Show i S 4 Sayings of Mrs Solomon I j I Being the Confessions of the Seven HunI Hun- Hun j i I Wife j TRANSLATED BY HELEN ROWLAND r- r 1 Copyright 1 ii 1013 1 by L- Th The Pro Pres a lub n Co Tho no New ew York Turk I Is Love Lo oh my illy Beloved What hat is Love Lo WHAT Jf For FOI out ons shall tell thc timet that It Is IB but a figment of oC the time Imagination and und I another that It Is It temporary insanity 1 One shall hall cr cry bitterly that it is a snare mare of or Satan and amid another declare light light-k 1 ly that It in Is but bill an idle pa pastime lIme 4 I But I sa say unto th lice o LOVE is none of or these thele but Jut a thing which I is I. rarer than radium purer than thai unalloyed sold gold finer t than cobwebs and stronger than steel Behold there are man many mammy IMITATIONS f of diamonds Yet which one amon amons 1 them is convincing Likewise LIken th thre r. r be man many Imitations of Love e love near anti and flirtation summer sum sum- mer nier love lovo and Infatuation spring dalliance and And Anti each of Is unto Love Lor Itself a It as a i 1 Milestone unto tho tIme Then Theil hearken unto thy Mother the ItT for tor bl behold until thou hUt hast once looked hooked upon a diamond a may mar peradventure dazzle lu thee i iI I r charge charbe thee thime IH heed tl not the tue scoffers who would tell thee thue that love 10 Is a thins thing like unto a paste jewel antI and more common than thun JI trading ata fr f POI For it ft cometh auto teach each but hut once In a lifetime and of oC all things In time tho COSTLIEST ST ST. ai world it is tho the Behold it hath co cost t the time his throne tho time slave his life the time sago sage his wits the tile genius his glory tho patriot his unU n n no i.- i. l lt 10 l c country country- u 1 h i lie iL jn it UH 5 n tut it L nun LII Il ins ILLS allu me eu tl iii hit his sleep and his appetite his peace of ot mind his pride C and oftentimes with his ills conscience It is dl disastrous unto coiffures and shirt bosoms unto curls cum and careers alike It ruffles and amid ambitions anti and shatter th reputations and andi theories without discrimination S Yet vet I say a unto thee Lord pity him bin that hath liati not known i it It for tor it It is WORTH ORTH tho the c Ho 0 to Dost float thou DOUBT th thy Love Iov m my Daughter Then filcH r F sa say unto th thee e. e thou dot dost NOT 0 love IJo 01 r True Love upon time thc rock of faith anti and him whom thou Jo lovest vest wilt thou trust blindly unto infinity Art rt thou thom Jealous oh m my Daughter Then hatter flatter not thyself that It In is love lovo which th heart For or Jealous Jealousy Js is 18 no no r a n part part of ot io love 0 timan thun IJ of ot true rue religion thoun ND I. n and thou Dost rost yot vot pretend to lov 10 Then Timen thou are deceived c b by false signs n For True LoVe Lovo seeth with clear clrar eyes ces and there Is lf rio misunderstanding t Ii cro I n. n verilY perfect t. t 0 cn out all fear all doubt all rivalry all aU suspicion and all selfishness deceit all S j Its roots are deeply Imbedded in thu tho Common earth of or friendship but lIs ls branches tow tower r to the thc stars and amId With hopes and ani dreams nil and I visions lons and aspirations I II I 1 charS charge thee m my Daughter consider r well wf mine admonitions admonition anti and a acc p rt nothing elt else l' l For there thero Is NOTHING G just Ju t as Rood iii all the time world I |