Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1918 — JEALOUSY AND LOVE. [ARTICLE]

JEALOUSY AND LOVE.

The prevalent idea appears to be that there can be no love without a pretty large admixture of jealousy, and that, conversely, almost every ease of jealousy springs from some misguided love affair. Whether this Idea is the right one or not is decidedly open to question. Ideal love affairs preclude jealousy altogether, and where absolute trust and confidence exist there is no room at all for the green-eyed monster. It is only when the course of true love ceases to run smoothly, or where the passion is an unlawful one, that jealousy creeps in like the canker at the root. One curious attribute of the jealous woman who plans to sweep her rivals out of the way is that she generally shows a marked lack of brains in her methods. Jealousy is popularly supposed to arouse a diabolically clever Ingenuity in the breast of the jealous fair one—but as a matter of fact, it seldom does anything .of the sort. Analysts say jealousy makes women do the most stupid things in the world! Not only does it blunt all their ■finer feelings, but at the same time it causes a curious confusion of mind* which fail to take the proper grasp of consequences, and which is utterly Illogical and childishly reckless in its workings. One has only to glance at the daily papers to see this fact practically illustrated. The scheme# of the jealous woman are the most childishly; immature in-the world, and in almost every case fall to pieces and bring speedy retribution on her own head. For not alone does the victim suffer. The worst generally comes upon the plotter herself. - Love very often does bring a certain amount of jealousy in its train. But at the same time it is entirely up to ourselves to curb those feelings and to keep them from outward and visible sign of expression. Mdreover it is perfectly true that, altho love generally does admit of jealousy, the latter can exist and flourish pretty successfully without love. A woman may be desperately jealous of the attentions which a man pays to another woman without in the least loving that particular man. For jealousy may spring from hurt pride, or from balked hopes, or from the fear of what people may say, quite as frequently as it springs from love. Therefore in the last analysis it may most assuredly be claimed that jealousy and love are two distinct and quite seperable affairs.