"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Friday, November 22, 1907 CAN'T DESCRIBE HIS WIFE. "I have always maintained that a man can not give an accurate description of his wife," said Lieutenant HAMMIL of the Walnut police station yesterday afternoon. "Now here's where I get a chance to say 'I told you so.' Listen to this letter I got this morning from a man whose wife has left him: "Chief of police," the letter ran. "My wife left home Saturday night. She works down at Jones's warehouse and had just got her week's pay in the afternoon. I am led to believe that she is still in the city and would like for you policemen to keep a lookout for her. "She is about 18 or 19 years old, I don't know which. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. By this you see she is somewhat chunky. She has either blue or gray eyes, and her hair is either auburn or red. I don't know which. One thing I do know, and that is that she has a dimple in her chin which grows bigger when she laughs. This is all I know about her and I hope that you will be able to find her and send her back to me. I have been a good husband to her for some time and cannot see why she has left me. She is not at her mother's." The man who wrote the letter gave his address as 1224 Locust street. "Perhaps we can find her, but perhaps we can not," continued the lieutenant. "Now you may think that this is only one case out of many where a husband could not describe his wife, but I tell you that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, a man can not tell you the color of his affinity's eyes or hair." ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================