The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-11

pending ward It OIL until get into my
iayorito chair--that blue satin one with the
very low back which you setting BY The |
window. Z lligh.backed or silcnfm chats
arc often fatal TO declarations OF the tender |
passion, aild attitude Is IN important mat. |
ter. | manage 10 have book or sketch oil
some sort IN my hand. This brings him
very close 10 the 10 see what | Rm pointing
out. Ills left arm thea llas no alternative
but to get out oil the way, you understand,
and II he has skill my right hand
will be appropriated before no dc.
clares himself 30 that can't pretend
any longer 10 doubt that he IL In
earnest. Then, Of course, there is
nothing for inc 10 do but to become MS
pruciously cool as can under the circum.
stances. The only. disagreeable thing for
me IL That, having aroused his emotion, | |
feel such IN interest In seeing y satisfactory
conclusion that the brief second enjoy
tho climax IL far too short for my reward
ind dislike rapid transitions OF feeling
Once while occupying crimson rocking.
chair was surprised by II gentleman
whom ] hadthousht but slightly Interested
In me dropping on his kners IN a irenzle,l
declaration. think that lovers are uncon.
sciously influenced by colors und TINT n
woman shond affect subducd or Brilliant
shades rs he may b. respectively impctu.
GUS or cautious, no as to preserve q hnr.
monious balance" ,I4gls, y N N
a Chestnut street debutante says she
doesn't like to be courted by scpulchres--
old beaux with growing bald spots and i'll.
assorted teeth they are always ready 10
crticiso women for repairing deficiencies
Of figure or complexion, yet actually they
DO moro makiug.up III tho end, aud then
expect the girls to be devoted TO them.
She likes live young men whose circula.
ton Is good and who are earnest lovers.
So for she h'ls not received All offer OF mar.
riage, but thinks she would enjoy that
most where the lover In u romance comes
up behind her MS she stands, in II conseva.
tory or bay.wndow, and takes her In his
arms us he whispers the words she has
been longing to hear. Then she would
hide her face on bis shoulder and expe.
rience the heroine's all.ovcrish feeling
tla, one OF the girls insists gives n woman
a weak back and isn't good thing to prac.
tice. = pr
The 1.actede contains a pretty little
widow, who declares that man Of sense
rarely uses the word "adore" in courlsliip.
Those who do SO generally adore no one
but themselves. She recently received Il
written proposal from Il strange gentleman
whom She had noticed several times In the
elevator, and she explains: ~ didn't like
it, and refused TO have an introduction uf-
tcrwani. II be would only stop 10 think
about it he might understand how feel.
| don't believe in marriage without genu-
inc regard on both sides, and II he had
managed 10 make my acquaintance dis
crecily by degrees, working up into that tll-
multuously delightful period Of awakening
interest which we call love, | might have
given another answer. My first husband
won me by sending box Of CONNECTIONS in
which was hid diamond ring without in
itials cut inside and ali engraved link on
the reverse side OF the shaft. When he
came thnt night wore Il on the proper
finger, and, though no words were ex-
changed on the subject, We grew into the
habit Of discussing our wedding day, SO
that the end seemed perfectly natural. l
like modesty in q man. The more he looks
and the less he says in courtship the surer
he may be OF winning, ind you know
there's no time like n slow promenade in
the moonlight to encourage sentiment"
One Of the society girls, whose engage
ment has been announced, denies that TIE
man said 10 be interested has proposed
Indeed, she doesn't know anything about
it. "rhe pleasure Of getting a love letter."
she adds. lis only excelled, 1 fancy, by tile
act Of answcringit. But that hasn't been
the way have been approached by adj
mirers. They seem to think that personal
attentions are more oppressive and safer.
One Of my friends received written pro-
posal, and the postscript said that il she
refused his offer to please return his letter.
lie hadeyen inclosed wothrec cent stamps
which made her so angry that she not only
sent back the letter but the stamps too
About three months afterward one Of the
other girls i'll our set had "a copy OF that
letter from him and brought it to show us.
OF course she refused. He is one Of those
seli-wiied creatures whose highest aim,
next to gcttinga wife with money, is TO
cultivated mustache and goatec."