Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

OF his affection hasn't a second dress
to her back. He doesn't waste a
thought concerning her genealogical
tree or whether her great-grandfather
was q belted earl or a hod carrier. All
he is thinking of is the girl herself.
The theme he loves best to talk
about when with her is how he can
advance in his position, insuring a suf-
iicient amount to provide comfortably
for her if she will wed him. His talk Is
of making her happy, of his willing
ness 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
md day to show her that he Is advanc.
.ng, straining every nerve to make
rood his promises to her, proving his
owe.
The fortune hunter is built on a diff.
ferent line. He has a hearty disre-
gard for work. He Is always out Of
n position and into another. He
tells a good story Of the great posi-
tons offered him, giving glib excuses
as to why he passes them by to take
on inferior ones. His real interest in
a girl begins only after he has bee-9
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 ure to leave their fortunes to
their young brothers daughter, or a
grandmother Is wealthy as she is Pc
nurious who must eventually leave
her fortune to her only child's daugh-
ter.
The fortune hunters sole topic of
conversation, no matter from what
source it starts. will eventually lead
up to the health and longevity of the
grandmother and the aunts. To hear
that the grandmother Is contemplat.
Ing adopting her physician agitates
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all of the aunts contemplate being led
to the altar fills him with poignant dis
may. He will go to any length to
Illustrate the prospects of the doctor
and break up the love matches of the
aunts, II he has to move heaven and
earth to accomplish it.
There's no enticing him into the n.y.
meneal yoke until he sees the girl
land at least one or more of the for
tunes. AS he puts the betrothal ring
on her finger he is talking up the ad-
visibility of the husband controlling
his wife's money and drawing from
her then and there that it shall be so
in their case after they are wed.
BY all these tokens the average girl
should recognize the fact that the mar
was by no means in love with her
but with her prospective fortune. His
declaration of affection does not ring
true. 1t Is this type of man who de-
serts his wife after he has succeeded
In squandering the fortune which she
has ~intrusted to his safeguarding.
The right kind Of a lover will in
troduce his s~weetheart's aged aunt Of
means to the lonely aged widower
equally endowed with this worlds
goods in the hope Of seeing two lonely
lives made happier, He asks no odds
Of the grandmother nor bothers about
corralling her fortune. All he wants
is his dearie for his very own, to
work for and cherish and make fame
and fortune for, If it be within his
power.
The difference between pure gold
and tinsel is easily detected If the
proper tests are applied.
The true lover worships at the
shrine of true love, the fortune hunter
at the shrine of gold; it must be in
evidence somewhere to induce him to
marry.