Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-04-15
HOW MEN paopose


HOW MEN PROPOSE
sone Exanplss In Recent FSctios-Is
the eaatimental Are PasainGf
It is said that there ate a. many lde.
ais Of beauty a. there are men This
truism also applies to other things.
which u weIl. otherwise we should bs
bored. Suppose every lover proposed
in precisely the same way! One effect
would be the demolishing Of the buai-
ness of the story writer. December
authors CALAMITY vary the Interesting
moment In their tales. Hero II the way
they get around the dificul1:
Mr.. Howells' young lady In HarperA
after natly telling the young man that
she guesses she don't care for him. and
he can 60 away. says: Thank you. I
only wished to know the worst. And
you're not going away hating mer'
mo; loving you more than ever"
She turns her face and xverts her
eyes. "Why-what are you-going
fOrT
"Phillippar' He throws his arms
about her and clasps her to him.
Mr.. Howells offers NO explanation for
her turnabout propensities. His silence
adds weight to his scorn for vacillatinG
women.
Kate Douglass Wiggin strings out the
proposal in her story to . column. which
IL bad-at least for the article. But the
lovers are forty and thirty-six, 20 Il
does not much matter. And they had
teen engaged before.
In truth, Madge Robertson has pret.
ty story Of a wealthy young medical
student, who so pities q defOrmed little
child at a clinic that he finally allows
her to keep the coveted exquisite silver
box Of bon bons he was about to carry
as a birthday gift to the girl Of hii
heart. He explains to the young lady
the absence Of any gift from him. When
he had finished there were tears In the
girls eyes. and she extended her hands
You will 20 and see the little thing
again" she said, softly, "and IL should
like to 60 with you"
Always" ventured the young fel
low, his heart beating painfully.
He kissed her hand. Then he kisset
her arm. Then he looked up into hel
eyes, and then-he kissed her lips. Al
this goes to prove that the way to win {
girl is to find an object Of charity and
bestow on 1t something intended 70
her.
In Lippincott's. Mary e. Stickney'
novel, 1.-The Old Silver Trail" has ,
double barreled proposal. The first doe
not connt. because the silver min,
blows up and kills the girls father ii
the midst Of 1t. and the girl breaks witt
her lover, whom her father hated. he
cause he has ideas about Providence
and its interference. Here is the sec
ond proposal:
'Ts It really you?" he incredulousl,
whispered. with trembling touch caress
ing the little hands. "You here? VIII,
are you here, DorothyY"
"Tho doctor wrote me that you wer
sick" she faltered, her fingers tighten
, ing ON his with a sort of shudderin;
tenderness as ut a remembered terror.
"And you came for that, Dorothy
sweetheart7 The last time I saw yo
you told me that you hated me. 1t wa
not trueT
II think-I think more of you-than
| thought did," she murmured.
"Ah, the happy thought! God bles
you for 1t, sweetheart-mine."-
This is essentially Western metho
Of patching up affairs. There is nOthin
SO efficaciOus In the welding togethe
| of two severed hearts as a case of brai
| fever and an understanding doctor.
Robert Barr's hero is frightfully pre-
sale in The Understudy," In the Cos
! mOpolitan.
"Oh," answered the girl, 81 have n
patience with YOU"
I'm sorry for that, Mary" said o.
nOnd, for If 1 could have made a Ii,
ing l intended to ask you to be IN
wife"
"Oh" cried the girl. breathlessl.
turning her head away. After the usus
! demurrer she says Yes"
Further search reveals the amazin
fact that the proposal-in literature q
ieast-is becoming obsolete. StOrie
there are of a plenty, but in the Englis
i publications they mostly relate to myi
| teriOuS disappearance Of diamonds, Q
are tales of conspiracy or intrigue. an
! in the American product the proposal
J all done behind the scenes-the reade
Is introduced to the engaged couple Q
to the married pair. The sentiments
| age is passing, evidently, and We Cor
temptuOusly hurry over the romanti
| episode to reach those dramatic crise
In life which seems to occupy the after
ton Of both writer's and readers~Ch
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