The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-30
YOUNG MEN WHO WOULD WE'D
WEALTH.

YOUNG MEN WHO WOULD WE'D
WEALTH.
''When the song has died out of your
life,
That you thought would last till the
end,
You can sing no other song
Not even tremulous note,
VIII falter forth on the empty air.
It dies away in your throat.
For the spirit of song is fed;
The nightingale sings no more to
the rose,
When the beautiful flower is dead"
1t is not always an easy matter for
girl to tell whether man is in love
with her for herself or has an eye to
the possibility that she may be good
matrimonial prize, having every pros
pect of inheriting money.
It is not so much of a problem as is
! generally supposed. Give would-be
wooer sufficient opportunities and the
drift of his hopes will soon become
m anifest. The man VINO is really in,
love doesn't care rap if the object
of his affection hasn't a second dress
to her back. He doesn't waste
thought concerning her genealogical
tree. Whether her great-grandfathe
was a belted earl or a hod-carrier. All
he is thinking of is the girl herself.
The theme he loves but to talk
| about when with her is how he can
advance in his position, insuring a
sufficient amount to provide comfort
ably for her if she will we'd him. His
talks of making her happy, of his
willingness to do for her old father
and mother, her little brothers and
sisters, even shouldering the support
of her aged aunts, if it will but add
to her peace of mind. He works hard
night and day to show her that he is
advancing, straining every nerve to
make good his promises to her, prov
ing his love.
The fortune hunter is built on a diff
ferent line. He has a hearty disre-
gard for work. He is always out OF
one position and into another. He
tells a good story Of the great posi-
tions offered him, giving glib excuses
as to why he passes them by to take
on inferior ones. His real interest il.
a girl begins only after he has been
made aware of the fact that she has
rich relatives whose money she must
inherit. A family of elderly spinsters
beyond the probability of wedlock who
will be sure to leave their fortunes to
their young brothers. daughter or a
grandmother as wealthy as she is
penurious who must eventually leave
her fortunes to her only child's daugh-
ter.
The fortune hunters sole topic of
conversation, no matter from what
source il starts, will eventually lead
up to the health and longevity of the
grandmother and the aunts. To hear
that the grandmother is contemplate
ing adopting her physician agitates
him greatly. The rumor that one o.
all of the aunts contemplate being led
to the altar fills him with poignant
dismay He will go to any length tc
Illustrate the prospects of the doctor
and break up the love matches of tbs
aunts, if he has to move heaven ant
earth to accomplish it.
There's no enticing him into thc
hymeneal yoke until he sees the CIR
land ut least one or more of the for.
tunes. AS he puts the betrothal rims
on her finger he is talking up the adj
visibility of the husband controlling
his wife's money and drawing from
her Their and there that it shall be 81
in their case after they are wed.
Ry ell these tokens the average cir
should recognize the fact that thu
man was by no means in love witt
her-but with her prospective fortune
His declaration of affection does no
ring true. 1t is this type of man wh'
deserts his wife after he has succeed
ed in squandering the fortune which
she has entrusted to his safe guard
ing.
The right kind Of a lover will in
trocuce his sweetheart's aged aunt o
.neans to the lonely aged widowe
equally endowed with this world
goods IN the hope of seeing two lionel,
lives made happier. He asks no odd
Of the grandmother nor bother abou
corraling her fortune All he want
is his dearie for his very own, t
work for and cherish and make fam
and fortune for, if it be within hi
power.
The difference between pure gol
and tinsel is easily detected if tn
proper tests are applied.
The true lover worships at tn