The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-05

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1t is safe to say there are few
girls of is who have not felt a
quickened heart beat. a thrill OF
romantic fascination at the APP
proach of some young Romeo,
who might seem quite an aver
age type to the rest of the world.
Boys also, take a deep interest,
not only in girls but in one par
ticular girl, much earlier in lie
than is supposed by those who
have forgotten their own youth!
"You are too young to know what
love isr'
What an aggravating remark,
addressed to one who Is gong
through an emotional experience
that is real, earnest and all-absofo-
ing.
please do not tell me I am too
young to know what love is" write
Alice and Betty, Bob and Jack.
Mine is not puppy love- know
the difference. Even if l am very
yourg I am in love-"
Young folks who write in TINS
strain are sincere, and what they
write is. in the main. true. 10
mockingly call first love puppy
love" is ridiculous. Perhaps the
very young know best of all what
pure love is-love untainted by
worldly ambition, financial con-
alterations, greed or selfishness.
i-41 Mario assures
me that she is in love with "a very
charming young man. two years
her senior. They are engaged.
She says her mother seemed TO
like him when he first began
coming to see her, but has been
''saying very mean things" about
herself and her fiance, now that
hG7 wishes to marry her. Marle
and her fiance, as result, are
fearful of being separated and they
long to be married, out of mothers
way and happy!
Marie will never be more sim
cerely in love than she is today.
Will she marry the boy she loves!
Probably not, unless the OPPOSE
ton of her mother, antagonizlng
the young couple, rushes them into
marriage.
I have friends who have been
happily. very successfully married
for 25 years now. And they were
sweethearts in their teens. But
and this "but" Is important-they
did not marry in their teens.
They went on being friends with
out being engaged, for five years,
enjoying also others wholesome
friendships. Then, at "a, Mac, see
ing his way to support a wife, ask
ed Madge to marry him. BY that
time they knew pretty well that
their attachment was not a fleet
ing whim and that their friendship
would remain congeniai.
Unbridled, unrestrained emo
ton is always madness, leading
to safety, failure and despair.
This is as true of love as 1t Is
OF anger and jealousy.
If your love is genuine, deep
y and beautiful. the first requisite
in order to make it grow and
prosper, is self-restraint and sell
control. Power is gained through
what is called sublimation.
Applied to chemistry, sublima-
ton means causing to pass from
a solid to a gaseous state then
back again, by cooling. Applied
to the emotion of love, sublima-
ton means. figuratively, refine
ment or publication of love by
contact with elevating thoughts,
inspiring literature and unselfish
friendships. You can sublimate
! your love by self-control and the
determination to use only for
good, constructive and lasting
purpose.
wait awhile, girls -enjoy whole
some friendships. Try not to be-
come absorbed in any one boy.
Young love is sweet and can be
wise. Those who are mastering
advanced algebra and chemistry
are quite capable of loving intelli-
gently. So let the rosebud OF
your youth come to its natural
towering without forcing it's
bloom. Wait until your twen-
) ties, then marry the man you
love with heart and head.