The evening world., 1911-09-22
The LOUe That Is Yet
To BE.
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n ~ UnceH Henry has told me that it is high m for me to get married II
INI 1t were uy policy to listen % ny mes advice would certainly heed
years, and b. diisencc ant thrift he las accumulated a sman fortune.
1 mean to wd ONE day, but | var to 20 veyd deliberate abou it. will lot
be drvent to 1t; will not marry because some one says should, or to relieve
the anxiety OF an young lady Of my acquaintance who is beginning to feel IN
ad crave thu love of title children whom MAJ call my own But none OF
these considerations would induce me- to marry n me for whom did lot
cherish "a tenderness almost Insupportable" which Victor Hugo has said is nj
most powerful symptom OF love.
1t affords me endless matter for agreeable reverie,w what sort Of woman this
will b. whom shall wed. I hope she will be pretty. for worship the beau
tful; l hpes she will be kind. FOR kindness keeps thu hearts hame with hope. I
through life I hope III will have a liberal education. fr ignorance ant intoL
erance 90 hand in hand, ant intolerance is sure to breed serious dhscod. What
her religion is matters little as long al her mind is broad enough to concede
that other sane M intelligent people nav religious views entirely different from
conceive nat music n the home is a powerful antdote against carea M a
tonic. for WEAKNESS and depression hope she viii be a lover of nature.
hat she may share with me the pleasure have n a ramtle through the woods.
n hat together We may pluck the blue spring voets, the white Ind yellow
daisies of me and the godenrod that I'M with auumnis spendo.
Is It extravagant to look for all these qualities in m woman? Though they
my b rare yet am convinced hat such exist
Thereo ugh to be "A sorto II matrimonial intelligence office, under the super
vision OF the state to which mel might resort in auesto o. a suitable mate Every
applicant should be required to submit his qualifications. with references and To-
specify the kind Of woman lie prefers. Then from the list of female candidates
previously registered he should be accorded n interview with a lumber III
seem to meet his requirements Failing In love is a very simple matter II the
conditions are propuous. by the charge of a nominal fee for registration l
thing suha an institution woude easily be- ef-spportng.
And II some day | should concentrate my affections sufficiently on me woman
to marry her. will ever aferward be true to herr VIII my extreme suscepu-
bnty to the charms Of the sex suddenly be so diminished that the attractions
ad Influence OF my wife will render me proof against the Establishments Of
.her m with whom nay asSciate?
VIII be disposed to muMate the signal fidelity OF Don Quixote that knighty
paragon of virtue whom he most seductive wneso of court vomptuares ould not
urn from the feary he had sworn to the imaginary lady O. his heart te peer
less minea del Toboso?
The thought of this fills me with grave apprehension; yet m willing to try
IT, and IL find SON woman who feels that she can rus me will engage to do
the best I raj II In difficulty DE great at least 1t Is a mutua one, and by
mutual enor, 1t ma readily be overcome. Much will depend upon what sort Of
ne I'm looking for will be so happy to have her.. methnks. the rest Of my lie
will be an endless worship. devoted to her..