The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-13
Real Luck
a, Tn Love


Not at cards" suggested. consol.
ingly; but in love"
II don't see IT," she remarked petu.
lantly, disposing her ruffied skirts to
the best advantage above her red kid
ties.
"And yet,",I sighed, settling myself
comfortably on the turf at her feet,
you are looking right at-me!"
Kitty smiled and shrugged her
shoulders.
Luck in love, Mr.. Curtis" she de.
clared, sweetly, Consists in getting
somebody you want"
mot at all" I objected, serenely
lighting my pipe. Its just the other
way"
what"
Getting somebody who wants you"
explained briefly.
"But"-Kitty sat up and gazed at
me in astonishment-"an anybody can do
that" she exclaimed, scornfully.
Anybody can become President"
retorted. laconically, but most Of
them don't. Luck in love, as in any.
thing else, is merely the result of u.s.
ing common sense in--in the choice OF
your opportunities"
Kitty shifted cynically and leaned
back in the hammock again.
But suppose" she objected. looking
at me impertinently through lowered
lashes. there isn't any choice in
hose"
There always is the choice" | re.
turned, pulling gently on my pipe, "be-
tween marrying some nice, common.
place person who adores you and
chasing an ideal, which. even If you
attain it, usually turns out to have
feet of clay and generally ends by
keeping you under those feet, The
trouble with most women is that they
spend their youth waiting until all the
nice men have passed by"-I looked
1t Kitty accusingly-"in the hope that
some Impossible Prince Charming will
come along and crown them queen OF
his heart. But the sad part of it is
that the Prince Charmings want all
the crowns and halos for themselves.
Many woman has married her ideal
only TO discover that she had tied her.
self to an egotist. with the theories
II Z Turk, instead of taking com.
.ortable everyday man"
who ate with his knife" broke in
KITTY scathingly.
"And would wait on her like
lave" protested.
nj lr,t ~
chrome"
~And would pay for her tailored
rocks with glee."
"And used two negatives and q
toothpick."
And would walk the baby at nights
md get up on winter mornings to
urn on the steam heat and"
~Oh. WE'LL" interrupted Kitty de-
antly, men are just as unreasonl-
lie. The average man always imagines
wants some woman who doesn't
amt him. He will pass by all the
ice, cozy, suitable little eyes who
-ould give their eyes for the privi-
,ge of adoring him and doing his
-rands, and mending his socks and
laking life downy couch for him,
nd will spend years in pursuing some
'usive creature, whose very distance
I'D Indifference constitute her en-
,antment. But" she added hastily
don't blame them. l can't think Of
lything worse than being married to
,mebody whom you don't love-"
Try being married to somebody
no doesn love you," I suggested Ia.
onically 'It may be hard to have
} sit opposite man with no ideals
I'D pug nose three times a day at
eals; but it's not half so hard as
tting there alone, while your Prince
narming is off amusing himself with
meDody else. 1t may seem appalling
spend all your evenings in the CON-
ny of somebody who doesn't particu.
rly interest you and whose most bril-.
mt remark is that the weather Is
ie and that stocks are going up; but
better than spending your nigh.
itening for the key in the lock and
uncertain step on the stair"
Kitty put out one red kid toe and
shed the hammock vigorously.
You talk she exclaimed indignant.
Just as If love couldn't be mutual
Love" / returned 'gravely, blowing
wreath of smoke in the air, as a
rfectly balanced scale. When one
le goes down the other tips up in
oportion. You've merely got tc
oose which side you'll weigh in on
en- it comes to matrimony-wheth
you prefer giving or taking"
And giving" cried Kitty triumph
Iy, "is the greatest Joy of love"
Yes ! agreed shortly, "in poetry
fnuring the honeymoon. But wher
comes down to deciding who is go
to get up and make the fire ant
the milk off the dumb waiter OF
mornings it's-it's quite differ
:"
No, don't see," retorted Kilt,
omptly. why can't two peopl