Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-22
DESERET EVENING MEMS
Saturday. March ~. 1880.
HOW GIRLS ARE PROPOSED TO.
lIVh WlNLS lhE TNUIUSEU 10.
NONE HEAR THE MAGIC WORDS IN
THE MANNER THEY
ANTICIPATED.

Every girl makes up her MIN
I az some Inn, Ia her lie that She "
never accept any man who does not
/ propose gracefully" said n man VIII,
was slipping claret with n Chicago
Tribune man and several others the
other day.
'He has got TO be fully logged out
in n dress suit and has got u kneel
according TO the DelsaTte system.
That is their idea at first. but | n
bel there isn't one girl in Q hundred
who ever gets her proposal in that
yay-at least from tine one she ac-
cepts; and I'll leave it TO the present
company TO decide If each one will
give the circumstance of his pro
pOsal."
"We're in" said gray-haired
Benedict. 'Begiu with your own. -
GAN right took my wife that
was to be, and is now, slsigh-riding.
We were talking about sentimental
things amt neglected 10 notice that
We ran on to u long stretch OF road
which the wind had cleared of snow.
We never noticed it until the horse
stopped, utterly exhausted. There
was nothing 10 10 but TO get out aud
lead the horse back, because he
couldn't drag US. / proposed On
the way back, while | was trudging
along a country road with my left
hand on n horses birdie ana the
other-well, never mind that. She
gRREarafFsrN l. - -. -
was a mistake. l refused to let her
of, though, or TO propose again in q
dress suit.o
"My proposals." said the gray
haired old man, ''was made also
during a sleIgh-ride. My wife and
myself were on the back seat in a
fOur-seat sleigh, and in going over q
bump Of some kind the seat, with
US in it, was thrown oil. We landed
in a nice, comfortable snow drift.
and the sleigh went ON for mile
before we were missed. When il
came back for Us, however, we were
engaged. We weren't in n Gigni-
fed position, hut We were fairly
comfortable and We had the seat
still with US. Since then my wife
has frequently stated that she had
intended never to accept a man
unless he proposed in true novel
form, but she did"
"I'll give you n summer story"
said a young mSn but recently mar
ried. i did my counting in 4 place
full Of romance, but the proposal
never came at 4 romantic time; Ia
fact. ] don't think a man Is respOns-
ible for the time ne proposes. tjUst
comes, and that is all there is of it.
had had the most favorable Occa;
spns in remote ncoks. Finally /
had 2 two-mile row in the hot sun.
I apOlOgized and took OF my coat;
then I apOlOgized again and took of
my vest. 1t wasn't romantic, but IL
came on me and [ said it. The boat
irifged half mile, and / wouldn't
have cared II it had drifted ten
miles. We were engaged. And l
looked like a tramp at the time"
"And I'll tell you that sentiment
alily doesn't CO." said a lawyer. 81
know, because I've tried it. pro-
posed to my wife first at a summer
resort, when the moon was full aud
[ was sober. There was everything
to inspire sentiment. But she re
fused me. l let it go. 4 little later
I met her again in the parlOr Of the
hotel and suggested marriage again.
She accepted me then. There was
nothing TO inspire sentiment in the
last meeting, and therefore / say
sentiment doesn't 60"
1t was the sentiment Of the meet
ing that no girl is proposed to in the
way she expects.