El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-31
giles or NIonotony.

FROM the straight and narrow
a7asEIcs or Nonotony.
Z marries him she knows
i that life viii be strug-
W(hat matrimony viii be au
r9JiS trip that is as hkely to
divorce court as anygtimere else.
y no comparison btiween the
)Or khe relative ;g2Fantagss OF
% ihatlriares. vet. the girl hesi-
70 43etWeenthem becanse-so Sttenge
60 ing jsAthe human heart ana ana so
ilo1NcaB Ore its processes-tt Is me N
I feriOr .suitor aud not the superior oi'e,
who sets her pulses thrilling.
Tile good, sehsible man appears
her reason, the harum -scarum one 20
her affections. ~ she asks me Zhich
she shall chOOseAthe one that COme'
M to her ideal or the one ta1t fires
her fancy.
tna B T TaS OF 3n Tas Ssls say
viii regret it. The nfr~hnerfect mar
rlages, the only real true N&Sntiugs, are
those in which head and 49, ar,
! equally satisfied. This rarely happca
and that is why there are so few happy
! marriages.
cupid Is Greedy chap.
Cupid is a greedy little chap. He Is
1 never satisfied with. half rations No
matter how good a man or woman may
be, or how perfectly he or she may do
his or her duty as husband or wife.
everything is dust and ashes unless.
record, there goes that strange some
! thing that Quickens the blood and
makes the heart go pit-a-pat-
What this mysterious attraction Of
q certain man and woman for each
other consists Of we do not know We
/ only know that it exists, and that II
is the strongest power in nature and
the one that can least be manufactured
or cultivated. a man may be all that
a woman admires and attract her not
I at all
] =. IL
! man reveres and be absolutely repul-
/ sive to him, while on the other hand, q
! woman may actually despise a mans !
= character and be irresistibly drawn to /
] MIN. and man may know woman I
! for a poor. weak, silly creature, and 4
4 yet not be able TO resist her fatal /
! fascination.
/ Whether Judgment or inclination |
! should rule in the selection of a life /
partner is a moOted question. In |
/ America we marry by inclination, and 4
/ m france they marry by judgment, and +
we hold the divorce record.
That however, proves nothing except
I that we Americans are an impatient
/ race and are more progressive about
/ trying to improve Dad conditions. even
( when they are matrimonial conditions.
] than are Europeans
Certainly the woman who marries
man Just because he appeals TO her
| brains, and viii make good. safe hus-
! nand, VIII never be very happy. She
may, If she is philosophical. be salts
fled and contented TO a degree as she
contemplates her physical comforts and
Engages in placid discussions on
( Browning and Ibsen with her inteliec-
tual spouse
But always her heart will be album
sering for the romance and the golden
glory she has missed. She knows that
friendship is not love, any more than
peer IS champagne, and there will be
many and many time when she will
wonder IN one wild thrill Of love is not /
worth whole fat life Of commonplace
comfort.
But if she takes the thrill and let's
the comfort 90 she stands the chance
OF forever cursing herself for her foIIv
ny Aorsak king the fleshDots for the sake I
o. q KISS. Because. after all thrills ]
are the chills and hectic fever Of ro-
nance, Tor which matrimOny is gener- I
ally never-failng cure. Thev sell
nom last, and when they are gone 50 / /
often all is gone
sure Of bargains.
The man and woman who marry for
tnelr heads. and who pick out the hus-
h|nd and wife Of whom their ind r-r,er,4 { I
approves have. At least. the co6soIat
tion OF a good bargain. The man has
ne KIND OF n woman he wanted for
the mother Of his children and al fhe , {
head Of his house J
The woman has her establishment
Htr position IN society. her shopping
uGkeL But II is the tragedy Of those
VINO marry FOR their hearts that when s
we thrill is dead and the romance I
Playeu out they have nothing but the
burden OF matrimony left
So it, is that whichever way Won
marry you wish you had done the 9TH r
er thing. The safe way is NOT 10 ,r,e,.5i,- 4
nHtiI you IND the man OF woman who
Dotn tlfes your fancy and comes up to
= ,, out Iueal- But II we waited for that
the altar iedcn