The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-28
LOVE UP TO DATE.
The Qucor Capricec OF q Society
Girls IIoGrt.

The same Old thing, harllcc! 1t had
been going on for two months. She
answered To all the requirements of
tradition. Her th:rty-siX points were
mpcachablc. She was as Lowell; as
Il dream. Rich father, had every social
advantage: stood five feet seven in her
French slippers. Her hair was tho
color Of hickory nut just out OF the
shell; her eyes were like wet tur-
quo:sc and had delicious ghosts in them
When she was dressed in Il close iittinr
suit and had her leather belt on your arm
began Ia describe involuntary curves
Succinctly, she was 4 beauty and
belle, and She lived on Murray Hill
Parents, conservative, bcnignant, OK
cmplary. liberal Income about thirty
thousand dollars. Belonged to an un-
exceptional set. Brought up the beauty
Euardcdly, almost scrupulously. and.
withGl, indulgcntly. They really
thought it would be better for her to
marry happily than brilliantly. They
lie; on the available and imprcssionabc
1ncu as soon rs She was nineteen
Let ne sec; there was dc lluystcr, OF
the yacht club. lie went all TO pieces
ut that rendezvous ut Newport lie
saw her from his own yacht She was
standing on the deck of the commo-
dorc vessel III Il blue suit with Il
Jaunty little navy cap on and She
seemed to focus all the bright clements
OF oxygen and the sea air and sunshine
That were loose that day. Dc IIuystc,
lald formal and formidable siege a
lot OF fellows fell back at his approach
and sad savagely that they had no
SHOW. Dc liuystcr was worth three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
had large expectations. Besides, he
was swell and had Il jet black mus
1nchc There was nothing on the
record better than the dc IIuystcrs and
when Paul de lluystcr danced with
The beauty lot of the people said it
was the handsolncst couple on the
floor
Then there was de Loonay, who.
gave her finishing lessons on the harp
10" SIX months and wound up by fall
ihE on his knees and tearing his hair
and "psctt'ng The music rack.
Lucille was touched by his dcmcntia-
she lifted him up tcndcrlv. gave him
her cologne and stopped taking lessons
on the harp
SnoSglcson came later He wrote her
letters with "Snogglcson & Snogglcson,
Importers" printed across the ton.
Snogglcson was 5uld-hcadcd and =
bachelor. He had some excellent,
characteristics. He remembered when
the Astor house was built, and he read
Tie able editorials on tin plate manu-.
factUrc in the papers every day in the
year. He was what the BOYS called
solid and safe" and he could play
backgammon with the bcautys father
IN the library long after the beauty
had gone to bed. She couldn't help re-
apccting him, he was so considcrotc
and conscientious. There was too. 4
sense of security in his presence
Something told kcr he would 20 on
playing backgammon. and wouldp,t
throw himself on his knees and unset
the music rack. and when he was ob.
sent She had deep AID abiding faith
that he was reading the article on tin
plate and was thu, sercncly removed
above all the distractions and pc,tv
issues Of the hour
ought not to forget Pulquc-Cvril
i"iqnc- because he was rather promi-
ncnt IN the affair. Old Wood Pulquc,
ms rather, was worth about five mil
"t "Ni'ui> 1cuilS HuiQuc was the
only heir. lie put Lucille on his rc.
served list of available women TO
marry when he got through sowing his
wild oats. He had mine in Colorado
ana Il horse in New Jersey named af
ter her He paid her attentions at n
'vater-placc and had his sister send her
father invitations for all the Pulouc
receptions. He succeeded in crcatin,.
an Impression in his club that he
would marry Lucille whenever he 20.
his oats disposed Of
IN addition to those avowcd admir-
ers there was DR. Meredith Mellow
tone of St. Sopha's and Charley Dart
over of Amherst, and The brilliant cos
moro lite, Zen lIuyling, who could
make Welsh rarcbit and play on the
ccrnct and called his den n studio !,
and dabblcd in oils.
IL must be acknowledged, therefore
that Lucille had entered upon the
woman's career with all modern i'm.
provcments. The purely feminine part
oi her existence was largely o natter
OF adjane She carried half a sco.o
heart, neg sleeve. some Of them
reprcsc cnt wealth. others .,rnat
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