El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-01

TO YOU REMEMBER2-You we're a
3 u bachelor IN those day-You had
. become more or less settled IN your
vays-"Sot" would probably be a good
way to express lt-Fou lived at the
ciub-You had 10 have your breakfast
at a certain time-In fact. you wanted
everything just so-When the servants
we're slow IN answering the call bell
, Il made you Lrrita5Ie-If, your laundry
was not sent 8 tck on a certain day
you wanted 20 know the reason why
In other words. you were running
pretty true TO form-If the full de1inl-
lion OF the phrase confirmed bach5-
lor' was gwen in the dictionary
some Of your friends would have rec
o. iized YOU immediately-EO were
probably fairly eligible as such bache-
Tors go-Xou made a fairly good living
and we're fairly epresentative-A lev
OF your cronles pronounced you a good
Eort-Some % your married friends
YOU felt had been on YOUR trail with
their COM ealed traps-and j. is posi-
BILE that some OF the city's mater-fami-
Iias-had measured you for the har-
ness
Romance wasn't dead in you-was
it2-even II 81 did look like yen were
Eolu- the fun distauce-without q
handi cap-Eou had a vision" once
when you we're quite a young chap
OF course she was beautiful-YOu met
her at a dinner when YOU first went
to the big clty-Eou sat opposite Isa-
belIe-She was. OF course. dressed IN
Whtte-Don You remember when you
we're ushered into the big living rooue
She was standing near the wall mir
ror-Fou were lucky enough TO set
two views Of her at on e-Now don't
you remember The peculiar sensation
that passed through you as your eyes
net involuntariiy-No cant describe
how you fslt-You hadn't had a cock
tail on the way home from the office
that night. either-but as you caught
the level glance OF that girls eyes
Did your spirits rise.-Wen, you felt
as u you had had three martins" IN
quick succession with & champagne
chaser
Don't you remember that formal IN
PRODUCTION and weren't you sorry when
some other chap was the lucky one 70
draw her as his dinner partner2-But
you sat opposite her. anyway-No on
could see her-lo0k right into her
eyes and when your eyes met-Nou
didn't know but what you wouldn't
change seats with him II you had thu
chance-How you studied her every !
teature-Her every Eesture-HoW /
your eyes dropped when she caught I
you looking al her so inteutly-Tou I
4-4AA z mean 10 De EAIe-EflL WlaL
could ycu dol-Wnat bore your din /
ner partner considered you that night F.
How she tried TO keep ID a connect I
ed converse tion-EVery now and then
you would brace up-puu yourself to- I
Eether-talk a blue streak for a few
moments TO square your self-Tour
periods OF SELF deniai-self control 4
wouldn't last very lonE-TOu were
soon glancing AZ the vision across the
table
How sorry you were that-you were
not IN position 20 marry-Your hostess
was a distant relative who took pity
on you now and then and invited YOU
.o dlnner-"Biu Is all alone in the big
city, she would say. and we must
ook after hlm-We must have him at
he house oc asionally and have him
meet some OF the attractive younger
,rowd Weren't you glad that you:
we're a relative that uiEht2-Oh. but
low poor you felt. though couldn't
propose 10 a girl OF her type--you
lought and even II she miEht-Weil.l
'nyway-you certainly felt like a poor
helpless young man-Oh. for wealth
md positi0n-You never envied a scion