The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
WHICH IS STRONGEST?
DOES MANS LOVE EXCEL THAT ~ OF WoMANP
Love Affairs That Get in the Newspapers.

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 s~ Chicago Tribune. ~ With some Justification the man in an | sy-- Rffairsof the heart may assert that his | fa~ 1faucees claim that women alone give | undiluted affection is an empty boast | has done service long enough in 1 a9~ face of the facts.
 Aa--9 Facts, which are un2 lllant things and | wont to stand firm even against womanly | ,,.a. opinions, seem to indicate that the man ! ssA--will give up more for love than the Wo- | s man. s- That being the case, is it not reasonable l F3,to suppose. that the article of affection H whicA the man holds out is a little bet |
 ter nNqdality than the brand handled by
 the woman? r This is an iconoclastic statement and is |
 made with due reserve. It is unpleasant
 to upset the traditional idea that in wo- i,. men alone must one look for genuine. b. self-sacrificing affection. There is, how , ever. certain amount of justice due the SS SS man. and Daniel has come to justice" ] s.- Taking number of the prominent af- E fairs Of the heart which came to light z last week, selecting them without favor
 or partiality, it is found that the score g. stands to to the credit of the men. ! Here is the Score. The tally by innings" IS follows: s+~~ Where the bridegroom scored: ta- Husband of 37 years takes bride of 76. Frenchman in America goes back to Ss France for sweetheart of fifty years ago ss,-7 North Dakota farmer works seventeen E years for his fancee.
 Young man of Kentucky sets fire to hair 5 or girl who tilted him.
 St, Louis boy risks mothers anger to marry a shopgirl.
 ts A Bulgarian marries a Missouri girl a because she was kind to him.
 ar To the credit of the bride:
 g:,'- German girl earns money to bring fan ,- from Fathcrland.
 es,,... Illinois girl marries her lover, who is 'a-- almost dying of consumption.
 - +7'>- Pennsylvania girl risks legal punish
 ment to marry 16 year old boy. Pennsylvania girl risks parental ds- pleasure to marry a Chicago man.
 Set Fire to a Jilt. 4-- Feminine skepticism may point to one D. of the tallies on the masculine side with s scorn. That which credits a man with ttS5~-setting fire to the hair of the girl that aEs--jted him is referred to. It should not Sar be made matter of jest. There is no , doubt in the world but that this young man. who was Lawrence White. of Nun '. cie, Ky, was SO much in love with Miss Lily Davis of the same place that when
 she refused him he was willing to set
 fire to her.
 He probably had figured out that he s,N~ could not stand cHr her to be "anoth- ,Ss CTS" and that rather than risk this he g. would set fire to her. It may be con +5@ sidered as a remarka ole bit of self-sacri-
 flee, for 1t got Lawrence into trouble.
 Of course there two ways of looking
 al it, and if you do not agree with this
 tabulation you at liberty to scratch out this tally and leave the score to l sill in favor of the men.
 ta5~- The Bulgarian Illustrates the power of ss'--man's gratitude. as well as his enduring s-. power Tn the affections md his constan- lsS,--cy All these virtues have been denied n men at one time pr another by one person
 or another, it is gratifying to find
 proof to the contrary.
 George Staikoff, a Bulgarian emigrant
 who found his way to Missouri and there
 became student in the State Univer- ,,a.-- sty, is the man in question. Miss Hattie s&~-tdwards is the young woman. They are now traveling in Europe on their wed
 ding trip. The Bulgarans first piece of
 luck in Ameria found him in Chicago.
 where he attracted the attention of an
 instructor of languages at the Missouri
 State University. Staikoff at the time
 was doing some rough work in connec- , tion with the Bulgarian exhibit at the poa Worlds Fair. Acting the advice of .a the instructor, he went to Missouri, and p undertook to work his way through the ? school and obtain an English education,
 It was while he was thus engaged that
 MISS E0WarOS was attracted to the young
 man and her kindness to him was re- membered lorg after his efforts had been tt successful and he had returned to Eu- < rope comparatively wealthy
 Which Showed Greater CourageP b" #. There might he soms dispute about the
 f,st tally in the list which concerns the marriage of George R. Gravener,
 aged B. to Mrs Sarah Armour aged 76.
 IL must he contended that the husband
 showed courage When the couple d skcd
 for a marriage lie eaie they responded a- to questions by answer ng that the groom is v'as over T" and that tho bride was "' more than lS,' which was the literal tr.th.
 Harry Rorgnesser pf St Lolis. is the
 young man who has rsked parental dis 't pleasure to marry the giri he wanted
 even though she was a shop grl. That
 is not much, if will be ldmitted--that he should have risked sucn dicpeasure. It ts dnne every day. But iG this .ase the
 mother Of the boy threatens to send him to the penite2;iary for perjury if he does not give up the girl He swore that he g.. was older than he really WIS when he r obtained the maria % license. But that +> is probably a mere maternal threat
 Again. II will he admitted that two of
 the cases of womanly devotion almost
 discount the entire exhibit set forth in favor of the men. One IS the story of
 the young German girl who made the
 trip to America by he,self. we1t to work,
 and by dint of hard labor succeeded in Fuoporting herself and laying aside
 enough to bring her fance over to her. She was Maggie Kanton. a pretty l9
 year old German girl The fance. Adam i Earth, arrived last week
 >''' The girl left home two years go Both she and her lover were too poor to be- t gin matrimony in the ia nerland, and
 the man did not have the courage to
 try his fortunes in the new world The
 girl did. She left their native village and
 came to America. For two years she s7 struggled hard, lived economically and
 finally secured the money which would
 bring her lover to her
 It was sent to him and he started
 across. The two were married in St.
 Panl the day that Earth arrived
 Fighting for Husband With Death.
 The other story Is a pathetic romance
 It concerns young woman who now is
 nursing her lover in a vain hope that he
 may be saved from tuberculosis. About