Imperial Valley press., 1912-01-26
THE SALVE
OF LOVE
By SARAH w. CEiAMBLIS
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.


| duties have been attended To | go out
to make my purchases Of the days
| supplies. ! pass Il little brick house
in window Of which sits. sewing, a
woman whose expression | have often
studied but always failed to interpret
| 1t may be best described as the eX
preston Of one who has been disap
pointed. but has accepted the diSnp-
| pointment phiIoSophically The most
surprising thing on the premises is
doorpate on which are the words.
"Matrmoniai Agency
Now. | am Il happily married wo-
| man and in no need of il husband, for
mine is the best man in the world,
and | am the mother Of seven dear
| children. In short. our family is Il
, loving one. But, having passed the lit
| tie woman at the window many times.
my curiosity at last got the better of
me, and went in. | thought the best
| way to gain information would be to
personatp Il client SO | invited the
woman To explain her methods.
ITO begin with" she said. II don't
recommend matrimony to nobody. I'm
willn' to introduce them as is banker
| tell 'em that it's good deal like dis
| sipation-its folered by headache"
II should think that would iniure
| your business" | remarked.
Not BIT. My opinion is when peo-
| pie get the matrimonial fever they got
to go through it just like any other
| fever, only it's wuSs. because most
| people git over other fevers within
| few weeks or months ut most. but the
matrimonial fever usually lasts a life
time Most times it attacks some fel,
Ter and some girl to onct. Sich cases
can't be stopped. The cases that put
through are those where a man or
woman pines for mate.
Now, you're likely loolSin' woman.
and | don't want to do you no harm.
but advise you to let matrimony
alone You'll only jump from the fry.
ing pan into the fire. You're used as a
single person to dom a. hundred diff
1
be. OF any Importance. Just as soon
as you're married You got to stop
aHa think whether your husband will
! approve Of "our dom any one OF EN-
the r.a- that suggests itself to Won
c. r he; with you he'll tell you that
yoUr We is rot the best. If you think
it RELY is the best. you got to argue
! about it. When you've had a scrap
over nnety-nine of these little mat
tiers during the day. about the time the
hundredth comes up you'll be mighty
tired o the argument. What kind OF
man do you WANT
She asked the last question appnr-
emily well satisfied that she did not
consider her warning would be needed.
and having eascd her conscience she
was ready for business.
Well" said II think I'd like a
man who would always give me my
own way about everything. When
I'm feeling cross, | would like him to
per ne. and if receive his CareSscs
coldlr or snap at him. Ia wish him
to still be as pleasant to ne as Il May
morning"
Look a-here." she interrupted. Il
| amt in this business to sell million
dollars worth O stuff for - cents, If
you want that kind of n man you'd
better go to Il heavenly matrimonial
exchange and get an Introduction to
an angel What kind of Il woman be
you?"
$50 far as human nature will per
nit. I'm the kind of a woman as the
man I've described. | have seven
children and sometimes | tire meet
ing their requirements, but | rub my
tiredness with the salve Of love and
it takes it right out of me. My hus
band comes home disappointed at
some failure he has made during the
day; ten to one our boy Jim has fall
ell into some dirty hole and ruined
suit Of clothes. so you see I'm ready
to slap at his father. and his father
to slap back at me, but before he
gets home get out my love salve and
take a good rubbing. and when he ap'
/ pears am ready to cheer him up
The woman followed me with a curl
GUS glance while | was saying this and
when stopped said:
What kind Of fancy picture are
you givin me. anyway"
st isn't fancy picture; it's true
one I'm really married and the mother
of seven children. In our medicine
closet we keep big pot of the ONT,
ment of love. and my husband and
use it continually. AS for the children
they don't need to use it. They are
born with love in their hearts for their
parents and each other. Perhaps when
they grow older good rubbing with
the salve will save them much trou
BILE. but while they are young their If
ritations are self healing. From what
you have told me | think it possible
that you may have tried to keep house
without pot Of this ointment in your
house Get your family together and
use the love salve freely"
! Without any further remark or apol
ogy for calling withdrew. a few
days later, when | passed the matri
monial exchange. it was closed. | mel
Their saw nor heard anything from the
agent for a year when was surprised
20 a.NI hnp