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 that gentlemen prefer blondes, and blondes are strikingly beautiful sometimes, but so also are brunettes and those that are half way between brunette and blonde.

After all, possibly you know best what you like.

It may be that there is a subtle something within each one of us that causes us to be thrilled by a blonde or a brunette or something half way between, dependent upon our own blonde or brunette quality.

The girl you marry ought to give you a thrill as you touch her hand and have her hand caress you. Some people say it is all a matter of vibration. Who knows? It is certain that some touches thrill us and some do not, and we know that this thing of thrill is not merely a matter of imagination.

The thrill of which I speak may sometimes be recognized in shaking hands; and yet it is not always a matter to be decided by a handshake. But there ought to be a certain congeniality in the touch of the hand, a pleasurable feeling, a desire perhaps to keep hold of the hand. I know many married couples who still like to hold hands.

However, here in the street we shall not have the chance to shake hands with the girls we see, for they are strangers.

Some of the faces we see show refinement and education and cultivation of talents. Some of these