The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-07-01
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LOVE AT SIGHT
BY HELEN E. MACDONALD.
5 BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicate

"Of all the sickening bromides
Love at First Sight is the worst
It's an illogical platitude, never has
meant anything. and never will. Pro-
pinquity, mutual interest, loneliness,
with the element Of time, will all
prompt love, but this immediate rap
ture that seizes people all Of sud-
den-oh, it's deliciously humorous"
Judith Barnes paused, little breath
less, and looked challengingly around
the group of her dearest friends
Anne Rogers, Nancy Staples and Dot
Blair, all of whom we're apparently
taking the popular side of the argu-
ment, "love at first sight VS.. love
after series Of sights"
But judy said Anne, "look at
Dick and me; you know how terribly
undecided was about things before
took that trip last summer and met
him-why, loved him from the first
moment saw him, I'm sure of that
and gentle Anne patted the shining
solitaire on her left hand as II to
protect 1t from Judith's verbose on
slaught.
Take Polly's case"-Nancy jumped
up for emphasis-"didn't she marry
Ned after knowing him only three
weeks, and didn't he go to war and
come home and aren't they two Of the
happiest people you know. Doesn't
that prove that people are sometimes
predestined to love Immediately upon
meeting?"
Nancy's velvet brown eyes flashed
storm signals of Indignation at Judith's
disregard Of such tried and true tradi-
ton.
"Well, girls" broke in Dorothy, the
ever-ready diplomat of the quartet, II
move we adjourn, If we're going to the
dance tonight. Judy has evidently got
to have much stronger evidence pre-
sented that citing examples Of the
lives and loves of mere people. Let's
wait until she falls in love herself,
and then make her tell us accurately
the moment the grand passion
claimed our Judith" and Dot tramat-
ically appealed to heaven to witness
the pact.
But Judy, the image-breaker. threw
a pillow at the actress, and the girls
dispersed for the day.
1t had been an unusually gay winter
The annual charity ball had started
the season auspiciously early in Nov
ember and now April had come will
its Easter weddings to prepare for
-Four happily excited girls. sitting
around Judith Barnes boudoir, wer,
eagerly discussing color groupings
. bouquets, and all highly importan
items which would render them worth.
to attend on their royal highness
Judy, at the occasion of her marriag
to the prince of her heart at higl
noon, the following Saturday.
".And to think, judy" DOTS excite
treble broke in on the general cor
versation, "you haven't seen Don sine
Christmas, just before he sailed 70
Japan; and then you had met hir
. such a very short time before-it mus
have taken you almost week to IA
in love with that highly attractiv
! naval officer, him, dearY Dot pause
and diabolically winked at Anne an
Nancy. "And, Judy. apropos of bein
: in love, do you remember our littl
! discussion Of few months ago on tt
\ subject?"
"Oh. yes" demure little Judy hal
PLY smiled on the bridesmaidls-to-be-
''wasn't 1t something about love at fir
sight, and haven't Don and prove
TO your entire satisfaction that such
;. things exists?"
=. And then Judy got the first taste
her bridal confetti.