The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07
BY THE REVEREND Il. j. HARDY.
Author of GLOW to BE Happy Though
Married.
LOVES YOUNG DREAM.


me darlin', sure and It's as how I can't get
wink of sleep for dreaming Of yon" This
was loves young dream with vengeance.
"oh. what a recreation 1t is." exclaimed a
man Of the same country, ito be falling in
love; It makes the heart beat SO delicatey
that you can't get wink O. sleep for the
pleasure OF the pain" We might not &C.
scribe our feelings Just In this way. but all
who can look back on loves young dream
on the hour and day when the future life
partner was first met-know that 1t was
happiest hour and day Of their lives.
Who hath not felt that breath in tho air.
perfume and freshness strange and rare.
a warmth In the light. and bliss everywhere
When two hearts yeern together?
All sweets below. and all sunny above
Oh there's nothing in life Hike making love.
Two bachelor maids, as they called them
selves. shared fiat for nearly three years.
Each had latch-key. and did what she
liked Every day they told each other that
they would never surrender TO the tyranny
OF man. but one of them. being pretty. did
at last fall cob. what a fall was thereby
into the arms of a husband. The other
abused the deserter. and was thus answered
women may grow newer and newer, but
they will never be go new as to really de-
spise the old. old. story; and no woman sits
long among, the scorners of men who feels
by anticipation little children Juggling at her
skirts. Now. dear. take my advice; marry
whenever you can, for there is not enough
work. or fame, or fortune in this world to
I'LL the void in woman's heart when she
Is forty and stands alone"
"Like a Coy Maiden"
How are we to get the delightful expe-
rience Of loves young dream? Can dreams
be commanded? Can we fall in love when
VIC like? Certainly not. AS the effort to
sleep only makes US more wakeful SO is it
with loves young dream. 1t may be called
up but 1t will not come. Like coy maiden.
it, followed, flies and. fed from, follows
after. In this. as in the other affairs Of
men. there is a tide which taken at the
flood leads on to fortune. omitted! AS a
love ut first sight.
The very instant that I you, did
My heart fly to your service
1t is different thing when man wants
to settle" Tho one man wants to marry
because he has fallen in love; the other
wants to fall in love because he wants to
marry. Many people who consider them
selves sensible and prudent have no idea
what falling in love means. They think that
a man before he nlarries should spend ten
or twenty years locking about him" They
cannot understand loves young dream
which asks: What can 1 do to make happy
this sweet soul I love?" but only the OPEN
eyed selflshness which asks: What woman
will make life run most smoothly for me;
with whom can I settle down most COM
fortably?" man who is man does not
argue with himself on these matters. He
does not ask himself: How much will this
girls father stump up?' this is the po-
shall I spoil my prospects?" No, he feels
and acts He mates like the birds because
he cannot help himself. A woman crosses
bis path who is to him Indispensable, a part
Of himself. the needful complement of his
personality; and without hesitation he takes
her to himself. In saying this. however. we
are not forgetting the fact that a blind
love is a foolish love, and that we ought to
encourage the best. Many young ladies' and
gentlemen. and some old fools, have made
fatal mistakes in life from a supersitious
belief in love at first sight, and from sup
posing that falling in love had controlled
them like a fato. When love has been al
lowed to take root. 1t must doubtless live
TIL It die out, but this is Just the reason
why VIC should be careful about the begin
ninga
Precooiousness I'm Love-Malk1ng.
Precociousness In love-making IL q great
It prevents tho enjoyment Of
youthful years. which should be free from
anxiety. and leads to entanglements and
hasty attachments which Cause much dis
tress. Perhaps tho best advice one could
give a young man In this matter would be
to say' wait until you can't wait any
longer" Wait that Is. until she comes
with smiles SO sweet and manners so sra-
cious that you cannot resist her, and then
marry. and may you be happy ever after.
wards.
We do not advise girls to put on matrt.
mony until they are $50 years old, which
was. I believe. the age Of the daughter Of
Enoch when she entered the state, but we
think that they do not consult their best
interests in allowing thoughts Of love and
to occupy their minds In their
salad days." when they arc "'green In
Judgment" It IL only natural that young
men and young women should interest each
other. That they do SO Is known to any
ono who listens to their conversation. How
often does the little word he OCCUR when
kwo girls Talk together for half an hour!
About an often as she would be used
BY two young men In conversation Of
the Same length. This Is Just as 1t should
be. We believe that the moro nice male
friends girl has the better II Is for her |
There Is safety In numbers, and when |
hey are numerous she cannot think that |!
hey are all in love with her. and she with |
hem. To the pure all things arc pure, and |
t IL an insult to self-respecting young men |
md women not to trust them. Many hap
~. harmless friendships are prevented by |
,oung people who may happen to read this |
We would say: Think OF the beautiful. |
mysterious feeling OF nrst love when it |
Uses In your hearts as q sacred talent, |
riven not merely for your own happiness,
,ut to make you more influential for good |
n the world. You need not keep It to your
,elf as guilty secret for it is natural and |
light; but still less ought you to put Il on |
Tour sleeve to be pecked at by DAVIS" IL
We talk Of love at first sight, but what |
shall we say Of people who have never seen |
each other marrying. and being not uu-
happy2 Counting" said an Irishman, "is
like dying; sure man must do it for him. |
SELF" In some countries, as for instance |
In Sweden, this Is not the case. There the /
marriages Of young people are made for |