The Washington times., 1922-10-15
HAVE : done q good many
things in my time. but I do
! nat ra,,,.,,ha. th.t haya

" or. at any rate, never but onoe
In . Newspaper. / wouldn't doubt
but there have been times in my
hfe when I have committed my
thoughts on the suject Of love to
paper, but they were not meant
Tor publication.
I used to put them into an en-
velope with the stamp set cross
wise in the corner (you know how
IT'S done). and then wait In Q fever
OF impatience until the mailman.
with q twinkle in his eye. brought
me Just such another envelope,
with The stamp set askew. and
when I ioked at that stamp was
happy before I opened the : en-
velope. -'| ..,. .
Then. of course, I have written
songs about love and sung them
In many parts Of the world, and
though have been in some
strange places, have never found
. place. from the bottom Of q coal
pit to the mansion of q millionaire,
where q love-song that was sweet
and healthy did not arouse an. i'm.
mediate echo In the hearts Of men
and women. ~. V
NOT AN INVENTION.
I dare say that q good many
people who have heard me sing
have noticed that / am q Scots.
man. cannot disguise the fact
even when I am wearing the kilt.
And think 1t 10 because I am .
Scotsman that I am inclined 10
take love very seriously. ::
In these days. and especially
since the war. the word love seems
70 be used to cover an sorts Of
things that I would call in Draw
Scots by a very different name. All
kinds OF temporary and promiscu.
GUS unions are dignified by the
name Of the most beautiful and the
most sacred emotion in the human
heart-the emotion that, since time
began. has called forth all that is
best In man and woman, that has
: inspired the noblest effort, the
greatest sacrifice and the most
heroic deeds. That's why some
folks are thinking that love ID .
bit Of q delusion. But true love is
something very different from the
philanderine which often nnasque-
fadea under its name. -" hy-a
Those who think lightly OF love
have never felt its aIl-compelling
power, and the penalty. they ,suf-
fer Is that love at last seems to
them to be q mere invention Of the
poets and the singers. like myself.
sCOTSMEN GOOD PARSONS
That II q sorrowfui state for any
man or woman to b In. but when
I read my newspapers I sometimes
think that the encouragement OF
such q condition is q tendency Of
our time.
All thisis getting very like . ser
mon, but, az I remarked before, I
am q Scotsman, and. a. everyone
knows. Scotsmen make good par.
sons. That IL because they have
. serious side to their nature. You
may have noticed my serious side.
I am by no means Puritan-very
far from Il. I admire every bonnie
lassie I See, But admirins a lassie
and running away with her are two
different things. ,..
That 10 why sing: ~
Z Iovs Q Iesste, ,
sS": s.S. 4: sS1s Is 'A' H'S L" 'a'
A s,oeet as the heather, e.
IRs bonnie purple heather; g..
Nery. my scotch BISeoen
Anybody would know that song
was, Scotch because It has the
word bonnie" in It three times.
And the sentiment Of 1t ia. Scotch,
100. for was 1t not Robbie Burns
who wrote of the abiding strength
and power Of true love- power
that should endure even beyond the
grave:
A. folv orf fAos, ny bommls loss,
50 ,dseE, y Iovs sm n -.
TN q tie ssas gong dyy.
Syu q the seas gong dry, ny lsor.
And the rocks melt IN the sWN
And n sptll lous thee sttII, my deor,
Whtls tie sonds O. Ne stu rs~.
We are continually reading in
the newspapers about married un-
happiness. Since the war there
seem to have been a great many
mores divorce cases than ever BE-
tore. The war brought about q
vast number Of separations be-
tween husbands and wives. and In
some cases It appears that absence
did not make the heart grow
fonder-or rather that It did make
the heart grow fonder--of other
men and other women. That is
why We are having 90 many IL
vorces.
InvE0 HIe WIFE. -