THE GIRL I FANCY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6901, 15 September 1900, Page 3

THE GIRL I FANCY.

"An Insignificant Man" writes in the " Daily Express " :.— " I am a bachelor, not from choice, but from necessity. I seek, I have sought, diligently, but .hitherto I have failed to discover that not impossible she, the embodiment of my dreams, my soul's complement, the affinity that I am convinced awaits me in some corner of this mundane world. I know so well what I don't want. I don't want the too attractive girl, the girl who is always surrounded by a jabbering crowd, the girl that considers that all's fish that comes to her net, the girl that only wants to be off with the old love that she may be on with the new, the girl who welcomes every chance newcomer. No, she is not tihe girl for me. "I don't want the fashionable girl, the girl who is a slave to every hair-dressing caprice of the hour, the girl of cheap finery and worn boots, the girl of ribbons and fal-lals to catch the- casual eye. That's the girl who will fritter away your money and fail to provide the Sunday dinner. That's not the girl for me. I don't want the sharp girl, the girl who has retort discourteous for ever on the tip of iher tongue, the girl with the fatal gift of ready repartee. Such, a ,girl is apt to " nag " later in life. That is not the sort of girl of whioh wives are made; at any rate, it's not the sort for me. I want, oh, so little. I want a lowtongued, soft- voiced woman. She may not be beautiful in any other eyes but mine, but to me she shall be the fairest of beauty's daughters. I want a practical mind : I want a sympathetic heart. " The girl who will meet you on the doorstep with a smile when your day's work is over, the girl who cooks as well as her mother, the girl who will exercise economy with discretion, who will not feed you on the. fat of the land one week and starve you the next, the girl who is content with her modest home and her husband's modest income, who does not wish to' emulate her richer neighbours, and who can wear a last year's gown made 'over.' ■„-.' "Tie girl who will enter into your interests, who' will make your ambitions her own. The girl with the merry heart that goes "all the way.' That's tihe girl that's worth, an honest man's love. ' That's the girl that most men want. " That's the girl for me."