Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28
Written for The Evening Star.
nv UNREQUITED AFFECTION.
How Young Lady Falls I'm Low and Thca
Falls Out.

How Young Lady Falls in Low and Then
Falls Out.
IT rs DIFFERENT IN REAL LIFE FROM TUE
STORIES IN SovELs-THE NATURAL WAY OF
SAVING "rEs"-LooK HIM IN THE KYE-poN'r
HIDE fouR FACE ON HIS sHorLpEa.
RUDYARD KIPLING SAYS SOMEWHERE
- that next to q requited attachment one Of
the most convenient things for young man 20
carry around with him at the beginning Of his
career is an nnrequieted attachment He didn't
say whether he thought it was good for young
women or not, but I'm inclined to think he Is
not one of those people who never recognize the
fact that young women sometimes have that
burden to bear.
of course no one Is supposed to know about
| our unrequited attachments, even in leap
year. young man can at least have the salts
faction Of laying the matter before the girl and
| trying to make her feel and think as he does.
but the girl has the dismal consciousness that he
knows all about il anyway and likes her less for
1t, and she can't help it,
I've lost my faith in the girl in the novel
used TO think she was real, live girl. but she
Isn't She is not SO interesting, When q man
asks the all-important question don't believe
lisa wonderful surprise; That she never Thought
OF him in that way before. but only as q friend
and then 1t flashes across her in an infnitcsi-
mally short space of time-a minute or so-that
she loves him, and says "yes" very sweetly and
shyly with her head on his shoulder.
III they truly love each other she must know
long before he tells her. / don't believe she
puts her head on his shoulder. ANYWAY. II she
does she's very silly. Why doesn't she look
into his eyes and see his lover And then the
girl In the novel never falls in love; she's al
ways fallen in love with. Real hive girls are
very apt to fail in loye--and tall out OF il, too
fortunately.
AT FIRST sIeHr.
fell in love about four months ago. This is
rather an unusual action on my psrt. This is
my first year out of school and hadn't met
many men. 1t was at q tea and how could
help IT? was assisting a friend of mine and
we had stood for two tiresome hours saving the
same things over and over TO different people
when along came Prince Charming. That's
what he was to me from the first. lie was tall
well-proportioned and soldierly and graceful in
his bearing. had confused sense that a fine
blonde face was not very far from mine and that
fine pair of exceedingly expressive blue eyes
were looking into my brown orbs. / can re-
member, even now, Just what we talked about
and how sorry was when some one else claimed
my attention. / had only a few more words
with him that evening. and when the tea was
over had forgotten his name and almost for
gotten him.
THE FIRST STAGE.
Two or three days after bevy Of girls who
had been at the tea happened to be together
and fell to discussing the lovely people they'd
met there Each girl thought some particular
man was just too lovely for anything. One of
them WAS a wealthy grocer, another looked like
Booth and was brother to an actor, another
was military exquisite, another an ethnOlo-
gist or something. ] couldn't be out of il al
together, SO chose the blonde Prince Charming
to rave about, and outdid them all at the raving
business. And my first attempt, too That
was the first stage. l raved for some time
around home. l was fond of describing his
beautiful spun gold hair so different from nv
midnight tresses, and his lovely blue eyes.
never liked his mustache very much. II didn't
look weak or struggling, but it concealed his
mouth, and / always like TO know il eyes and
mouth tell the same story. His ewes and mouth
contradict each other, / have since discovered.
1t didn't take long for me to find out his
name, his business and his past love affairs He
was well known in the city and the mere men,
ton Of his name would bring forth valuable
information. My father had known him for
some time. but somehow / never went to him
with my rhapsodies.
LONGING TO SEE PRINCE CHARMING.
The next stage was an irresistible longing to
see my prince once more. had thought about
him and dreamed about him and talked about
him so much that sometimes wondered whether
he could be SO fascinating as pictured him.
wondered il had idealized him, as have other
people. I wanted 10 find out and didn't know
how.
was helped in an Unforeseen way. A Young
lady came to spend few days with me. She
was more experienced than l. She had been in
love many times and was much interested in nv
little affair. confded in her-told her of my
great longing to see once more the first man
who had set my poor little heart to beating. She
was kind-and good manager.
OF course We couldn't invite him to call with
propriety) after meeting him but once. but We
could extend him an invitation to a little
evening company; because, as my friend said,
Senator's daughter did that as often as she
took fancy and she guessed it wouldn't make
any difference if 1 did took the thrust at nv
inferior social position with great meekness-
ANYTHING to see him again. Well, we wrote
him a note, but, rejecting that it was rather
unusual to write notes to men on such slight
acquaintance, we decided to telephone and not
send the note. Funny, wasn't ii, thai we
didn't think how much more unusual IL was for
girls to affiict strange men with such a teie-
phone message? But never thought of him az
q stranger-I felt as il had known him for
some time.
HOW THE PENCE TOOK IT.
He was mystifed and surprised and inclined
TO think some one was playing . joke on him.
but he came and was again under the spell of
his blandness. think impressed him that
night as being rather different from most girls
was apt TO do and say rather eccentric things.
admired his manliness and business ability
and other good traits, but, OF course, didn't
dare tell him, SO made fun OF him--made him
feel small, he said, and was generally contradic-
tory and perverse. Then, at times, would say
something so overwhelmingly complimentary
and daringly admiring that the poor fellow
would nearly collapse. 1 think he didn't like it.
wouldn't II I were . man. ! see my mistake
now, when he IL coldly indifferent and won't
even look at me.
He sent me cards for hop that his club gave.
They were for myself and escort. My father
said he d be my escort il he concluded 70 let me
60. 80 was humbly, dutifully good for week
and we went We didn't stay long, but felt
amply repaid for going, because had five bliss
full minutes conversation with Blondine and
was made happy thereby for . week.
ONLY TO MEHr HIN.
Then came the street stage. hnew that
when he returned from Office be walked down r
street, e. % many other young business men do
and also men who sre not young and men who
have no business. During this stage / had q
wild desire to be on that busy street just after
O'Clock. At first tried to have an errand there,
but later on In this period would 60 without
having the slightest pretenee of business In