New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
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corRTsH1P MADE EASY or The Mysteries of Making
Low. Fully explained with Specimen Love Letters,
by Harry Hazen. st. New York. Dick Fitzgerald
l,mo. "a pp, Zoe net
II EADABLE as Mr.. Hazens book is, 1t Is
II extremely doubtful if making love is
subject that one can learn from
pamphlet. It has become almost a truism that
Love is blind and, if we accept this, we cannot
take seriously book which attempts to lay
down specific rules for the woOing Of various
types Of men and women, without regard for
climatic conditions and other incidental factors
But, be that as it may, there is still sufficient
material for pleasant and profitable evenings
reading. whether one be in love or married.
Mr. Hazen is introduced as "a widower who
has been thrice married but still young enough
to be an especial favorite of the ladies'" and
the reader can readily understand this after
few pages of the authors clear and sparkling
exposition.
A note Of protest against hasty marriage is
struck in the opening chapter, when Hazen
mnces no words in saying ut is surely the
duty Of every man and woman to be as par
deular in the choice of life-partner-and
associate parent for their children-as in the
selection of a dumb animal for domestic USE
These are the words Of a man who speaks
straight from the shoulder, and, as such, are
in pleasing contrast TO such works as Ibsen's
Dolls House" or Mrs. Wharton's ETHAN
Frome' where the thing Is limited at and sug-
gested by innuendo but never stated in so many
words
All the exigencies of courtship are provided
for in a series of divisions. the first, for in
stance, being called "Courtship Of Girl with
Whom You Are Not Personally Acquainted
This might, at first blush, seem to be an i'm
possible situation, but perusal of the chapter
shows that it is in reality most practical one,
for the author has taken into account the bust
ness depression which must surely follow the
temporary war-boom and has shown how 1t Is
possible 10 select first the family whose re-
sources particularly attract you, and then in
quire If there is a daughter. This done, an
introduction is necessary and, says the author,
1t would be a great deal pleasanter for both
parties if this could be brought about without
even hint or a suspicion of his (the young
man's) ultimate wishes" A bit meticulous,
perhaps, and the advice Of sticker for form,
but, in the end, without doubt the safest way.
Then follows the more conventional form OF
"Courtship Where the Parties Are Acquainted,
falling back into the humdrum realities. But
even here the romantic raises its head in the
paragraph on Gifts. Should you wish to pre-
cent her some choice fruit, do not let her sus-
pett that it was any trouble or expense to yod
10 get it. On the contrary, try to make It APP
pear that it was not, but that it came to you
quite casually" If all Of our little giving in
This world could be done as simply as this
casual depositng of fresh fruit at the feet OF
me beloved one how much less selfshness and
misery there would be
Another delicate hint is added in the page
'ealing with the proper method of sounding
ou' the young lady as TO her sentiments on
Inc matter:
On one of your visits you will say TO her
heard something to-day which | am afraid
SH make you feel mad for the moment even