Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04

II haven't got the capacity for loving
IN the grand manner" he said. II an,
on the second plane Of lovers.
Sometimes ! wonder II heroic love Is
not the invention of romantic writers,
both OF songs and stories.
Perhaps the sublimation of animal
instincts demanded the creation Of q
state Of mind and soul which actually
does not exist, but which 1t IL con-
venient for human beings under civili-
zation to pretend does exist.
when one contrasts the ordinary
love life Of every day with the yearning,
romantic sort Of thing depicted In some
of our best novels or seen In frenzied
fashion on the screen, he may have q
feeling that his own love is not love
at all.
"The younger he is the surer he is to
believe this, yet when he becomes older
he probably will have better-at least
a more satisfying viewpoint, one which
about nine tenths buncombe In the the
atrical version.
at say theatrical version because ]
believe the drama to be largely respon-
sible for this attitude Of mind which
wants to transform life into something
else than it really Is.
Els reality so disgusting that we must
perpetually disguise 1t with thick layers
Of bunk? ! do not think 30. Life Is,
to some extent at least, what one makes
it, and how we see it in our own minds
Is more or less the way 1t is.
| "T would not 60 to the extent of
saying that love in the grand manner
does not exist. History is filled with
cases to the point. The common-sense
modern. however, may be forgiven for
suspecting that the affair Is depicted in
a few Of its moments only. Every love
affair, no matter how mundane, has q
few moments Of grandeur.
IT cannot offhand think of but one
marriage which seemed totally Invested
of romance. Perhaps I am mistaken
even there. 1t happened in my student
days in college. The small town In
which the institution was located was
divided by the very fact Of its existence
there into two factions-the college
minded and the town-minded.
Those connected with the institution
stood for learning. culture. The towns
people, as such, were regarded as low
browS, and in turn they liked to look
upon the collegians as highbrows. The
lower in the Social scale the towns
people came, the more hatred they had
for the boys attending the college.
Sometimes this dislike grew into
nasty words and blows meant to hurt
There was no love lost between the fac
tons. On the outskirts Of the town
lived the poorest, most illiterate people
The men there insisted on having their
hair cut in an individual manner which
was SO booriSh in effect that the college
boys called 1t the 'rough-neck haircut,
and refused to permit q barber to cut
their hair In such fashion.
Perhaps q description of these two
types Of haircut may not be too great q
depression. The college cut was achieved
by means Of feathering, as 1t was called
with a pair Of fine clippers, which were
brought well up on the head around the
ears and at the back of the neck.
Thus there was no well defined line
where the hair ceased. The back OF the
neck gradually merged into the hair
and the latter gracefully declined into
the back Of the neck.
The rough-neck haircut was entirely
different. The hair was not graduated
but permitted to grow down thick to 9
definite line, where it was cut OF sharp