The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-23
I'M BEWARE'O VIDDERS
,.srsLEAP YEAR, AND THEY
FOB ~ -, az VERY BOLD.

You no and Either be Married or
Ir--1ed I'd in Court.
6S'--o ~, the Netr YORK Recorder.
to5v,s coming to marry me, some
sonnet ,r,;nr to WOO. now sings the modest
tody IN with the fair mustache, revers-
!5uDs -, .rsI order Of things. For this is
pg nc Ills a .W oman's Rights" year in
bop ya sense. She has the right, by the
peOo',' - her prerogstive, TO leap without
'1'l'i'o ,re5 from the unmarried state into
tslD- ~ matrimony, by simply saying to
DC ~ 80 ~ her attack: "Won't you marry
i'eo LJo- ambition TO be in the matri-
.ri.l swim takes no cognizance OF defeat.
n'-i l'ao.vesr woman is usually OF that UNI
JIG .ge which makes it a somewhat
'el'o- ,hiact TO dwell upon. She Is not, as
F'A} charming person, and the tender
sfu'', II romance is obliterated. from the
, ~. hat she is confronted" az Mr.. Grover
is'. 'ld would say, "by condition, and
n. theory" ....,
sD9aau marry her, reply: Il will-not,"
S;Asl az law may take the form of
90 sc.igs and complaint, and it then be-
saun GULL. question for him to consider
c3u lsso- il would have been cheaper for him
vls soya said II willn than to take his
S.ncss Of paying unreasonable damages
=. saving ~ won't
toI r 10y -3ost eminent medico-legal jurists
ID Ds,,aDsratiyelv silent upon the bearing
ss .C C5i Iasn wear has upon the female mar
SgI . mind. l am told, however, that
rLs il not an unusual accompaniment
E''ii asn year marriage proposal. Swoons
bean offered in evidence as proofs of
IS' wv, - the feelings and the agony caused
suO.A rbIagratlc and cold-blooded refusal on
W. IF the man that wouldn't marry
t.osnse he was asked.
- cases. however, are rare, for any
Ear woman that knows her business,
l HaP sgoinp to get left in that fashion. Leap
in some respects, is analogous to a
ll''asasDtial election year. inasmuch as it is
A3,tnrbing element, and interferes, to
lain extent, with business. For what
, v',, in her sound senses is going to pay
s;tea to a matrimonial agent when she
y, he right to settle the question for her
.Jf without paying cent?
Then again. look at the composition Of
10 MATRIMONIAL cabinet, and compare il
Nth is presidential prototype. Quite fire.
,rsntlv il is the wife who makes the Presi-
jsrt and runs the administration.
Tbe grammar and poetry OF love in leap
yssr differ from the grammar and poetry OF
i,re az any other time. During this period
vomsn governs man in the objective case,
and sometimes woman is held very strongly
II tbs objective case by the man. Her
,sss is the present; now is the accepted
lima with her Her mood. which begins
with the infnitive, has tendency to veer
round 70 the imperative after she is accept
a Her verb 10 love- is merely transitive
n the contemplation of it's joys. Her adj
isclives and adverbs always harvest full
CROP during the leap year season. much"
more and most" are merely preliminary
degrees Of comparison before marriage, and
after it she adds "alI, p" in order TO complete
theset
The poet hath said, "Love is blind" but
dom. believe il. Woman is as wide awake
IN leap year as an owl at midnight. 1t is
The man who suffers from amative myopiA
not the woman. The more numerous the
number Of her unmarried sisters, the more
closely will she hug her leap year chance for
alltis worth.
speak strongly upon the subject, because
have byaCed myself up in these seasons of
leap year to refuse half dozen offers. The
last one required supreme effort and sew
ers strong stimulants, but can now look
back upon them with equanimity. And
here would say a word or two about leap
year airtatons. Sheet-iron affection is the
kind that is mostly in vogue among leap
year women. True, it may be nickel
plated, but the iron is there Just the same,
bethe plating never so thicxly laid on. In
sit.le ciurcnyard in the village of Ches-
nsY Lincolnshire, IN England, | once read
tnn flllnWlNp ADIfpTNh hn hctr
OF ayoang woman, aged fifty:
Sheloved but Little here below.
Nor loved that Little long.
l1ont know whether the marriage ever
cane Oh, but 1t seems to sum up so ad-
IlslIy tue breVity of leap year affection
tlat quote it,
And what shall be said of the man who
las1t the courage to bluff leap year offer?
i l5B CT weak, vaoillating nature the
clalceS are ten to one that he will be gath
tiel H. And it serves him right. Such
ls4o8s are Just the kind of persons who try
% crawl out Of the Gordian knot hole
through the mazes of the divorce mill. He
,'sIsus Ills Will to another, and, instead of
oaIS ne stronger vessel, he becomes only
sTIes OF domestic collander, through
%.ru Tue woman's superior will filters as
n.y. sLIOlEl coarse sieve. To show how utterly
aap.e% some men are during this trying
.,a'.u Will cite two instances of alleged
.s uNalp-one on the part of a widow, the
"l9Fo Of maid.
~, ny Hlend, Charley Dobbs, married the
r r..O w. NY other friend, Dick Grlff, mar
MT 'sJ 'ue Asld Both are men with weak
T;i S'VS' Dob0s was no happier with the
naT i" Insn GriH was with the maid.
cSUsI uSea to come to my house to smoke a
ros t's.ug cigar and to tell me his troubles
E,s y r. Dut NIFTY times-and his experience
hin w. W. indeed, costly chestnut to
,a Il Zen single Dobbs was a very mat
srl,tact sort Of chap. He didn,s believe
h , aan1l! nor In the grand passion nor
bopu'!.llng with a oandy-courtsnip taste
nsat - Inc little mind that Dobbs pos
snrst. vas 70 her, as an open book without
m5i t,-Oo 30 Dobbs thought the absence of
"ong common sense. "-00"
ns1 1a'u DoobS to NE one evening. when the
'S1G11 1i u lit was strong upon him;
1Tbs ra 'nau, haven't got over it yet."
oSs5o ii. Ionr months after the wedding).
Weighs 1 ioa ally hurled herself at me-" (She
nsver r aoo pounds, If an ounce). "There
know S much gush between us, you
he-I que que isn't built that way. One even
twirin, LIN Ia IL was my sixth CALI sat
Cur 5isssrs uy thumbs, having exhausted
aid. '''-uSSon OF the census, when Sadie
",6 6ua Vie know what you want
~ ~ You? replied
10 barD, You want "a kiss. 1t will do ME
Take one; and maybe it'll do you good,
Ny senso 9 oid chap. that kiss settled it.
gone. u SeIf-Tespect and modesty was
r Then she said:
NAM want something else, Charley
"'0f 49, DO Sadie [ replied.