The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-24
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The little God of Love betrays eycn
dignifed people into the most ingcn
iously homogeneous terms of endcar
ment sometimes. And this in dpIionc,
OF the fact that the real love words of
every language are the most musIcally
beaDtiful combinations of sounds possi
Bile
So sweetly melodious are our own
darling" dearest" Sweetheart
that one is fain to pity him or her who
has never heard them tcnde,ly uttered
French mon amir "cherie." ma mig
nonnc.' etc. are spoken music. and even
the German ''meine GcIiebstc" might
Elorify the uglicSt, most gutteral of
languages.
Honey" "dearie," Sweet" are stin
on the right side of the ridiculous. Even
pet is admissible, though 1t once oc-
CURED TO me To address a swarthy. six
foot. 250 pounds Cuban al a public din
ner as petite" might be just on the
bordcrland
But where the divine passion is really
dominant, all these expressions are
quite too commonplace.
y know n we'll built. well Eroomed
man of the world, with q strong mascu-
line face, a splendid athletic figure.
standing feet 3 inches in his stockings
and stately and dignificd in his bear,
ing His enraptured wife finds no word
so expressive of her appreciation of his
charms as kitten" She by the way,
is Juno, and he is not to he outdonc
in matters Of the heart. also calls her
Kitten" So IL is Kitten and Kitten,
ur'til am sure they have forgotten that
the English language possesses proper
nouns, in general usage in polite So
ciety.
Then there is a fat man with pudgy
face, and protrudinE figure. Nothing
In hn " hit "A AtI
wife but Birdie. Birdie he Is, Birdie
he must be- though ell the world blush
for 1t.
Then cannot forget one of my dear
friends whose husband twenty years
her senior is q hard-headed business
man, who Is said to sometimes wander
into ways that are dark. and tricks
that are vain" Happily, 7 do not know
Just khat she calls him during these
periods. But I do know that during his
temporary lapses into virtue she is n
most devoted loving wife. and that
when her passion for him Is at moder-
ate height she contents herself with
mail twectness'' and cunning single"
but when ii rises To flood tide she
casts upon him the most loving and
Grow" it'!
Another tail, gaunt. raw-boned. i'll
favored friend is also worthy of pass
ing mention. His hair is carrot colored
and scraggly, his neck SO thin that it
resembles nothing SO much as n snarl
anatomy generally call up visions OF
Ichabod Crane. His affcctionate spouse
could find no name for him that so
pleased her fancy as "Puddin." She
scoldeil him as "Puddin.' and loved
him as "Puddin." AS "Puddin" he was
cowed. driven and bullicd, and rs "Pud-
din" he was coaNed, wheedled and ca
ressed.
There is n well-known editor of one
OF this country's great papers man Of
stalwart frame, keen countenance. bril-
liant intellect. To his wife he Is "Itty
one" and she to him is "Preshy" (pre-
cious).
1t is surprising that delicate. re-
fined. high bred woman could best cX-
press her arclor for her husband in the
words "Snooks" and SLOPPY" yet
have known such TO be the case, and 1t
would seem as though dignifed pro-
lessor might object TO being called
Hubby" but | have seen him respond
to ii with n smile so wide that the Ches-
shire cat wasn't in II.
One prominent literary man rarely
addresses his tiny young wife as any
thing but kid" which Is not inappro-
private if somewhat nnmusical. But Il is
usually the very little man whose ebu-
litions of sentimental tenderness can
only find expression in calling her
"Raby."
These are by no means the vagarics of
youth and ineXpericnce.
Death ON Prominent Young Lawyer
Charleston, S. G. JAN 23.-Ashby
Starkc Farrow. prominent and popular
young member of the Charleston Bar.
died at his home late last night. Mr..
Farrow was born in Albemarle county,
Va. thirty-three years ago, graduated
in law at the University of Virginia
in 1856. He was associated with the
law firm of Murphy Farrow G. I.egare.
He leaves a young widow and one child,
Poor Indeed!
There are degrees and kinds of poverty
Just as there are differences OF opinion
among those who compute and measure