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Show CONTRAST OF TWO TYPES airman Girl Lores Her Sweetheart, While English Maiden Merely Llkss Hero Very Much. The outspoken romance of the German is sometimes trying to those of a different habit. The author of the raveling notes called "From n Holiday Journal" describes a young girl whom she met at a German bath, a pretty, doll-like creature, named Marie, who knew how to sit still and do nothing all day long. 1'iesently it was discovered that Marie had a lover.. She disclosed dis-closed the fact boldly. "My ltrautlgnm is young, handsome, hand-some, rich," she said proudly", look-lug look-lug up .to a tall English girl of 17. "And hnve you not a bridegroom, too? Or did you never have one?" The Knglish girl had never before be-fore felt tho humiliation caused by the lack of a brhlcgrooin. So she shamefacedly confessed that some one liked her, only thU spring, hut "Hut you do not love him," interrupted in-terrupted the German girl in loud but very bad English. "0!I love my treasure so! I love Mm so!' The English girl shuddered, and blushed to the roots of her hair. The words had been distinctly spoken and had evidently proved very amusing to a pnrty of English Eng-lish in the vicinity. "O," she Implored, "would you mind saying 'like' instead of 'lovo' next time? Wo never say 'love' in English. We have no such thing!" |