El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-12

A RE you in love with love, or are
n you in love with young Mr. Jones
Or Miss Robinson
The mistake IS by no means re-
ssricted to the feminine gender. Per-
haps you are a young man OF ro-
mantle age and axe addicted to read
ing poetry and thinking unutterable
thoughts and imagining yourself 70
be deeply in love with Miss Hawkins
OF Miss Robinson. But you may be
wholly mistaken, the object OF your
tender solicitude may not be either
OF these young ladies' but love itself.
In fact you may De IN love with love,
which is common enough complaint
among young people and others not
Eo-young.
And II you are contemplating mar
rizge. as the next step to being in
love, please-if you value your peace
Of mind or that OF lfr. Smith or Miss
Robinson-find out II you are in love
with love. or some young person For
II Sir. Emith OF Mss Robinson hap
pens to be only the peg upon which
you hang the r2inboW-tiuted frag-
uents OF romance they will not meas
IRE Up to your ideals no matter how
hard they strive.
Dreaming Dreams.
For when you are IN love with love
yor are dreaming dreams OF absolute
perfection and you are demanding
quite TOO inuch Of NIr. Smith or Miss
Robinson as an understudy.
There are q number Of very SIM
pie tests by which Il will be easy to
prove whether the object OF your az
fections Is an abstract ideal or a flesh
an blood man or woman Do yon
have 70 make a good many excuses
Al ~ .
Rohinson's shortcomings7 DO Mr
Smiths never failing opinions or all
subjects get OF your nerves. and do
you sometimes feel in the words OF
that classic squeicher. that you wish
Won knew as much about anything as
young Smith does about everything
Does the way he chews a toothpick
or psres his nails In public make you
wish his mother had not wholly ne
elected 70 instruct him in the little
eecsncies Of life7 And do you wish
he would not cough or fldget that
way, or make himself the hero Of
every story. OF tell you that old one
about the time. etc?
Are you aware Of the distinct feat
ures Of M Smith, on the opposite
side o. the fireplace. when you dream
OF the future, or Is there just an in
definite blur that stands for a mas
culine presence about the house2
Do you think Il would be lovely 10
stop going to office or TO business"
and % have strong arm write out
the checks, and a bass voice TO con-
tend with the janitor, and a robust
presence 10 stand between you and
all the disagreeable situations in lifeZ
And to achieve these blessings are
you willing TO have 3ir. Smiths
thrown In with the lot77
This. however. does not mean that
you are in love with love, but with
prosperity. And alasi people some
times are even more in love with
prosperity than they are with love.
The affirmative Tor being in love
consist in reversing the situation. Do
you think 31r. Smiths chuckling
laugh the sweetest music you ever
have heard2 Do you know his foot
steps apart from q hundred other
footsteps2 Do you remember the
shape Of his hands and do they seem
70 you the most manly. capable hands
in the world2 And DO you in the
beautifully simple language OF Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson feel as Kirstie,
the elder. felt when she heard young
Hermlston's step about the house2
I have said her heart leaped-it Is
the accepted phrase. But rather,
when she was alone in any chamber
Of the house and heard his foot pass
ing on the corridors. something IN her
bosom rose slowly until her breath
was suspended, and as slowly fell
again with q deep sigh when the
steps had passed and she was diszp-