The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-22
ON SPRING
THOUGHTS
BY Will BRADSHAW

I VINO WORKED inlO MS cOhNStadloh y"
The beauties OF this season of the
year that lovely old saying about
Young mans thoughts lightly taking
few turns in the direction OF love
( VIE cannot get away from H. II Is
quotation that WIN live as long as
man IS imbued with the same ideas
/ he has today II blossoms on the
tip Of our tongues IN the springhiac
/ with the regularity Of the pusseywil
low and the lilac bush, Who would
ever think the staid old world would
show so much interest in a young
mans thoughts anyway? And espe
cialy putting so much stress each
\ spring on a little quotation that Is IN
itself most misleading in its meaning
We all know, or at least most Of us
have learned from actual experience,
that In the spring a young mans
/ fancy lightly turns to thoughts Of
4 love- The statement Is as true as
truth can make It. But why state
/ that it is in spring a young mans
fancy turns In that direction? So far
as we know, young mans fancy
IS turning IN that general direction in
summer; in the lovely autumn; and II
an investigation was made around
about the time the snow begins to fly
in December, It would be found that
/ the young mans fancy was revolving
with astonishing rapidity in love
ward direction. So. as far as young
man is concerned, 1t may be truthful
4 ~ said that the open season for his
fancies in this line extends from Jan
uary / TO January /.
Another mistake may be shown
to prove that the author of this beau
ilful gem in the purest English was
'1n wrong" on the subject when told
about the young mans fancy
If young mans fancy. after long,
\ cold winter, turns, as he states, liEht-
ly to thoughts Of love, and these
4 thoughts of love sent out upon the
\ world are not reciprocated, of what
\ value or purpose are they? 1t cannot
be that they were meant to wander
in the broad -expanse and like the
handle OF the pump, neither touch
heaven or earth. Oh. no. The state
| ment is very misleading. In spring,
also. young Iady's fancy lightly turns
to thoughts al love. If you are ac-
quainted with young lady and can
rely on her for an answer to your
query (some are very reticent on the
subject, you VIII find that young
lsdy's fancy does sac same fancy
turns as the young mans when love
is the point Of destination.
IT has never been known just why
spring was chosen by this poet as the
particular season for young per-
sons fancy to somersault in the di-
rection Of love While all four sea
sons are well adapted to the playing
Of the game. one would think the
beautiful summer had the most to Of
fer IN this line. One would think a
moonlight night in July. or August sr
September would be far more con
ductiye to these thoughts.
Pleasant as summer seems, the an-
tumn can hold its own in furnishing
the setting for many pretty little
scene What is there any more melo-
dramatic than when walking through
the woods you pick up a withered
leaf ana, much 10 the young lady's
embarrassment, apparently. you start
a discourse on love that will ne'er
wither or die Then Whe young lady.
recovering from the shock and wish
ing to repay the compliment, tells
you that cen when you are antiqusted
as yon oak You can stlll feel assured
that she is yours sincerely
The fall for stunts Of this kind. lg,
In the estimation Of some, almost az
pleasant as The winter time. The
winter advocates champion their sea
son until one is almost won over A
sleigh ride is a fine thing Then
skating offers great possibilities f0'
the work in mind II always gives the
young man, when putting on her
skates. the opportunity Of suggesting
that they slide through life over the
CLASSY surface Of love together There
are others who prefer. Of all the op-
portunities winter offers, the occasion
When, as the music ceases and you
drape the opera cloak over those love
ly white shoulders and lead her to the
taxicab, you make known the fact
that you are listed In the Situations
Wanted as protector Of beautiful
femininity.
We can now see that the poet made
an awful mistake when he told about
the fancy Of the young man and com
pletely ignored the young lady, who
has similar thoughts and fancies, and
claimed spring as the time Of year for
these fancies, when they are the same
in all seasons.
AS a contemporary Of the poet, a
village crony with broader knowl.
edge OF the ways Of the young folks
than the esteemed poet put it
''The spring is The time fcf the ioyin'
ones,
Likewise the SPINNER and fan;
Bur II these have al passed
And you're still In that class.
Then the winters the best Of ALL"
Copyright 1902, by w q cnanmau3
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