The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-24
LOVE ISABATH
\ Which pUR|F|ES
THE LOVED ONE
But 1t Is Like Electricity and
Can't Be Defined, Says D.
KS Letter.
VIEWS OF A WOMAN.
When One Can Forget Self in
Favor Of Another, One
May Be in Love.
VIEWS OF A WOMAN.
Marguerite MOOers Marshall.
How do you know when you are
IA 1ovAe

marguerite MOOerS M0rShdu.
How do you know when you are
In lover
The varying answers to this question
have all agreed on one point-the COM
Ing Of real love means a change at once
drastic and far-reaching In the person.
ality OF the lover. Opinions as to tho
nature OF the change differ. ana per-
haps, as Mrs. Edith Ellis Furness says.
love Is unlike meas sic. In that each case
Is law unto Itself Perhaps, too. that
Is one reason why It IL 30 dlff,cult to hit
on diagnosis which shall satisfy every
body.
On the contrary, the skilled observer
detects imitation love as easily as near
silk; indeed. the two greatly resemble
each other. Both are coarse OF grain,
quickly soiled. and without good wear.
ing qualities. Also both frequently de-
ceive a credulous public. because Of the
cheapness OF the price set on them.
NO TROUBLE TO MIX UP A
PSEUDO LOVE AFFAIR.
us the easiest thing on earth to con-
coct a pseudo love affair. II has been
done In half an hour. and rounded of
with perfectly good wedding. Not
: that the latter Is necessary or even adj
Nv.ssble. To dignity imitation love with
la marriage certificate is simply to steal
trade mark supposedly reserved for
h!Hh-class goods. The sentimental
thieves usually tire OF their bargain and
1t In returned later In the divorce court
clearing house.
But now for the real thing. the pas
sion which means, as DR.. Talmcy told
us yesterday, that tho lover has In a
certain respect died as something speci-
- and individual" II death IL COM
piete metamorphosis. the gentleman
Who writes the following letter must
ssrce with DR.. Talmey:
Dear Msdam-You ask us to sub
mt Ber.ilion system OF identih.
cation for love-for love, the most
Elusive Of illusions, and al The same
time the most persistent and
chronic OF all the lapses from the
ordinary to which the flesh Is heir.
Like the wind It bloweth where Il
isteth-and II results either In
calm like that OF the SargOssa Sea
Or a typhoon. Love converts the
coward into a hero. IN the Nght OF
all but his wife. It makes q SPEND
thrift OF a miser. and. conversely,
m!ser OF a spendthrift hut not
for his own gain.
n 10 the fountain OF perpetual
youth, . bath which removes al
impsrfsctions, mental, physical.
SPIRITUAL, from the loved one. II
10 the one state OF mental scstsoy
which leads to sslf-ssortAos with
out Q tremor. II Gtvss undsrstand-
ing. for such 10 Ito x.rAy power
that IL can rsJeaes In estrabutss Of
\ whlah the world knows nothing.
" II san gather broad from stones,
Grepss from tAoyns ana Ags from
shAetlss.
II MAKES dsAdiss Of slattsrns
snd slAttssns Of dandiss.
n makes poets Of blscksuaishs
and Pegasus f1dsrs Of pIoddsrs.
1t spells pleasure. pain-the mean
and the extreme. 1t brings sp!r-
itual uplift-and. despite the cry Of
the worldiiags-spiritual catastrophe.
It Is all-pervading-like electricity.
II cannot be defined with exacu-
tude. /, can only be identified by It's
results. D.
This writer brings out one point par
;.cularly which none OF the other con-
ibuto-s to this discussion has touched
pom. Real lows . the only real rs1u-
tcnator.
A WOMAN SAYS IT 10 SHOWN By