The evening world., 1921-02-26

~ the past, out mostly oil meinorlAlS
dearly treasured and fondly laid
aside in some old cabinet
And there was the aged aunt OF
Brillat- Savarin; when he was sum
moned to her deathbed ne raised
her head and induced her to tako
some most excellent and restora-
tive wine" whereupon she thanked
him and sinking back contentedly
on her pillow, said. MY dear. should
you come to my years you Will un-
derstand that the aged need death
just as the young need sleep"
The doctors words are beautiful,
but we fear his trend is oid-fashioneo.
The twentieth century Mother OF
Men" sits not in the twilight, but at
tends at the evening jazz.
The Perfect LOVer---
From THE stars in the Pool" (Dut-
toni, a prose poem for lovers, the
point Of quotation being chosen where
Flame sits at the feast on trial, as il
were, before the eyes of the royal
parents Of his beloved Rosehr"rt
And for that all he 81 on
these matters was shrcN and
well taken, and modest withal,
King Telwyn listening, marked
with gladness the manhood that
had come to this youth OF the isle
Of sea-surge and firebloom. And
ne was right well pleased, also,
that the trothpllght OF his
daughter was returned with
clear eyes and noble bearing.
and courtesy and readiness for all
that made speech with him.
And Queen Ellaline. in the
wont Of elder women, had eyes
to the way Of Flame with his
wine. the which he took gladly,
as becomes man. but not over .
much; and she was content
RostReart, sitting beside her
mother, the Queen, had thought
Dor none, but her troth-plight
with pride his thought and cour-
tesy for all that sat at meat
with them.
There was that in her which
remembered with joy and ten
derness how that he had thought
aforetime only of themselves and
their love but now was she proud
that her lord was become a man
among men, for we'll she knew that
with all he said and did IN amy wise,
there ran always the music Of his
Joy In her, and the love of his sool
for hers.
Wherein we find counsel that to the
making OF the perfect lover there go
temperance, courtesy, dignity and
thougltfulness for others, with ten
derness for his own love.
And . Lover Who FOrgets 49,
From ''The Pipes of Yesterday"
Century Company, book in which
Frederic Arnold Hummer and Mary
Christian contFive a love story from
entries in the diary of lady:
Saturday Morning
To-day is the 18th of August, the
date Grant and | met. We had
dinner together that night, and /
can still see him, so tenderly prank
ish and good-looktng, across the. big
bowl Of red poppies that stood on
the table, or course he won't re-
member It; l should be almost dis
appointed If he did.
I always thought that I should
never expect a man to remember
put some peoples on the dinner
table to- might. He said they looked
very fresh and charming and that
he had never known any one who
lowed flowers as ] did.
For a moment / had sickeninE
sensation OF lonelness--of having
lost something very precious-then
! went over and kissed him.
He was pleased to be kissed.
How alike wives are! Am ] going
to be just as silly as all the rest?
I suppose one ought not to mind
81 the little romantic foolishnesses
are forgotten In big. steady joys.
Which moral do these, our tale
bearers, point:
That the perfect husband would be
he VINO never forgets himself as a
lover?N
Or that to forgive a forgetting is
part of the days business of the
perfect wife?
Living Up to the Name of John 80
From a tribute by J. c, Squire, il
his life and Letters" CDoran), tc
the plain name of John:
There is no name like il. Fashions
in other names come and 60.
Thomas and William slump and
boon. GeTalds, Lucians, Marina
dukes, Susans, Peggys, Margaret,
Marjories, are the rage uf a genera
ton, and then became siclkening to
the palate.
Gladys for her daughter; in ten
years II covers the country; in an
other fifty II sinks into disrepute
and then IL goes on fiourishing in
dark byWays until some new eN-
plorer produces II once more as a
fresh and radiant thing.
But John goes . on. FT 1ep.n TIE fo
the present day the proportion OF
Johns TO the total population has
probably never fluctuatad beyond
one or two per cent.
Time does not make stale its in
hnitc saneness; the most fckle
! slaves in Fashions retinue cannot
contract a positive distaste for it,
in it's dignity. soldity, greenncss
and grave mystery. II defies the
weakness OF those who tire q all
things.
II is a name 10 live up to npt
II one who bears II sinks into DIS
repdte II falls not with him, but
| rather stays IN the armament above
| him, shining down upon him Ike
| reproachful star.
! 4 panegyric nobly planned an
! richly meritcd,
Yet when Mr. Squire goes on 10 lis
/ a. -ruishcd bearers OF his tavore
name-not a mention Of our count
less friend. John DOel