Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-01-31
The Mysteries OF Love Made Plain,

Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Max O'Rell
are supposed to know more about the
philosophy of love than anybody else.
vi course everybody has had more or
less experience with this fascinating
subject but as rule it has been more
the result of impulse and instinct
than reasonable ENTERPRISE instigated
by wise and comprehensive know
ledge of the subject. To those who
have not lost interest in the subject
Max and Elias dissertations may
prove OF real comfort and benefit. and
instead OF hereafter knocking about
IN hap-haZard sort of way, allowing
their love crafts to knock up against
all sorts OF dangerous distractions.
they will know when they approach
dangerous reef, so to speak, and thus
avoid the catastrophies that mar the
loves OF so many people. making it
possible for the well-intentioned
lover to live in perfect state Of bliss
with almost any woman as cOmpan-
ION. In recent article Ella says:
Given an orderly home, well
supplied table, and tactful, cheerful
woman to reign. and the average
man is content with his domestic
relations. But emotional woman
wants more than these conditions
grant. She wants continuous praise,
a frequently occurring touch of senti-
ment, and even a misunderstanding,
now and then, followed by a recon
Citation, is sweeter to her than
mOnotOny of uneXpreSSed SatiSfac-
tiOn."
Now. think of man cavorting
around trying to make woman like
that perfectly satisfied with him.
Why, II he succeeded in his efforts.
he Wouldn do anything else, and the
chances are he would land in a
lunatic asylum. Ella sums up the
whole subject by saying:
1.-The lover who is at once kind,
sympathetic and maSterful. alone
Illustrates the highest order Of love "
Ihls is SO easily understood and we
might say self-eyident that further
comment is unnecessary.
Now, Max has another way of
Keeping woman interested, satisfied
and IN love with him, and we think
most men will endorse his philosophy
and willingly undertake the expert
ment of producing conjugal felicity
according to his ideas. He says:
I'm love, however, jealousy should
not be condemned too severely. A
little of it, just a little, adds
piquancy. 1t then becomes an
emotion, stimulant that, rOuses
desire, something like that short
absence which the Italians call the
dolce piccante. and which many
artiStically constituted lovers will
take now and then merely to increase
the pleasure Of reunion. EpicureS
will do it, and invariably with
success. A diplomatist, who loves
his wife, and is sure to be loved by
her, may cure her of a passing little
GOODNESS by openly paying innocent
attentions to another woman. And
who is the man who is such a strict
mOmOgamiSt that he cannot admire,
| in platOnic way, of course, other
women besides the one he lOveS?'
The reader may have entirely
different views on the subject, and it
is not the desire Of this article, to
disturb their opinions, but to give
them peep at the opinions of some
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