The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-01
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I'm other words. while the present fes
male population OF the United States
IS close 70 40 .ooo!0O0. only about 81, 600
5ois them will enjoy The higher ednca,
Iittcn which ieers at love And out Of
Those same 100000 women less
than 100000 viii Be self-snpporting
and In a position 10 look too critically
s1t the garbi which love assumes. !. 4
Going more infinitely. into the quea-
tion, youlSwI find that while; ten or
! ffteene years ago. when The higher ed.
,ncatioB women was a fad new and
Therefore fascinating. class reunions
and reports nficlasss secretaries went
10 prove that college graduates mar.
ltried very late, In \ lie and that the av-
lerage in a class was SO per cent mar
riedaand so per. cent, single a few
Years subsequent to their. graduation.
Today that average Is considerably
lowered-in favor Of marriage, and It
ia,considered good form to be engaged
though still in college.
Man may invent flying machine
which will send the now popular and
ubiquitous automobile to the Junk
heap: Physicians and surgeons may
eliminate certain diseases and. substl.
tue good feelings for the Monday
morning crouch. Inventors may util-
ize 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. ithe real, all.wool:and.a ,yard,
wide brand OF love, the sort our grand,
mothersSu used to! make? Z =.
And what sensatlon created by. the
eunningestiinventor4 OF them all can
replaceAthe ecstatic effects Of one soil.
tary,F prolonged kiss. OF theag good old
common sor garden variety that Cupid
planted dnelthe Garden OF Eden and
which has been. yielding magnificent
crops ever since? .ssbji,t III 81. : Z,
Natures 3 alanees., !.
And II the much.educated girl hest
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.sppportlng girls In manu-.
featuring centers girls marry young,
because they go to work young. If
the fad OF the American girl today Is
a taste OF independence or a career,
1t does not seem TO take her very
long to exhaust the pleasurabe sen.
sation. The mill girl, goes to work
early and marries. early. 1.-The college
girl becomes independent. later ,iand
marries later. lslThat Is the only.!dif,
ference between theitwo5 types.y Both
marry almost as Gisoon 4as they've
learned that independence! .like 1.-THE
post card task ,lofti,'being. ! gSod.' Is
such a lonelyj ob!fsSGa. Or. ..t,S, Sdr
&i"Eovesickness.'" asa disease makes
trouble, for physicians. d They consider
II seriously In conventions assembled
and Dr.lA. r. Hagle. a Chicago 9phg.
sician, says Tint it@can qbe cured, ,enlp
through mental suggestion. Now you
do notpsee physioianstul lscussing dis
aases''whlch do mot lexist5 anls there.
fore do not represent fees, do!fSou?
And II there is such, aGthing as love
sickness In quantities large enough to
cause medical discussion. what al 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. ga
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
corpusc!e action when the name Of
the right girl Is mentioned.
Unfailine; Register.
a'rhis machine Is called the phthys.
mograph nd,it Is, attached to your
heart when the test is demanded. An.
otherrmachiue which scientists con.
slider lquite;as reliable is aticched to
your wrist and is called tho 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 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 chance. Seeing
your love registered in a j!gg:y line
may be accurate. but It Is sort Of
well-er-unsatisfysng, as compared
with analyzing your own feeling in AZ
cczy sitting room with the e!ectroller
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. palmlsts,
ciairvoyants and "psychics" at 81, 1000!
900. This represents quarter OF
A.