The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-16
HIS MANLY
BEAUTY
By WALTER EMMoNs BROOKS
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation. 1911.

At twenty-five lived In city and
in a rear room. Back of the house
we're yards just deep enough for
clotheslines and then the rears OF
other houses.
One day while looking out of my
window saw girl sitting pensively
at a window of house across the
yards. She was doing something with
her hands which inferred TO be knit
ting, though 1t was done beneath the
sill, SO that could not be sure. She
was looking down pensively. but
whether her eyes were bent on her
work | could not tell | was struck
With her regular features and. above
all with an expression of sadness
that seemed inappropriate to n young
face.
II doesn't require much to set a
young mans fancy flying, though by
this | do not mean to belittle the pic
ture to which have referred. | saw
her about the same time every day and
fell TO dreaming about her. The fuel
Of love is imagination. A youngster is
attracted 10 a girl not for what she
is. but for what his fancy paints her.
And girls are still more apt to endow
a man with noble qualities and love
him for them.
1t was in the summer time. and
when | came home from business ev-
cry day at 6 1t was still very light, and
every day at that hour | saw the girl
opposite sitting In the same position.
Since stood right up before my own
window II was impossible that she
shoud not have been aware of my
presence there. Occasionally she
would turn her face outward, but
could not see that her eyes ever rested
upon me. But l remembered that a
pure girl would not gaze upon stran-
ger-certainly not when he was look
ing at her.
Every day on entering my roo1 after
my return from business | dressed for
the evening. making myself appear as
attractive as possible. then threw
open the shutters with as much clatter
as possible that | might attract the at
tention OF the girl opposite. Hearing
the sound. she would turn her face in
my direction. but only momentarily
and without any look of recognition.
This / put down to her native. mod
esty and purity. But | remembered
that there was young man opposite,
and 1t occurred to me that II she con-
sijered that young man especially
good looking she might fall In love
with him, for this was not only my
theoretical basis of love at that time.
but saw no other way Of attracting
her.
| spent some time discovering the
young lady's name, then wrote her a
note couched in as manly and respect
ful terms as | knew how. had no
thought OF making Roadway by what
wrote. but | must open communica-
tion. and in doing so ! wished to give
the girl an opinion OF me common
Will AuC oAiOht ohJf
that she had for my personal appear
ince
TO make long story short, receiv-
ID courteous reply to my note, the
Toung lady stating that, though she
,ould not consent to a correspondence
With stranger. in case | could dnd
means Of making myself known TO
Ter through a mutual friend or other
wise. should my position and character
,rove satisfactory. she would be hap
" to have me call upon her
The day received this note spent
'ome time before my mirror wonder
ne that the girl should have found
Iuch attractiveness in 1t as to call
orth so favorable reply. set my
Wits to work to discover some mutual
riend to introduce me; but, having
ecently come to the city stranger,
knew very few people, Finally |
wrote another note TO the girl | adj
nired. stating the case and asking
,ermission to furnish references.
To this received Q. reply that she