Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-08-09
ARE STILL ROMANTIC
HOW A CHARMING WOMAN RETAINS
HER HUSBANDS LAVE
Particular About Little Things-A
Husband Who is still Sweetheart
in All the Small Ways Which Appeal
TO Women More than the Virtues.

The husband who is still a sweetheart
in all the small winning ways that APP
peal TO most women more eloquently
than do the big virtues. is sufficiently
rare 10 attract attention, and when one
of the species appeared at resort hotel
recently the other women. whose hus.
bands were gruftiy good, and whose
sterling qualities were as well hid
den as the pearl in the oyster shell.
looked on with wonder and envy, The
loyer-like husband wasn't bride
groom. saws the New y ork Commercial
Advertiser. He had been married
ten years When the other women
learned this they boldly asked the per-
feet mans wife about IL.
I'VE are both particular in little
things" said the lover-like husband 5
sweetheart perhaps that is why the
rose color of life has not faded for us.
'Tis the little rift within the lutte. you
know. not the wide breaches. that
cause sometimes most unconSclouSiy
the discords." Then she told quite SIM
ply of some of the little things that
she did to keep the lutte from ever hay-
ing even a little rift to mar its perfec
ton. For instance, last spring when
he went to Europe she went to see nm
of He felt badly at leaving her be-
hind. as a lover-lilIe husband should
and looked very blue as the steamship
slid out of the dock and down the bay
toward the sea. But when he went
down to dinner. still blue and lonely,
what was his surprise and delight To
find on his plate a letter from her and
boutonniere of violets. He read the
letter a few dozen times and put the
violets in water to make them last as
long as possible. 1t was a great sur
prise. but still he thought ii was JUST
like her to do such a thing. The next
day at breakfast he wore the vioiets.
still fresh. thanks to his tender care
At his plate was another letter. de-
liyered apparently by u carrier pigeon,
or some other mid-sea postman. Ana
beside il was another boutonniere. this
time rose and IA bit of maiden hair.
AS the days went by, the other pas
sengers became curious and enyiouS
of the man who appeared with a gar
denia in his buttonhole three days
from land. who sported a carnation
and white hyacinths when the ship
was rolling in ffth-day gale, and
who blossomed forth with a perfect
moss rose bud in his coat the night be-
fore the twinkling lights of the Liz
ards were sighted. Strangest of all.
although this flowery parsonage was
rs attentive rs Il steward when ii came
to tucking anyone UP in q rug. fetching
lemonade or guiding unsteady steps
down a reeling staircase, he never Of
fered even leaf of his daily-fresh
boutonniere to any siren on board.
'.Budd and Blossom are very clever
at this sort of thing" the loyer-like
husbands wife told the other women.
When they heard what l wanted the
boatonnieres for they packed them TO
last week at ledst. Each one was
numbered. as were the letters. and
plainly written directions as TO where
to keep them, etc, We're given to the
steward to whom | entrusted them.
He entered into the spirit of the little
scheme and never divulged how or
where he got the flowers to accompany
the letters. but placed them every
morning at Mr.. Blanks place. 1t was
a profitable transaction for him. Mr..
Blank said he got to look upon him as
a dispenser of al good gifts md would
have presented him with his watch or
his diamond shirt studs. without a
murmur, had the custodian of the flow
ers and love letters expressed wish
for them