The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-18

RhSOoE, ~. iss jan. TO-
Smith, pretty matron OF a Sorority
house at Syracuse University, has
broken on her engagement TO Rob
ert A. Nichols, Boston business man,
thus ending a three weeks ro-
nance, which was the elimination
Of the girls proposal to William I.
Hanson, Maiden, Mass, janitor and
self-claimed heir TO s25O,OOO
REFLECTION IN VERSE.
The final answer to Mr.. Nichols.
given by the much-proposed-to young
woman was In verse form. which FOL
lows:
Grabbed age and youth cannot live
together;
Youth is full Of pleasance. age Is
full of care;
Youth like Summer morn. age IKE
Winter weather;
Youth like Summer brave, age
like Winter bare.
Youth Is full of sport, ages breath
IL short;
Youth is nimble. age ~ lame;
Youth is hot and bold. age Is weak
ana cold;
Youth is wild, and age is tame.
Age. I do abhor theej youth l do
adore thee.
p. S.--After we have won all we
want to win. The paltry prize is
hardly worth the cost.
That's my answer to Mr.. Nichols"
said the young woman when asked
II she int tended to marry the Boston
man.
~ sent the verse to Mr.. Nichols
in a final letter" said Miss Smith.
ITO say the least, i am entirely dis
appointed in the way he talked for
insinuating that we were
not engaged.
DISCOURAGED WITH MEN.
"And what is more. this is the
discouraged with men,
and from now on will try to forget
all that has happened"
The only regret / have Is that
did not carry out my first plan
that is. not to answer any of the
letters in which men proposed to me.
81 wrote the letter to Mr.. Hanson
in good faith. as ! did the letters
to Mr.. Nichols. But I am afraid
this Nichols fortune has proved 10
he as false as Hanson's. ! surely
have had my fill of men. l don't
want to hear from any more. and
most assuredly will not write an
other"
Miss Smith accepted Mr.. Nichols
without knowing more OF him than
what he described in his letters.
After announcing her engagement:
an investigation showed that Mr..
Nichols not only had been divorced.
hut had married a second time, the
latter marriage having been an
nulled.
In his filters Mr.. Nichols spoke
Of only one marriage. Miss Smith
says that in learning OF the second
marriage her faith in Mr.. Nichols
to drop.
During a long distance telephone
talk Miss Smith says that she asked
Nichols why he had not told her
Of the second marriage. He ad-
mitted the annulment, adding that
he thought il OF little consequence,
so had not spoken about it before.
CAUSE OF ANNULMENT.
The annulment of the second mar
rage was granted because Mr..
Nichols married before the two-year
period had expired after the grant
ing OF the divorce.
Here are a couple Of the letters
which tell in full the swift courtship
by the Bostonian and its culmina-
ton:
my dear Miss Smith: I. like 9TH
ers, have read in our daily papers,
the experiences of a Mr.. Hanson Of
one Of our nearby suburbs.
EARLY last week I read your let
ter which was reprinted and 1 was
truly interested in you. Then on
your picture was repro
duced and not only was again inter-
ested but as agreeably surprised. be-
cause you are such beautiful girl,
that l am taking an ungiven liberty
OF writing to you.
81 am not wealthy, nor do I expect
to inherit any great fortune. I have
a splendid position and enjoy the
best Of health and the only fortune
I ever want to receive, Is the true.
lasting love of some sweet girl.
TELLS ABOUT HIMSELF.
"I am a widower, by law. The ex-
periences of the past I do not want
ever to look upon. Some day, II ever
il is my pleasure to meet you, i shall
tell you all. and I think that you will
agree with my friends that j did all
that I could possibly do under the
am considerably
older than you are, yet / always (and
hope to be) feel as young as the lad
o. his early twenties. I am college
man (Yale), and though Of Protestant
faith I never care to let the various
beliefs disturb me.
According to the paper. YOU want
n home. So do I, and l want a girl
Just like you, to be at the head of
that home. Single life with all it's
such as clubs, etc, Is all
very well, but the true life Is one
with a girl, who will be the dearest
one on earth to the other to share
all the pleasures that life offers.
81 most sincerely trust I shall have
the Measure of hearing from you. and