The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-20

which is the sweet JUNCTION of her hun
cry soul, she seeks solace in an ideal
world of her own making. 1t is because
the verify jars upon her vision that she
takes melancholy view of life"
Women are unconscious queens of
tragedy. Each one, in thought, plays
to a sympathetic but invisible audience.
She lifts her daily living to plane of
art, finding in fiction music, pictures,
and the stage continual reminders of
her own experience"
THE love of money is said to be the
root of all evil, but love itself is the
root of all good, for it is the very foun-
dation of the social structure. The
universal race for the elusive shilling,
which is commonly considered selfish, is
based upon love.
Money will buy fine houses, but who
would wish to live in a mansion alone!
Fast horses, yachts, private cars and
the feasts of Lucullus are not to be
enjoyed in solitude; they must be
shared. Buying Jewels and costly raj
ment is the purest philanthropy, for il
gives pleasure to others. Sapphires
and real lace depreciate rapidly in the
cloister or the desert"
Nothing strengthens a woman's self
confidence like proposal. One is a
wonder, two superfluity, and three
an epidemic. Four are proof of un-
usual charm, five go to the head, and
1t is a rare girl whom six or seven will
not permanently spoil"
ITO the girl fed upon fiction, the
first proposal comes in the nature of a
shock. Disillusion follows as a mat
ter of course. Men, evidently, do not
read fiction. or at least do not profit
by the valuable hints to be found in
any novel"
"A small book entitled: "How Men
Propose" was eagerly sought by young
women who were awaiting definite ex-
perience. This was discovered to be a
collection of proposals carefully select
ed from fiction. 1t was done with care
and discernment, but was not satisfy
ing. The natural inference was that
the actual affairs were just like those
{ in the book
! when a man is in love, he carries
the girls last letter in his pocket until
he has answered it and has another to
take it's place. He stoops to no such
superstition as placing it under his
pillow. Neither is it read as often as
| his letters to her"
"a woman never really writes to the
man she loves. She simply records her
feeting moods-her caprice, her tender
ness and her dreams. Because of this,
she is often misunderstood. If the let
/ ter of today is different from that OF
| yesterday, her lover, in his heart at
least accuses her of flckleness.
Tn priI.l
frequently shown to her most intimate
friend, if they are sufficiently ardent,
I but a man never shows the letters OF
| a woman he truly cares for, unless he
feels the need of some other masculine
/ intellect to assist him in comprehend
;. ing the lady of his heart"
! 1.-THE most nervous time of a mans
/ life is the day of his wedding. The
bachelors and benedicts give different
! reasons for this when they are gently
approached upon the subject, but the
majority admit, with lovable and re-
i-freshing conceit, that it is because Of
their innate modesty and their aversion
= to conspicuous prominence"
Next to burglars, mice, and green
worms, every normal girl fears a wild
ow Courtships have been upset and
expected proposals have vanished into
thin air, simply because a widow has
come into the game. There is only one
thing to do in such case retreat
gracefully, and leave the field to her.
"a widows degree of Punishment is
/, conservat lively estimated at % spinster
power. At almost every session OF
spinsters the question comes up for
discussion. 1t is difficult to see just
| where the charm lies"
! There Is nothing in all life so beau
tiful as that first dream of home, a
place where there is balm for the tor
tured soul, new courage for the waver-
ing soul, rest for the tired soul, and
stronger trust for the soul caught in
the snares of doubt and disbelief; a
/ place where one may be wholly and
joyfully ones self: where ones mis-
takes are never faults; where pardon
ever anticipates the asking; where
love follows swiftly upon understands
: ing and understanding upon love"