El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-24

10 YOU remember You were
l. single in those days. You had a
pretty good JOB as jobs so and were
beginning TO see daylight as il were
In other words. you were able %
spend 10 whole dollars some evening
and not have 10 stay at home for a
week 20 catch up. You Joined a So
cial club and put in your application
for membership at the country club
You were mighty glad 10 learn that
the directors had elected you unani-
mously. so TO speak It is a nervous
period. isn't THAT space Of time
between the placing OF your applica-
ton and the receipt OF the formal
notice of eIection2 OF course, there are
some men. no doubt who have no
fear whatsoever Of their election 10
almost anything at any time. but some
Of these chaps have been 1olted once
or twice, haven't they2
Well, anyway, you were beginning
TO meet some Of the gentle seU-some
OF the real ones, too IL was always
Interesting when your eyes met. Ua-
consciously you often wondered how
you would like TO look across the
table into those eyes three hundred
and siXty-five days in ordinary years
and that one extra day in leap years
OF course. the young woman vas
probably thinking the same thing, but
you didn't think Of that very often,
did you2 You met a great many IS
time went on Some were pretty
some were clever. There were tai
ones and short ones. slim ones and
stout ones. blends and bruuets. those
'tWlLt and between and then the girls
with the auburn hair Of various nues
r 10
were interesting. weren't they2 They
were more OF less positive In type
and you generally knew right off the
reel whether or not they had enjoyed
the evening with you.
This was an interesting period In
your life, wasn't it, Every time you
entered a street car you unconscious
ly looked up and down the aisle. At
the dances how you scanned the new
facesl Perhaps she might be among
them. YOU thought Don't you re-
member that girl you met at the din
ner dance given by one Of your mar
ried friends2 When your eyes met,
it was an off as far as you were
concerned. wasn't it, Nearly every
chap has come suddenly face 10 face
with the real thing. Sometimes there
is a chance for him and sometimes
there isn't Well anyway win or lose,
he gamers experience and II he
loses ne Us easy prey ANA me All a-
girl who comes along who hands out
the proper line Of sympathy. All
men are very much the same after
all / guess
Well TO repeat. that girl was some
peach She looked at you Just as ir
she had at last met the man who
was worth whie-that chap whom
she had been dreaming about during
those ideahstic years at the boarding
school. You had some few dances
with her that night, didn't you2 You
didn't care who knew 10, either You
had often thought il would be fine TO
fall in love with some glrl whose
dad had made his pile. You felt THAI
YOU would make a splendid souln-
law 20 some man who needed an alert
clever young fellow TO take into
partnership with him But tonight
well IL hadn't occurred to you TO
even wonder who her dad might be-
You didn't care whether she was the
daughter of the president OF the shoe
factory or the paid secretary OF some
Of the older women present How you
watched her every look and gesture
OF course. you couldn't ask for every
dance, but how you watched her
when she was dancing with some
other chap. When you saw her smile
at him, IL cut 70 the quick, didn't it's
Don't you remember asking her lL
you could call2 You had engage
ments for every night for a full
week. but that didn't bother you !
You could cancel any date you had
and when she mentioned that she
would be glad to see you the following I
Wednesday evening IL you could
come. yoI accepted post haste. for
getting altogether that Il happened
10 be the day Of your chum's birth ]
day anniversary. for which you had
already arranged to be the host FOR