Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-08


There is a great difference to be observed
between men and birds. The former trills
his love song for season Of uncertain WOO
ing, but the little husbands in the trees sing
all the summer through.
I have sometimes thought it would be
better if the methods Of the feathered and
the wingIess gentlemen to insure domestic
content might be more alike. l do not
know. of course. what vanity may be at
the heart of the lady birds. 1t is just pos
sible that their rightful mates fear to stop
their songs. There are always bold and
tunofuI strangers lurking around to fill in
the pauses with serenddes that may be
listened to. If that is really their reason
for keeping their voices filed with praises
after their wedding days it is a pity they
cannot become the teachers of men. 1 be-
lieve there is more value in a bit of tender
fattery from the lips of a husband than all
the pToaChments of the bishops, and | am
equally sure that the nan who fOrgets to
make love To his wife is in danger of losing
his place in her affection.
Youth flies and beauty vanishes. but TO-
nance lives in every woman's heart while it
beats. She is as susceptible to loves fiat
teries when she is sixty as she was at six
teen. More so, indeed. For tender worus
fan On Old hearts like reyiVing rains Wnen
they come after long drouth. and senti-
ment that has been smothered in the alkali
dust Of duty Will spring up in Il thousand
blossoms Of delight. But 1 am not speak
ing of the TRUSTEES now. They are the
women who are sure to remain at their
pests whatever happens.
Most women are loyal by nature. and it is
NOT altogether their fault when they Wayer
from allegiance to deaf and dumb proprie-
tors. The Cree tor could make women with
oljt vanity. of course. but He never has And
on does nOt live who likes not 10 h ave the
man she loves call her beautiful. TO have
him touch her hand with the reverence of
the first sacred days of their love, to have
him note the light in her eyes and the line
of her throat, the sweet curve of her Shout
der.
There is one subject which will admit of
any amount of exaggeration and untruth
\ woman VIII never rePToach her husband
for fatteriEg her. even if it is bauly done.
She is not deceived. She knows when her
eyes are dull and her cheek faded. .5ut she
loves him for the tender lies he tells her for
a that. and if he does not have the wit and
kindness to sometimes stop in the dull and
enotiOuieSS routine of domestic life to tell
her she IS beautiful some other fatterer
may: and if she is Ewes daughter she will
listen to him.
Grows Nnfter-of-Fact.
The most ardent lover is likely to become
a mater-of-fact husband.
The lover says:
Tell me that you love me a thousand
times day. every day while I live,'
But he does not insist OF the fulflIment
of the promise. and it is the wife who
whispers. WistfUily:
DO you love me2'
While he. bored, but tolerant replies:
'Of course. Do YOU think l would have
married You if hadn't?' and then resumes
his. paper, not even wondering why she
signs
y man SAYS courtship is like running
after street car. He VIII put every en-
nt 5Frt Nh.
stretched hand catches the rail all IF 1rt is
over He takes his place naturally and in
content He does not look around and say:
'Oh. what beautiful. swift. yellow warm
car. and keep on beaming his delight all
the way To his destination. But a woman
under the same circumstances thanks the
conductor for helping her on and pays her
1aTt with radiant gratitude, eXCldiming to
the journeys end:
"Oh, 1 am so glad caught it."
II men made love to their wives there
would be a decided change in the records
Of the divorce courts. There is no art
easier to acquire than love-makfng: and i
CutWeiShs good providing and certain other
esteemed hUsbandIy virtues \ little story
which came under my observation will IL
iustrate how important the quality may be
in making happy and blameless life.
FROM the day she was ten years old Min
HE Weston was the queen of every Nav
party in Comstock's woods and Charles
Fisher gathered the wild flowers for her
crown He told her then that her hair was
4iFNt CdNdF. ana Wnen the summer
ended he sent her valentine TO the effect
that the rose, the violet and some sugar
furnished a combination similar to her
sweetness At a little party gwen before
he went away to school few years after
when the boys were in tortuous new suits
and shoes, and conscious of their neckties
and the little girls turned thoughts toward
ice cream, they played games and when
all the misses giggled in a circle Charlie
was told to kneel to the protest. Without
a moments hesitation he walked over and
knelt like little knight before Minnie.
The Old Challenge.
Bow TO the wittest," came the order as
he rose And he stood where he was and
made his bow calamity.
Kiss the one you love best" called the
forfeit taker. There was a moments trem-
bling silence, then bashful, hurried kiss,
and two rosy faces turning away from each
other.
Then the years hurried by, and after a
while Charlie came home from college and
found Minnie the belle Of the village. But
the town lads were clumsy Wooers and he
Icsumed crown making for the Only Girl
lie did not say her hair was like candy
then. but sunbeams And from her stand
point that was better She did not miss the