Eureka Reporter | 1904-09-16 | Page 5 | Was Certain There Was One

was certa n there was one admit said a prominent phil adelphia club woman that club life has its lighter side and here s an in stance not so very long ago a misguided man was trying to address our club upon the top the ideal woman by way of introduction he asked who among ou has ever known the ideal woman yourself or known any one who has ever been intimately as socia ted with an ideal there was a depressing pause which seemed to indicate a distress ing lack of perfect woman nobly planned to render h s oratory more effect ive the speaker repeated the ques alon and the eyes of the audience re fleeted surprise when a meek and badgered looking woman in the rear lifted a hand above a rusty bonnet so you have known an ideal questioned the gentleman no faltered the woman but I 1 have known one intimately associate ed with her she was my husband s first wife