The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-17
One of the Symptoms OF
LoUe els Indifference to
the High Cost of Liz
ing" Declares Mrs.
Edith Ellis Fuvness,
Well KnoUn Drar,atist.
Marguerite Mooers Marshall.
now do you know when you are

disease. Even a few OF the poets nave
agreed to this diagnosis. remember
one scotchman who ruefully exclaims:
''Oh. luve. luve, luve!
Luve is like a dizziness:
1t Wilma let pulr body
Gang abou. his business
And yet, SO far. no scientist has sue
ceeded In solating the love-germ. There
II no Erotlc Laboratory where one may
send a culture or be inoculated with an
anti-toxin. The medical profession has
shamefully neglected love disorders.
combining itself to the automatic pre-
scriptlon of oliver pills"
And the sure tests indicating the pres
ence Of the tender passion remain un-
discovered. Let us see what we can do.
] shall be very glad to receive letters
from Evening World readers. giving
their answers to this question, How do
sou know when you are In lover
FOUR RULES FOR GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED ~ A PASTOR.
In the meantime here are the four
rules of guidance suggested by the Rev.
w. -. Norton, Of the Woodlawn Park
Methodist Church in Chicago:
rirst-You care not for wealth.
position, things material. You
worship only the person.
sscond-You are intensely inter-
sstsd even In tiny things concern
ing the beloved.
Third-You nnd Joy In service,
no matter how arduous.
Fourth--You feel pain at sspa-
ration.
But even II you be afflicted with none
Of these symptoms you may be lover.
according to Mrs. Edith Ellis Furness.
the well-known dramatist. Mrs. Fur
ness has her own list OF lovc-tests and
here It Is:
"Tirst-indinsrsucs to the high
cost Of living.
sseond-Totai inoredulity In re-
gard to the ideas OF marriage held
By your family ana friends.
Third-A mania OF optimism,
unimpsrsd By . throb Of psseisu-
ism.
rourth-A belief that ne 10 the
one perfect being in an imperfect
world.
Fifth-A sense OF discovery"
''Then. too. love Is different from
measles and whoop!ng cough and scar
let fever" Mrs. Furness added, be
cause each case is a study in Itself.
There are always individual sympt oms
which defy generalization. Even the
members OF the same family-brother
and sister who have grown up to-
gether-are not likely TO take love In
tho same way.
LOVE LAUGHS AT THE PRICE
OF BEEFsTEAks.
eff young people quite realized the
cost OF beefsteak. during their court
ship. I'm afraid there would be fewer
marriages. But We needn't worry. An
appointed official of the Board OF Trade
might intone market reports for the
most practical young woman night and
morning. yet love would stun her ears
with cotton. Unless her disturbed fam
lily arose to prevent the marriage. II
would surely take place Just the same.
And why should the family inter-
fere? It has been proved that the best
and healthiest children are produced by
the law OF natural selection. not by the
arranged marriage. That Is one reason
why the French stock Is deterioratlng.
1t Is also the reason. though she doesn'.
realize II, why a girl In love pays little
attention to all her father and mother
and married relatives have to say about
marriage. She Is convinced that they
all have the most perverted ideas OH
the subject. and that their lives have
been failures. compared with the glow
ing success she has planned for herself.
FOR the girl In love Is the one COM
plete optimist. unless the circumstances
surrounding her love affair are very UNI
happy indeed. Even then she sees more
silver Innings to her clouds than she
could possibly find II love didn't help
her to look for them. She Is so sure
that this love Is the strongest and most
powerful force In the world that It will
by its own impetus down difficulties and
carry all before 1t. Then she Is SO sure
OF the man. the lovee. as We ought 10
call him.
"Ths ancisnts were right when
they bandaged the eyes OF their
love-god. II 10 perfectly true that
when one 10 in love ones sense OF
perspective 10 fatally blurred. Ev-
sSything about the lovss 10 raised
to heroic proportions, ana every
thing about him 10 right. Even his
failings lean to virtues side; In
fact, they lean 30 far that they're
we'll over the line. And II doesn't
make one particle OF difference
whether or not the man really 10 .
good sort. Except that I think
the bad men are worshippsd even
..ors intensely than the good.
-i5ut perhaps It only seems that way
to outsiders who see the enormous dis
crepancy between what these men gel,
and what they give There Is always
something pathetic TO me about the