The herald., 1895-02-26
HERE AND THERE

a French operatic impressario whose
modesty makes him hide behind the in
| itials f. b. furnishes the following screed
on romance and marriage. The matter
| has a reminiscent quality about it which
| carries the idea that it has been read be-
fore, but ii it is appropriated it will doubt
| less be recognized. But it is none the
less interesting and not devoid of wisdom:
Marriage in the old world is generally Il
matter of arrangement, is conducted,
more or less financially on the basis of
what is called common sense.
new world from personal affinity,
| from some intense form of emotionalism
independent OF material conditions or ia
voring circumstances. The Americans are
any other people under the sun.
They are gradually growing less so as
the Republic ages but they are still in
clned to consult feelings rather than
reason in choosing mates.
Romance is an excellent thing in mat
rimony but it may be carried too far in
determining the question. When it sur
wives matrimony and is found to be
large ingredient in its composition, after
years of continuance, it is as beautiful as
it is commendable. But, as a rule, the
less dominant romance is in making
sobriety has set in. Young persons will
seldom believe this, however, and they
have to learn it therefore by painful ex
perience. They declare that they love,
and love is, in their partial opinion. suf-
ficient warrant for any conjugal enterprise
tune
Where love is, faith and hope are, and
to the three combined everything desired
is possible, and most things certain.
They are in a state of ecstasy AID the
hard world is moulded and mellowed by
their enraptured vision.
They obstinately refuse to accept as true
the assurance that wedlock must depend
Tor its outcome on proSalc facts and
figures; that it belongs as much to arith-
metic as to sentiment; that love itself may
not always withstand pinching penury
and the trials it begets.
Those who will tell them so are pro-
nounced doubters and cynics and their
warnings pass like the breeze. Alas how
many couples discovered when too late,
what terrible prophets those doubters and
cynics have proved to be. They would
not heed when they should have needed,
and the time has passed for regrets and
cOntrtions. But there are always new
couples as confident and as obdurate as
the old and there will be while the years
go on.
Such couples are convinced beyond refu-
tation that hearts and pulses that leap to-
gether are an earnest OF the future and
solid ground for cooperative housekeep-
ing. Secular knowledge teaches other
wise. Leapng hearts and pulses guaran-
tee nothing except their capacity to leap,
and they often leap to no purpose. and on
very slight provocation. Young men and
women frequently we'd without means and
without prospects,, without self-under-
standing and without forethought, yet
never rue their ipitiousness or impru-
dence. But far more frequently they so
wed and the result is grevious and IRENE
diable. Not necessarily, either; not from
discordant temperament or lack of indi-
vidual adaptation but from dire poverty
and the ceaseless friction and irritability
it involves. Those can hardly be healed;
these might at least have been guarded
against; might have been taken into ac-
count, which they never are when ex-
cessive romance defes the judgment.
+ 4 4
Colonel Perre kewen is going on the
stage. He has joined Theodore Kremer.
the nihilistic Russian actor and will
make his debut in San Francisco in a few
days. Colonel kewer can act; no one
who ever saw him pay bob-tailed flush
will question his hlstrionic ability.
Dr. Wills is one of the most humane
men in the state and the sight of horse
in discomfort is enough to cause him to
use all resources to help the animal
day or so ago the doctor was walking
down Spring street, when a horse hitched
to a cart sank to the ground and closed
its eyes. A crowd at once gathered about
and the doctor his benign impulses at
once stirred, forced his way through to
the side of the animal, and com
menced an investigation. He felt the
equine 5 pulse, looked at its tongue, tried
its temperature, and at last exclaimed
that he could not tell what the matter
was.
The owner came along then, and taking
the horse by the bride, shook it and
said: Git up, Dobbn, git up, gol durn
yer"
Don't be rough with the horse, " re-
monstrated bystander, hes sick.
'Sick be iiggered, was the owners
answer. He always lies down when he's
sleepy I've fixed his harness so he can
do it without breaking anything; it's just
a habit with him.