The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-08
irst-Sight Love Sometimes i Happy
By BETTY VINCENT

OWE at first sight Is It real Can q girl depend upon it? Is
 1t possible to fall in love with h man before he has been presented and you have had an opportunity to talk to him?
 So many letters come to me from young girls wanting to know the an swer to this question, and shall try to give my views upon this subject in a brief article.
 Summer is with us and many of you are planning your vacations. You will meet young men, of course, many new acQuaintances, and you will fall in love with some of them-yes, head over heels, because summer is the silly season and the time to fall in love. In many cases you will fall in love at first sight" Sometimes the very day you arrive at the sea shore, your mountain resort or snug little farm boarding house you will see man for the first time and Presto! you are in love--just like that. He probably sees you at the same time and a magnetic flash passes between you. Or, he may not appear to see you at all, you may find him enjoying a pipe dream in the corner of the veranda or holding an animated conversation with another girl. Later, when you are introduced however, you will remember that you fell in love Eat first sight" and he will probably confess that he saw you even though he appeared to be inter- ested in his pipe or the other girl.
 Now what about this love at first sight?" sot
 Personally, am inclined to believe that many happy marriages result from love at first sight, I have known many happily married couples who openly boast that they fell in love the very first time they saw each other. On the other hand, every one of these couples admit that they took plenty of time to test out their love- To fall in love at first sight and wed two weeks later is a very dangerous thing. That is where divorce and misunder- standings are bound to take the lead.
 Falling in love at "first sight" is a very natural thing to do. You instinc- lively like or dislike stranger when you first see him.. Women especially seem to. be gifted with an instinct along this line. The average man is NSAJ CAcFeE dI NkAAuB up Il ETH uS Il "peach," "stunner" or "a charming girl" while on the other hand he is just as quick to put her down as a trump" a ''highbrow" or to classify her with some other descriptive adjec- tive which will keep Dan Cupid at a distance. Therefore, falling in or out of love at first sight is very human trait for both the man and the girl.
 But it takes ar least six months of acquaintance before this love at first sight" can be tested. Both the man and the maid must find out what tastes they have in common, test each others tenn pers and compatibility. When after a reasonable amount of time they find they are congenial and as much in love, { if not more so, as that first day they saw each other then and then only can they faithfully assert their eyes were true.
 Of the many happy couples know who confess they fell in love at first sight have discovered that theiI courtship lasted from six months to three years. And of all the unfortunate couples who married after asserting theirs was a case of love at first sight I find that they did not test each other'I love out but married after a courtshiT of but several weeks.
 Love at "first sight?" Yes, it's very real and very sincere many times but wait and test it out. $&