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

How they Compare With Those Of the
Present Time.
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st. Louis Republic.
laughed at rather than revered. Men
say that it is the fault Of women thas
there is less of sentiment about the
courtships Of to-day. Well, it may be
that they are right. 1t is thing
very true that women are less inclined
than they were-or SO it seems, ac-
cording to stories that are told-to
consider themselves high, high above
the commonplace things Of earth. to
be worshiped from afar and approach
ed with awe. Maybe it is to be re-
gretted that the days Of mans courtly
grace toward woman are past, and
that he sends her telegraph messages
instead of scattered notes by special
courier, when he wants her to be GER
tain to be ready to go to the play or
the ball. But that all belonged to the
time when life moved along more
slowly than it does to-day. And [
wonder if mer are not secretly glad
after all that women are more COM
panions than idols?
Not long ago I heard man who is
bachelor, complain that women are
not as dependent as they used to be.
CO.. yes they are, retorted the
bright-eyed girl. And then she bit
her lip and suddenly stopped. The
bachelor looked up at her quickly Y$B
new light seeming to break in VI +
his bewildered opinion Of won If
The bright-eyed girl was the last 4
in the world he would have expec a.
to hear make such declaration. Il
was in her studio that we were
evening. and we were there bcca1
she was a woman that fame had bed 4
to smile upon and we felt honoreda&H
be hidden to spend while with T
Did the bachelor think that his cdl
plant would more than half ]
please the girl? l fancy that he d
I wonder if romance will spring
of that evenings meeting-the bacf \
lor's complaint and the bright-e
girls denial of the change that i u
generally supposed woman has und
gone since she has tried her wings Il II
found them not so bad after all?
bachelor has gone on his way rejoicg y
for long time that he understood
up-to-date woman, but the brig n
eyed girl gave him hint that he did
rot, and maybe-who knows?-he may
become interested in finding out that
there is no such thing as chance in
woman's heart. though there may be
In her ways.
But, to leave the romantic side Of
love-letters 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 adage, 'It
is better to walk mile than write a
line
You know that men have not been
always the only love-le.ter writer's.
In fact, women have generally been
supposed to be more given to this
,yeakness-shall / call it that?-than
men. And I am glad that girls no
longer fill up pages with silly non
sense.
Woman has lost just faith enough
in man to make her recognize the
truly faithful when he comes her way.
.. She does not write sentimental letters
indiscriminately just because she
thinks such are expected from her.
Indeed the 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 and romantic letters, but
not until. Ask the beau Of the period
and he will tell you that he is often
disappointed at the poor success he
has in calling forth sentimental letters
from the girls Of the day. They are
all too busy, bless their hearts, to
write love letters, unless they are
very, very muchin love. And surely,
no man can be found who thinks wo-
men have grown less lovable because
of this.
We may sigh at the passing Of the
old-fashioned love letter if we are SEN
timentally inclined, but love letters
are often doleful things to have about
anyway, especially if they tell the
story of romance that failed.
A Weed Destroyer