St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-08-31
Why WOMEN FALL IN LOVE.
Hatred of Man Often Prenedes Admira-
! tion and Affection.

short article.
why" asked one lady of the other,
sdid you marry your present hus
band?"
Because loved him." came the
natural answer.
8 "And why did you love hin?"
The lady addressed hesitated mo-
ment and then gave the eminently
womanly reply: Because did love
him.
And in ninety-nine eases outof every
hundred the responses to the queries
of this little catechism would probably
be found to be the same; and, there
fore, an additional interest attaches to
those exceptional instances where
womanis able to confess what personal
trait of speech, manner, or
what not-it was that caused her TO
fall In love. ls
IF it is not too impertinent ques-
ton, might inquire why you, who
have become quite famous locally for
your beauty, married the defendant,
whose i'll looks are notorious@' asked
an examining counsel of a comely wit
ness in certain continental lawsuit.
e .'.Wel1, you see, 1t was like this, was
the candid reply of the fascinating
giver of evidence. 81 am by nature
terribly jealous, and when met my
present husband, and saw he was SO
ugly that no one else was likely to run
after him, / fell in love straightway. :
Probably this example of affection
inspired by lack of beauty may be re-
garded as unique, for in many cases
the mere observation of the effect upon
other women of a mans good looks
and charm of manner has been instru-
mental In winning him one woman's
love; albeit the fact of her regard for
{ him being SO inspired affords very
poor guarantee for the tenacity Of such
affection.
In court devoted to the unhappy
task of dissolving ilf-assorted matri-
monia1 unions, the following evidence
by the lady petitioner, affording a case
| In point, was given:
ssMy husband went out great deal
into society, and it was the very fact
of noticing what a favorite. he was
that caused me to love him. It seemed
q very proud thing to me then, seeing
his popularity, to be able TO say he be,
longed to me. =
Humiliating as are such confessions
| wrung from unwilling victims on the
| rack Of cross-examination, disclosure
involving the confding and yet dearel
| personal secrets are sometimes more
cheerfully made.
| .sNo: Tom amt no beauty. His gIas.
ewes spoils him, declared a lady NOV
/ ing in the lower ranks of life once te
1 the writer. But then, lie he hadn,t
had that we should never have beer
married.
''You see, some years ago met with
| an accident; and, though perhaps you'd
never have guessed it II hadn't told
you, I've got cork leg. Well, when
got my little bit Of compensation, there
was plenty of young fellows as heare
| about the money and not the operation
4 as would have married me there anc
then, but 1t always used to trouble me
thinking how they'd laugh at nit
when I told them all. And then
met Tom, and, feeling sure as maj
that had got a glass eye couldn'
sneer much at a woman with cork leg
4 felt drawn toward him, and in th.
end we were spliced.."
4 And to the writer's knowledge th,
union thus oddly brought about was Il
every way satisfactory.
4 Strange as it may appear, it is never
\ theless an ascertained fact that whel
!! a man ut first acquaintance inspires
woman with dislike, and even hatred
1t is very frequently preamble to he
4 loving him; a startling assertion, tn
4 accuracy of which Is instanced by th
well-known case of our foremost queel
of song, whose aversion to the gentle
i man to whom she is now married wa
at one time SO strong that she insiste
upon a condition being put into he
contracts stipulating that this SINCE
should never be engaged in the sam
{ company as herself.
Another interesting axiom, th
truth of which will early make itse7
, apparent to the student of human nt
ture who turns his attention to th
present subject, is that in very fe7
cases do mans mere good look
prompt that sincere affection that enc
In happy marriage; and while it cal
not be denied that unions contracte
on purely mercantile basis are by q
, means infrequent, it is consolatory |
observe that, though facial beauty wi
ever win admiration, 1t is the sterlin
heart alone that prompts the true
: love.
With one more personally collecte
anecdote, culled from the unromant
regions of the east end, we will COZ
clude sa5
| Prosecuting inquiries into the ma,
ner Of living Of a troupe of huub
. public entertainers, whose swings az
roundabouts and shooting galleri
were pitched on a vacant waste
ground, the writer encountered
9 young woman who had married
3 great, uncouth lout of fellow pr
? giously known TO him and, wonderir
4 what strange cause had brought abo-
. union between this comparative
r gentle girl and her numbering savas
7 OF husband, he had the curiosity
? question her on the subject.
. '.0h, dunno" said she. ..I think
2 begun like this. His people and our
: have worked the same round ever sin
: we was kids, but never thought not
. In Of him. till one day, when we "
pitched outside a town, a chap arst n
f to go to the fair with him. / was g
I in right enough, but all of sudds
Bill says in my ear:
I III punch yer head II yer do, al
somehow, from then I felt gone !,
{ him, and now, you see, we've got
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