Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-09-02
A Scientific
WoOing
Curiosity, Sympathy and Imagi-
nation We're the Basic Principles.
By f. A. mitchell

cOuSulLluS IOOLu at IuC NiooS VI LILO
morning office hours when a man en-
tered whose appearance at once ar
rested his attention. There is no word
to describe his appearance except
queer. He was neither homely nor
good looking. neither we'll nor poorly
dressed. Indeed, there was nothing for
He was simply queer. Nevertheless
intellect was expressed in his face.
He might have been poet; he might
have been a Socialist; he might have
been a lightning calculator escaped
from a dime museum.
The doctor looked at him with an
expression intended to ask what he
could do for him. The patient thrust
his hand in his pocket and pulled out a
roll of bills, from which he selected
five tens and. handing them to the
doctor, said:
There's nothing the matter with me,
doctor. I'm in perfect health. l de-
sire to consult you as to matter OF
Importance to me, and since l know
your time is valuable | offer payment
in advance For these bills | desire
half an hours consultation with you
or such part of that time as may be
necessary to my purpose"
The doctor gave a tacit consent, ask
ed his visitor to be seated. took chair
himself, and the other proceeded:
81 desire to win the love of certain
woman who has not manifested the
slightest interest in me. | am con-
vinced that love between the sexes
may be produced by exciting the i'm
agination. Nine-tenths of our mar
riages in America are for what is call
ed love, but what l call an abnormal
temporary development of the imag-
NATIVE faculty. In proof Of this l
couple about to be married from
those Of a couple that have been mar
ried. During the courtship, while they
are feeding on what | call imaginary
love food, they are in an ecstatic sus-
pense. Marriage ends that suspense
and brings reality. After that their
relations are dependent upon a number
of conditions, the chief Of which, to
state it concisely, is whether they are
naturally fitted or untitled to give
each other aid and comfort"
The doctor sat attentive to this dis
QUESTION on love. an incipient smile
gathering on his lips as his visitor pro-
ceeded. When this point had been
reached and the speaker added. DO
you follow me?" the doctor replied:
Il do. Proceed" Whereupon the man
continued:
my name is Norman Bloodgood.
wish to marry Il young woman named
Catherine Anderson. The reason why
| wish to marry her is because desire
to marry some one. and | have settled
upon her. There is no more reason
why she should marry me than any
other man. She has met me once and
treated me with Indifference
BEG pardon" interrupted the med
ical man, did she not evince at least
curiOSity?
"NOw l remember" responded the
client, there was a look on her face
at seeing me indicating surprise or
amusement Or something of the kind,
but nothing indicating admiration or
in any way being drawn toward me.
But why do you ask this?''
81 take it for granted from what
you have told me that you wish me to
suggest some scientific method of eX-
citing an interest in you, which, being
famed by the Imagination. may result
in love-
! Exactly"
Every well. | would recommend at
tempting to effect a Judgment through
curiosity, the only constituent part Of
your makeup that seems to have taken
any hold upon the young lady. Begin
ming with this as a foundation we may
build upon it with other eXcitants OF
the feelings commonly used by wooers.
Sympathy may be excited by real CT
feigned misfortune. Flattery when
undetected as such is stimulant. Sen
timent excited by gifts. principally
flowers. is an excellent means of pro-
ducing love. Then when substitute
ire has thus been laid a touch of
hands. a kiss
81 am aware of these methods. com.
mon to all mankind" interrupted the
visitor what l desire to learn from
you is how to handle that very diff
cult matter of making a beginning
Subsequent devices may or may not
serve. What l am looking for is some
thing that must produce scientific re-
suit, just as the mingling of one part
Of oxygen with two parts of hydrogen
will produce water"
''While | am willing to admit re-
piled the doctor, that there may be
some means of producing such an eff
feet, | doubt if we have attained to q
knowledge of it. Nevertheless | con.
fess that the bent of my mind is to-
ward investigation, and l will be in
terested in assisting you to win the
love of the lady Of your choice by sci
entific means. but"-handing his visitor
the proffered feel could not consent
to take money for what is beyond the