The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-07-15
JULIA KNEW HERSELF.
Thus She Found It an Easy Matter

Thus She Found 1t an Easy Matter to Bring John to the Proposing Point "Oh, Mamie" said the blonde girl to the brunette, I've got piece of news, John Davis proposed to Julia smith last night, and of course she said yes, and they are to be married in September, and'-
 Yes, I've heard it all; everybody in
 the neighborhood knows all about it 2
 interrupted the brunette. And what's
 more, l know exactly how she managed
 it. oh, she's only sly one, is Julia.''
 Tandem, moonlight, etc, l s'pose,"
 said the blonde girl.
 Nothing of the sort said the bru-
 nette Her scheme was really quite in-
 genious and original It was like this:
 John, you know, is queer sort of a
 chap. He is athletic himself and he
 despises woman who hasn't the figure
 of a washerWoman and the strength of
 a circus acrobat He talks about the
 physical degeneracy of the American
 woman, rails at corsets and all that sort of thing and swears he'll never marry a
 girl who hasn't a constitution like a Philippine woman or some other kind of
 savage. Of course, he doesn't say all
 this point blank to the girls themselves,
 but he's always hinting at it, and when he's with the boys he talks right out plain. Of course, Julia hears all this from her brother Sam. She's got beautiful figure, Julia has, I must ad init that. But she doesn't go in for golf, and she isn't devoted to the wheel She's the other sort-distinctly feminine, you know, and all that sort of thing, She doesn't like short skirts or mannish shirt waists and collars, and sticks to clinging draperies and such things. So of course, John, though he likes Julia quite a little, falls into the idea that she's a soft. feminine, useless sort of creature, without any strength, and nothing but a society butterfly,
 Well, Julia sizes up the situation and makes up her mind to open Johns eyes. Her mother, you know, is splendid housekeeper, and one of those practical women who believe in girls knowing how to do things about a house. Con- sequently, Julia knows how to do all sorts of things--wash and iron and cook and all the rest. So one night Julia ItcuS LII LIlG lItSuSpeItlilS opIll uiiNil liS is riding his hobby good and strong. Then she gets him to admit that be- cause she does not go into athletics of all kinds he thinks she's a gilded butter fly or words to that effect. Then she up and offers to bet him that she'll do the family washing the.next Monday, and do it in style. He can't back out, and she wagers a theater party against a box of gloves. Of course, John him- self is to be the judge-that's the game.
 Well. John shows up Monday morn- ing, and finds Julia well along with the washing in fact, she's just ready to hang out the first of the clothes. And maybe she wasn't got up for his benefit! She had on a blue print gown, and looked as neat as pin. Just think of the poss- bilities-<sleeves rolled up to the elbow over round. white arms: clinging skirts that revealed unsuspected charms over the washboard; dainty attitudes as she stopped over the clothes basket, and stood on tiptoe to reach the clothes line; glimpses of slender ankles, etc. Humph! No wonder he proposed that very night Chicago Inter-Ocean.