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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 258, 24 October 1908, Page 4

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. •'ls love at lirst sight possible?'' is i usually the suli.ji't-L tliat interests the ' maid of tender years. Of course it is possible. But what strikes one as love at the moment is more likely to be mere infatuation. When the heart is awakening, young girls are apt to magnify the merest trilles, A tender glance is bestowed upon them which starts a palpitation I hat disturbs the rest, and the maid asks herself fearfully, "Is it love';" Almost all things that are staged of love are possible, for, being the greatest thing in the world, its inliiienee is boundless. It is possible for one to love at (ifteen, and another never to ieel the same passion until forty. So niueh depends on one having someone to love. for. until the someone couivs whose heart-chords strike in unison with ours, our love lies bidden. even l'ro:n ourselves. Love at lirst sight is rare ami not to he coveted. I'or out' real case there an* a hundred false oney. and these usually result in unt'artuiate, hasty marriages. There is nothing prolitahle as real love, and nothing so expensive and disastrous in its elicit as the false. It is worth our while to wait years and to suiter, so tlml in the end we obtain the real tiling. Itiit rather than accept that of doubtful quality it were better to decline and live in hope.

A BEAUTY QUEST. The Lone Hand's ''Beauty Quest" for Victoria and New South Wales is lln-i-slicd, and the two boards of judgment have hit upon a Miss liilckridgc, engaged in a .Melbourne business house (the business has been rushed ever since), and a .Mrs. lloppe, a young Sy iney matron witli two children. The hundreds of photographs in each case were reduced to ten in each State, and these 20 were asked to meet their respective boards. It was decided that health, colour, complexion, eyes, and figure must all be considered, ami anyone notably lacking in any one respect would be disqualified. Curiously enough, all those chosen from their photos turned out to be over tile average height. The Victorian winner is sft. 7'/oin. and weighs lOst. tilbs.—she did weigh list. — and the .Sydney lady (Mi's, lloppe) is also tall. The one is -I and the other is 20 years of age. Another coincidence is that though the Victorian board had a famous lady beauty expert at its head, neither of the winners uses either powder or cosmetiques in any form. Miss Buckridge, too, attributes her abounding health and fine figure and complexion to copious use of water internally and externally, not going to balls o'r late out functions, and walking plenty. She was in the habit at one time of walking in and out to her business—l2 miles a day. Mrs. lloppe, who is also a Victorian by birth, lias " no food, fads, or theories of diet or life." She is not an abstainer, but with her also cold water —plenty of it—both internally and externally is a religion. Both had " Sandow" courses, and Miss Buckridge excelled in a physical culture class.

ANOTHER ROMANCE SPOILED. BY A JIOTHE.R-IX-LAW. The arrest of Mr. Ferdinand Earle, a wealthy Socialist artist and poet, on the charge of systematically beating nis wife with his list, has aroused great interest not only in the State of New York, where the Earles lived, but also throughout the United States. M<\ Earle leaped into great prominence ju <t over a year ago by discarding hi* wif», who subsequently divorced hiin, and marrying Hiss Julia Kuttuer, who some time previous to the wedding had be:ii a privileged member of the Earle household, lie literally took the entire nation into his confidence; he received reporters daily, explaining to them wi: !i i (great enthusiasm his views on married | happiness. lie was speaking ma only: for himself, but for Mrs. Earle, he ti->-elared. He was the originator of iic term "affinity," and also "twin soul,' : and "soul mate." Thsce words, as pointed out in the Daily Telegraph :>t the time, have since become incorporated into the American language. " Miss Kuttner is my ' twin soul/" said Mr. Earle, in July, 1(1(17, "and together we are reviving the unforgettable, love story of Tristan and Isolde. Julia Kuttner is my • affinity ' for life." Miss: Julia Kuttner cordially endorsed thel termd " twin soul," •• son! mate," and! "affinity." "We were born," she toldl the reporters, "to make each other happy for life." Mrs. Earle took thing s philosophically. She was a sensible liUie Frenchwoman, and she called her husband an old crank, and said she did not envy Miss Kuttner. The wife bade a cheerful farewell to the poet-artist -uid his "affinity," and returned to her oid home in France, where she secured a divorce from the eccentric American, j I Mr. Earle also went abroad, and was] next reported to he in Italy, where lie married M.iss Kuttner. The return of the " twin souls" to America was fully described in the newspapers. In the early days of the " affinity" tall; .the villagers of Monroe, where the Earles lived, threatened to tar and feather the artist-poet. It was agreed, however, that the good name of the community had been vindicated by Earle's second marriage, and when he brought his new wife home the village band serenaded him, playing "Come back to Erin" and other popular airs. In September last Mr. Earle pleaded guillv to chastising his wife. lie refused to accept bail, and to the reporters he confessed that the

" simple life " at the country gaol pleased him exceedingly, lie is a vegetarian, V Lu d says that prison fare exactly su:-ts him. lie refuses to wear a coat or stockings, aud he admitted that his "affinity' romance had been smashed 011 the head. This he attributes largely to the alleged fact that his mother-in-law and a small crowd of his wife's family descended upon his country home aad battened upon his resources. Their ideas were not his ideas, and quarrels tvere frequent. "They want me here," he said, referring to li'is wife's relatives, "and 1 am satisfied to be here." _Mr>. Earle (the former Miss Kuttner) seems equally convinced that the "twin s" l 'l " idea is a snare and a delusion. Iter ■relatives declare that she will never li>'e ■with the poet-artist again. The most frequent source of trouble was Mr. •Earle's novel ideas about the bringing up of the baby'; how it should be dressed, fed. etc. The arrest of Mr. Earle and his committal for trial was the first hint conveyed to the outside world that the "soul mates" found their path in life other than of roses. After their return from Europe II". Earle suddenly turned upon his old friends the reporters, and bought, several wolfhounds, which in; stationed round bis house to repel all unwelcome visUors.