The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-05-30
TOO PREsUM1NG.

aware of the fact that they have been
TOO PREsUMNo.
Said she: pray tell me if you can
Why men so basbful are?
They fall in love and dream and sigh
And worship us afar.
But when they strive to tell the tale
They stutter, hesitate and fail.
1--WE ladies like man, you know;
One not afraid to speak"
And here l thought blush appeared,
Upon the maidens cheek.
Then to myself said: "Iseei
This maiden's heart belongs to me-"
And out spake; 70, lady fair
My life, my love art thine;
And since boldly dare propose,
Pray wilt thou not be mine2 ="
NO, SIR" said she, with wondering stare;
"Strange how presuming some men are"
1t is safe to assert that with most men
popping the question is serious affair,
not to be performed without more or
less of nervous perturbation. Most
readers will doubt if such incidents as
the following, which are occasionally
reported in the papers, ever really
happen: Smith-Well, but if you can't
bear her whatever made you propose?
Jones-Well, we had danced three times
and 1 couldn't think of anything else to
say.
There is one popularity about propos-
ing. The man who is going to under
take it can not prepare for the ordeal in
advance, for if he does it will be labor
thrown away 1t is generally believed
that no lover ever succeeded in deliver
ing the speech he had prepared for the
occasion. Something always happens
TO spo 4 everything. When the moment
arrives for the lover to speak his little
piece it HES itself away and leaves him
to blunder through the ordeal as best he
can. We Americans, who are noted for
the haste and brevity with which we do
every thing, are said to propose with less
to do than other people do. Lets con-
solidate, " is reported to be a popular
form Of proposal now in vogue, but the
negotiations necessary for completing
the trust are not always so brief. Moth
ing could be neater or more ingenious
than the proposal Of the Irishman, who
thus addressed the rustic beauty upon
whom he had set his affections: "Biddy,
darlint, they've been tellin' me there's
too many Of us in the world. Now, if
you an me get the priest to make us
| two wan, throth an wouldn't there be
wan the less?"
In one Of Lord Beaconsfield's novels
an eccentric old nobleman pops the
question in the following matter Of fact
languages: 81 wonder if anything would
ever induce you to marry me?" That
| style is really much nearer the terms in
which the average man proposes than
is the usual dishwatery proposal Of the
novelist $50 you would not take me
to be twenty, said young lady to her
partner while dancing the polka one
evening. "What would you take me
for, theu?" "For better or worse, " re-
piled he, and he was accepted.
A gentleman who lived to be an old
bachelor studied long how to proposs
| gracefully. He bought a ring. COM
posed a neat little speech, and rehearsed
the performance until he got it all down
fine. Drawing the ring from his pocket
he struck an attitude and said: "Will
you wear this beautiful ring for my
sake? 1t resembles my love for you-it
has no end. To which she replied
"Keep your ring, sir. 1t also resembles
my love for you-it has no beginning"
When Professor Aytoun was wooing
Miss Wilson, daughter Of Professor viii
son, the famous Christopher North, D
he obtained the lady's consent condition
ally on that of her father being secured.
This Aytoun was much too shy to ask
and he prevailed upon the young lady
herself to conduct the necessary negotia'
tions. "We must deal tenderly with his
feelings, said glorious old Christopher
"rll write my reply on a slip Of paper
and pin it to the back of your frock.
"Papa's answer is on the back Of my
dress, said Miss Jane, as she entered
the drawing room. Turning her arounC
the delighted professor read these words
"With the authors compliments
Though the course Of true love neve
runs smooth there is no earthly picture
so fair as that presented in the court
ship Of young, trustful, romantic hearts