The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16
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fancy.
The girl with brothers. she declares
is apt TO know more about male weak
nesses than less favored members OF her
sex She finds considerable difficulty
IL regarding any young man rs a hero.
and when occasion offers she is by no
means ayerse TO speaking her mini
freely about the male sex in general
At a recent dove" luncheon the con-
versation turned on hobbies, one or
two of the girls expressing the opinion
that the sex to which they belonged ran
too much to that sort of thing. Prompt
dissent from this view was uttered by
girl who has three brothers. She
said:
I'VE girls get credit for an awful LOT
of fsddishness. but / don't believe we
are any more given TO riding hobbies
than men are"
Somebody inquired: "what kind d
fads do VOC think men fosterr"
"0b," answered the sister OF three
brothers, real foolish fancies- For
instance, have q college friend who
has a panel hung in one corner Of his
room. and on IL he fastsns nj the half,
worn slippers he can collect from girls.
Such curiosity that slipper hook Of
his isl OF course. he doesn't label the
shoes; that would be altogether too
public. But the odds and ends Of foot
gear he has collected would stock
shoe chest. Funniest part of this col,
lection IS the man who owns IL boasts
that he has In turn adored rapturous-
~ the various owners of the different
slippers.
similar TO this fad - the one of 30
curing gloves. Several Of my brotherv
friends have gone systematically "a
work 10 get together ~ many suede,
cogskin and dressed giovcs a. they
could beg. borrow or steel from Tia
girls of their acquaintance. Handkers
chief collections have always been . lad,
i fancy, with masculinty.
-So-ne young men keep a stsrk 81
stickpins on hand, and that reminds
me OF the pickle n stickpin coneetioa
got certain faddish young man into,
This particular youth collected college
pins from all the girls he knew wha
were attending higher education-' A
= result he could display quite an as
sortmsnt of enameled sticl<pins- He
plastered them over the lapel Of HE
coat. lie used to wear them N sentis
mental trophies. much N an Indian
would bangle scalps from his belt One
day stsckpin collector vos TO escort
his very best girl 20 q foot ball game,
and the st.ckpin array confirming hin,
on his coat front he hastily removed I'll
but the one the best eirr had gfvea
hira. fastening the others underneath
his collar. The course Of true lsvs ran
smoothly that day. until the thought
less Pin collector turned his coat collar
up about his ears Then those many coli
ored college pins told their tale. HeAnd
his best girl have parted company zD~.
bet the yosth still collects college stselr.
pins. Talk aboutfads. thouxh. the siickess
one know Of II run for all ~ n worth
by q man who has what be calls q
souvenir hairpfn book He has kotAsn
an ordinary scrspbook and bound 10
VITA white linen. On which y Q watsrs
color skesah OF girls had. WIN ncw.
Ing Jocks and a hot Of loose hsiyp1ns
scattered about- Inside OF this book you
win End hairpins OF every ahaps and
size They are fastened to the pagss BY
means Of littls siips Of paper Iassed
G res the center of them Thsse ard
Initials sadcr each oae. Uals3 yoa
could sec this book ron have no idea
how much romance can lark about
hsirpin. How does he get them Well.
don't know. ! have seen the book. but
I don't by any means p~et&nd 10 knows
tho inside history of Is creation-.--
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