The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-10

When 1 find a man who loves me de-
Votedly and unselfshly I'll marry him
and simply couldn't help loving him
if he loved me. L don't care for the
lover who rants and raves, threatens to
kill himself, get drunk, or marry some
one else, but a man who 3 really head
over heels in love with one would be
irresistible. And that sort of man is
rare enough. Most men lack the capaci-
ty to love any one but themselves
Their passion for you is pure selfshness.
They want a wife to pet and cOddle and
make much over them. But I want a
man to pet me I'd love to be petted. I
want man who thinks I'm the best
eyer-Who would never look at another
woman and compare me unfavorably to
her; who might admire neat, smooth
hair on other women, but who liked my
scraggly locks better; who might re-
alize that I wasn't so clever or accom-
plished as some other mems wives but
wouldn't trade me for any of them-or
have me changed in any particular; who
would never want to go away without
Mccullough I'd make him take a fire.
quent vacation in order to keep up the
illusion as long as pOssible-who wouldn't
be more interested in anything in the
world than in me A man who was
capable of a deep, unselfsh. lasting pas
sion would be capable of much besides
and so I don't mention any special quail
if1cations like brains, or looks, or abiI-
ity, because ! know that a man who
could care as much as that could do lots
of other things well besides making me
perfectly crazy about him"
The meeting was broken up at tdis
stage of the game, and before any fur
Their testimonials could be taken by the
appearance of three anaemic youths.
with breezy topped trousers and bull
dog pipes, who staggered up the walk
and settled themselves on the front
porch. They were not much on looks
might have weighed three hundred
pounds all together-not much on
brains, and their combined salaries
would not have exceeded two hundred
and twenty-five dollars a month. so it
is plain that they did not meet the re-
Quirements of the fastidious young wo-
men who had been discussing the Not
Impossible He. But they all-and there
were six girls on the veranda-began to
sit up and take notice and gave very
good imitation for the next two hours
of the sort of person whom the adver-
Using writer's speak of contemptuOusly
as the sort who can be made to accept
substitutes or something just as
good"
Some statistician has discovered that
women are more adaptable. more cruel.
more conservative, more cunning more
conventional, more diplomatic more de-
structive, more deceitful more excita-
BILE, more emotional, more gluttonous,
more hysterical, more impulsive. more
patient, more pitiful, more precocious,
more tactful, more religious, more self
sacrificing, more superstitious and more
sympathetic than men.
White canvas pumps are the most
popular form of summer footwear. In
deed the white girl promises to be as
prevalent this summer as last. Nothing,
after all is so clean and cool and fresh
looking as all white, and when you
consider how well it washes. looking as
well at the end Of the season as at the
first, nothing is more economical than
the white shirtwaist frock
The peek-a-boo waist is passed. That
is the latest word in summer fashions.
The lingerie waist which was worn con-
siderably last summer, grew in popu-
larity during the winter and is the ia
vorite garment of the summer girl OF
1905, is now properly worn over a high
necked china silk slip which complete
" covers the arms and neck, the
dainty lace and ribbon trimmed corset
cover and all the other charms former
~ revealed through its hlmy folds.