Iron County register., 1900-05-10

inf1uences-usua4Iy another man who
may appear upon the scene; often
quarrel and he finds he's engaged.
A girl. on the contrary, expects IT,.
And then it just happens!"
"And sometimes it doesn't happen"
said the President. ''There are many
ways in which a man may avoid pro-
posing. \ favorite plan is for him to
tell every girl he knows that he never
intends to marry while his mother
lives. Then he calls on a girl seven
nights a week and objects to have any,
one else call. and finally she finds her
self unconsciously waiting patiently
for his mothers demise"
''But those cases are all simple to deal
with" said the Newspaper girl; when
YOU contrast them with the system of
wordless wooing which is most cOnfus-
ing. 1t is impossible to come TO any
conclusion. Some men lie eloquently,
and we balieve them, or pretend to.
and then others tell the truth, and we
disbelieve them. But the man who says
nothing is hard to make out"
''Those are the really earnest ones.
said the girl who wrote verses; you
know a poet once wrote about empty
hearts resounding with words of va
cant promise y man who is absolute
ly mute has Gepth-"
'.Yes: too much" broke in the Type
writer girl, they go on looking vol
umes-"
Put not saying a word said the
Fashion illustrator, speaking for the
first time. Yes, | know that kind.
Those are the foxy ones
II know one" said the Fluffy girl,
blushing slightly, who called on me
quite often. brought me viOlets and
candies; but never-well, always acted
with perfect politeness."
Yes said nearly all the members in
one breath.
"One evening"" however. weHt on the
Fluffy girl. "he rudeiy attempted to
kiss me in the hall"
.'WeII'' said the girls in chorus.
81 think he succeeded said the
Fluffy girl. gainiSg confidence as she
saw the deep impression her words
were making on the club. Il felt some
thing tingle on the tip of my left ear.
l wasn't sure if it was that or his col
lar that had scraped it"
st should think you could easily de-
tect collar" said the Woman's Rights
girl.
Naturally. 1 was indignant" said
the Fluffy girl.
You viii notice" said the Widow
girl, that a cowardly man always
kisses a girl on the nose or the ear and
then pretends it's nervousness"
'I' should never forgive him." said
the President. emphatically.
''I looked at him sternly for several
moments said the Fluffy girl. while
he positively covered before me. Then
I began. l had made up something to
say in case anything so dreadful should
occur. Sir 1 said
did he speak?" asked the Medical
Student.
''No-I expected him to speak. but
he only stood there looking foolish, so
I went on. L have no idea why you
should act in such a rude and uncalled-
for way. l thought you were a gentle.
man. I shall never speak to you again
under any circumstances. l shall tell
my brother
NO; he only said: 'Oh, I wouldn't
do that if I were YOU What do you
think of that?"
''You made a mistake" said the Wild
ow girl. "You should have laughed.
and it would have made him so mad
that he would have proposed right off.
When in doubt what to do always
laugh You gain time and a man will
do any desperate thing to make girl
think he's a serious proposition. Many
a man has proposed under such cir
cumstances.
''What should girl do?" asked the
Fashion illustrator, under circGm-
stances-er-well. somewhat similar
-er-only not in the hall-and-er-
not on the ear-?
"Yes-go on said the President as
the cuckoo created a forced pause to an
nounce the hour of nine.
''And then when one grew indignant,
apologized. grabbed his hat, went home
and didn't call again?'
perhaps you were too abrupt" sug-
gested the Widow girl. under such
circumstances, you might write q note
saying: Deeply as You offended me
the other evening. by your unpolite-
ness. do not feel that friendship of
so many years
1T was only three weeks said the
Fashion illustrator.
THAT such 4 pleasant friendship
went on the Widow girl, easily, should
be thus hastily broken off. l therefore
write 10 s1Y that | have accented the
courteous apology which YOU offered
me. and shall hope 10 see you as usual
tomorrow evening at eight
There was soft round of applause as
the Widow girl sat down after her
diplomatic dictation. which many of
the girls took down in books. The
Woman's Rights girl made notes on
her cuffs.
Zone of the best ways in which to
hasten proposal said the Medi-
cal Student, lis to keep man out in
rainstorm.'
In rainstorm," said the girl who
wrote verses. Il should think it would
be easier by a glowing CRATE fire or
hearth with cracking logs or on a yacht
deck-anywhere but in the rain
mo. they are too comfortable them
said the Medical Student. That's the
sort of thing encourages those word
less frances that the Newspaper girl
talks about. More men have proposed
in bleak boarding house parlors with
wax fruit under a glass bell on a mar
ble-topped tai bic and Washington Cross
ing the Delaware on the wall than
hn h Z la