St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-10
EXCITING MICHIGAN EVENT.
New and Successful Use Made
of a PeninSular State
Phone.
SOME BERNHARDT COSTUMES
Women Use the Most EXpenS-
i've Kinds Of Soap Too
Carelessly.

AN event mas occurred IN michigan,
near Detroit, which appears to confirm
the idea that courtship, as well as most
other things, will hereafter be greatly
facilitated by recent inventions. 1t
seems that there Is young lady resid-
ing in Detroit who for some time has
been the recipient of the attentions OF
two young men, one a young professor
of the Michigan state university. at Ann
Arbor, and the other travelling sales
man for New York wholesale hard
ware house, whose route extends
through Michigan and parts of Canada.
One day recently the New Yorker ar
rived in Detroit late in the after
started to make the rounds of the
retail hardware dealers, with the
laudable purpose of selling each good
stock for the winter before the repre-
sentative of any rival concern should
put in all appearance. He had hoped
to visit the object of his affections in the
evenings. but business was brisk, and
induce prominent dealer to take six
dozen axes, four dozen grindstones and
a half-carload of wooden pals. At this
stage of the proceedings younger
brother of the young lady dropped in to
get new jackknife. and accidentally
mentioned that the Ann Arbor profess
sor was up at the house. 1t instantly oc.
Cured to the progressive hardware and
cutlery drummer that the college man
came for no other purpose than to lay
his heart at the feet of the young lady
he himself adored. For moment there
was struggle in his heart, but he
speedily got control of himself and
decided that he could not possibly leave
the store, as the dealer was just on the
point of deciding to take the pals.
But the thought of giving up the lady.
who had been for months constantly in
his mind, waking and sleeping. was
unbearable. Light suddenly dawned
on him. Handing the merchant cir
cular explaining the merits of his new
double.bladed chopping knives, he re-
quested the use of the dealers telephone
for five minutes. stepped to it and rang
up the central office.
A moment later the telephone bell at
the residence of the young lady rang,
sharp and decisive. The professor had
been there for an hour talking pleas
antly of the grand educational work
they were doing in the department of
fossilology at Ann Arbor. When the
bell rang, the lady's father being absent
Che is physician). she excused herself
and proceeded to the adjoining room to
answer 1t. The professor heard her
step to the telephone and say ny es,"
make short pause and say "Yes''
again. Then there was longer pause,
and he heard her reply: "Why-why-
really. this Is very sudden" Then there
was still longer pause, and he heard
her say Yes" very softly. and then
"Good-by." and then she hung up
the receiver and came into the back
room. The college man moved closer
to the lady and remarked that it was a
warm evening. and he thought it was
going to rain, and then resumed his talk
about the great work at the university.
Fifteen minutes later there was ring
at the front door bell. The lady re-
sponded to it and district messenger
boy handed her plain gold ring, which
she slipped on her finger, and returned
to the parlor. "Miss --,''said the pro-
fessor, five minutes later,"I want to ask
you very important question this even
ing. Excuse me for putting it bluntly.
but will you be my wife?" But we need
go no further with this. Two minutes
later the professor went down the front
steps. and shook his fist at the telephone
wire and took the first train for Ann
Arbor.