The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-05
Romance Land for Women
It's Right Here in New York,
Says the Insurance Woman

Love still bears part In debating tho
affairs Of daily life.' said woman insur-
ance agent who writes policies among her
own sex, exclusively, and thus comes in con-
tact with all sorts and conditions OF women.
There Is plenty of romance floating around
loose. right here under the shadow OF tho
elevated. In fact, think New York and
the far West bear the palm for romance in
love affairs
In certain business Office in this city
middle aged widow and n middle aged
girl were employed three years ago, that s,
the girl had been in business life ten years
or 40. She was heroic little soul. though
few knew il. She was supporting not only
herself, but sister and brother-in-law.
The man was an invalid, and the wife,
who had never earned a dollar. and would
not have known how, took care Of him.
Tas breadwinning sister paid the bills,
kept cheerful cheek TO the world and never
Jet any one know she was enga ged in hand
10 hand light with the wolf.
Now the motherly widow in the offlce
belonged to Queer little organization
called the Christmas Guild. II was little
ciro.e of women who each Christmas made
It their business 10 give presents TO people
who otherwise would not get any at all.
Tho gifts naturally went largely to the very
poor OF tho city.
.0ne Christmas the widow came into
possession. through a dealer, Of large
package OF Christmas cards. A Christmas
card is rather useless thing, and the woman
hardly knew what to do with them. Finally
abe bit upon sending them to personal
friapda with fha rannnQt TINT thay ha AG-
tributed. In accordance with the spirit Of
tho guild. among persons who were not
likely TO be remembered in any other way.
The young woman In the Office had a
knAck at writing verses-llttle jingles with
out too much rheumatism in their feet.
The widow asked her 70 expend some OF
her talent on the Christmas cards. So she
employed her spare minutes for several days
in scribbling the products Of her genius In
the blank spaces, and it happened that one
package Of those cards went to an old friend
Of the sender who was tho wife Of cattle
man in Montana. The cattleman's wife
scattered them among the bachelors in
the neighborhood, most Of whom were
proper recipients OF the gifts. according
TO the PROVISIONS of the guild
After while the girl who had written
tho verses got letter from ranchman
in Montana. 1t came through the cattle
mans wife, who gave tho writer a good
character. ~ correspondence was begun
which lasted several months. Then the
man turned up in New York The girl
found him at her home one night when she
returned from the office.
He proposed the same evening TO the
honest surprise OF the girl who told him
10 Of 10, 70 60 an,
the first day he saw her. She accepted
him, however, few days later and now she
lives on big ranch with "a Chinaman in
the kitchen and good horse to rice. Her
next door neighbor is several miles away
but she doesn't seem 10 find il lonesome
or TO regret the change.
Il knew another middle ged girl engaged
in dollar chasing in New York who one day
received a letter from man down in VA
bama She showed me the letter, and it
certainly was a queer ons The man re-
called to her mind that he once had the
pleasure Of meeting her on visit she had
paid to a married sister in another city.
lie was married man then. but had
been a wdower for three years. He had
joined a colony OF Northern people who
had takenup a tract of land on Mobile Bay
He was making money and would like her
for wife, Would she accept the posi-
ton?
The queer thing about it was that the
girl could not remember ever meeting such
a man. Neither his name nor his per
s)nllty had made sufficient impression on
her to I've retained in her memory. She
wrote to her sister, however, and the sister
gave satisfactory report. SO a CORE
l. l. 1. IL Il,
man making trip to New York But the
move was fatal to him. Had he remained
at a distance he might have been able to
rnarry the girl by proxy, but the first sight
OF him settled his case.
-Sne told me she conceived a repulsion
for him on the threshold, and by the time
he had taken n seat she had made up her
mind not TO marry him He was a gentle
man and seemed TO think highly OF her
but it was no use. She never got over Won
dering how it was that she made impress
sion enough on him in one interview TO bring
about such a result when he did not make
enough on her 10 be retained in memory.
And to make 1t more curious, she was
not in the least good looking. She used to
bemoan her luck in a very funny way.
Here was chance she would say,
70 NH lhHtu N@ilt VI anu nave al 'fi7. me-
and come into littlo property at last. for
the man was twenty years older than and
would surelyhave had the decency TO make
me n widow And couldn't take IT, Just
my luckl'
-she is mETried now and though she
didn't get any property with her man she
never seems 10 regret her thriftless choice.
Some years ago / knew four maiden