The Ordway new era., 1910-08-26

is close to 4O.O0O.O00. only about 80. 900
OF them will enjoy the higher educa.
ton which jeers at love. And out Of
those same 100000 women loss
than 100000 will be self.supportinK
and In position to look too critically
at the garb which love assumes.
Going more minutely into the ones.
tion. you will find that while ten or
fifteen years ago. when the higher ed.
ucation Of women was a fad, new and
therefore fascinating. class reunions
and reports of class secretaries went
to prove that college graduates mar
ried very late In life and that the ay-
crage In class was SO per cent. mar.
ried and so per cent. single a few
years subsequent to their graduation.
Today that average Is considerably
lowered-in favor Of marriage. and 1t
Is considered good form to be engaged
though still In college.
Man may invent a flying machine
which will send the now popular and
ubiquitous automobile to the Junk
heap. Physicians and surgeons may
eliminate certain diseases and substi.
tue good feelings for the Monday
morning crouch. Inventors may util.
tze electricity In such practical fashion
that all other motive forces will be
discarded and forgotten. Tablets OF
rich nutritive qualities and rare flavor
may eventually solve the servant girl
problem. But what can take the place
OF love. the real. all-wool.and. "A yard
wide brand of love. the sort our grand
mothers used to make?
And what sensation created by the
cunningest inventor OF them all can
replace the ecstatic effects OF one soil.
tary. prolonged kiss OF the good old
common or garden variety that Cupid
planted In the Garden Of Eden and
which has been yielding magnificent
crops ever since?
Natures Balances.
And II the much-educated girl hesi.
tates to yield to the opportunities Of
love and delays marriage until she
reaches thirty. this condition is more
than balanced by the early marriages
among self-supporting girls. In manu-.
featuring centers girls marry young.
because they go to work young. II
the fad Of the American girl today il
taste Of independence or a career.
1t does not seem to take her very
long to exhaust the pleasurable sen.
sation. The mill girl goes to work
early and marries early. The college
girl becomes Independent later and
marries later. That Is the only dif-
ference between the two types. Both
marry almost as soon as they've
learned that independence. like the
post card task Of being good" is
such a lonely job!
"Lovesickness." as disease. makes
trouble for physicians. They consider
1t seriously in conventions assembled
and DR.. A. r. Hagle. Chicago ply
sician. says that It can be cured only
through mental suggestion. Now you
do not see physicians discussing dis
eases which do not exist and there
fore do not represent fees. do you?
And II there is such a thing as love-
sickness In quantities large enough to
cause medical discussion, what a lot
Of love must be lying around loose!
Science recognizes the presence Of
love In our midst and spends thou.
sands trying to invent love tests. de-
spite the fact that matrimony is the
only sure fire test.
DR.. Lightner Wilmer. chief Of the
department Of psychology in the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania. can tell you
whether you love May Brown or Susie
Smith by registering your heart beats
and your thought waves and your red
corpuscle action when the name Of
the right girl is mentioned.
UnfalIino Register.
This machine is called the phthys-
mcgraph and it is attached to your
heart when the test is demanded. An.
other machine which scientists con.
slider quite as reliable is attached to
your wrist and Is called the sphygmo-
graph. Neither machine has yet found
its way to the Monday morning ber-
gain sales, however.
Moreover. though a machine may be
much more reliable than a gypsy for.
tune teller or tea cup grounds, or the
number of apple seeds you find in
core, the average man or woman pre-
fers to experiment in loves old-fash-
ioned way and take a chance. Seeing
your love registered in a jiggly line
may be accurate, but 1t is sort Of
well-er-unsatisfy as compared
with analyzing your own feeling in
cozy sitting room with the electrolier
properly shaded.
An advertising agent who knows
commercial conditions thoroughly
places the amount of money paid an.
nually in Greater New York to seers,
gypsies, fortune. tellers, palmists,
clairvoyants and "psychics" at $1,000.
900. This represents quarter of a
dollar for every inhabitant of the
great city. If you make the rounds
Of the leading purveyors of future
events you will learn that IS per cent.
Of the innnirias hurled at tha1n daal