Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-04-04
The Art of COurtsl,il,:.

] @AsS VI OOUItSM1tDe
a 81. Louis reporter has been prose.
cutlng an investigation as to what young
women and widows of that city consider
most desirable or convincing in the mat
ter OF proposals. One living in the
vicinity OF Grard Avenue, whose offers
equa1 her years in number, attributed
her trlumphs to careful cultivation Of
me Premon1tory symptoms in her ad-
m1rers' %! do not commit myself" she
explains, but lawfully put them in
| the notion OF saying tender nothings,
which you know are the stepping. stones
to proposals. For instance, a timid adj
mlrer is made to understand, by word or
look, according to the progress he has
made in my good graces, that am glad
to see him. If another caller should fol-
low 40 not arouse No. is suspicious
by treating him the same way, but give
NO. my hand, and of course he feels
what l intend him to-that No. l is a
nuisance. 1t is rare that I have to man
age three at once who have been devel-
oped into the acute condition that would
be spoiled by tack OF tact on my part,
1t third comes in later I am stud1onslv
indifferent until by low aside L can
gently find fault with him for not calling
oftener o: sooner. Whenever I observe
that a proposal is pending l ward 1t of
until L get i'll my favorite chair-thut
blue satin one with the very low back
which you see sitting by the window.
Hlgh-backed or side. arm chairs are often
fatal to declarations of the tender pas
sions, end attitude is an important mat
ter. l manage to have book or sketch
OF some sort IN my hand. This brings
him very close to me to see what an1
pointing out. His left arm then has 70
alternative but 10 get out of the way.
you understand, anu if he has skill nv
right hand will be appropriated before
he declares himself, so that can't pre-
tend any longer to doubt that he is in
earnest. Then, of course, there is moth
ing tor me to do but to become as ora.
clously cool as I can under the circum-
stances. The only disag1ecablc thing
tor me is that, having aroused his emo.
ton, feel such an interest in seeing
satisfactory conclusio.: that the briei
second l enjoy the climax is far too
short for my reward, and I dislike rapid
transitions of feeling. Once while occu
plying crimson rocking-char I was
surprised by gentleman whom | had
thought but slightly interested in me
dropping on his knees in frenzied
declaration. think that l.vers are un-
consciously influenced 10y colors, and
that a woman should affect subdued or
brilliant shades as be may be respec-
lively 1mpetuous or cautious, so as to
preserve harmonious balance"
A Chestnut Street debutante SAYS she
doesn't like to be courted by sepulchres
old beaux with growing bald spots
and ill-assorted teeth; they are always
ready to criticise women for repairing
deficiencies Of figure and complexion.
yet actually they do more maklng-up in |
he end, and then expect the girls to be
devoted to them. She likes live Young |
men whose circulation is good and who |
are earnest lovers. So far she has not |
received an offer Of marriage. but thinks !
she would enjoy that most where the
over in romance comes up behind her,
as she stands in o conservatory or bay
window, and takes Der in his arms as he
Whispers the words she has been longing
% hear. Then she would hide her face
IN his shoulder and experience the hero.
ne's all.ove1ish feeling that, one of the
I'D girls insists gives woman O weak
back and isn't good thing to practice.
The Laclede contains pretty little
widow, who declares that man of sense
alely uses the word "adore" in court
hip. Those who do so generally adore
10 one but themselves. She recently
eceived written proposal from strange
gentleman whom she had noticed several
ines in the elevator, and she explains:
didn' like it, and refused to have an
Introduction afterward, If he would
My stop to think about it he might un-
[e1stand how I feel. I don't believe in
marriage without genuine regardon both
ides, and if he had but managed to
make my acquaintance discreetly by de-
rees, working up into that tumultuous-
= delightful period of awakening inter-
st which We call love, I might have
'iven another answer"
Fashion Notes.
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