Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-08-10
A. BURNED LETTER.

crested sheet of gray letter paper, ex-
haling q perfume OF white vlolets.
| wonder to what extent 1t really
represented tho sentiments and
thoughts Of the charming society girl
from whom 1t came. A fascinating
young woman whose eyes are ~ blue
MS nre the yiolets whose breath seems
always TO cling 30 everything abe
wears
What n pity women are not rs hon
est ns arc flowers A man could then
reach to some satisfactory conclu-
sion about them and with them. A
flower may be beautiful but odorless,
like the cnmelia, In which 1t makes no
prctense ut pleasing more than your eye.
Or, it Is loss perfect in shape and color,
but with so sweet n breath that one
never grows tired Of having 1t around.
There is no sham in flower-but with
women I'm inclined to believe it's all
sham. Humbuggcry and shnml The
prettiness and outside charm are APP
parent enough. But when 1t comes to
the genuinencss of the perfume ofsweet
thoughts and tender graces, and to the
splendid charity of sentiment, which,
II women only knew 1t, enwraps them
around with On attrnctiveness far moro
potent than the most subtle and PEN
ctrnting perfumes, man Is all mt sea-
He can't for the life OF him tell tho
honest. can't say whether they are
divinely constituted, or If 1t is merely
the imitation article. He is charmed
one day by unexpected revelations of
deep feeling and an appreciation of
the lofty and the beautiful in
life, or at least by what looks like
n, and he is rcpellcd the next by
n clear and distinct exhibition of a
careless heartlessness which would
forever and a day disgust him in a
him mentally by creating thousand
and one doubts as to which of the two
phases of character Ia the prepondcr-
citing enc In the complex feminine ma
ture no happens TO have under consid-
Grafton. Il she Is fair of form and
face-AA Alice undoubtedly is-he gen
orally gives her the benefit of the
doubt and resolutely closes the eyes
and ears of his better judgment against
those ugly, villainously small traits
which are rs great disfgurement to
her mental and moral graces as would
be doep crack across some exquisite
Sevres porcelain vase, q fatal blemish,
by which all the beauty and value are
ruined and destroyed.
That's where the constant and ever.
lasting mistake of mans life Is com
nitted. He can never judge of WON.
An by the Same standard, the same
clear-sighted mental gauge, which he
applies SO easily to his fellow man. Fol-
every one knows that to properly con-
duct any kind of business correct in
sight into character is essential. Thai
we manage to acquire easily enough ir
school, college and practical every
day life, and for the reason that we
deal with each other. But / defy {
man to be certain sure of anything OF
earth or in Heaven when his calcula
tions must rest on some feminine basis
where instability is inevitable.
But perhaps other men are clevere
than am. Cameron seems to get oil
swimmingly with all his Lady friends
and to understand them, too, which i
altogether another matter; even Alic
Dacres-that's more than / can dc
hence this small pile OF burned lette
paper.
And now that I've destroyed the lii
tie girls pleasant words and sweet
scented missiye, I'm fool enough to re
gret 1t, and to half believe she was ger
uine in her wish that call some ever
ing. OF course, whom she says | mus
bring her ''Trilby," it is only fem
nine way of helping mc to an excus
for visit. Then again, when a ma
wants to have q friend around for
smoke and chat, he says: Drop in. oil
fellow, this evening at eight. Glad
see YOU" and there's an end to. II
wants you, and you go or you don't, a
suits your convenience and fancy.
Little Alice bring essentially an
charmingly feminine, writes swet
rigamarole, very suggestive or mea,
ing absolutely nothing. And yet, sl
must know how gladly would call O
her this evening and tomorrow evcl
ing and evcry evening OF every year
l could. But she tells me to bring h,
"Trilby." and winds up with sti
"Yours sincerely" and the informatio
that she Is $50 glad she leaves short
for Europe"
Does she or does she not want II
to call? If she does care To see poo
devil whom shc knows down in IL
? bottom of her heart is infatuated wi,
8 her. who Ia ass enough to dream of h
. sweet blue eyes, and to stuff violets
his coat pocket because they remir
him of her. why does she write she
$50 glad she will leave shortly +
Europe?' II she does not care IL r,
: (which Is clearly the case) whether
{ fellow eats his heart out in vain Ion
ings to be with her and to hear h
? careless. sweet laughter, and to wat'
all her dainty prcttincss and probab
, frivolitics. then why does she cruel
throw the temptation In his way
call, just to force him TO undergo Il
! heartbreak OF telling her good-by al
y bon voyage?
Cameron goes abroad this summs
j aunDosc he will talte the steamsh