Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-17
A Hideous Exhibition.

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In every case it has been a hideous
exhibition Of lack Of taste, of lack of
ss'ica.y. Of lack Of every fine feeling
of dissertation of the holy of holies
NJ the human soul. 1t is a breaking
n IDOLS that serves no good purpose,
and which should be stopped by pub
lie sentiment If il can not by law.
The breach Of promise case should
ta thrown out Of court, and the one
who brings 1t should have the taboo
rIaced upon him or her Love is out
Side Of the jurisdiction OF the law for
.,a thing and for another II is impos-
..hIa 10 tell whether any one is really
gewaged in sentiment and injured in
emotions There is difference be-
rveeu a broken heart and broken leg,
.rg We can not but suspect that the
wound 10 ones feelings that can be
healed by a poultice of greenbacks il
only skin abrasion and doesn't go very
a way, all lovemaking and flirta
~ is a species Of piracy, and when
. nails the flag of Cupid 10 his mast
puts himself beyond all further pro-
c.1u He takes his fate into his own
s.a- and whether he wins or loses,
should take the consequences on his
.Nr head.
THAT there are bound TO be risks IL
..-rL~..r goes without saying Indeed,
'. Ish- are what make it worth
N..'e. what gives zest to the pursuit.
spice 'o Tie game. If a man knew that
arr woman he fancied was ready to
.mu down his throat to say yes, and
anh yog t0o," the minute he popped
-sa question, the chances are that he
would never pop it at all
The Lure.
Is tho thrill of danger, the fear that
another may win her, or that he may
f.H Nrv4. ArE.V hot
..Hi'aies the man and makes him
0.N Ids Hech running after her. He
WS that She is whimsical, a creature
uoods and uncertainty, that the
@ that peaSes her to-day WeaTles
' 'r-worruw and in this is precisely
a-a.uHrlon for him. He takes the
aa her and it is what makes him
". I'd We'gher when he does not accept
.H'. calamity. if she tires of him
.H" wedding day and forsakes
.u- another
'le.selE the same thing may be said
""HeH. The woman who falls in love
.. "A man eNerts all of her skill to
. s..n. She bats her hook with her
".IE. She angles for him with
eNd Intuition Of what he likes She
FeS him into the shallow waters
'aare She can fish him out into the
T.'IwnDial net She also has taken
.". chances. and if in the end, just as
sNe hunks she is about to land him, he
breaks away and swims off, she should
1e enough Of spol> 70 accept her luck
R... good grace.
'Ht} are poor players at love who
-' not hnd the game worth the candle
t.' W.o having danced, begrudged the
g.er aIs price. Suppose a man does
-- ltleu by his sweetheart-has he
A.. had dream of love? Has he not
-'"G The bliss of days, and weeks, and
sometimes even years of courtship?
hss he not known the rapture of read
.s and Fe-reading letters that breathed
words of eudearment? Has he not
..Ns0 10 thousand stolen kisses?
.at more does the greedy beggar
.aush the thought that Cupid is in
- 0ebt. and that over. and above, and
aa4L.on to all the favors he has re
.-Ntl from his ladylove, he must also
"Ee a cash consideration because she
..ts changed her mind and doesn't in
0' .' marry him after all.
Pays AS He Goes.
or suppose a man does love and ride
'fah sad undoubtedly for poor Mari
anna in her Moated Grange. but il is
.'.er 10 have loved and lost than never
nave loved at all. The only abiectly
-'ssEaDie woman is the woman who has
% ,s' s' mad a romance, and truth compels
-a 10 confess that the modern lover who
'a y WOO his lnamOrata with Ameri-
,'. bEalues, and theater tickets, and
lis and little dinners, comes pretty
.-sI 10 PAVING his score as he goes
.Hasmuch as love can not be manu-
...Eea lo order it is one of the un-
L.ien laws of the love game from
toa there should be no appeal, and
. winch there should be no comeback
.-. when either party tires. he or she
rs4t 70 lay down his or her hand
tahle and quit, with no more ado
.ll T. II is a loathsome thing to
mat man would be willing to
.. q woman marry him who did not
lo or a woman would accept
'@Ha who baked at the thought OF
u view of not getting husband
%..e would take money considera-
N".ndE should sit in the love game
SI "a good sport and a game
N-a who does not play for the sake
zane instead of the stakes.
D. 'Tuo lover feels that however the
E ."as, The fun he has had out of
- him break even.