The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-19
>LONE MAN TOUCHES
RESPONSIVE CHORD
Maiden Who Has Never
Felt Grand Passion
Sees a Light.
SHE is PRACTICAL
AND CLEVER, TOO
Her Prince Charming May Smoke
or Triple Wee Little
Bit.
p the Editor Of the Washington Times.

To the Editor Of the washington Times.
IAn article in this evenings Times
NrOused my interest by means OF the
rather sensational head lines; ''Woman's
Lamentation Touches Silent Chords Of
Living Lyre" and, as my eyes scanned
the words that were written meath the
above, seemed, in reality, TO hear the
solemnly sweet vibration OF the hither-
to silent Chords" and the mournful
melody OF the aforesaid Living Lyre,"
doesn't that expression sound some
what ambiguous. Mr.. EditorO, and L
felt irresistibly impeued to say few
words to the Man of Romance" and
hereby crave your kind permission to
do so via this n edium
Ny dear MAN Of Romance
So glad am I to find tnat somewhere
on this mundane sphere there lives one
whose ideas and aspirations are Ike
unto m5ne-that 1 must, perfoice, give
voice to my JOY ard see If the some
what tangled chords Of my otherwise
tuneful soul. can not find expression
similar to yours, so that they may both
combine, for a brief while, in one har-
monious whole. or falling that' may my
lamentations, mingle with the vail Of
those who have gone before and who,
perhaps, have mourned, not wisely, but
TOO well.
Hearts ThIOb Alike.
To illustrate a similarity in our views,
] will admit that 1, TOO, have spent more
years than 1 care to remember, much
less to state publicly. in waiting. with
touching confidence and Micawber-Iike
faith. for something in the way of ro-
nance to turn up
Il have been rewarded with few near
SmanceS. Little episodes that touched
the outer edge of my life, but never q.
glimpse have I had OF the lOnged-for,
soTl-stirring grand passion that we find
so "oft'-in fiction
Must Be Charming.
With no desire to appear egotistical,
I viii say that I, too, can lay claim to
being well born, well bred. clever, and
most undeniably pleasing to the eye"
I am talented, a musician, and a lover
OF books (and last, but not least, am
pastmistress in the art culinary AS
regards my temper, or good nature -
the least said about that the better.
And again /, too, have many friends
and as natural result have never en-
coCntered many obstacles in the high
road that leads toward matrimOny
That Fatal But.
Butt Oh, that fatal ''buti' Now lust
call to mind the article headed Man
of Romance" to which yours was a
reply, and find therein just why I, too
(although the writer of said article is
entirely unknown to mel, do not tread
the path winding onward to the altar.
Is 1t true, what the papers are saying
about US. you Man Of the Golden
WestP' that. we Womenfolk are so in
love with the ideal man whom we have
created. IN our minds, as an idol "a
worship, that we are blind to the at
fractions and real merit of the ordI-
nary, everyday men we meet in real
life?
And yet, I do not think we ask out
OF reason. / for one, when I picture
my Ideal" do not demand that he be
too perfect.
! She Is Lenient
/ would not be shocked were he II
make the atmosphere hazy with few
strenuous remarks when things went
wrong; neither would demand that he
should abstain from the vile % weed
nor that he should totally refrain from
looking upon the wine when IL Is
red" providing he did not gaze toe
long or too frequently.
And as for the amount Of worldly
goods in his possession, that would not
cause me any mental perturbation But
would Ike a big, generous, master
full, manly man, handsome prefera Div
but not necessarily.
Does he" exist, or Is the species ex-
tinct? Mr. MAN Of Romance" greet
ing and farewell V @
March 16 1903.