The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-09

"Nicely," replied she. "I'm improv-
ing wonderfully, and make splendid cake
now"
"Can you?" said the young fellow, ig-
norantly rushing on his fate. "What
kind do you like best ?'
81 like one with flower and sugar, with
lots of raisins, currants and citron, and
beautifully frosted on top"
"Why, that's wedding cake ?"
II ment wedding"
And there was nothing left for him
but 10 say he meant wedding too.
WOMEN FIND A WAY.
Equally cleverly corneTed was the
western man whose girl told him she
was mind reader; whereupon he natur
ally inquired if she could read what was
in his mind, eliciting for reply:
so, yesl You have ii in your mind to
ask me to be your wife; but you are just
little scared at the idea"
1t is plain the notion did not scare
her any more than it did the Galloway
girl, who when Jock, coming into the
kitchen while she was preparing break
fast, said:
II think I'll marry ye, jean"
And she answered:
II would be muckle obliged to We if
We would"
And so concluded the bargain; not
even STIMULATING, like another ready
lassie on accepting as sudden an offer:
"But we maun gle me dues o. courtin'
for a that James,"
That right of courtship is one out of
which no woman shonld allow herself
to be defrauded.
PROPOSING BY PROXY.
Little as faint-heartedness in a lover
may be to the liking of fair lady, il is
sufficiently fiattering to be condoned;
but when. any Caleb in search of wife
chooses to sue by delegate, he deserves
TO fail ANONYMOUSLY. Love is not to be
won by attorney; and oftentimes the at
torney has thrown his client overheard,
and carried off the prize himself; as
happened when William Grimm went
counting in his brothers behalf.
Hooker escaped that risk, leaving
everything, even the selection of the
lady, to Mrs. Churchman, who found
him a wife, and achieved Il son-inIaw
herself at the same time.
Proposing by proxy Is the rule, not
the exception, in Greenland. Tine was
when the Greenlanders won their wives
by capture; but since their conversion by
Danish missionaries, have become the
tamest of wooers. Now candidate for
tells him he wants wife.
"WhOm ~ asks the missionary.
Sometimes the man answers:
"She is not unwilling; but thou know
eth womankind."
Usually the answer is NO"
"Why have you not asked her?' in
quires the missionary.
'Itis difficult; girls are prudish; thou
must speak to her"
The good man sends for the girl, and
after little conversation, says:
81 think il is time TO have thee mar
RED"
The girl declares she has no mind to
wed.
THAT is pity. have a sutton for
thee"
OF course the damsel is curious
enough to want to know whom the
sutton may be, and of course her curiosity
is satisfied.
ale is a good for nothing" she ex-
plains with toss of the head. 81 won't
| have him."
But" the go-between urges, she is a
good provider; he throws the harpoon
with skill, and moreover he loves thee,
Still pretending to be obdurate, the
| girl answers that she will not consent to
the match.
"Well, well; will not force thee;
shall soon find wife for such clever
fellow" says the missionary, making be
IieVe there is an end of the matter.
The girl does not GO; she stands silent
for little while, then in low voice
signs out:
"Just as thou wilt have IT.
No; it is as thou wilt; I'll not per
suade thee" replies the clergyman.
Then with deep groan the maiden
says ayes" and the matter is settled.
sPILLING THE WINE
Tyrolecn lassies are by old custom
spared the necessity of giving tongue tC
Young man pays visit as an avowed
sultor he brings with him bottle O
wine, of which he pours out glass and
offers it to the object of his affections
; In any case she will not refuse IL poin
blank-that would be too gross an in
suit; but should the Wooer not be agree
able to her, or his declaration come +;
little too prematurely, she declines til,
proffered wine, pleading that ii look
sour, or that wine disagrees with her, %
that the priest had forbidden her Il
touch it, or any other excuse feminin'
ingenuity may suggest.
II she likes the lad and is equa. Il
owning il, she empties the glass, takin:
4
wine. for if she does so, or the glass o
bottle be broken, it is a most unhapp,
omen. They have spilled the wine be
tween then, say the peasants when
T marriage turns out badly.
A CANDLE PROPOSAL
Dumb declarations are in vogue to-
among the Beers of South Africa Nj
Anthony TroIlope tells us that when
young Boer goes in quest of wife h
| puts on his best clothes, sticks q feathe
. in his cap, provides himself with boi
tie of sugar plums and candle-a wa
one, if possible-mOunts his horse, ride
to the house holding the young womal
| he would honor, hangs the reins on tn
gate, dismounfs and enters. His SINAI
: gear, his feather, and his candle bespea)
his errand. To make the point quit
clear, however, he offers the candle to III
daughter Of the house II she takes i
! | il IS lighted; the mother sticks q pi
Z in the candle to show how long th
young people may remain together viii