Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-29
SEVEN AGES OF LOVE.

SEVEN AUES VI LIVE.
Isn't it nicer" said the bachelor, in
dicating the Obvious young couple a
the other end of the conservatory will
a contemptuous nod, "to reflect tina
we've passed that age!"
The widow peeped at the delirious one.
through the leaves of the protecting
palms.
what age?" she asked innocently.
'The love age" said the bachelor, dis.
gustedly.
"Which?' inquired the widow, chewing
a rose leaf There are seven of them
you know"
NO. l didn't know" said the bach
| elor
And You never got past all of them. -
The bachelor looked disappointed.
And the older you are when YOU take
it, the harder you have 1T and the sill
lier--"
Are YOU going to eat that rose ?" in
terrupted the bachelor.
Now, you, for instance" went on the.
widow, ignoring him, "are bald z
Because if you are, I'll 90 and gatgsyou
an ice instead. It's not palatable."
The widow laughed softly.
Il know it's not palatable, ',ashe agreed
biting another leaf off thesrose. but it's
tF'le,- sts least ALMOST true. Of course.
the bald spot is very little so far; but to
judge from the Stiffness"
Pm not in my dotage," declared the
bachelor.
"Oh, no." cried the widow. "If you
were you would be trying to make love
to some girl of 16, instead of-of to me !:
and you would be saying even sillier
things. That's the seventh age of love-
why" complained the bachelor, plain
lively, do you always begin at the end ?''
The widow pulled another petal off the
rose and put it in her mouth.
II have to begin at some end" she
protested, "and besides there isn't any
end to love. Love is always the begin
ming Afterward it develops into tender
regard, or platonic friendship, or indif
ference, or hate, Or"
"Matrimony," suggested the bachelor
YES" said the widow, "and then
you're inoculated."
The bachelor made a wrv face.
"The remedy" he remarked eyncally,
lis worse than the disease. Besides. it's
never sure. If you have a relapse it's
doubly dangerous, and all sorts of com
plications are likely to ensue. like breach
OF promise suits and divorces and sean
dals"
But you aren't likely to have re-
| lapse" declared the widow. "Matrimonv
keeps man or woman too busy to think
about love. You can't bother about sen,
] N,-lo
grocery bills and babies and expense nc.
counts and cooks, 1t is the idle people
who are always falling in love. Satan
and Cupid are chums, and go about to-
gether looking for people with nothing to
do That is why there is such a harvest
of engagements and broken hearts and
ilirtations at the end of the summer"
Some people" said the bachelor look
! ing at the widow significantly seem to
be immune-eyen in summer"
The widow looked impersonalIy
! thoughtful
ooh, those!" she said "Those are the
millionaires and the successful men and
women. who are so busy all their lives
| long that they are-almost immune 1t
| Is only when they have stopped irving
to make money or fame or to carry ont
/ great schemes and have retired and set
/ ted down to old age that they begin to
be"
"Silly?" suggested the bachelor
/ Yes said the widow, "and then thev
make up for lost time After they bovs
attained their goal they suddenly dis
cover that they have been eatinp tbo
bread of life without any Jam on Il and
/ they begin to look around for the lam