The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-05
CUPID AND CoNsERvAToRIEs.


The had somehow become sepa-
rated from the rest of the guests anc
found themselves alone in the con-
How fortunate it IS" she said
that there are Conservatives
yes" he answered. I have a
weakness for flowers OF nearly all
kinds
II wasn't thinking of the flowers
particularly, although they are lovely,
and help so much to brighten the
world. But what would the story
writers do if nobody had ever invent
ed conservatories2 Where would the
lovers in the stories ever have a
chance to get by themselves, and talk
about it if no such thing as a con-
servatory had ever been made ?,
.eWeu it would be rather difficult
Tor the authors, I admit OF course.
the loving couples could 60 out IN
boats or automobiles if the stories
dealt with things that happened IN the
summer time. but tor ta4es q . ete
winter season they'd have to steal into
the libraries or get into dark corners
on the stairways, I suppose
yes" she admitted, there would,
of course, be chance to use the
stairs and libraries, but I m glad thefe
are conservatOries- 1t has always
seemed to me that conservatory IS
such a natural place for lovers 10
stray away to. IT.
cactus that lowered high above their
heads She had thrown something
light and gauzy over her Whlles grace
4ul shoulders. and, as she nan turned
70 look up at him, the moon, SHINING
through the glass roof, cast its rays
ssrThe oueerest spot I ever heard of
for a man to select as the place IN
which he wished to propose, he said,
WAS a coal mine One of my college
friends while being shown through a
mine in Pennsylvania by the daugh-
r-e -rrTra "a
asked her when they we're nearly two
hundred feet underground
what did she say2"
Il suppose she must have said yes
I was at their wedding"
How romanticl But do you think
he took her down there just to pro-
pose to her ?"
in the case, but it would have been
just like him. He was always doing
queer things.
It don't believe I should want to
be taken down in mine to be asked
to be somebody's wife I've always
had such a creepy feeling about mines.
I'd never expect to get out again if
went into one"
Il know another man." he con-
tinued, who proposed to a girl up on
the highest point of one of the Alps"
"B-r-r-r," she exclaimed, with a
shiver- Think of going away over to
Europe and climbing an Alp to tell
~
prefer a nice, comfortable conserva-
tory"
He looked down at her for a mo-
ment, and, as he was not blind there
was one thing that probably i'm
pressed itself very forcibly upon him.
That was her beauty-for she was
passing fair to look upon.
The leaves of the big cactus spread
out so that the two were as thoroughly
hidden from anyone who might have
looked in as if they had taken refuge
behind a hayStack- Bits of music float
the people were dancing again. But it
was Number Eight, and his name was
on her programme for that one, so
there was no reason why they should
hurry back to the ballroom if they pre-
ferred the conservatory.
I don't know" he said. There would
not be much danger Of eavesdroppers
on top of an Alp
oh, well, If one were afraid of
eavesdroppers,' she replied, "a path
could be shoveled through the snow out
into a field somewhere. If I were n
man and loved a girl well enough to
want her to be my wife I wouldn't care
when I asked her.
why do you keep saying what you
would do if you were man? No girl
can possibly have any idea what she
would do if she were a man-any more
than man can tell offhand what he'd
do if he were a girl"
4 know very we'll that I should new
er hunt for a better place than con-
servatory in which to confess my love,
anyway"
rs there any particular kind of con-
servatory that you would select2"
ANY kind would do, think; but