The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-12

concessions! Ana now uISSiIii4S i4S
icontrition, or, if he is ''stuck up, his
airs of Importance! And how much
better they love each other after a
vigorous row The disturbance has
we'll been likened to a thunderstorm
full of sound and fury" while 1t
lasts, but productive of a live ENJOY
able atmosphere. Terence has prop
erlv STYLED such quarrels the renewal
! of love.
It has been the fashion for hum
dreds of years, to charge women ooth
the married and the unmarried, with
inconsistency. Greeks, Romans, Eng
lish. French, Germans, 1tahans-Well
men of all nations so accuse women.
Why, even Petrarch, the infatuated
lover who wrote thousands OF lines IN
praise of his Laura, calls woman a
iekle thing" by nature, and her love
not lasting. Perhaps she IS, IN some
matters. more variable than man, be-
cause of her more, emotional nature ;
but I am inclined to agree with Medea
that this censure comes from men
writing things,an that if women had
"a singer. the song would be very
different. And why should not Wom-
en- vary in their feeling toward low
ers? / do not mean to defend the
systematic firt who makes sport OF
men's hearts, like the girl addressed
by the Greek Macedonius, who quits
the man who loves her, to run after
one who does not, and then jilts him
as soon as she gets him. That shows
a diseased appetite. But as all love
affairs between unmarried persons
look to matrimony, and as marriage
is so serious thing, especially IN
South Carolina, where it is dissolVable>
only by death, why should not wo-
man .feet around for her mate, and
drop one lover when a more eongenial
one presents himself A man can
make his choice, and seek the woman,
snd deshould, therefore be constant; but
for the present, a woman has to
choose among the mates offered her,
and when fner man than the scrub
she has encouraged comes courting
her, why shouldn't she accept him?
Her duty, when the evolutions in the
future shall authorize her to do the
courting, will be different. Then she
should stand to her choice-if she.
can get him.
The fitting of either male or fe-
MAZE lover is seldom productive of
serious consequences. The human
spiritual heart is very like the ply
steal organ-sexcedingly tough, elias
tic and resilient A kicking" or sew
eral .'kickings," may often. be good
fora man, and a iileing may serve to
abate his self-coneeit, and teach him
carefulness and appreciation of the
rights of others. Of course there are
instances of heartbreakipg, as in the
case of the young woman, told: of by
Charles Greville, whose fance, Tbpm-
as, Lawrence, the distinguished artist,
quit her; 60 court and become engaged
to her sis5sr-the discovery of which
perfdy soon brought hersto the grave.
It is gratifying to learn that the sister
kept her promise to the dying one,
not to marry the faithless man. But
such cases are very, very rare. /
don't think that ever knew a broken
hearted lover of either sex. Some
people require rough treatment, to be
taught good behavior. Very few Of
us mortals, indeed, care much for
things easy to obtain. but prize what
is difficult to secure, and crave what
ever IS denied us. Not few of US
are like Paulus Silentiarius, who,
after Galatea had slammed the door
in. his face, declared that her rudeness
only stimulated his love-frenzy-
eromariia: %'@+
8 Jealousy is frequently a prominent
feature in love campaigns. And it is
q weapon which women generally
handle more successfully than men;
and one to which, I think, they resort
more often than do men. A young
man generally bungles in his effort to
excite jealousy in his innamorata, by
making too much display of attention
to another girl-which the woman
sees through; while the woman is
usually more adroit, making mod
crate show, by all sorts of little man
ifestations, Of taking a liking to an
other man. The feeling is painful.
Milton calls it "the injured lovers
hell" and seems to congratulate
Adam ON being clear of il. But It is