Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-19

woman would scar his soul. The favor
of her kisses and careSses, ah, yes, these
he accepts, because he loves, because he
is, after all, man. But in return he
gives of his largesse. And oh, so long
he has had none to give.
How, then, could Manuel be happy
with a wife to whom he owed all his
worldly wealth? He is not, err what you
would call analytical, he does not know
his own peculiar traits, but they affect
him strongly subconsciously, and the
feeling that he has received material
favors from his wife would make him
hate her And my little king has never
been able to hide his feelings. He is but
a child in many ways.
He must always feel that he is the
king pin, the one who leads. He can
not stand dictation. Pouf, it makes him
so triste to be dictated to.
But yes, he can be led. if the woman
has the sagesse of the serpent, if she
leads through love or through some
emotion which he mistakes for love.
Could Manuel settle down to play the
part of a phlegmatic, uninspired, bour-
geoise husband? Non, but non Marry
him to the Princess Augustine who sim
ply wanted to found a family and, per
haps, become queen, is like mating
high strung racehorse with steady,
plodding workhorse.
But this is not all. Study the facial
characteristics of the king and his prin-
cess. She is strong, almost masculine IN
her strength. She would do her duty if
1t killed her but she can not love, save
in a maternal fashion, whereas Manuel
puts love beyond all else. Love is an
art with him, and, alas, the princess has
never learned the A B of this art
Had the princess known even the first
principles of love as an art she would
never have permitted Manuel to be made
ridiculous.
The vanity of man can stand much.
but it can never stand ridicule. The
princess, being, oh, so foolish, so lacking
in finesse, insisted that Manuel take part
in all the funny peasant customs that
the members of her family have en-
couraged in their followers for centuries.
But oh, how my heart ached for
Manuel when the vulgar peasants of Sig
maringen tossed him in a blanket in the
public square and then rode him around
on a rail- throwing flowers and sweet.
cakes at him! But think of it! Riding
Manuel on rail- What torture for a
pTOuu man. COulu love I'VE unueT SuCh
conditions? But non.
Manuel wanted to be married as a
king. The princess agreed to that but
only because she hoped some day to be
queen. Manuel wanted the settlements
made so that his share of the princess's
wealth would be absolutely his own. But
the princess, fearing he might become
too Independent, scorned and refused
such condition. She would not pay her
future husbands debts. An, foolish
princess! If she had ordered her law.
yers to pay these debts privately, so
that Manuel might not know who was his
benefactor, she might have kept his love
If the settlements had been made as
coming from her father, Manuel's pride
would have been spared. But non. The
princess had to put her finger in the
pie, had to butt in" you would say in
America, and Manuel felt the halter
CALLING him even before the marriage.
All these things | have written about
are the big things back Of this very bad
smash-up, Oh, the many. many singing
small things that have not mentioned
1t is the small things, the petite stings
that cause the constant i:ritations of the
flesh and the soul. But 70 explain.