El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-24
=. IAN, what would you wish If you
MI could have the three things YOU
- would desire most2
would desire most
nan, what would YOU ask?

~ lEIalr MndL EDL44 = GU ASH
Here is q very interesting communi
cation. written By a man who sign
"a mere man." who tells wha
he thinks he should wish if he were
beauteous young maiden standing
the wishing stone He says:
I would to learn one thing well
enough so that / might be indie
pendent of any one and all men,
that L might choose or refuse one
Of them for my future help-mate as
I should deem fit
wish every woman in the world
were so situated that she did not
think ii necessary for her to marry
IF she did not want to- and i
would-"have the matter so ar
ranged that women, when they
came to decide and make their
choice, should have full and free
choice, and that can only be
reached when they are put in
situation where that which they
choose is not a life which they Sc
lect because IT is better than some
that they expect. but a life that
they look forward to with unmiXed
happiness.
I would to be able to so care for
my own needs that / might have
TO call no man master that even
after WedlOCk he should know that
L being master Of my own destiny,
would compel q respect for my per
sonal integrity and just as much
effort on his part to keep my re-
spect for him, as when, before, az
the giving was in my power and
he was the seeker
Dependent on Mans Strength.
would not to be so dependent
upon mans strength as to be com
PEELED to marry one OF MN JUST 10
set a meal ticket
I would TO be so situated that
might marry the sort OF man
liked or marry not at all
I would TO have as my primal
ambition and one great thought IN
life that of making the one man.
when he had sought and won me
and T. by my natural Wolndlt4
charms. had compelled a free VIII
offering Of his devotion, happy as
lay in my power 70 90
I would with this end IN view
to make myself that which would
seem a Eood1y sight in his eyes
[ would TO care for MY body 10
the best Of my knowledge and at
tainment that I might be worthy
physical mate for the him my ideal
man must be-
I would to make Of my mind one
cana bile of great understanding to .
cope with the many things i WOuld
have the him of my dreams to
know.
would to cultivate a spirit to
be worthy Of comparison with the
one I would have him TO possess
would, being independent, to
keen a quiet reserve In my atrec-
lions for all men,c cen unto be-
ing called staid and dispassio nate-
But-finding the him or my cnOlces
the one who drew unto himself
response from my mind. my inner
most spirit and my physical be
ing
gates of my soul and, stintinE not
lavish the pent-up accumulation Of
e lifetime's love and devotion upon
him who made Of my dreams
reality.
I would. having accepted him as
such, aid him with all my power,
to live Up to my ideal.
I would. finding him falling
short Of the mark had set for
him be charitable, fOrgiving, would
encourage him but-after a certain
point
Drawing Up the Strings.
I would again begin to tighten
the strings and to gradually draw
up within myself until, finding my
bubble bursted, my ideal entirely
shattered, I had again reached the
stage where all men were but
passing throng and I the stolid
watcher, secure In the knowledge
Of my own strength and power TO
control the situation. Ny reserve
would not be such as to ward off
advances from those calling forth
an answering chord in the har-
m0ny OF my ideals, but would
gather warmth from a repetition Of
those chords or kindred ones. The
depth of the response would de-
pend upOu the purity of the tone
and past disappOintments and eE-
periences would tend TO make that
response slower in coming, but it
would gather strength and vigor
and be finally an hundred fold
greater by reason Of any suppress
sion or forced restraint. The one
who at last felt the real power of
my love would know it forever
more and, keeping it, tender its
equal in return.
For-no man, loving less than 7,