The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-04-07

.Nllse Advice tor Those contem-
plating Matimony.
The Drsarner Needs 4 1roMn.Eyed
Mate; Practical Person Should
Choose Blue Or Gray.

Who make better mates, persons
with brown eyes OF persons with bluel
Although no hard-and-fast rule can
be laid down, those with brown eyes
are more steadfast and faithful. Nat
u~ralists say that dogs or horses with
deep brown eyes / gentler than those
with the grayish tint. This applies
equally to human beings.
Brown eyes mean gentleness. The
secret Of married life Is tolerance,
which Is another word for gentleness.
It must not be imagined that men o
women with gray or blue eyes are nee
essarily intolerant. But, generally
speaking, character can be told from
eyes. Z
A man with wistful brown eyes prob
ably will be a dreamer. Suppose he
n1arries blue eyes-that Indicate indi-
vidualism and often egotism-after a
while blue eyes viii tire Of brown
eyes. Gentleness and dreaminess will
be mistaken for weakness, and blue
or gray eyes usually despIse weakness.
Without respect, love cannot last.
II, therefore, you are a dreamy per
son, look for a life companion, a mate;
In the man or woman who possesses
brown eyes. II you are q man, You
will need comforting and ''mothering."
Psychologists say that all men with
the "mother-complex heart"-a heart
that Is gentle, and wants to mother
or protect somebody, and. therefore, to
be "~mothered" in %turn--are born with
brown eyes. Brown-eyed people are
usually romantic and sentimental.
Blue-eyed people are more practical
They usually laugh at sentiment call.
ing it "sickly sentimentality." I'M
agine, therefore, a sensitive girl a
ried to a man who considers her to be
weak and q "sentimentalist." How Is
love going to last In those circum-
stances7
Curiously enough, like usually at
tracts unlike in early youth, as one
pole Of d magnet draws the opposite
pole Of another. Therefore, an Z
tremely sentimental man often falls in
love, or imagines himself to fall In
love, with an extremely practical
young woman, the result being q tenn
porary broken heart on the part of the
unfortunate youth. Brown eyes YER
sus blue eyes, in all probability.
Yet imagine for a moment what
would have happened, had they mar
ried. The first wonderful attraction
Of opposites-and while It lasts 1t Is
all-powerful-would soon pass, for n
fire can blaze in brilliance indefinitely.
Imagine the two going for q walk on .
spring night.
He-the brown-eyed se~ntimentalist-
would feel thrilled by the beauty of
the night, Of the moon rising like a
great white water lily In the dark
pool of the sky. Or perhaps he would
want to pause and gaze at the stars,
or watch a ghostly barn owl winnow-
ing over the young corn. He would
see romance in the nights mysteries,
and want to stay and dream.
But she-the blue-eyed practical q
would remember chat a certain
amount Of sleep is necessary II work
Is to be done properly on the morrow,
that "colds" might ensue from linger-
ing In the dew fall. However each
might wish to please the other, intoler-
ance would creep in, and the old words,
"He-or she-doesn't understand"
misunderstanding means misery.
II you are q dreamer, marry a.
dreamer If you are b~rown-eyed, marry
: brown-eyed person. II you like life
and action, and possess blue or gray
or green-eyes, marry q person with
eyes of one Of those colors.-London
Answers.
System Of Checks and Balances