New Britain herald., 1916-02-22
A MESSAGE FROM THE KING OF BACHELORS

i There is nothing like seeking the i highest sources for information, : whether the knowledge wanted lies
 in the realms of art literature or
 science. The fountain head of all that
 is good and noble should be the one
 sought the highest station along the
 road. Age, experience and observa- tion being recognized as three es-
 sential attributes of authority on any
 given subject, we taken great pleas
 ure in introducing to all our bachelor
 friends, the king of them all, Abraham
 just turned the one hundredth anni- vcrsary of his birth and whose forte
 has been to dodge matrimony. He is the oldest bachelor in his native state and claims the distinction of having never had love affair. But with all that we pick one flaw in the Kings ermine. He wishes he had fallen in love, because he believes it must be quite an experience. Then
 he makes his throne totter bit by declaring, II don't believe I'd recom- mend bachelors life for any young fellow, though I've been reasonably happy It's pretty lonesome being a bachelor, especially when man grows old"
 There must be something wrong with the King of Bachelors to show such weakness at this stage of his career. Born in a leap year His Ma aiesty has travelled along the mar row path of single blessedness, passing by the girls of his youth, the matronly ladies of his maturity, and the spin sters of his declining years, without even so much as jingle in his heart. And now he wits He is sorry he never fell in love. If he lives much longer he may shatter his whole ca rcer and nimbly prance to the hymenea1 altar with some blushlng maiden of lrinety-sfx -ror thereabout, and thus spoil the influence he weilds upon the old-line bachelors. For Abraham Bargar should be made the l patron saint of all those who go their l way unattended by sweet feminin1ty. | Up until now, he admits, he has seen a lot of pretty women, and good | women, all; but somehow he never i seemed to want to marry any of them and they never took advantage of the l many leap years he passed through. l
 So. to all those young bachelors, 1 and middle aged bachelors and ba achelors otherwise, and foolish, we ! recommend the corqueroring hero of l one hundred years, young Bargar, /! who has demonstrated the fallacy of ! the final part of that statement, You 1 can't live with 'em and you can't live without em.'' He has proven you can live without 'em; but he also hints that the slcddng is not so sure, that even aS one looks back on century of lovclcss life he is apt to wonder what a little love means, what it is all about. If the old gentleman does not hurry and shuffle off this mortal coil there are fears he may not remain
 
 and ucrmcates q mans heart there is nd telling what will be the outcome. And the Bachelor King is curious to know what love is. Although in ex- cellent health, although he still walks without the aid of a cane and reads without glasses and has plenty of wealth and wisdom, he speaks as man who has lost something in life And perhaps he has. Perhaps this state of bachelorhood that young men court and old men decry is not as wond erful as they would have us be- lieve. Things that look rosy in the morning blush of life grow into a dull grey towards the evening hour anf> fter the sun goes down begin to look rather dark. It is this twilight zone the King fears. Pushing a baby carriage in his younger days might have given him support in his declin ing years Thus may the younger members of the Kingdom of Bachelor hood ponder over the situation.