Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-22
WHY THEY SAID YES"

Inter esting Revelations I'm Courtship MsAs
by Some Chicago Brsdss-EAsot-
From the Chicaro Tribune.
srm glad I'm not Q man." said the girl with
the empire gown
you've been wearing q stif shirt. haven't
your" asked the girl with the lace bertha
Eyes, and i almost envy my parrot-she can
swear without any sense Of wickedness You
see, the shirt is awfully becoming, but when
sit down il rises up and almost throttles me,
and every time draw q long breath IL
crackles until I am compelled to 60 and say
something awful to my best friend, just 70 re-
lieve my nerves."
81 know" sympatheticaIly answered the girl
with the lace bertha, but perhaps the men are
not SO uncomfortable in them rs we are. 1hey
are used to them, You see
.syerv true Still, did YOU ever notice bow
Jolly and care free a man is in his tennis nsn-
nels? And. think Of it, did man ever propose
to you while he was wearing full dressg'
"Why, no; and Tom and 1 always quarrei on
} the way home from a party?"
! s.Of course And their neckties-it looki
easy to tie a four-In-hand. but it isn't. Some
how mine always needs a PIN in II, she went
|, on, land Jack never has one in his, for some
times il slips around under his ear when-when
he gets excited, mean, and II couion u you
know, il there was pin in IT.
.'Of course not And how do they manage
: /
two pins for mine, and then
Yes indeed. And isn't il too funny to see
! the poor things try TO hold plate ana cup IN
{ their laps and endeavor to eat and drink when
3 a man steps on my dress at a dance ALWAYS
feel that am avenged when i see him In the
{ supper room afterwsrd.
s $50 do L But don't YOU pity them when
thew start to get the refreshments for usp do.
Z ] learned to eat lobster salad the winte. Die.
o was so attentive to me- he is so short that be
L couldn't reach over the other fellows heads %
70 he had TO take what was left"
Y "Humphi And how hopeless they are when
6 wall flower gets hold of them; it's too funny e
't see one of them sqrirm and look miserable
l. while she smiles and mods, and wants everybody
n TO see that she is really talking to q man..
le Isn't it? Whenever Tom is particularl,
le disagreeable at a party / send him with q mes
sage to Cora: I know she is sure TO keep hin
O. an hour. and then if he complains that 1 az
o. flirting can tax him with being ATTENTIVE
10 her."
"what capital plan. Yes. the poor. dear
creatures do need a woman to take care o
pt them-that is why promised 10 marry Jack
:, .sHow did il happen? Do tell me.
q. .Well. Won see had fully made up my mins
ri TO saw No but the day before be asked me b
m took that horrid designing Stokes girl driving
A park afterward- After that knew he needle
come one to protect him, SO just accepte'
ed him. And I've succeeded in protecting him .
&c far" she added, grimly.
III "Ohi Well. had peen N.ihs iof "eeN
lie make mp nv mind how to answer Tom, an
is what do YOU think he did? You'd never guess
ed "Ohi Do tell me.
"Tod me he wished I'd decide one way o
raj the other. for, il said NO., he meant to q
Sc that diseustingly rich Miss Rocks"
re .Mercyi What did you-
q "WeIl. / couldn't give him a chance 10
he that for she might have accepted him, an
then she'd never have believed he asked m
or first; while il she had refused him, nevt
at could have taken him then So just 81
4 Yes right quick
ST. Naturally. Well. I must go now; prom
ew ised Jack that I'd go driving with him at
re- and it's that now"
ny '.Oh, WELL he'll wait awhile"
"wen. you see, I've kept him waiting goo
The deal OF late. and he said next time did Il be
or Just 60 away and take that abominsble cousi
,er Of his instead. 1 know she'd bore the poo
dear fellow nearly to death, and want 10 80
IT. him from il. Goodbye. dear"