The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26

portunity, that proves my point. Harry should never have married. He, like every other great lover, be- lieves that the cure for love is mar riage."
 "Oh, what Is the use of being 90 cynical, John7" exclaimed Clavering a bit irritably. You ought to know tbat there Is very beautiful affec- tion that grows out of similarity of partnership in 1lfe's affairs. and above all, in the habit of being mar ried.
 We must learn that marriage does not mean the selfish qualification of ones whims or ones pride, but it does mean a partnership, helping along the growth of happiness in the world. and the spread of decency."
 Here! Herel It's all very well for you. Clavering, being bachelor, to advance such old-fashioned theo- ries, but don't you know that man is and always was polygamous. There Is lot of truth in the remark one of my. witty friends--a senator at washington--once made. He said: Every man practices polygamy ex- cept the Senator from Utah."
 Clavering joined in the laugh that followed. then continued reading:
 T remember, Jim, answering Alice very quickly: Of course, don't want to play with other children. l want to stay here with you
 With sudden courage managed then to get hold of her tiny hani; and Jim. can feel It at this moment. All cool and soft and flowerlike, 1t lay for an instant within my palm and then, like curling petals. the tlny In uara clllpR ahOut mine.
 "T think you're the incest boy I knowv She whispered. You're the only one who did not laugh at me when I was so unhappy in school :he other day
 T eagerly clasped her little hand tighter. If you want me to. Alice, I'll bust Bill Tenants nose for nim. He was q yellow dog not to tell teacher he was to blame.'
 1T think so. too, Harry, and will never speak to him again. You would have taken the blame, wouldn't your
 Alice took the somewhat uncertain smile that hovered over my lips for the assertion that I would have done so.
 Many times, Jim, in the past few months, while I have been thinking about my past life. have thought of ,tow Alice accepted my evasive smile as the answer she wanted. And have wondered if 1t wasn't right then that I learned that 1t is unhecessary to say in words that which will make a woman believe what she wants to believe. A smile says everything and yet nothing"
 T never thought that Glendening was such cad snapped Davis. as Clavering paused.
 "Is it?" questioned Dr. Milton. Doesn't every man play the game? Doesn't every man fall in love many times during his journey from the cradle to the graye7 Why deny so self-evident fact?"
 "Milt," exclaimed Clavering You amaze me. I could understand your remark from any man except yor. Do you mean to say that 8 man may love wherever there is time, place and circumstance. How do you define love anyway"
 ."There, Jim, you've got me-" and neither can you. I'm talking now I can't even tell when and where and to whom 1t comes and when and where and to whom 1t goes. Romantic love-as we see 1t on every hand is the most intangible. as well as the most irresistible of emotions. And yet if you were to ask every man, yes and every woman, you know to tell you his definitions of love, you would have as many answers aE there are people"
 (Copyright. John F. Dille Col eTomerreW--A Turning Point.