The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-16

of this occult and subtle science, to
those who investigate 1t as fascinating
as a romance, Notwithstanding the mys-
teries and obscurities of the subject.
Pondering on the theme, thought be-
came associated for some intangible
reason with Mrs. b., a married friend,
whose acquaintance / made while she
was young. Why, / questioned, had
her husbands interest in her gradually
changed and slipped away? He loves
her still He does much for her pleas
ure, but his interest is gone. He does
not care to know what she thinks and
hardly what she does. This line of
thought persisted as l read my latest
psychological autfior. At last a vague
connection between the two became
clear; Mrs. b., has become q person who
does not change she has ceased to
move, to progress. Her husband no
longer perceives growth. He no longer
has the fascination of q changing OBJ
ject before him. Ceasing to use or inn
prove her mind, she has become one OF
those very objects described as impos-
sible to arouse or to hold our voluntary
attention.
The secret power she had of enchant-
ing her husband while he was still her
lover has grown illusory, and the
charm which her progressing and de-
veloping character as a girl had for
him has flown with the years. Is 1t
possible that, with the charm once
broken, she can ever again awaken
her interest? His love is unchanged
but can she regain her power over his
voluntary attention? In the words of
the psychological text hook, can she
| become IAN object that moves" and
thus become interesting? Immobility
of mind and character has killed her
charm and deadened her power to at
| tract her husbands attention.
Now as a woman grows older she
| ought to be more attractive in certain
ways than she could be in her youth.
In other exceptional cases can wo-
| man improve in physical beauty and
even were that always possible, still
| there might Designation and immo-
bility of character to counteract the
| facial charm and render it null and
even daily more unsatisfactory. But a
woman whose mind is alert and
thoughtful, a woman who is always
learning, will be that object which is
constantly changing, and in conse-
quence is always interesting. And be-
L
sympathy are ever expanding, who re-
ceives ever more cordially noble ideas,
| whose character is daily elevated by
| the practice of kind thoughts and help
full deeds, is constantly gaining and
growing; that is, moving-going on
ward-not staying where she was, but
| advancing to new arcs in the orbit of
her being. She draws the eye and the
interest as the planet in it's course.
| The woman whose temper Is daily
growing sweeter and finer-in other
words, who is moving toward higher at
tainment-whos intellectual horizon is
winding it's scope by the idea she takes
in pains to acquire, or by the thought
she herself originates, whose field of
sympathies is broadened by becoming
inclusive instead of exclusive-such a
woman, such a character is interesting
to any one, and the more so to one who
knows her well and loves her truly.
1t is possible to grow an affection, in
heart power, in spiritual perception and
refinement, in goodness and in actual
mental ability. Growth is only another
name for motion, and motion always
catches the eye and rivits the attention.
1t awakens and holds interest. II is a
woman whose character is at a stand
still who ceases to hold the interest of
her husband, not the woman constantly
in motion toward the higher things.