Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-05-22
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~ Masquerade
By Idah McGlone Gibson
Three Mems Thoughts

Clayering, listening intentiy, nod
ded agreement with his marriage
views. Abruptly, Clavering resum-
| ed Glendening's story:
1 or course, l had no intention
of marrying, Jim. But, being a
man, you will understand when ]
say that girl made me forget ev-
erything but herself. was like
the fellow in the play who Cant
sleep, can't eat, can't think Of any
thing else but you"
| Sexual attractions is law oi
nature that psychologists and
philosophers have written reamf
about. Some have acclaimed it,
some have disclaimed it, but not
one has exclaimed it.
To man sexual attraction is
always an amusement. With the
woman 1t is always a business. An
English poet said this much nicer
many years ago when he wrote:
Love is of mans life a thing
apart.
'Tis woman's whole existence.
so that's why Harry married
Doris" mused Davis in tone OF
innuendo.
Yes, and got stung,'" an
swered Clavering with a trace OF
irritation.
81 wouldn't quite say that,
Jim, countered Davis. "You had
better say they both got 'stung.'
He was as much to blame for mar
rying the woman as she was for
marrying him. A man with any
sense must know that diseased
lungs, and no visible means of sup
port, should be impossible bars
to marriage"
That's the weakness of our
system" exclaimed DR.. Milton.
There are hundreds of impas-
sable bars to marriage, but not
one to love.
when man falls in love, he
thinks of nothing but possession.
This is natures great law and the
immoral creature makes no pro-
vision for the happy ending OF
love blessed by society and the
church. The stern realities are
nothing in her young life.
'After bringing a man and wo-
man together nature goes merrily
on her way, making other per
fectly irresponsible beings fall in
love. AS nature conceives it this
is her only duty and after she has
done it with precision and dis
patch she leaves the poor strang-
ers she has just matched to work
out the plans by which they may
live long life together with
the possible unhappiness. Once
the pair falls natures responsi-
bility ceases"
GLOW would you improve on
nature, Mllt," asked Davis, a bit
belligerently.
Don't ask me. Ask jim. He
has been able to philosophize on
his experience better than any
man | have yet heard"
"On that question 1 pass" said
Clavering, turning again to Glen
dening's manuscript
The girl, Jim, was not very well
[ have always thought, however,
that it was more a question of
mind than of body. She was tired
of working-she had been making
somewhat precarious existence
for herself by giving parlor enter
tainments through the south.
BY strenuous economy she had
earned enough to augment the
tiny income left her by her mo-
ther and had come back to her
old home town for the winter.
She was lonely and so was 1.
she was beautiful-she is still a
very handsome woman-and IL she
had little more animation
think she would be voted one OF
the most beautiful women in this
city.
Her gray eyes, shaded by black
curling lashes that brushed a
| CnSth idlitll plhhi a. Times
would look into mine, and hon.
esrly, Jim, l felt that my very
soul was being dragged out OF
it's hiding place to lay it's hidden
devotion before her gaze.
used to spend long hours sit
ting there in the sunshine won
dering whether the wisps of dark
brown hair that curled against
the back of her neck, would twiRt
themselves about my finger, il
should have the temerity to touch
them.
/ speculated whether the color
of her hair made the girls throat
take on more creamy whiteness
or whether the exquisite fairness
of her skin made her look darker
/ never could make up my mino
on the subject.
Tomorrow Glendening' Wooing
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