The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

a powerful attraction for most women.
Archibald Mcclure thought women gen
orally were very nice. but he is credited
with having said:
If a girl is dressed up in white she
looks Ike every other girl in white 1t
seems to ne that they all pretty much
! alike"
He travelled through the West and had
very comfortable, pleasant time. He
stopped at mining camps and CLEANED all
the information he could He climbed
mountains, visited ranches and sought
out-of-the-way places. He reached san
Francisco and liked It. Indeed, he seri-
ously considered remaining there
He was travelling from Sacramento to
san Francisco when the great change
came over him; and the way It all came
1 about Is at argument 10 show that So
called chance is really a special provi-
dence."
A newsboy. train butcher" TO give
him his technical name, came through the
train calling his wares with raucous in
sistence. Mr. Mcclure didn't want to
/ buy a magazine and he paid no attention
to the one that the newsboy placed on
the seat beside him. vagrant wind
overturned the leaves, which attracted
/ his attention His eye caught a portrait
/ that appealed to him. He bought the
4 magazine.
/ II was the Puritan, publication which
I has since been discontinued. One Of its
/ features was a series OF photographs
/ under the general head of Types OF Fair
j
/ bore out the heading.
/ The portrait which Archibald Mcclure
+ looked upon with an interest he never
/ before had known was one that would
/ command attention anywhere. At first
one thinks that it Is the pose that makes
it so striking but this is quickly sue
4 ceeded by the conviction that is the fact
Itself. and that the pose is merely Incl
dental. AS matter Of fact. one would
be incomplete without the other. II is
really one OF the most attractive Of por-
traits. not only because Of its beauty.
/ but because 1t seems to reveal something
OF the character Of the real woman whom
IL represents.
It Is an American face, with Independent
dence, resource and calm restfulness
shining from the eyes. They are fine
eyes. with q fearlessness in them born
OF confidence. They are wide apart. and
the eyebrows over them are strongly
marked and beautifully curved.
The brow is broad white and smooth
a brow which suggests a capacity. but
is wfthal a very womanly brow The
dark hair sweeps gracefully and careless
" away in a sort OF modified pompadour,
and one can see from the picture that it
is very beautiful hair.
There is no dehniteness about the nose
in the portrait. It might be good OF bad.
but he must De a very grabbed observer
who could believe it was not well mod
elled
The firm lines at the corners Of the full
lips make the mouth appear larger than
It Is II is a good, generous mouth, the
kind from which one would expect words
Of truth sympathy and OF understanding
to fall The chin IS very fine. II is not
large. although the poise Of the head
makes il seem rather heavy at first
glance. It is extraordinarily firm,
The beautiful head is supported By a
white column of necvk which slopes
q
to paint, and which make some OF the
art lovers prefer his portraits to those OF
Gainsborough and Reynolds.
The pose. the chin slightly raised and
the head turned 70 one side, gives an i'm
perial beauty to the portrait. There is
certainly nothing of humility in it, and
neither is there the suggestion Of con-
scious pride. She looks the queenly wo-
man, TO whom a crown could add little Of
the regal afr.
Miss Cassin did not know anything
about that. She was having a beautiful
time in her home in Rensselaer, and in
Albany. It did not occur TO her that
wherever her portrait travelled it made
captives. BY this time when she did hear
about It she was not especially interested.
For Archibald Mcclure realized the dan
ger OF the delay. II IS very natural
weakness on the part Of human nature
TO believe that the man or woman one
is particularly interested in must be
equally attractive to everybody else.
There was reason for Mr.. Mcclure con-
cIusion so far as Miss Cassin was con
cerned.
Albany and made inquiries about her.
and the replies told him that she was
really as beautiful as her portrait. Also
that her family was comfortably rich
and that their position was recognized
BY the exclusive Albany folk who so
back 10 the Hendrix Hudson days
It required very few moments for Mr..
Mcclure to make up his mind that after
ali the West wasn't especially interest
ing and It was not a good place for him
70 live in He started across the CONT 1
nent as fast as the trains could carry
him 70 meet Miss Cassin.
This wasn't in the least difficult as
she had already become belle in the (
social set in which he moved. He found /
that the portrait did not DO Miss Cassin
justice and he courted her with so much
enthusiasm. earnestness and devotion
that they were engaged before their .
friends realized that the romance had I
fairly begun.
50 successfully did Mr.. Mcclure MOO 4
Miss Cassin that within six months after
the time that he saw her picture in The 4
ma gazine she had become his wife. She
made something of q sensation at Palm (
Beach. where they went on their honey
moon James r. Ksene gave a dinner
fl their honor a; the Florida resort. and
The favor which Mrs. Mcclure received
was q diamond horseshoe pin almost as
big IS a pesr. At Lakewood and after
ward at Newport Mrs McClures beauty