St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-26
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Dear boys. says . lady writer. many
Of you complain lugubriously that yos
cannot tell when girls really Hike you.
because they are % disingenuous. One
young man says that they frequently
say don't" when they mean do" and
vice versa-and thus man II blindly
led to run up against snag and
stubs his toe" The young mans lam
euage IL, Of course, Agura&ive, and there
is NO need for me to explain what he
means to men Of your intelligence.
The signs of budding love. dear boys,
ere not what they used to be. Those
little red signals are seldom seen hung
out ON round cheeks, neither will you
see her sitting at midnight at her bed
room window-unlcss there should be
fire in the opposite fiat. But there
are still signs.
One IL q tendency to meet you very
often. and. Of course. quite accident
ally. You will find her down in Wall
street deeply interested in a shop Of
lawyers supplies. She will suddenly
face you. and. Is you tip your hat, show
extraordinary surprise. such as is only
exhibited upon the stage when the
wronged heroine meets the frock-coat
ed author OF her ruin on the Thames
embankment. She win drop her peck
etbook. umbrella. samples and the
latest novel and say:
"Why. Mr.. Lorrimer. where on earth
did you drop fromw
1t is hardly Necessary to state that she
knows quite well that your Office is just
around the corner, but II you know that
she knows that-take care. young man
Now Is your time for the untruthful-
ness that have before advised. lfyor
have tact you will inform her that your
Office is just around the corner. but thai
she is evidently unacquainted with thai
portion Of the city. She will also show
a deep interest in your autograph and
over it you will write seven lines o.
Emerson-which you don't understand
in little plush-covered booklet o.
hers. She will ask II you "made then
up yourself" and you will feel awfully
sorry that you didn't. She will ash
your opinion earnestly on books. TAX:
care to have some. even IL you borrow
them Of some voluble friend. Womer
always have opinions on books. even
though they haven't read them. and
often they read them just to have opin
ions. Oh. yes. they're very strange N
their methods. She will find remark
able likeness in you to dear friend y
hers. She will gaze musingly at 20,
and then turn to ner dearest woma.
friend and exclaim:
''Maud. dear. d'you know who Mr.
| Lorrimer reminds me OFF,"
Maud. as . dutiful friend. will asser'
that you are certainly like some one
but for the life Of her she can't say
whom. The girl who il interested il
you. however, will find that you are dis
tractingly like 4 gentleman Of an ear
lier era, and she will add. incidentally
that he was very nice-looking. II yo,
are favorite with women you will fin;
that you are always being considere.
very like some other man. The natura
deduction would be to conclude tina
you must be very common-lookin:
fellow, but that isn't what they mean
1t il merely . woman's way of lettin:
you know that you are the type sh,
approves Of. These are some Of tn
signs Of budding love.
| And there are others.-N. Y. World