Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-08-11
Old man. the libertine, the donothins.

Old man, the libertine, the donothins.
rather than, no man.
The voyage is long, later on the
reckoning is made.
Nothlng more silly, nothing more
raise, nothing more immoral than this
dilemma, the consequences of an en-.
tlrely raise education in the past, and
OF raise morale; fruit OF plant
grown in the soil of the most rancid
preJudices, and of the grossest ignor-
ance concerning human dignity, its
rights and it's duties.
The old prejudice which makes
splnster the synonym of a feminine
parlah will pass away little by little
as the power of civilizlng increases
and as we educate our women in such
way that they can be sufficient to
themselves and to their happiness.
You will read in your rOmances and
IN your poetry that the first love is
the true love. unique, par excellence.
Nothing is more false. AS well say
that the first picture by an artist is
the best OF all those that he shall
paint during the entire course of his
life; that the first discourse, the first
DOCK, the first statute, the first com
position is the best that is produced
by the lawyer, the novelist, the sculp-
tors. the musician. Because love is
work in the composition of which
heart, head. and sensec come into
play; they all cooperate in erecting
this temple wherein Is found the
greatest human happiness, in building
this nest in which family shall be
born and reared
The first works all have the inner
fections Of uncertainty, Of inexperi.
ence, of ignorance. The first agree
able young man who will look you in
the eyes. and who with his eyes will
tell you that he loves you. will please
you by the fact that he does look at
you. and you will be disposed to find
him handsome and perfect. Involun-
tarily he will not delay in making
himself pass for the handsomest, the
best, the most perfect, simply in order
to please you, to conquer you, to ex.
cite your love. In you the music of
his poetry and youth will agument this
false beauty; any. without knowing
it. you will make the best better. Then
If to his II love you" you respond
with the same words, you will find
yourself bound by a solemn promise,
~
late that you are deceived, you will
strive with all your power against
the reason which would enlighten you.
You will be capable not only of clos
ing your eyes but of sealing them lest
they see the truth.
Poor little one, YOU will be slave
of your own works. Let the young
man then, tell you Il love YOU a
hundred times before replying. Bet
ter by your attitude, prevent him
from telling you. and if in the heat
of his admiration the words escape
him once, do not permit him to repeat
them. Admitting that he pleases you.
continue to study him and to compare
him with others, whether they want
you or not. Marriage should be a
choice, and it cannot be a choice with
out comparison. The larger the num-
Der of subjects with which the COM
parison is made the greater the prob.
abilities in favor of a happy selection
Decide without Impotence. Impotence
is always a sign of feebleness.
You know of the Roman general
who conquered by waiting-always
waiting. You, in the gravest of life's
battles. will conquer by waiting, by
waiting long time, by always wait.
ing
have collected a large number of
statistics of marriages which have
| fallen under my observation, and |
have divided them into marriages con-
! tracted between really young and
! those contracted by mature persons
In the second category l have found