The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-21
BY MONTAGUE GLASS
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MY niece got married last
1VG night to Max Treumann, but
he don't love her." Abe Potash an
nounced the other day.
why, I thought he was crazy
about her" Morris Perlmutter eX-
claimed. What makes you think
that he don't love her?"
We'll, he was 80 years old last
week." Abe said, land Will Durant,
the author Of The Ten Best Phil
osophers of 1927 says that it's i'm
possible for a man OF 30 to fall III
love-or for a woman neither, for
that matter"
And how old is this here viii
Durant?" Morris asked.
IT don't know exactly, but Sus-
pect he's 81 or 90" he replied.
which when he gets to be about
sc himself, MawruSS, he'll give out
another statement pushing the age
limit five years further, SO that by
the time he's 10, understand, he'll
say that no man over rs can fall in
love, and if he's bed-ridden at that
time. he'll be holding hands with
the trained nurse and telling her
confidentially that he meant 85."
Maybe you're right, because I
don't know what the age limit for
philosophers is when it comes to
falling in love-" Morris said, 'but
do know that many millionaire OF
so or over has fallen so dangerous
~ in love with a prima donna Of As
that his relations have been think
ing of getting out an injunction
to prevent the millionaire's 'or-
tune from being passed on by the
prima donna to her next husband,
or anyhow to the Casino at Monte
Carlo"
But you couldn't call that falling
in love eXactly-at least so far as
the prima donna is concerned" Abe
remarked.
WHY not?" Morris asked.
w which I amt no author Of
How to Be a Philosopher in Ten
Lessons or any such book as that,
understand, but at the same time.
Abe, I don't see no reason why
prima donna Of 45 shouldn't Fall
in love with a millionaire of CT
not if I was on the jury which was
trying the breach of promise cause
anyhow
But what this here Will Durant
calls falling in love is where a man
or woman couldn't eat or sleep for
fear of losing the party of the sec
ond part Abe said. I'm fact,
what this here Durant said was that
any man or woman couldn't show
that true devotion which is the
equivalence of falling in love I'M
less they was under 30"
well, that only goes to prove
that Durant may be a first class
A No. philosopher, but that he ant
practical, because Abe, flowers,
theayter tickets, meals in restau-
rants and automobile riding has be-
come SO expensive nowadays that
a man under 80 amt got the
money to show true devotion"
Morris declared.
You can't show true devotion
with one box of mixed chocolates
and bon bons every Saturday night
ir these times, Abe, otherwise
somebody over 80 will come along
and show truer devotion with a $40
pair of seats for the Follies and
dinner at a Park Avenue restaurant
before the show and how is a young
teller of less than 30 going to meet
such competition, unless he FORCES
checks on his employers or some
thing?"
There's a whole lot in what you
say" Abe agreed, although you
are talking about falling in love
from the standpoint of business
man and not a philosopher"
# n
NNAYBE I am" Morris said, but
1V1 even people in love are more
business like than they used to be-
Abe, and you'd be surprised at the
number of romantic young ladies
under 80 who, when they have fallen
in love with a young man and then
discover that he amt got the price
Of square cut solitaire engage
ment ring, fall Immediately out OF
love again.
Furthermore, Abe, there is even
lots of cases where a young man
under 80 was absolutely devotedly
in love with some girl as far as his
earning capacity permitted and
even went into debt for orchids at
$12 apiece, understand, until he
finds out that her father, instead
Of being one Of the principal stock
holders of the United Independent
Electric Light Companies of Della
ware, Maine and New Hampshire, is
only the head bookkeeper of such
corporation.
1.-THE consequences is that next
week. or even sooner. he is equally
devotedly in love with the daughter
of Max Jonas of Jonas, Bierbauer
g. LaSky, the big raincoat manu-
facturers, rated at A l credit hight,
and that's the way it goes"
"Then you don't agree with Will
Durant?" Abe asked.
IT don't say that I do, and I don't
say that I don't" Morris concluded
But to my mind, Abe, nothing
makes man look so youthful and
love-like in the eyes of beautiful
young girl, than when he comes
round to see her with spray OF
orchids in one hand and square
cut six-carat solitaire diamond ring
in the other"
Copyright, 1928, by Will Durant
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