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

In every case It has been a hideous
6aIfcacv, Of lack OF every fine feeling
of dissertation Of the holy of holes
Of the human soul 1t is a breaking
Of idols that serves no good purpose,
and which should be stopped by pub
lie sentiment If it can not by law
The breach Of promise case should
be thrown out Of court, and the one
who brings it should have the taboo
placed upon him or her. Love is out
side of the jurisdiction or the law, for
one thing and for another it is impos-
s!ble to tell whether any one is really
damaged in sentiment and injured in
emotions There is a difference be-
tween a broken heart and a broken leg,
and we can not but suspect that the
wound to ones feelings that can be
healed by a poultice Of greenbacks il
only a skin abrasion and doesn't go very
deep.
In a way. all lovemahng and firta-
tion is a species Of piracy, and when
one nails the flag of Cupid TO his mast
he puts himself beyond all further pro-
lection. He takes his fate into his own
hands and whether he wins or loses.
he should take the consequences on his
own head.
That there are bound to be risks IN
courtship goes without saying. Indeed,
the risks are what make it worth
while, what gives zest to the pursuit,
spice to the game If a man knew that
any woman he fancied was ready TO
Jump down his throat to say yes, and
thank you, too" the minute he popped
the question, the chances are that he
would never pop it & all.
The Lure.
It Is the thrill Of danger, the fear that
another may win her, or that he may
Ia.I % please her or fire her fancy. that
stimulates the man and makes him
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Knows that she is whimsical, a creature
or moods and uncertainty, that the
thing that pleases her to-day wearles
her tomorrow. and in this is precisely
hrr fascination for him. He takes the
risks on her and it IS what makes him
such a WelCheT when he does not accept
's fate gallantly, if she tires of him
before the wedding day and fOrsakes
DIM for another
Precisely the same thing may be said
'i women The woman who falls in love
with a man eXerts all of her skill to
catch him. She bats her hook with her
beauty She angles for him with a
shrewd intuition of what he likes. She
lures him into the shallow waters
where she can fish him out into the
matrimonial net. She also has taken
her chances, and if in the end, just as
she thinks she is about to land him. he
breaks away and swims off she should
be enough of spolt 20 accept her luck
with good grace.
They are poor players at love who
40 not ind the game worth the candle
ana VINO. having danced, begrudged the
piper his price. Suppose man does
get Tilted by his sweetheart-has he
not had a dream of love? Has he not
known the bliss of days, and weeks, and
sometmeS even years OF courtship?
has he not known the rapture of read
ing and re-reading letters that breathed
words of endearment? Has he not
thrilled to a thousand stolen kisses?
what more does the greedy beggar
Perish the thought that Cupid is in
ms debt, and that over. and above, and
IN addition to all the favors he has re-
eelved from his ladylove. he must also
have cash consideration because she
has changed her mind and doesn't in
lend TO marry him after all.
Pays AS He Goes.
OF suppose a man does love and ride
sway. sad undoubtedly for poor Mari
enna in her Moated Grange, but IL is
peter to have loved and lost than never
% nave loved at all The only abtectly
miserable woman is the woman who has
never mad romance, and truth cOmpels
US to confess that the modern lover who
Has 70 WOO his inamorata with Ameri-
gan Beauties, and theater tickets, and
IaAls, and little dinners, comes pretty
along
Inasmuch as love can not be manu-
laCtured to order II is one of the un-
written laws of the love game from
which there should be no appeal, and
..2r which there should be no comeback
mat when either party tires, he or she
mas right to lay down his or her hand
W Jhe table and quit, with no more ado
aoout It. 1t Is a loathsome thing to
mink that man would be willing to
make a woman marry him who did not
want To- or a woman would accept a
husband who baked at the thought OF
heT or in view of not getting husband
lion
Nobody should SIT in the love game
.oser, and who does not play for the sake
u The game instead Of the stakes
For true lover feels that however the
- ends, the fun he has had out o.