more entertaining can be done In
a country home than In town mansion.
and II is surely nicer to ask young Bashly
or old Mr.. Longpurse TO tidewater or
the mountains for a week or so In the
summer than TO pack up and follow him
to the White Sulphur
AS BILL NYE WOULD SAY.
Two weeks in a country house, where
a man simply cannot help making love.
are worth, matrlmonially considered.
whole season Of pronniscuous attentions
elsewhere. In the course Of "a long and
brilliant career''-as Bill Nye would say
no one ever addressed letters of inquiry
TO the Dispatch man on crop futures, or
parlor etiquette. or how TO manage
mothers-n-law, or any OF these burning
questions; but the other day, coming, all
unaware. down the sylvan road 10 Avon,
a mountain maiden broke the record.
"Oh. Mr.. Fbbs." she cried. why do you
never write on love? | don't believe you
have an idea on the subject OF love or
marriage"
THAT would take two subjects. my dear
young lady" was the argument. FOR
they are two ideas. Love doesn't go
with marriage. One Is sentiment. the
other business. One Is subsequent, the
other antecedent. one talks, the other
works"
But one must love-" she said. with a
blush as vivid as the June roses at her
belt. "to be married"
"Oh. yes; and never you marry without
love, my dear But put back a goodly
bit of II. with your wedding fixtures. 10
be drawn on FOR a reserve. 1t will be
needed"
This view of the subject was evidently
dlsconcerting, but II holds. Strip matri-
mony OF Its sentiment. and it Is life
partnership. Each party to the COM
pact-and compact II ia. though no part
nership papers are signed. and the proper
ton Of capital is unequal-has, or should
have. The same aim: to better the condi-
ton of each by helping the condition OF
both. Sentiment is a charming essence.
but IT "a n fact that in the relation of one
sex TO the other it plays havoc.
LOVE DEFINED.
Next TO what il DEATH" what Is
love-" Is the most elusive. Love-a cynic
would says a selfish desire on the part
OF one person 20 monopolze all the time.
attention, and charms OF another. IL
is spoken Of as everlasting. and yet men
jest about their summer girl and
think the stock market or n presidential
election vastly more interesting than any
love ever dreamed ~ And yet there
never lived man vho did not want
some woman 10 love him: or woman
who did not as naturally need love As she
did bread and butter. The world could
no more so on without love than without
sunshine.
The warm June days have put an end
10 indoor pleasures and the hold that
croquet and tennis have on the athletic
young man and woman asserts Itself.
Some "dOnts' ara very much needed
for city people who come TO the mount
aims for the first time. lrr cities there are
guide books. town-cocks. and policemen.
Here, one has only need for common
sense. II you come to the mountains
this summer don't try 10 gather all the
flowers the first day-a fresh assortment
blooms out every night; don't pick a hor-
nets nest from the fence rail and think
IL IS the farmers dinner In a brown
paper--it makes the hornets mad; don't
believe a country mile and a city mile
measure the same; don't wear high -heeled
slipper to come down the mountain.-you'n
pitch over; don't go hunting before break
at the country boys-Cornelius Wander
bilt raised garden sass" and sold IT;
don't wear sea-grass hats. just let the
sun spoil your complexion. and send you
home bronzed. happy. healthy, and good
natured. Your enjoyment will depend
upon the keenness or your perceptiye
faculties and your susceptibility TO the
varied charms OF mountain stream. forest.
and rhythmic cloud. and upon your ability
10 appreciate and love the wild and free
In nature--who keeps her secrets for the
chosen few who can interpret them.
Personal.
Mr.. A. C. Critzer and Miss Ellen r.
Farls, of Cumberland county. were mar
ried Wednesday. They came directly
home. and were rendered a reception
and dinner by Mrs James l. Critzer
Mr.. and Mrs. G. V. Meredith and family.
OF Richmond. are at the Mountain Top"
for the summer
Mr. w. II. Landrum. OF Baltimore. Is
stopping at Hotel Alton.
Mr. George crist. OF West Virginia, who
has been in to visit his mother. returned
home last week.
Mr. William kerbey OF Kentucky. Is
the guest " relatives near Alton.
DR.. Forrest Williams, our popular
young physician. complains that the en-
tire vicinity is djstressiggly healthful.
Poland cherries are a fine crop. and are
being shipped In i've and ten-pound
boxes to Washington. d. c.
Miss A. c. Davis. who has been teach
ing for the session at Mr.. T.. Il. Mays,
returned to williamsburg Monday.
DR.. Topper. OF Richmond. came up
Thursday to visit his daughter. Mrs. Haw-
thorn.