The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
Falling in Love.


osophy At Bates college, Lewiston, Maine. has
informed the students of his class that the
why's and wherefores Of falling in love are
really quite simple.
To begin WITH the professor does not be-
lieve in love At first sight. He has analysed
the thing, and he compares the awakening Of
true affection to the preparing and combus-
ton OF high power explcsives-an apt analogy,
No think.
I'm love. nature has prepared the ele~
ments," says the professor, combined them
through countless years, and guarantees the
result when some vision Of loneliness. some
heroic deed. or even some Insignificant word
or act unlocks the stored up energy Of the
emotional life. After this age falling in love
10 no longer . matter Of instinct Common
sense, good judgment, truer perspective Of
life tend to discount the enthusiasm and ex-
aggerations OF loves young dream and demand
frmer basis for the happiness to be won"
There are some who will feel encouraged
because Of the professors assurance that .
beautiful face has by no means the power often
assigned to It. The doctor tells the world
there is not one single formula for arousing
love. Just as anger or fear. for example.
may excite by wide variety of circumstances
and conditions. SO love Is capable Of being
awakened by stimuli equally diverse. A beau
tiful face is by no means indispensable, nor
does 1t add noticeably to the intensity Of the
affection felt for its owner
DIR. Britain tells us nothing new when he
states that the principal reason why people
fall in love is because they are so constituted,
both physically and mentally" 1t is. according
to his philosophy and ours. the natural thing
to do. But he takes US into new fields when
he gives summary of the several stages of
susceptibility In love-
Ponder this: After 20, incidental remarks
will hardly serve to focus attention and to
awaken interest; after 30, the sediment of
prolonged experience i've like that phrase)
has settled over the instinct and often so
solidihed 1t that toy tools will seldom suffice
to break through to the emotion bearing
Paleosoic lido you follow himD stratum Of hu ,
man nature. Last, but by no means least, the
professor says that in man, beauty is almost
wholly subordinate to other attractions.
Your experience may not have been As
varied nor as valuable as the professors, but
you will agree with him that few men COM
paratively put beauty first. The men who fall
Cor . pretty face. and for that only, irrespec-
Give of the question OF personality. are in the
minority. II Jim marries Clara only because
she Is pretty. he will be apt to discover ere
long that the fires Of true love cannot be fed
by mere beauty and that what he thought was
love vas mere admiration on his part.
Many couples who celebrate their golden
wedding were never remarkable for their
beauty What good looks either possessed
were subordinated to soul attractions, which
are far moro powerful and lasting than physi-
cal projections.
Why some men marry some women and
live happily ever afterward is problem too
big for one to attempt to solve 1t Is only
eQualed by the problem Of Why some women
you know Of marry some men. 1t must be,
to bark back to Dr.. Britain, that the loved one
possesses that mysterious attribute which is
strong enough to break through to the "emo-
ton bearing Paleosic stratum Of human
nature"
This phrase makes the whole subject per-
fsctly clear. Falling in love is nothing more
nor less than having your emotion bearing
Paleosoic stratum broken. That il all there
is to It Its Is clear ~ mud.
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