Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-02-25

too superficial, too unretlective.
mo" he said to himself, they have
not the qualities which consider con-
ducive to permanent happiness in mar
ried life. Now, what | want is a thor
oughly mattcr-offact and level-headed
girl-a girl who knows exactly what
she is about and l shall not marry I'M
til find one of that sort"
At length there came to visit in his
fathers kingdom princess who at
once struck the prince as possessing
the desirable qualities in an eminent
degree. AS her royal father was rich,
and as she had pretty face and
Redfcrn figure, and was always per-
fectly dressed, the prince promptly
fell in love with her, and, having OBJ
tanned the consent Of her parents,
asked her to marry him.
The princess received his proposal in
the most delightful matter-of-fact
manner She said, however, that she
could not think of deciding so impor-
tant question on the spot, but would
take week to consider it, and would
give him her answer at the end of that
time
On the appointed day the prince
called ut the earliest hour that would
at all do and found the princess look
ing uncommonly charming in Paris
morning gown. After shaking hands
he Immediately asked her decision.
''Well," said the princess, Il have
thought the matter over carefully and
this is the way j look at it: l respect
you and admire you, and in fact like
you very much indeed, but / really do
not know whether l am in love with
you or not, and think it best to be in
love with the man one marries, al
though, of course, there are many per-
sons who do not consider that impor-
1ant."
The prince said that he quite agreed
with her view of the subject. Put
he began.
"'Wait minute" interrupted the
princess, II have something more to
say. Please listen attcntively. / have
heard engaged girls say"-here the
princess paused for the fraction of n
second, but being an entirely matter
of-fact person she went on at once
Il have heard engaged girls say that
Ghe first time n man puts mis- arm
around you and kisses you you know
Smmediately whether you are in love
with him or not, even if you have not
been perfectly sure before. There is
my sister who, as you know, married
Prince Bullion. She is awfully happy,
but she has told me since that when
she accepted him she really was not
absolutely certain of her feelings, but
as soon as he embraced her she knew
that she was madly in love with him.
ON the other hand, there is my dear
friend, the Duchess Frou-Frou. 1t is
not generally known that she was once
engaged for u few days to young
duke from the west. She had seen a
good deal of him and liked him. and
when he proposed to her by letter she
accepted him in the same way, think
2ng she was in love with him or would
Zoe when she saw him again; but when
he came on and put his arm around
her and kissed her she suddenly dis
covered that she could not endure
him, and broke the engagement imme-
diately."
"Wcll," said the prince - and the
sound of his voice was somehow trifle
odd for strictly matter-of-fact person
--''suppose we make the test
''That is what / have thought might
be the best way" said the princess.
''Of course you understand that it
would be entirely matter.of- fact and
experimental"
''Of course" replied the prince
But stop" interrupted the princess,
for the prince had taken a step toward
her. ''as SO much depends upon this
test, would it not be wiser to think it
over little first, SO as to be sure of
making it in the best way-or, perhaps,
even to take a few lessons in kissing
and embracing?"
The prince looked little disappointed
at this, but, of course he soon saw the
wisdom of the princess suggestion.
She said she was going to pay visit
in the country for two weeks, and they
arranged that the test should be
made as soon as she returned.
The prince Immediately sent for a
professor of Delsarte and explained the
situation to him.
''But, your royal highness," said the
Delsarte profess or, trembling, 81 can
not possibly teach your royal highness
To do that sort of thing properly, one
must go through progressive and
comprehensive system of PHYSICAL
mental and moral training. Kissing
and embracing are very complex, in-
deed. Why" he continued, growing
more and more excited, "they come al
snost at the very end of the Delsarte
course, and that, as your royal high
ness knows, takes four years.
81 can't help that" said the matter.
of-fact prince, ~ have got to learn as
well as | can in two weeks, and you
anay come every morning directly after
breakfast to give me lesson"
SO the prince took lesson every
morning directly after breakfast and
spent all the rest of his time practicine
kissing and embracing on his valet
(rhe man thought his royal master
had gone crazy, but he did not like to
speak about it,