Smyrna times., 1901-09-04
CUPID'S ODD FRANKS.
WHY SOME WOMEN FELL IN LOVE
WITH THEIR HUSBANDS.

hecuAlar heusOhs Anat ut I1mes IN
fuence the Fair Sex In Matters of
the Heart-The Woman who Won
and Welded a Woman Halter.
If there is one question more than
another to which it is difficult to get or
give a satisfactory answer it is surely
this: "Why did you fall in love with
your husbandY' In 10 cases out of 20
woman would probably confess candid
ly that she did not know or else she
would declare cOnclusively that she
did because she did, and that ought to
end the matter.
In the rare cases where the lady con-
descends to declare her reason the an
swers are both interesting and in
structive.
whatever made you marry the pris-
oner" a London magistrate asked a
woman whose face bore striking" evil
dence of her husbands affection. BE
cause he punched all the other fellows
heads" she answered, land nobody
else dared make love to me.'
Another good lady confessed that she
fell in love with her husband because
he was the only man who ever dared
to snub her" While other men were
stumbling over each other to pay her
court aaI attention. lie always treated
her with absolute Indifference and even
rudeness.
The consequence was that she de-
termined to bring him to her feet and
his knees. She succeeded, but lost her
heart in the attempt.
Il fell in love with my husband"
one lady recently declared, because
he was the only man about whom no
one was ever heard to say an unkind
word. Even the women, although he
paid them no special attention, were
agreed that he was a darling;' and. al
though he was plain, almost to ugli-
ness. and old enough almost to be my
father. | loved him and determined to
marry him long before be had any
such thought of me-"
Not long ago a Yorkshire lady O,
wealth and beauty shocked her friends
by marrying a poor cripple. 1t had
come to her ears that he had long lOy-
ed her In silence and had counted each
day happy if he only caught q distant
glimpse Of her. She discovered that
he was a devoted son and brother and
man Of unusual gifts and culture for
his humble position, and. moved by
one of those sudden, generous i'm
pulses to which some women are liza.
bic, she sought an interview with him.
1,nf eI,.
cret and offered him her hand and for
tune. This may appear a strange and
improbable thing, but thousands know
that it is literally true
Another lady whose marriage result
ed from a similar impulse gives this
explanation of it, Among the friends
Of her family was an old bachelor with
a reputation for crustiness who had
known her from a child and had often
nursed her in early days. To her he
had always been gentle and kind. and
she had loved him Gin a way" as long
as she could remember.
One day she said, "Why have you
never married, Mr.. -Y
Marry, my dear? Why. no one
would ever marry a grumpy old man
like mer'
"Of course they wouldr' she answer
ed Indignantly. "Why, would marry
you myselfy'
THANK you, my dearv' came the un-
expected answer. ''Then we'll consider
the matter ended"
In spite of her surprise and misgiv-
ings the girl loyalty kept her promise,
and she has never had reason to regret
her moments indiscretion."
A lady friend of the writer married
her husband for the very illogical rea.
son that he was an avowed woman
hater He made no secret of his aver
sion to the fair sex and declared it so
constantly that, as she says, 81 vowed
l would convert him and make him
change his mind, at least so far as one
of my sex was concerned" He was
not difficult to convert, for within IL
months he bad forsworn his creed so
far as to conduct one of the hated
sex" to the altar, and now he declares
that he cloves them all "-TitPi+s