The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-26

BY DOROTHY DIX

02At04
A gentle old matchmaker is much
distressed because a young couple OF
lovers in whom he ais greatly inter-
ested have had a falling out and brok-
en- on their engagement. and he wants.
to know how he may reunite them.
What complicates the situation IS
that the girl is rich, and the young
man is poor and proud, and that
keeps him from urging ON a marriage
that would mean pecuniary adyan-
tage to himself.
He takes the naughty attitude of ac-
qufescing in her alloofness5a> sort of
standof position that says as plainly
as words: IF you don't want me as
badly as ] want you, there's nothing
doing in the love line"
This state of affairs is enough to
discourage any Cupid; but the only
thing he can do is to arrange an ac-
cidental meeting between the estrang1
ed sweethearts and trust to love to
do the rest.
If there's any genuine affection in
their hearts they will rush into each
others arms, and the girl will sob,
out her loneliness and despair on the
second BUTTON of the mans waist
coat, and he will call himself a brute
seemand all the rights and wrongs of
the case will be settled in a kiss.
Rich or Poor, They Crave Love
In this particular quarrel it would
seem that the man is at fault, and
that the only reason he doesn't try
to make up with the girl is because
she is rich. He is so afraid that he
will appear to be trying to establish
a claim on her bocketbook that he
is willing to sacrifice her and her
maidenly modesty. He wants all the
advantage to a reconciliation to come
from her, and he ignores the fact that
it IS Just as humiliating~ for a rich
girl as it is for a poor girl to throw
herself at a mans head.
Little Miss Croesus is just the same
sort OF a girl as is little Miss Poverty.
She is Just an anxious to be loved for
herself alone. She is just as eager to
be eoaxed, and cajoIed and coerced
by her sweetheart. When she quar-
rels with him she wants him to come
and make up with her in the good old
way by telling her that he couldn't
live without her.
Certainly, if a man is in love with
a girl and is estranged from her, no
matter for what cause, or whether she
is rich or poor, it is his place to go
to her frankly and honestly and try
to straighten out the difficulty.
1t is then up to her to accept the
olive branch or decline it. If she is
hurt past forgiveness, or mature re-
dection has convinced her that their
marriage would be a mistake. or his
poverty and her money makes a bar
rier between them, she has at least.
Hnnortunitly Of saying so; and If
It is merely some little, silly misun-
Outstanding that only needs a word
OF explanation to clear away, he
gives her the golden chance of Sc
curing her happiness.
OF course an exceptionally broad
minded girl, or a woman Of mature
years, might make the first overtures
of peace to a supersensftive lover;
but even in such a case a far-see-
ing woman would argue that she
would have little chance Of happi-
ness with a man who let the fnan-
cial question dominate the love prob.
lem.
Such a man would keep his feel
ings spread all over the place so that
it would be impossible for his wife
to move without stepping on them
If she inadvertently said mine" in
stead Of "ours" he would go OF into
sullen grouches; If she ever asserted
the. slightest financial independence
he would have such Mysteries that she
would have to groveI before him fol-
a week apologizing and she woult
generally have tc handle him witt
such velvet gloves that he wou1dn'
be worth the trouble.
A rich girl to marry is the kind wis
doesn't a a rap about money. wht
says to her settle what you'veS go
on yourself and enjoy it. I a make
a living, and I'm not thinking abou
the money, but about you, and yol
are worth ten million billions to nj
with a fortune in the bank, CT not
second shirt waist to your back