The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
BY MAX O'RELL.

In the New York Sunday Journal)
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. June 9.-Nhen You are dead.
once said a cynic, It's for a long time; but
when you are married it's forever
Therefore before entering into the holy
estate of n,atrimony. a man could not be
too careful in the choice of his partner.
Now. what should influence him most in
that choice? Money? Never. oh. never! Tn
less II be out of philanthropy ana on re-
iecting that. after all, it would be very
hard on rich girls To feel that they cannot
marry because they have money-and DO
think that they want to marry as wen IS
others.
Beauty then? No; beauty passes away.
Cglinesse Certainly not: usliness remains.
What, then?
An altogether of physical moral and in
tellectual charms which fit in exactly with
all the ideals of that man. After all. what
is beauty considered as an incentive 10
love? A man has in himself hundred he
ings. TO every one of which A different KIND
of beauty can appeal If he be an artist. the
women of Raphael will inspire him with the
purest sensations of love; those OF Titan
with the loftiest sentiments OF admiration
and respect. Those of watteau will make
and choux Ia creme. Those Of Teniers
would reconcile him with the idea OF a quiet
life over a pipe and a tankard of beer.
Some heroic beauty will inspire him with
the most chivalroas sentiments; some mel
ancholy one with dreams of refined. po
etic life.
Some sedate beauty with hair dressed a
Ia Vierge. will suggest to him a regular
humdrum life. midday dinners. retiring and
rising early. and will inculcate in !:m an
immodera desire to be the father Of
large family. That same man, however.
might become criminal under the influence
of some poisonous beauty. Some intellectual
Bostonian might induce a man 10 spend
the rest of his life studying Browning
Caution.
Now my dear man. if beauty should in
fiuence You in the choice of a wife. never
decide on woman before you are alb
solutely sure that, whatever happens. you
will be happy with your wife knitting by
your side, while, under a veranda covered
with jasmine and honeysuckes, you play
with the babe on your knees II a woman
does not possess that kind Of beauty. she
is not fit for matrimony. and don't marry
her.
Now. woman should marry young. very
young. even. so that her husband should
enjoy all the different phases of her beauty.
from the beauty of girlhood to that second
youth. or matronly beauty. which to my
mind is perhaps the best of all; the wat
teau of Is will become Rubens at 40 1t
is perhaps at 10 that a woman Is most
strikingly beautiful. and she is almost in
rariably so when she has taken care of
ke-~aff fsus Deem Ioyed and yettcd by
husband and children alike. 1t is then
that she knows how to make the best of
herself that she best understands hcw to
exercise her gifts and charms in the most
effective manner.
At Forty.
1t IL at 10 that she enjoys the grace of
perfect self-possession. She has tact, and
dresses fauItIessly. Her knowledge of the
world, her experience of life all help to
make her a more delightful companion
than ever. The love she has inspired is
written on every one of her features. Her
eyes sparkle with joy. her mouth expresses
the ecstasy of past and present bliss and
also gratitude for the kisses that have
been impressed upon ii. Yes. the woman OF
~ Is q Joy, an intoxicating and incompara-
BILE Joy. to a husband. That woman is even
more beautiful physically than she ,ver
was. ana her beauty is of such different
type from what il was at 20 that l can
very well understand how a husband can
seriously fall in love with his wife second
time.
All this is truth my dear fellow. and
don't even be afraid of white hair. With
good complexion. cheerful expression and
two big black eyes. nothing goes better
than white hair, and the whittier it Is the
hetfer