The Press., 1903-08-06
THE COURT OF CUPID
soME DEFINITIONS OF LOVE. POETIC
AND OTHERWISE.

DaRsRfn9 Tones That Blend Into .
Harmonious Matrimonial Chord.
Diverse Views ms to What Comsta.
tutes ssThe Ideal Woman"
Tennyson says in the spring young
mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts
Of love. With the young men and VIC
men Of vigo county consideration OF
this interesting theme is not confined
to one season. 1t has the right Of way
at all times and seasons.
| Definitions Of love were being dis
cussed when O refined woman said the
most comprehensive and beautiful def
milton she had ever seen was written
by Amanda Douglas. Here 1t is:
Love comes with truth In her heart
and constancy in every pulse to sit
down an everlasting guest in the hearts
OF those who truly welcome her. If
there are sorrows and storms, she
spreads her wings for an ark Of shel-
ter; If toll and care, she lightens them
with her blessed smile. No room for
regrets or jealousies, for both are true
in deed and thought; no GOODNESS, for
she stands between them and the
frosts OF time. Year by year they grow
into perfect accord, bringing heaven
nearer with every dawn.
Can such love ever failY'
A jolly girl present said, Love is q
tickling sensation round the heart that
cannot be scratched"
A modest, blushing young lady re-
marked. EFT is something indescriba-
BILE, must be spontaneous, cannot be
bought or coaxed into being and when
1t grows cold cannot be warmed" Still
we hear people constantly saying. 81
learned to love him."
There is no subject upon which man
or woman. young or middle aged, pro
vided they are not married, will be
come SO animated as my ideal woman
and my ideal man."
Usually the tall men and women adj
mire those Of medium or diminutive
stature; the fat, the lean; the blond. the
brunette; the jolly, the sedate. The I'M
ion Of two people with different charac-
teristics. provided they agree on the
fundamentals, makes a harmonious
whole. the one furnishing the needed
complement of the other.
The lawyer prefers the woman averse
to arguing. He gets his sufficiency Of
close reasoning in the courtroom. The
garrulOus man seeks a good listener.
The conceited one admires the modest
woman who enjoys burning incense be-
fore his altar. The man of few words
picks out the woman of bright CONVEX
sational powers.
1t Is difficult to surmise from a mans
general attributes what is his ideal wo-
man.
I asked Terre Haute gentleman who
has been much in public life and has
been thrown with many brilliant wo-
men what was his ideal woman. was
surprised to hear him say emphatically
not q convention woman or one who
goes about delivering speeches and lee
lures upon a public rostrum. "My ideal
woman Is one who can hold her own in
conversation with other women and
men of brains in the parlor, who is self
reliant, yet looks to a man and depends
upon him; not too good to drink glass
Of wine, to tell good story If the occa-
sion warrants 1t, yet she must not be
carried of her feet. She must be able
to work both physically and mentally
and be ashamed to follow in the wake
Of idle women"
A society young man not given 70 ex-
plicit statements has conflded this
much about his ideal woman. She
must be good looking. Perish the
thought Of sitting opposite an ugly wo-
man at the table one thousand and
ninety-five times in a year. His ideal
afraid of athletic sports; must be
good golf and tennis player, ride q
horse with confidence, fire gun, row
with a steady stroke. "a superb look
ing, well proportional woman in the
saddle is a sight for the gods" Any
thing but a namby PANTY woman. one
afraid of her shadow, for this young
fellow.
There 10 q proverb that runs thus:
''Whistling girls and growing hens al
ways come to some bad end" At least
one Terre Haute gentleman thinks
this is an absurd statement. In fact,
the ability to whistle well he regards
as an essential in his ideal woman.
And she must have rich. glossy hair,
luminous dark eyes, shapely hands and
finger nails, dainty feet, be jolly and
companionable, a person to cheer fel-
low up when worried and worn out
with business. No bookworm or wo-
mans suffrage advocate can be classed
as his ideal. A lover of music, not the
ultra classic, is an essential for this
ne NdooH
A bold, dashing youth holds as his
ideal a womanly woman. even to IT,
nudity. but morally brave. one who win
regard him as her oak and clasp her
soft tendrils about him for support
This dependence. he AYERS. will keep
him at his best and his ideal refined,
sweet, noble, human.-Susan w. Ball