IS JOHN CULL A DULL LOVER?

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 252, 17 October 1908, Page 3

IS JOHN CULL A DULL LOVER?

John hull is dogged, stolid by nature, not given to excess or emotion in his loveniuking. He i s simple, practical, not bubbling over with rhapsodies. Englishmen as a rule make very go.id sweethearts. They are not, perhaps, so full of ardour, so pasisonate and intense, in their wooing, so persistent in their love-making a s men of more southern climes and warmer latitudes, but thoy arc certainly less volatile and more

constant. An Englishman, as a rule, is not too deeply iiiiectcd by Cupid's dart lie is slow to fall in love, slower still in making up his mind to declare that love; but, once the step is taken, the all-important avowal made, an Englishman will carry it through. John is usually sincere; changing is no ea;y matter with him, once "his all'cclions are lixed. There are three distinct classes in England, and as s uch we must classify them. Our foreign friends have becii heard to say that the Englishman takes his pleasures, as well'as his love-making, sadly. It has been pointed out thai an English courting couple will walk on side by side for hours, and barely exchange half a dozen words; but tiiis is generally the ease only amongst the less intellectual portion *of the working papulation. Rut granted such lovemaking is prosaic, if it s atislies them, means the sane thing in the end. leaves this stolid pair content and happy in each other's company, surely Unit is all sullicient. They are simply a .pair of coninii nplace, ordinary, workaday hoy and uirl, well litted ami satislicd with their Nation in life. Thev are eminently suited

I to one another, content with their lot: and doubtless ifjl more gushing, oll'usi.c lover caine along, he would be viewed ■ with distrust and suspicion bv the fair Phyllis, who would by far prefer the J simpler, if rougher, courtship of her own honest, stolid John to that of the most courtly and chivalrous cavalier. Then, again, there is the middle-class lover. It is not the custom ill England for a lover to 'expect a dot with his future wife. There are no made nuivriul'cs: the couples choose for themselves, and naturally it follows there are less marriages of convenience, and more love matches, lint, amid even his lovemaking. John Hull is -prudent and circumspect—does not wear his heart on his sleeve; his love, though strong, is ever under control.

The Englishman is. above all, a generous man; lie is proud to work for, and provide comfort for, those he loves, and some might say he carries this business ability even to the choosing of a wife. This is not correct, however; an Englishman marries for love, but naturally selects the girl whom he feels will mate the most suitable partner—the one who will be not only congenial, a loving helpmate, a careful housewife, but one who will help her husband to get on in life, who lias ambition, and a will to cope with and struggle against the adversities of life.

As a rule, the higher class of lover is generally seen to advantage. He has no cares, no money worries, and can afford to be generous. An English gentleiua'i, if a true one, is. indeed, all that can be desired; though strangely reserved in many ways, liis ideas of woman is a. high one. She is the weaker so>:; must be guarded, studied, petted, made much of.

Having none of the drawbacks fif his poorer brother, he can go straight to his goal. He has intellect, polish, a courtly, if rather deferential, manner towards the object of his choice; and these, when coupled with good looks, a line, athletic figure, and charming, tender manner, all go far towards making the English gentleman a successful, if not quite so demonstrative, a lover as those of other climes.