Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-19

are. Happy ones. too!
DOMANCE always dictates complete
N fidelity, even for fifty years. and
beyond the grave. a few. poets have
sling of immortal love. and their pas
oionate apostrophies to Amor Divina
have inspired lovers TO swear faith
fulness and, scof at ever forgetting or
reminding the fires.
But those, very poets often were
Ackle and turned from one love to an
other with ever renewing fervor.
The worlds greatest lover often has
been called Dante. whose alteration OF
his Beatrice has caused generations of
young folks to sigh and weep and
wonder. Yet how few seem to note the
Historical fact that. although Dante
spent some fifty years writing, and
talking about Beatrice, even placing
from Deity itself. and declaring that
he dared not raise his eyes to such
glorious womanhood-he married and
had eight healthy child rem. So much
tor fidelity to first love!
IF THOSE geniuses whose devotion to
j the Grand Passion is so mighty that
it shakes continents and causes them to
10 down the centuries in history rs i'm
mortal lovers were not really true. what
can we expect of common garden
/. variety mortals?
Once ! knew Of a minister who was
q deep natured. noble soul. He had
experienced one Of those tragedies SO
terrible that people hesitate to mention
them. He had adored his young wife
with idolatry. When she gave birth to
her baby and died he felt a revolution
against the helpless creature that had
been responsible for the death of his
beloved and refused 70 look ut il. In
few hours 1t, too, died and then in q
frenzy of remorse he placed the tiny
coffin across the larger one and buried
them in the form of cross. Life was
ashes to him. He wanted to kill him.
self.
When ! heard this. being very young
and sentimental, / shed a few tears
Mr.. - now was happily married ant
had seven fine children.
TIME very capability of great love
i the susceptibility to the opposite
sex, which makes u man or woman
love with unusual ardor and violence
n pretty sure to make him or her fall {
victim to Cupid second or third o
q sixth time! Some folks are naturall.
cold and Indifferent. 1t may be tina
they are selfish and figure out the pos
sible pleasures or advantages of mar
riage, and then set against them tn
eg0tistic consideration of their loss o
freedom. Yes, undoubtedly, some mel
are natural bachelors, and some wome
are too cold to care to sacrifice for
man and to disturb their equanimity b.
being prey to passion. Such frigi
folk are few, but they exist.
Many Othcrs-the majority of man
kind---are incapable of tremendou
love. You deny this! Ask yourself
you would DIE for him! IL there wer
plague In your city would you bray
hideOus death to nurse him! If
6ood or fire were raging would 20
plunge In to rescue him? If you al
sure you would do these things, wou
your motive not be largely an inheritt
4 sense Of duty, almost religion
fxnAticism? Or would 1t really be
gigantic love which found JOY in dyii
that the object might live!
nR ANOTHER test: Would you r.
" linquish your husband II he lov'
como woman better than you? {
would YOU follow him in disgrace
wait for many years until he came o.
Of prison and help him begin at q
bottom and build his life all ov
AGAIN. Many women have done the
brave things sometimes through dut
but often through mighty love. Ev
after such sacrifices they have "
aRnin. Thousands have loved, real
loved, more than once. 1t seems to
natter of temperament--and Of Of