Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-08

What Kind Of Men Girls Most Readily
Fall In Love With.

What Kind Of Men Girls Most Readily
Fall In Love With.
"In days Of old, when knights were
| bold.- il was considered a very naughty
and wicked act for young lady TO give
| her love all unasked to a man of what
| ever kind: but in these days, It's said, a
! girl may love a man madly and let him
know il. He il 50 unchivalrous that be
enjoys it greatly if she Is pretty, or rich.
or OF good family. II abe is homely,
he merely stands it, especially If she
works him beautiful presents.
Among the men who reosive the most
hearts are army and navy lieotenants-
cadets, car conductors, Young poets, sec
ond CarlyIes, young ministers and dash
ingIy handsome book-keepers- Almost
every girl adores q lieutenant up to q
certain age. No matter hoW homely be
may be, II be only waitzes well and wears
his uniform gracefully, be is " perfectly
lovely"
A eifI in Brooklyn 10 90 very fond Of
army officers that shs visits Fort Hamil-
ton every day TO gaze upon those sta
toned there; and another girl living in
West Fifty-seveuth street, New York. has
such liking for them that she has col
lscted q button from almost every
American officer, and yet she il not
satisfied.
Washington girls will seldom look at
Q man unless he ID Q. 3. A. OF g. s. n.
Thsir Bible 10 the Army and Navy Jour
nal, and they carry il either in their
pockets or stuck in the belts Of their
dresses-
Car conductors have q great influence
over the feminine heart, il they are good
looking. The other day bsvy Of pretty
seminary girls stepped into Madison
avenue Car, and, after the conductor
had collected the fares, one of the pref
tisst Of the girls said, IN subdued
| whisper:
"Isn't he haudsome?"
"LovsIyw replied her companions.
1--we often noticed him." said the first
speaker, {" and would Just love to have
him come to our commencement,w would
not you, girlsT''
Yes" they assented.
But" said one girl, che wouldn't
have any nice clothes, % We can't have
him."
There's q handsomer conductor than
he on this line" said girl who had been
reading all the time. IL ride up with
him every morning"
Girls who are in love with some I'M
known person write oceans of what they
fondly call poetry. They have beautiful
ideals in their minds fostered by read
ing TenNyson's poems and the Scottish
Chiefs, and when they rec handsome
or lovely man, or man with genius
stamped upon his manly brow" they
fall In love madly. wildly. This love
generally dies q natural death, but
sometimes leads to elopements and sui
cides.
A girl who was in love with letter
carrier wrote the following verses:
o letter man! my letter man!
hear thy footsteps nigh;
TO tell thee how love thee,
would be glad to die.
Thou art enshrined within my heart.
Thou art my only love;
beam my eyes upon thee
With gladness from above.
Oh, iaay all blessed blessings
From Heaven be showered on thee,
And may thy heart Oft futtsr
When thou remsmbrest me.
Another girl, living in Hoboksn, was
very much in love with q young man,
but one day she accidentally discovered
that his nose was not exactly in the mid
die Of his face. and she loved him NO
more.
A fair girl of New York city, Who was
greatly addicted TO marsh mallow candy,
was told by her lover that she must ei-
Their give mp marsh mallows or himself
After thinking seriously for two hours
she concluded she couldn't give up the
marsh mallows, and now they are di.
vided.
A Fifth avenue belle who loves q dude
wrote these verses to him:
All, gentle species of fair doods,
Drop from thy sphere above;
And come with q box Of chocolates
To one You truly love.
Oh. come in thy high white collar;
oh, come in thy gentle tone;
Oh, tell me that you truly love,
And my heart IL oil your own.
could not love another man,
Their ways are harsh and scar;
But angel Rentleness 10 thine
Oh, II thou vert but here.
Here 10 another specimen, from Bos
ton girl:
pine for thee with soul sick heart,
In agouies of bliss 30 deep,
Ny soul 10 stepped in Cupid's dart,
My eyes with Furnished dew drop
weep.
She said she wanted IL published aftsl
her death, bat it will do as we'll now 4
"adorn q tale"