Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1890-04-12
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4 Household ,ayiuy That
i<eers Sycn ;'.'os>. Proposing.

l;u:-a!o cons;er.
\ few evenings ago said to my
friend Dareal: "Josop!s, why hav
en't you r1arriel?" The question
seemed abrupt, | admit, but the
moment wus most propitlous. AS
we sat in the cozest corner Of the
club room testing Il new and rccoui-
pensing brand Of cigars we talked
Il while at random, and finally we.
too. driltc;l to the subject Of mar
riaze in Buffalo. We spoke Of the
apparent reluctance Of certain
young mon to DO nothing hut
lva,l.e al tout the objects of their
alteration, and when Joseph said.
DO not blame them; perhaps it is
not there fault | pat 10 him, The
startling question: ".!oseph, why
don't You MARI. = Joseph took
several long pulls at his cigar be-
fore replying, hut finally said, his
eyes fi,:.au on the ascending smoke:
ii Oh VS. to>lSAssT what has kelt
me from matriniony will tell you.
IT is the rorticrc" | stared,
Joseph went oa: IN other word,
It is because pariors have no doors
-'jGrausc cur modern houses are
one vast whispering gallery in
Which the slightest sound is herd
from enc end to another. 1t is
years since | felt sure that was
absolutely alone with girl-an
e ivironment Necessary for sent
mental demonstrations But to
part:ca ari .e 1t S no. long since |
became unusually iaterssted in II
young woman Of my acquaintance,
Perhaps | was in love with her.
| If not, | know that | might have
become So / paid her rather
marked attention for nearly year,
but in my numerous visits to her
house there was never an oppos-
tunity for anything but the most
formal conversation. Usually her
father sat in the library across the
hall in fall hclriDg-:f not in view
OF us. No chance to shut a door
At the par]or door-portieres; at
the library door-por ,icres, AMI
ne, an oppo@tality TO-, t>ot sense
Of private tetc-u-tete which gives %
man inspiration for sentimental
deed.
'Now, it is my id,a tn the
time when mutual love is FIRST ac-
ISnowledgcl should be a supreme
moment in life-one to be made
the most of and not to be thrown
. away by any such inscnsate pro
: ceeding asa proposal by letter, or
even to be riskcd at unpropitious
, sessions when interruption is prob
able or possible. Therefore did
not tell my love with papa reading
his paper in the ;dioining room, or
with t c servant fumbing at the
sidcboard in the dining room, with
: only thickness Of curtain between
! her and us. | did not tell my love
:, while all the doors were wide open
and the sisters were active in the
upper halls, and could hear the
!, brother in his room overhead drcs-
$ sing to 90 out No. ! waited for
ONE moment of assured privacy.
: 1t never came.
There was a silence. "Well?' /
u said at last. "That is all. Last
S summer the young woman in ques-
: ton made a visit to provincial
town, where she could shut the
!. parlor door. While there she be-
: came engaged and was married
II last autumn"
i "And that is courtship as she is
II conducted in Batialo" sighed.
"That is the state Of things in nine
houses out Of ten where pay social
visits" said Joseph Darcal. And
II as | recall the homes Of our we'd
n able but unwcdcd maids, | con-
cluded that Joseph was not wrong,
and that what is. most needed by
our young men is not courage but
), "a chance.n
.c In a country church the curatc
. had to give out notices the first ol
!. .. which was about haptisms and thu
!" v, latter had to do with a new hymn
/, book. Owing to an accident he in
Y vcrted the order, and gave out as
Il follows; Il am requested to give
# notice that the new hymnhook vii
:, be used for first time in this churcl
:" on Sunday next, and | am ais.
lp requested to call the attention t.
e. to the delay which often takes place
OF in bringing children TO be baptized
!, ;hcy should be brought on th'
= earliest day possible, This is partic
i ularly pressed on mothers VIII,
vi have Young babies" And for tn
ed information of Those who have none
i II