The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-04
WIFE CHOOSING

| mate; ana whether Ills choice Is bdS-
ed upon a deliberate, cold, calculat-
! ing consideration OF her fiitness-.-,
thank Divine Providence and not the
Eugenists, IL seldom is-or upon that
instructive. overwhelming impulse
which the poets call hove. their point
happiness, the welfare of their COM
munity, and the well-being of poster
ity depend upon the wisdom of this
choice.
Notwithstanding the magnificently
| improved conditions OF today, King
Solomon from the abundance OF his
exceeding much understanding" and
his exceeding more experience gives
TO the modern distracted wife-seeker
! several valuable pointers on wife
choosing. Poor old King Solomon Had
he not been so bound, down by couni {,
conventions, and so beset by surround
ing kings with marriageable daugh-
ters, and so susceptible TO feminine
hattory. he might have practiced his
own preaching, and have been q shin
ing example OF the contentment Of
monogamy. for he certainly emphasiz-
es his "a" when he calculates, "a
prudent wife is from the Lord" and,
Whose findeth wife, fiindeth q good
thing, and obtaineth favor of the
Lord" and he stresses his "the" when
he reiterates from the bitterness OF
remorseful old age, Live joyfully
with the wife whom thou loveth all
the days of the life of thy vanity"
"fhere are three score queens, for
fourscore concubines. and virgins
without number" he bewails, but my
dove, my undefiled Is but one"
In Solomon's day and time. fashion
] III Ia md hnf ~ feto To-
in his community should accumulate
separately the essentials of welded
bliss. He must add to virtue know
| LEDGE" and to knowledge beauty, and
to beauty amiability. and to amiabil-
ity domesticity, and SO on. and on,
nmassing his composite wife" to fit
his establishment. Aren't we glad
that our men prefer to blossom to a
corsage boquet?
Man what art thou?
! am only lump Of clay but rose
Has been placed beside me and L
have .3i,.
| Caught it's fragrance" u
In modern wife-choosing, as in
King Solomon's day, tho one requisite
nEreed upon by all men In personal
beauty. Did you ever see-a bridegroom
who had not married .'the prettiest
little woman In the world2" And real
ly he has, for he Is the one capable
Judge. Love ilInmines; it is the lack
of love that blinds. Beauty Is as
beauty does'' has consoled many a
pug-nosed, freckie-faced little girl, and
has turned her into q 10y forever
for some infatuated man.
Fleshly charms may satiate, but
they can never really satisfy. "As o
i fav IL. nj tn IN a,
| IL fair woman who is without dis
leretiop." 1t is ready sympathy, mode
~ ui uvu,eunor,. sweuuress or uispo-
tsition, spontaniety or W.T., md tender.
e oss OF affection that constitute real
ji,auty; regularity OF feature and per-
: fantten Of Ncrm are only its adjuncts.
AND tine greatest OF these benutifiers
| IL lovest as.oiiver Wendell Holmes
says: aThe brain-women never inter-
est us like the heaft-women, white
roses please less than red."
After all. why MI this ado about
wife choosing? When IL comes to mar
riage. aren't we predistinated? Ben
Hur no more could have married the
fa,se-hearted enehantress IraB than
David Copperfield could have escaped
marrying :sssa dear, aess5tihie little Dora
Wo can. understand It,, but it's Just
this way:
"Ah somewhere. be sure. there's a
pair of eyes blue, ssi,s
Or maybe they're gray. but they are
looking for you,
And somewhere. besides. there's q lit
tie house, too
A heart and q home both waiting
for YOU"
And sometimes, pray soon, when your.
dreamings are through, b. ],
YOUTH look for the eyes that are
looking for you -
And you'll find them. dear heart. and
tho little house. too
And the Joy of them both viii satis-
~ you"
t'Ann Anderson"