The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
How Women Love
By ADA PATTERSON,

by every mail. She smothered him
with them. And when she returned
10 the United States his love had
died Of a hard chill. 1t had suffocat-
ed from letters.
When the great graft murder caSs
shocked New York to its center tho
roll was called of wives of the men
who had acted or were believed To
have been actors, In the grim drama.
The widow OF the dead man, a garub-
Ter, declared that he was the best
man that ever lived. The wife Of
one of the suspects said her hus-
band was the kindest man in the
world. He who loved animals and
! paid poor mems rent, could not kill,
nor aid in the killing of, human
| being One after another the wives
of the men charged with murder ex-
toiied their virtue. These men who
lived beyond the pale OF the Law.
were all furnished by wifely hands
and tongues with ahaioes. The big
town smiled and quoted: Passing
the love of woman" A few cynical
bachelors added land folly OF wom-
en- which was very ungrateful OF
the bachelors for mans life would
be poor plain. thing without the
goiiding OF some womans foolish.
unreckoning love. If love were not
foolish few women would have 1t. for
by that love which weighs and meas.
ures and insists upon standard
weights and measures, what man
could stand?
A woman wrote the uewspapers
giving her husbands name ana as
serfing that her husband was perfect.
she recated a long list of his virtues.
nope no walnan had reason to laugh
at the list / know men laughed, for
men are no respecters OF men And
The man himself, they ti, say. frowuy3
| terribly and begged that this domestic
virtues thereafter be kept secret.
Lake mountain peek thrusting 4
| rocky hnger INTO the sky comes other
news that the number of actions in
the domestic relations court in Rrook-
Ign has doubled In month and that
the large majority OF these causes fer
separation or divorce are said nv ths
oSnPla4aast to be .tAe- ether wUrusu
/ From which it appears that however
the modern woman loves she doesn't
love enough to suit many husba nds
She may love enough to pawn her
jewels but not enough to forgive IN
compatibility as in one case; or love
A'Aoy NC SoHHaSIdtlon tnat DurnB
down into dismal ashes >of Loneliness
and regret as in another. Or she NAV
love too assiduously In the words Of
Anthony Hope .she may pay him too
marked attentions" as with the girl
who wrote too many letters and the
woman who took the public into her
confidence by praising her spouse in
the newspapers.
Certainly something liz wrong. The
indicator OF the domestic relations
court proves that beyond n Doubt. n
behooyes the modern woman to ex-
anime herself. Does she Iowa tco
much? Is she over attentive. Men are
ungratefuI beasts. II this seems :
harsh statement the Western man who
left home because his wife was 80
affectionate that she was always kirs-
ing him." Or does she love too lie.
tie Recall the bridegroom who re.
turned from Europe complaining that
he hadn't been kissed at all. II Il
hard to please them.
Perhaps the solution is "a love =
husband moderately. display;ag Iess
love than you feel. never boring him
with romantic conversation Tor 40
latest poetry and illusions to stars.
and letting him know that he will be
loved not more than he wishes. bnf
reasonably. during llfs or good be-.
havior.