Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-08
WHAT IS LOVE?

Naturally, tNe luCulslClVo neauilHe adorning this dissertation calls to mind the wise and otherwise Ohio State Jour nal. That remarkably e-ldite engine of uplift knows all about lovs, Of course, as 1t likewise, knows all about every thing else. As an inFallible bureau of information ard dispenser thereof, it is without peer in all this land of tho free ard the home of the brave. But let that pass. Here is what the Ohio State Journal says of love
 ''Love is matter of logic. It
 is minor premise and conclusive.
 It is 8 general proposition, a special
 application, and aa crgo.''
 Oh, it is, Is 1t. And what in the name of common sense is that, anyway? "Love is a matter of logic,'' indeedl Go to; also tush, tush! As we'll say playing the races or speculating in cot ton futures is matter of logic. Love is logical in that you can never tell what is going to happen within the sphere of its activity, but in nothing more. Where is the youth worth while who would take to the woods and dwell with solitude the while he endeavors to diagram the thing he feels futtering within him and thinks may be love. AS for the girls
 "Thcy could think, and think, and think,
 Till their brains were numb; We don't care what teachers say
 They could not do that sum!''-- Which is pretty poor poetry, to be sure, but it is the way the song runs, and it fits for our necessities in this ener- gency.
 Peruse this further specimen of Ohio State Journal wandering, kindly:
 Falling in love Is rot precisely
 the thing to do. Falling gives one
 an idea of stumbling, which is
 never to be regarded as graceful or sensible thing. Instead of fall ing into love person should ap-
 proach it gradually. Just at tho
 very point when he Is bestaning to lose his balanoo he should stop and
 consider. He should ask himself, who is she, what is she, is this charm real, is it all superficial, will
 she stand misfortune, is she real gem or only paste-and such questions he should roll around in his mind as he approaches the cita-
 del of the damsel's heart to see if it Is worth the taking
 We do n-. want to bs rude or make unpleasant suggestions, but if that is the way they fall in love out Ohio way, we wonder what golden promise the ap- preaching springtime holds for youth out there anyway. It may be theoret- ically right to "stop and consider" when you begin to suspect you have been fatally smitten with some partic ular females charms, but 1t would be decidedly awkward to have some other less methodical and mathematical fel- low step in and gel the girl while you were trying to figure 1t all out. Who wants to take chance CT that? No body in this neishborhood. And the sweetest girls would not bother with slow-poka of that persuasion. The chances are ho would get lemon for all his pains, in tho erd.
 What is love? Wo do not know, and we are not worrying. It is as old as the hills and as young as laughter and sorg.
 "And whence comes love?
 Like morning s light, love comes with
 out thy call.
 And how dies love?
 A spirit bright, love mover dies at
 all"
 As some Scotch poet puts 1t: "Love, love, love. Love is like will
 derness;
 It wi not let e poor body gang about
 his business.
 Is that a matter of logic--or logi- cal thing? Not at all. It is just love.