The age-herald., 1900-08-19

winter. She asserted the privileges of the engaged girl, and said that she was very happy, and that of course, to her the en- gagged couples were most interesting. She would really feel quite at a loss if, for any cause, her engagement should be broken, for there had been already several misun- derstandings, and 1t required all of her time to make satisfactory explanations. The excitement of making up' occupied the time of the engaged girl, and 1t was really very interesting occupation, and married life, she imagined, would be stupid in comparison Ones husband would prob ably never think of sending one flowers and fruits after the little quarrels. He would go and play billiards at his club or golf with some woman, and then at dinner would look coldly at his wife and swear the roast was cooked too done. There would not be any flowers and all the rest of it, and after he read the papers he would be too tired to even care who was to blame in the matter: but, of course, he was not in any responsible.
 The discussion of the engaged girl dwak- ened so much interest that some one sug- gested that a number of Birmingham men be interviewed.
 When one of the most popular bachelors in town was asked for his opinion concern ing the engaged girl, he said:
 There are so many types or kinds that one hardly knows where to begin in dis cussing the subject, There is the unimag- inative, matter-of-fact girl who, when her betrothal is announced, takes herself so seriously that there is fun in teasing her. She virtually withdraws herself from the world and ceases to interest society. Then there Is the jealous girl, who is frightfully disagreeable. She is constantly thinking of her fiance and suspecting him of being susceptible to the charms of other fair women. Her jealousy makes her cross, and she is usually summed alike by her old beaux and her former girl friends. But the freaks of the jealous woman have af- ways interested me- and have never failed to get a sort of fiendish delight out of the pastime of provoking her. If I were forced to get married I would choose a jealous soul, for am certain there can be no true love without jealousy on the part or the woman. But the man of the world, think as a rule, has greatest admiration for a self lf-poised, audacious coquette-a woman who is probably true to her fiance; a wo- man whose love for him really does not waver for a moment, but who. up to the very day of the wedding fifrts with every man she meets and laughs to herself at the facility with which she bewitches every one of them I mean the woman that makes every man feel that if he had only spoken in time he might have had her hand I myself detest the engaged CO., quette, but men in general prefer her in society to the shy, easily embarrassed girl or the extremely jealous girl'
 Engaged girls have d peculiar fasclna- tion for me-" said a young friend of mine, who claims that he is not engaged and never wants to be. "I do not, as rule, care much for girls, but as soon as one or my fair friends has passed beyond the IS rumored' state and is announced to be en- gagged they become doubly interesting to me. I marvel at the courage they display in getting up nerve enough to marry any body, for 1t does take nerve to get mar red
 q saw an exhibition of 1t only a night or two since that was amazing She was a young woman of the buXom, blythe and debonair type, who is quite a social Ia vorite and whose marriage will be one or the features of the winter season. This blythe young bride-elect was telling her betrothed goodbye at the station, as he was leaving on a short trip out of the city, They sat in the waiting room for awhile and spooned in full view of their two cha perons, and incidentally crowd of inter- ested onlookers.
 "He stood it manfuy. But finally his train was announced. He went througn the