Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-06-02

OcP1 AS1 AuSDdnu >, Dub was expecting
every day that Arthur Montague. a gem
tleman on the stage, would offer him
self. One day, however. Mr.. Bullion
called to see her and said.
- 4 have come on the $50 train and
ought to return BY the noon train To
take up note for $4,000 which other
wise will go to protest. | have left my
self Just an hour and half in which to
become engaged to you, and l have
brought this ring on appreciation. 1t is
worth as much as the note, and If it i
not returned to the jeweler today he viii
not take it. Now it remains with you
to lose me $50, 600 or to save it, for |
shan't take the noon train unless leave
the ring on your engagement finger.
"'Of course, pursues Mrs. Bullion. i
didn't want to make the man lose $780,
900, SO | slipped the ring on my finger
and he went back on the noon train.'n
Pursuing his researches our student
finds that one gentleman remarked that
he had for long time felt himself to be
a stray half Of pair Of scissors, but rec-
ognized the lady addressed as the other
half
Another suitor invited his chosen one
to drive, and asked her il she had any
prejudice against fried onions, and upon
her assuring him that she had not, lie
confessed that his favorite dish was
beefsteak smothered in onions and
wound up by saying:
Sand If you'll see that 1 ret it five
mornings in the week for breakfast at
sharp, Wen buy barrel Of onions to-
morrow"
Seventeen widowers, in slightly vary
ing forms, are found to base their offer
upon the need Of some one to look after
their smotherless little ones;v all seven
teen used that exact phrase, and have
noticed widowers usually do. Also,
have occasionally y wondered why 'smoth-
erless little ones is considered 50 ..fetch-
ing while '.motherless young ones
would be quite the contrary.
Two doctors confessed that they would
get more and better practice as married
than as single men, while one clergyman
who had cherished thoughts Of celibacy
makes the startling announcement that
.'the world, the flesh and the devil have
conquered my better nature and you
must become my wife"
1t is pleasant to note that the young
lady responded that she did not wish to
go into the firm whose style he had
quoted, and should by no manner OF
means become his wife. Shortly after,
the same sensible girl received in offer
from a young man who told her that she
showed herself SO good daughter that
ne was sure she would be a good wife,
and wanted her for his wife. Him She
accepted because she thought he would
make such a good son-in-Iaw.
It is recorded Of one couple, that hay
ing gone with party from one city to
another to pass an evening at the the
ater, they lost the last train home and
were obliged to spend the night at
hotel. There being no married lady in
the party it was proposed that one of
the girls should get married and So ma
tronize the rest; lots We're drawn to de-
eide which Of the young men should be-
come a benedict, and he who drew the
longest straw stepped up to girl lie had
been introduced to some three weeks be-
fore, and said:
'.You and might a. well be the vic
TINS, Sally.
Sally assented, justice Or the peace
tied the knot between two sleepy yawns
and Sally matFOaszed the party.
If you think that story too extrava-
CANT / will assure you that Sally told it
to me herself, and added that ''her
folks were real provoked about it, and
she rather thought Jim and she would
60 through the court and make another
start, for he hadn't any way to support
her and had a real ugly temper.
Closing our big blue book, we look
into our own experiences, we women,
and mentally smile as we rehearse the
forms and methods in which men have
made known TO us the fact that they
wished to marry Us, for / take it FOR
granted that most of us have received at
least that zone offer," whether We ac-
cepted it or not.
Ny own impression is that The most
effective offers are the most unrepeat-
able, consisting more Of looks, half SEN
tences, significant pauses, a timely
gesture, half suppliant, half pere1np-
tory caress, which if accepted seals the
bargain, and il rejected carries with it a
rejection in toto.
OF course most American women have
heard more domestic than foreign offers
Of marriage, and certainly mems man
ners differ as much in this as in any
other national custom. The American
and the Englishman sincerely respect
woman. They perceive that her mental
and moral powers. if not identical with
their own, are quite rs important to the
common veal; they consider that in
offering marriage they ask forfellow-
ship and intelligent sympathy, and. an
added strength and power in their lives;
while the Continental, the Italian, the
Frenchnan or Spaniard prostratcs him
self i'll extravagant homage at the feet
of the woman he would win, and when
once She is won treats her al toy, d
slave or an irresponsible child. to be
petted. governed and susDiciously
watched. but never trdsted with affairs
Of Importance.
In such state Of society 1t is doubtless
better that marriages should be arFgugs.l
between the parents or guardians Of tae
contracting parties than between thcIl-
selves. A girl brought mp ia such an
atmosphere is, l dare say, really incapa-
BILE of deciding upon the true merits of
suitor, and man trained under such
conditions would never know how 70
make a really manly. self respecting
and respectful offer Of his true and
whole life to woman whom be would
not consider capable Of appreciating it,
If the English language is not the
language Of love, it has certainly bHDved
itself the language III which the best
offers Of marriage can be made.
Mrs. FRANK LESLIE.
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