The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-04
..e YEAR AND IT'S oeseRvANcEs-

va all know TO be that one
- hos a66 rather than 36o days 10 Inc
w.. tbis was arranged so that the perIees
49, 49,, of time might work itself OUT anu
70 Goth fiay of February is said 70 % 1ne
80 ,,non which the sun froWns Decaus0
abodv has to do an extra DAY "oln-
Ts aocordinp to some scientists de sun ~
-. = - r. Is probably old Sol hlmseiI WHY
l.as an extra hard time of It, inns year =
.he one in four during which lovely Won
an has the privilege of asking ner s"ees
heart to be her very own. nen -
custom first came into use nobocE knows,
-. :, .ha laoends are To be trusted lt was
laan wear when Eve made her appearance
IN the Garden of Eden and suggested ihaorl
,,onv IN Adam. but about this no man =
| certain. 80, vas
Among the Roman maids leap yea. va
| usbered in with great festlvlty, anu Kay
narties assembled Mt the various ncuses'
where a special kind OF splced CAKE was
emf, in which was q ring, ana the 9ouns
| vvoman fortunate enough TO get the tbs
| was the one who would take heF cnoa1o
from the group of handsome roman lnen
and ask him to be hers. In Scotlanu : -
dignified procedure obtained-tne maiueils
1bo we're anxious for husbands were re-
,,;rod 10 hmm a broomstick, and the one
Who leaned the highest had the credit OF
being the most desirable bride. AS we
have a fancy nowadays for tracing every
j. thing back to antiquity, may it not be pos
| sihle that the skirt dancing is only an out
come of the broomstick leaping? In any
case the maiden who proposes IN leap year
does not suffer, for the man brave enough
to saw no to her has to give her the sweet
| os% IF kiSsas and silk gown.
ii Tt would seem as if prefacing kiss WIZ
a refusal would not add to its sweetness
and there are stories of high tempered
women who nearly bit the lips off OF younf
. men who dared to deny them their WISH
IF however. the swain is agreeable, thel
the duties of the bride elect began at once
!. She must give him ga faire gold ring" AM
:, q linen shirt made by her own fingers 9
show that not only is she capable of lovlnI
him truly and we'll, but that she also know
d how to care for his comfort. The made
of today would have no trouble to get tn
ring. but how many of them could put tn
# many neat stitches required to make I'M
:? shirt?
And vet. after all, there are more ways
asking a man to marry you than putin
10 the straight question to him. women ca
re look love in their eyes, can speak IL wit
20 their lips and yet be silent, and can tell
in a touch of the hand without ever usln
pen. She is indeed an ignorant woma
n who cannot make a bashful wooer unde
stand that she is ready and willing
listen to the story of his love and to te
w him how much she loves him in return
II This is lesson that one seldom needs
teach. Folly may lie in women's eyes, b'
after all deal of wisdom is also four
c. there.
The patron saint of the Goth day of Fe
ruary is st. Oswald, an old Saxon on
is who was a great believer in the desirabi
ur ity of marriage, who tied true lover
knots into the holy bonds of matrimor
and was joyful thereof. So if you wal
ne to suggest to shy admirer what he ougl
mr. to do, ask him to read about ST Oswa
y" and to discover how good and holy are
nj ideas and practices. If this doesn't su
gest matrimony to him he is predestint
to he a bachelor forever. And sorry i
he'll have. ISABEL n. MALLoH'