The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-13
now Are h Many RomeOs 70 Meet
the Waiting Jullets?

To II EDITOR IF THE SuN-Sir. The
witty and vivacious letter OF Mr.. Dan
vers In THE SuN on the subject of un-
mated souls touched a responsive chord
In a fellow bachelors heart.
Isn't II too bad hat some people show
an incapac'ty for connolsseurship in the
sister arts OF cookery and music? Il, Is
rather hard on those whose palates are
attuned TO the Neronian n%ightingales
and whose ears admit no harmonies less
refined than the ecs,atic melodies and
bejewelled and divine harmonies of
CHOPIN. Bach. Beethoven ct al. yet a
marvellous transformation can take
place under the guidance Of and with a
few lessons from Mr.. Nicefellow.
Miss Nicegirl may be a marvel at
interpreting the master musicians won
derful works. n yet have such a fond
ness for pie, for instance, the constant
Indulgence of which just muses. her
face We must overlook some minor
faults II there are any.
Yes. the bachelors are not such bad
Fellows, We like TO hear beautiful voices,
meet happy people who irradiate our
mortal life with their own happiness ::
We like TO cultivate a wider thought
horizon. a more genuine and compre-
hensive brotherly charity. less material
Ism and more cultivation and develop
ment or those qualities which distin-
auish man from the lower animals. The
cheerful, happy home ever looms up be-
fore us n We believe that true happi-
ness IL attained through love. There are
many Romeos and Juliets waiting for
the happy accidental meeting. elusive
n u~naccountable.
No matter how practical and neutral
we may strive to be. one has a sort of
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sees the affects Of Cupid's magic wand
at the summer resorts. when the breezes
wait the strains Of sweet music, the
touches with silver sheen the
spray OF the wave from the lake, and
romance In in the air.
There are many charming creatures
VINO cannot scrape up even a bowins
with a clever, Interesting
and eligible mar when they (the charm
Ing c~reatures) are dragged around to
lunches, teas. receptions, matinees, dim
ners. lectures and phiianthropies.
No mar ever did or can do a great
work alone. There are many Of them
who fairly radiate the love OF the beauti-
fui, the artistic the useful. who are
broad minded. kindly hearted human
beings with high ideals and withal a
Of humor. and yet whose lives
seem rather empty, And they
are perfectly willing to grant 10 women
all the rights which they themselves de-
knowing full we'll that unless they
do so they will live In a sort Of spiritual
And To think OF the many unmarried
women whose mission Ii divine and
snowy natures lead like tracks of
light upward. No wonder the men have
high ideals, And IL mans womanIy
deal often appears TO elude the grasp,
still. striving after her does not always
In nothing.
Yes, there are heiven blest Beatrices
Tor all the wandering Dsntes on earth.
rho best woman realizes her vast power
Tor good, she knows full well tho ravish-
that lies In the kindling power OF
her eyes and the thrill her touch can
mpart to some one man and the wild
OF enhancing music her tones
nay call up in the swelling bosom she
might quicken. IT'S nature!
Isn't It strange. the %fraility OF a strong
heart when a good woman's mower
10 laid On ~ An! II does seem that A
Soman's very highest mission In life ia
o make some n man supre,nely |
yet often she is compelled to ex-
lain. Where IL that one MANI"
JOHN EDWARD ALLISON, Jr.
FAIR HAVEN. VT. August ~.