Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-05
mMcWIzzburah" on Love

Dear Cynthia-Now some one with
the naivete OF those who quote golden
express!ons) asks: "Is It better to have
loved and lost than never TO have loved
at all? To which sentimental grandams
heave sighs and renig: Aye, the golden
hours OF Sorc-!
why did the one whom pressed close
in loves careSses lose her charm for me
All, young 'un, we are only human and
we grow tired OF certain things Why
did the one whom I later pressed close
in loves caresses show me different
angle of the enjoyment therefrom7 oh
thing and not the sham To which
the excitablc ethicist adds. Twas not
the infatuatlon that degraded your inner
self; you realized that the moral stand
ard was higher"
But twiddle twaddle. Suaviter in
modo. fortiter in re. must be manifested
before the true love comes-and the
spirit that makes a gentleman with the
that cops the cup. We must learn!
II IS truly the bane OF our modern
| civilization that the young folks purge
| their souls OF the vestiges OF W i'll when
| infatuation sounds the horn. young
couple SEQ each other once, twice, and the
| fateful ship OF acquaintance Is launched:
They indulge in all tho vagaries OF
youthful love, bill and coo TO their
clamc) the novelty wears of disrup-
| ton cnsues and tho lorn lovers come
| face to face with the hackneyed I-told-
! you-so of ''is Il better to have loved and
| lost than never 10 have loved ut all?"
Mind your own business Or rather,
| who knows? Why tear a diSparaged
| youth asunder with asinine questions ?
| God only knows how many tears he or
! OF remembrance. God alone can tell of
| the haunting pathos Of parting. Love
has truly proved Itself the wrecker..
| Besiege him, however, who suffers the
l = Il Vt,,.a tan
and he viii pour forth his emblttered
| sp!rits He will tell you (provided he
wants to) Of the educational part Of the
game OF Love, for Dame Experience Is
| a moIdlng teacher. But then again. why
learn in preparation? Good readers
fall in love and then fall out and drink
your own cup o challce. Disturb not
| those whom FIcklcness vanqulsheu.
The self-styled teachers IN sentimental
matters are pseudo -optimists - they
preach the doctrine of turning the otncr
check But that Ia unSelhshness merely
IN childish matters, | must avow that
tho fool whose love flew once 70 the
winds who seeks again the may-fy en-
joyment OF q temporary sweetheart, Is
the incarnation of bunk and knows not
his fool!shness. He illustrates that type
Of emotional beings who have implicit
faith In the two adaBes:
II at first you don't succeed. try Try
again; and
Although the experiment failed, the prin.
ciple remains the same.
Well fact is We always return 70 the
beginning in these matters. Social rela
tions are inexplicable things. I acknowl
edge the maze Of a love-affair TO be toe
. complex for analysis, but yet too fragile
for rough handling. Do not bewail youl
shattered dreams, do not manifest
loss Of faith IN mankind but put on thu
front that singles out a civilized stanch
ness. Bit" your lip and then smile
! but mean u--dont pretend. You haN
! Just graduated from the school OF adde's
! cent endeavors pat yourself on the baci
! and enter college,
\ That is all Mutahility and humil!t,
are sure signs OF something learned,
, And sad, but true It Ia, that Man
= inhumanity to man makes counties
thousands suffer" still when you hear
rs II better 10 have loved and los
than never 10 have loved at all ?"--pu
up your collar, slouCh your shoulder
a and saunter away saying. Rather"
! McWIzZBURGH.