The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-29
NAN PROPOSES
In MANY WAYS.
rrw OF THEM ARE AS HE THOUGHT
THEY WOULD BE-, BUT THE An
SWER IS NONE THE LESS
SURE FOR A. THAT.

NThe man who carefully rranges the pre-
S,ke conditions and method Of popping the
question and rehearses the very words IN
which he will put his fate to the test u
very likely to find his carbohydrates FAB
rie topple to the ground. while he ,blurts out
81, question under conditions which in .
sane moment would appear ridiculous. But
hs stands just as good a chance OF gettihe
favorable answer as II he had said all
the pretty thiags and in the pretty way he
had planned.
There in more TRUTH, for example. thar
notion in the following account Of . pro-
pesal. taken from o ~well-known novel:
.wnen Dick, leaning against the pis-sty.
had suddenly felt himself compelled. he
knew not why. to abruptly interrupt . dis
ussion on TIE culture OF tomatoes with
I the utterly Inconsistent inquiry. Daisy. win
you be my wife? Daisy. keeping her eyes
steadily fixed the while on an elderly pork
or, simply answered. Yes. Dick"
Could any environment be more unro-
mantle or any moment seemingly less OPP
perfume? And yet Dick achieved his OBJ
1ect as promptly and successfully as II he
had proposed while floating on an Italian
lake. under the glorious eye of the moon"
and to an accompaniment of music floating
gently over the waters.
The ways Of proposing will always differ
rs widely as the natures of proposers, from
the curt but quite sufficient "Barkis is will
in to the letter Of twenty closely written
pages produced a short time ago in the
Under Sheritf's Court. In which a lover,
after ranging eloouently over a variety Of
subjects from the South African wal to
the state Of the weather, could not screw
UP his courage to the fatal question until
he had concluded his letter. Then 1t was
all hlurted out in this postscript: "wll you
be my wife?'
There be some who insist that this was
the proper thing to do; for, the argument
Is. What girl does not read the postscript
of a letter before she reads any other part
OF IL?
Even royal personages find their courage
oozing out Of their boots when the critical
moment comes A story is told of Car
Nicolas of Russia grandfather Of the
present Emperor), who despaired of ever
being able to summon UP the necessary
courage to propose to the lady whom he
wished to make Czarina.
At last one day. when they were dining
at the same table. a happy solution OF the
difficulty occurred to him. Taking a IA
vorite ring Off his finger. he concealed 1t
in a piece Of bread and sureptitiously con-
yeyed the bread to her and awaited de-
velopments. A few moments later he
was delighted to see the ring on one of
\ the Princess fingers, and knew that his
Sstrange offer had been accepted.
"A lover whose story was unfortunately
uhfoioed some time ago in a court of law
chose a very novel and poetic method of
popping the question. One day he invited
the young lady of his choice to accom-
pany him on a tour OF his garden, that
ne might show her a curious freak of
nature. Leading her 10 a bed of cress,
her eyes fell on these words outlined IN
the green of the cress: Il Love You"
The girl was naturally covered with
bushes and confusion at this sudden and
unexpected declaration. and the lover
took such advantage of the psychical mo-
ment that. when the lovers returned to
the house. their happiness showed concIu-
sively that the horticulture had not been in
vain.
A lover who thought TO make music the
medium of his proposal did not meet with
equal success SEEKING an opport,me mo-
ment when he was alone with his lady,
love. he sat down to the piano and began
tQfplay Adams's wilt Thou Be Miner
Joking at her in such a way as to leave
.Dpn Got,hf thof ha ;pt1nio1 49, c,..sz-
Z to be personal.
At the conclusion OF the song he invited
the girl to sing to him. whereupon she sat
down and sang. mo, Sir with such spirit
that her answer must have been conclusive
even 10 the densest or most ~sanguine lover.
An excellent example of the peremptory
proposal is tina. of Sir Pitt Crawley to Re-
becca Sharp. Il tell Won / want YOU said
Sir Pitt. Will YOU come. yes or nor 81
{. daren't." Becky said. seemingly In great
agitation. ."I say again I want your Sir
Pitt said. humping the table. 81 can't get
on without you. All my accounts have got
muddled without YOU. You must come
back. Do come back" Come as what.
sir?'' Rebecca gasped out. Come as Lady
Crawley. II you like"
They say there's going to be q wedding
IN { parish next month"; blurted out a
rustic Yerkshireman to a maid. after they
had been sitting in solemn silence side by
side for what must have seemed an eter-
nifty. Nay. thou doesn't say so?" she an
swered. pricking up her ears. i've heard
ncwt ont. What's his name?" They say
It's Jack c~lapharn.'' the rustic lover haz-
arded. mentioning his own name. And
who's Z lassr' the girl snapped out. in sus-
pacion. why. she's gotten Z same name
~ thee. Bezs." he ventured. "Wiu to como
end zee itr' Yes. I'll come. Jack" she
answered. with q quick flush ana . sly look
1t her diplomatic lover. ''It would be q pity
to ~disappoint 'em. wouldn't itr' They"
were not disappointed.
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