The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16
LOVE MEASURED IN MONEY.

II there is to be aay improvement. in the
next warli, IL Should igc!u3e a love which
- no. measured in r,onsy. Il Is supposed
t. ex.s, upon earth, bat i does not. Il
w8a.d be entirely on, OF pace to suggest
plays UPON words upon &C solemn. nor -
say sentimental. a subject, ard ia aiiudtng
. the remarkable relation between Cupid
AMI cupiSii:y We point only - the origin OF
e. the roo: a. all evil.
/ does rat matter that Cupid IS derived
from the Latin Cupido. CT cupiiEry from
the French Cupldus. taey mean the same
''desFe. lang ng" AS the root is the same
- the FRAT Is the SAM In the early
stages 81 a3o,escen, love. Il is uaseea. but
the development Of the money-frug, IS as
certain as that the gentle bud OF spring
ripans and grows into he apple which is al
onee TIE emblem ot love and OF dIscord.
There would seem 10 De some lives from
which the gortd nigh. be eliminated, but
although 1t may not be SO pronounced IN
some as IN others, IT never falls TO appear.
The story OF the career Of the late Rev.
C. II. Spurgeon would not seem 20 AFFORD
proof Of this. but II does. II is written by
a good wife who retoiced In the love OF
good husband. but. creeping through the
beautiful leaves Of his lie as the boom
slaDGe OF Africa creeps amid the bouGhs
Of the tree. so like II in color and shinl-
n1er that il can scarcely be distinguished
from the foliage. the green serpent OF
money turks beneath the green leaves oe
love.
In q letter written sixteen years after
marriage. to his wife. he says:
My own Dear One: None knows how
grateful ! am 10 God for you. Do you re-
member a Miss Thompson who collected
for the enlargement OF New Park Street
chapel as much as S50e? Bless her dear
heart! Think Of the love which gave me
that dear lady for Wife"
The dear Miss Thompson who collect
ed as much as $500 for the church lived in
his memory sixteen years after he had
married her. 1t would be unjust to the
lady TO assume that she had not other at
fractions. or that he would not have loved
her even IL her faculty for making "olicc-
tons had been less. but the sweet remern-
brance Of that addition to the resources
OF the unconscious association in the mind
Of love with money.
What a lovely husband he is: he buys
his wife beautiful hornets! What de-
voted lover he Is: he has presented her
with an elegant diamond ring; 1t must have
cost lot Of money!" These are the meas
ures by which mans love is measured.
When poverty comes in at the door. love
flies out Of the window, is an adage which
has grown out OF the experience of man
kind. Love may linger by custom around
the portals OF the home without money.
but what a flush OF happiness lights up his
eyes and what smile Of gfatiiied joy
plays about his lips when he is pres. ed
with a purse or finds his emblem put n.4on
the neck with n rich garnet S. AMID n
row OF briliants! Love never S.. axis so
eloquentiy 10 the maiden heart as in that
silent alteration which symbolizes itself in
d rare gem mounted in a circlet OF gold.
To marry for money is regarded as a re-
proach-by others: but whoever heard Of
j girl who did not love the more heartily
and believe herself more blessed IN love
which comes handsomely bedecked from
a richly furnished home? The name OF
Cupid comes from desire. longing" ana
SO does the word cupidity. There is moth
ing IN the latter derivative to Justify the
application made OF it: il has grown into
use because OF the natural association
which has dawned upon mems minds. The
fact Is. and language recognizes II.
/, may be a very harmless weakness in
human nature which demands Ct love that
Il shall de.ye in the deep earth for gold
ard diamonds, dive into the sea for pearls
and scale the heavens IN search of plumes;
perhaps the feminine heart would be in
complete without that desire. longing"
which has suggested Cupid ard cnpdity
10 man. but sho fac, remains that love and
inoney-or hist which is bought with money
are SO interviewed that they seemingly
cannci he separated OF earth.
And tha, is why. II love can live alone
81 future lie. II would be ole Of the
most interesting novelties q cur experience
in another world.