Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
Love S Sense OF
Humor
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

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.-our brain. ard. indeed. you are so
blrsd that you almost complain.
I,@l are loved by a woman with
sense If humor II every man before
YOU had been loved by woman with
a grain Of wit, what different story
had been told
There is so much to laugh at I'm that
which your sex calls Love" that the
woman who cSu begin laughing at 1t in
her girlhood daSs and continue laugh
ing till her eyes close forever has
solved the greatest problem life offers
her sex The beggar Who pleads for a
penny and who can laugh at the coun-
terfeit dollar pressed in his nand is not
as great a philosopher.
She Knows.
You tell her sou love her, and down
in your heart you believe you have
done her a great honor That is the
first joke. No wonder she laughs, for
she knows that she has honored you by
accepting your attentions. She knows
for the eyes Of those who have a sense
Of humor are keen. that when a man
offers a woman his love II Is equiva-
lent TO offering her a chance TO slave
without wages, To taste humiliation.
despair and defeat; 10 know mental and
physical suffering more poignant than
the unmarried woman ever knows
She will be desplsed unless she bears
you children. and crucihed n she does.
She must be cook, housekeeper. maid,
governess, nurse. seamstress, laundress
and companion for nothing more than
her clothes and board.
will you be all this TO me" you ask
her, land in return accept my love?"
No wonder she laughs. Wouldn't you
laugh. my dear young man. at the child
who asked you to trade your diamond
for his cheap glass marble? You offer
her something not as lasting as the
marble in return for her hearts blood.
She agreed to make the trade, and
she laughed. A very good sign that
she realizes the Injustice of the bargain
in the beginning. 4 proof that she will
go on laughing when your love grows
cold.
Her eyes are opened. She is not ac-
cepting your love believing that when
the wedding ring IS placed on her finger
she will float away TO fields OF Elysan
bliss and never know work or worry
or deprivation or sorrow again, She
has no Illusions, and you will be spared
the complaints Of one who Is dlsilu-
stoned. She will continue to laugh
when the long. long days and the longer
nights OF despair would drive other
women to the divorce court or pouring
acid into mall boxes.
Be Humble, Man.
You do not believe your love Is of
that kind? Perhaps not, but only the
future may bring proof You want to
make her happy, I am sure, but isn't it
starting just little bit wrong to com
plain because she laughs? You surely
know that the years don't OFFER much
To inspire merriment in man or woman,
even when al their best. yet you grum
BILE because OF her mirth. DO you think
your avowal Of love such a weighty,
serious impressive thing that she
would accept It with long face
Would you have her come into your
arms as one. going to the mourners'
Isn't it better to be the rsrest Of all
HUMAN specimens, humble man, and
be tust a little bit grateful that a
bright, thinking girl. one who has the
brains to think. and the courage 10
laugh at the knowledge, loves you?
She loves you! That is enough for
YOU to know. II she loves you as
good Joke. the greater your fortune, for
1t is human nature to love a good joke
a little longer than most things. We
are patient when no one else appre-
ciates our good joke We never lose
faith in its value as a good Joke, and
we preserve it carefully. never letting
the memory of its slightest detail be
come furnished. We are proud that we
possess IL: we laugh at IL many times
in secret. and are not abashed nor cast
down when others fail TO smile, know
ing its failure TO be more due To their
dullness than 90 its lack of luster
And in this way she loves YOU. She
win love YOU when others despise YOU
she will have faith when others cast
YOU OF. she wiz know your meri;
though the world doubts YOU have any,
and she viii have faith I'm YOU to the
last.
lie grateful. oh, so grateful, Young
man. that you have given your heart in
keeping Of a woman who accepts it
win laugh!