LOVES STIRRED BY LIKENESSES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 228, 19 September 1908, Page 4

LOVES STIRRED BY LIKENESSES.

The pretty romance attaching to tlij recent marriage of a. wealthy niiiiins' engineer, who fell in love with the pic- 1 turc of a beautiful yirl in the Tate Gallery, and w;us so fascinated with it that he could not rest until he had met and proposed to the lady has had many parallels in the annals of love, and it is said that 110 less a person tlisin the present King of Spain first became enamoured of Princess Ella of Batten berg through seeing her portrait at the house of a friend.

It is believed by some people that most, inanimate objects absorb some ol the personality of human beings who come in contact with them, and if this theory be true it is conceivable that paintings and sculptures aiy able to exert something of the inlluence that exists in those whom they represent. A particularly interesting Jove story was reported from Italy some years ago. A young 'traveller was walking leisurely through a certain art gallery one day, when his attention was suddenly arrested by a finely executed bust of a woman. The feaures were so life-like, and th e inarjde face had in it something so exquisitely tender, that the traveller determined to become acquainted with the original. Afiter some trouble, lie managed to obtain the name ami address of the sculptor, whom he found to be an old, broken-down man, whose face was lined with care. The traveller-dialed the reason of his visit, and begged to be told where the lady whose image had so impressed him could li e seen in the llesh. "Alas!" exclaimed the old man. sor-row-fully shaking his head, " I wish, indeed, that 1 could tell you. The original of the bust which you so admire is niv daughter; and whei'e she is now 1 do not knew. Ihree years ago she eloped with a young scapegrace, and from thai day to this 1 have heard nothing either of her or him."

The traveller departed in despair, and for many months he was haunted by the beautiful bust that had so taken his fancy. One day, happening to be in a little shop in 110-ine, he was amazed to see behind the counter the beautiful woman for whom he was seeking. Drawing her aside, ho told her of his visit to her father, upon which she burst into tears. It transpired that the mail with whom she had eloped had treated her cruelly, and was now dead, having left her penniless. Fearing to return to her relations after causing them s o much pain, she had been forced to become a saleswoman, in order to keep herself and her little child. To mak e a long story short, the traveller persuaded her to go back to her father, who had long ago forgiven her everything, and a short while after, the wedding bells were ringing for the marriage of tho charming widow and lier romantic discoverer.

A dainty little miniature was the means of bringing about a wedding in Berlin recently. A handsome young man had his photograph taken, and was so struck with the result that he arranged with the photographer to exhibit it in a prominent position in his window, where it could be admired by passers- ■ by. Coming to the studio one morning to see how his portrait looked, the young man found that it had been placed next to the miniature of an exceedingly pretty girl. Struck with the beauty of iiis partner in the show-case, he obtained her name and address from the photographer. Means were found to bring the young couple together, and in due course their wedding took place. Palling in love with a picture is not so difficult to understand as falling in love with a girl's handwriting; yet there is at least one case on record where a man did this. He was a retired soldier, and was still a bachelor, when one day, on purchasing a tin of condensed milk, he saw written in an exquisite hand the name and address of a woman on the label. The writing so appealed to hint that he sent a note to the writer, with the result that they became firm friends, and a year or two later l were married.

It appeared that tin 1 girl was cmployed in the tinned milk factory us a paster-oil of labels, and ill u spirit of pure mischief she one day wrote her name and address on one of them, to seo if anyone would tak,. liotiee of it. The ".magic of the human voice" was illustrated in a remarkable manner in Xew York not long since, wlifn a clergyman fell in love with the voice of a gill at one of the telephone exchanges there. Having occasion to ring up a friend, he was so delimited with the voice of the operator who " put him through '' that he visited tile manager of the telephone company, discovered the owner of the dulcet tones, and proposed and was accepted within a few weeks. THE ART OF RULING A WIFE HOW TO -MAKE A tt'oMAX HAPPY. "iilie lioolis ot to day uad I'sie iJuoks of 'io-niorrow givc.i uwr uie sigilof "Carol) a Shipuiaa' a guide lor jiewly-nnuTKd men. ■>oiue of Ue lilies are appended: Keep up tile illusion. JJojia settle down too obviously to married life, lie as eager to please her as you weie before marriage. Kemeniber tnat- tlie new lite, which to you is merely aa episode, is to her a complete revolution of ttiougut a.id ■ittUiit—an undiscovered country. .Slake iiilowaiiee for her.

Tell her occasionally that you love her. She knows it ,but she likes to near it. She can't always take it for granted. Start in the way you waat to continue.' Particularly in affairs of the purse. Never humiliate iier by making Her ask for money. Have a delinite undrestanding at tirst. Money brings the discord that causes most family 'bells to jingle out of tune. | lie .thiou|glitfui .ia little things. A single rose may perfume a whole day. Tell lr-jr your sorrows as well as ; your joys. Two can bear trouble bcli ter than one. She is your wife, not your sister, and she loves you. Y'ou owe it to lier. She may develop new power and grace with the knowledge. Learn to bear with her occasional tears. Men must work and women must weep. _ Don't cimbarass her by adverse criticism of any kind before people. Make it a curtain lecture if it must be. Don't forget to kiss her good-bye. Make her fuel that she is the only woman you lave ever loved. This is very important. Don't tease lier and then refuse to fee teased yourself. Treat her like a comrade and a friend, but never forget that sire is, above all, a woman, who needs your utmost sympathy and protection. -Above all keep up tho illusion—if you can. It is worth while.