The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-26

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i.erlp'i At rather 'bau a.. y
saG ,hs! it is ,iua t..,.. ~ .u...i iN.li.
i!.ee,i~ - pf u'.nni sl~u, The
! court hil, Of to,.as Wc.I II mas bc
that the, are riehl It i ling
/ very t,ur Hat women are less inclined
f, than lEcy were or - il seems. ac-
cnrIiug to >lorio, that are told to
con,l,cr themselves high. high above
the commonplace things Of earth to
Lc wor-Iipcd from afar and approach
! Cd With awe. Maybe it is to br re-
( rr,ttcd that the day- Of man , courtly
uracc toward woman are past, and
hat he send, her telegraph messages
instead Of scattered note. By special
courier when he wants her to BE Ger
tain to be ready 10 80 to the play or
Tho ball. But that all brlon.c'l to the
ilmr when life mogrd along more
slowly than it doe, to-day. .\rl |
wonder II men are MT secretly glad
all that women are more com
pAnioh- than idols?
N"t lnng ago ! heard a man who i
bachelor, complain that women are
not ~ dependent 4, they used to be-
80, ycs thcy are, rctortrd the
lii2ht eyed girl .\nI then she bit
her lip and suddenly SlorrcI The
bachelor l"ohci NJ at her quickly
nrw lishi seeming tn break in nj
his bcwildcrcd opinion Of wnn
The bright eyed rirl was the last,
in the werd be would have cxicc
tr hear make such declarations.
w,> in her studio that wc were
evening. and we were there brca
she was u woman tina, fame had beg
lp smile upon and wc felt honofc,
be biddcn 10 spend Il while with i
Dd the bachelor think that his &C
/ plant would more than half
! please the girl? | fancy that he q
/ wonder ii Il romance will spring
! of that evening meeting the bac
| lor y complaint and the bright.c
girl denial Of the change that
generally supposed woman has unt
gone since she has tried her wings;
found them not SO bad after all? T
bachelor has gone on his way rcjoic
for long time that he understood
up odate woman, but the brig
eyed girl gave him hint that he ala
not, and mnybe-who knows?-he may
become interested in finding out that
there is no such thing as chance in
woman y heart. though there may be
in her ways.
But, to leave the romantic side Of
lovcletters and to look at the practi-
cal. More times than one it would
have been we'll to recall, ere letter
was written, the good old adagc, ut
is better to walk mile than write a
f, line.
always the only love letter writer's.
In fact, women have generally been
supposed to be more given to this
wcakncss-shall l call it that?- than
men. And / am glad that girls no
longer fill up pages with silly non
sense.
Woman has lost just faith enough
III man to make her recognize the
truly faithful when he comes her way.
She does not write sentimental letters
indlscriminately just because she
thinks such are expected from her.
indeed tho modern maid, just like the
modern man, rather thinks that she is
expected to be sensible, and sensible
she usually is. Maybe when she is
quite sure that her Prince Charming S
affection is anchored fast she will
write long ani romantic letters, ju:
not until. Ask the beau of the period
aud he will tell you that he is often
disappointed at the poor success h,
has III calling forth sentimental letters
from the girls of the day. They are
all to" busy, bless their hearts, to
write love letters, unless they ar,
very, very n.ucl in love And surely
no man can be found who thinks wo.
men have grown less lovablc bccaus,
of this
We may sigh ut the passing of tho
old-fashioncd love letter if we arc sen
timentally inclined, but love letters
arc often dolcful things to have about
anyway, especially if they tell the
story Of romance that failed.