A Shattered Idol.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 79, 4 January 1902, Page 16

A Shattered Idol.

AT SIXTEEN. "Oh the man whom I wed must be handsome and tall." Said the maiden just out of her frocks , "I can't love a man who in stature is small, And I won't marry houses and stocks. Of course, he must keep me as papa does now ; Still, I'll start on an income quite email ; But I never will marry" — and mark well her vow — "A man who is not six feet tall."

AT TWENTY-THREE. "I think that tall men are co nice," said this girl, "But, of course, I'll not marry for looks; Big, broad-«houldered fellows, with hair that will curl — The kind that yon read of in books. I love to p^e men who walk head erect, Their fine chests expanded with pride; And deen in my heart I hor>e and expect To be suoh a man's darling bride.

AT TWENTY-FJGHT She wa& nti\oub, ot courbe, at, bhe walked up the aisle', And she looked as feihe wished it weio o'er But she held b^ the aim w ltli a .conquering smile, \ man who was scaiee h\e teet toui .

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