The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02

didn't see each other very often, except a
dinner time; but / used TO 60 out TO Dime
with him two or three times a week.
The elderly woman's eyebrows expressed
her opinion, but being a hostess she con
trolled her emotions, and the bride seemeS
shamelessly oblivious Of chaperon ira
ditions.
zone evening we were dining together,
she said. after a little reminiscent pause
He was reading the Saturday supple
ments and | was looking over a dummy o
the magazine. ! glanced across the table
Jack was g~ood-looking; wasn't unattrac
tive. He was buried in his work. l wa
buried In mine. The situation seemed
all wrong, resented i. s,L
Jack looked over the top Of his paper.
I've thought that for five months he
said.
HE came up to the office and brought me
my ring the next day.
The girls sighed.
1T wasn't so very romantic said the
pretty one.
The elderly woman frowned.
1T is the sort OF thing n expects In
these days said she.
The bride smiled.
1T satisfied Jack and me- she said.
She has a fashion of saying Jack that
makes the name sound musical.
But men do propose" urged one OF the
girls.
The pretty girl nodded.
-They do" she agreed. Then she settled
down 70 giving expert testimony.
I've studied the thing a good DEAL
she said. -
You've had exceptional advantage
suggested the bride.
"Of course. / don't know just how men
used 70 propose but I'm afraid il Is a lost
art-that Is, In it, highest artistic form.
Why, Il was a regular function In the
old days. Now we crowd II in during a
two-step with 900 people looking on or we
get through with IL while we are waiting
for the couple ahead 20 leave the putting
green. ,
sFven II we do have plenty Of time and
an appropriate stage setting for the cere-
mony, we don't manage IL with any artistic
skill. There isn't any trembling supph-
cation or trembling yielding.
you see. a man and a girl know each
other so well nowadays before they get 20
the proposing point that the result Of a
proposal Is a forgone conclusion. When
our grandmothers were courted they posed
as mysteries.
The suitors didn't golf with them all
morning and sail with them all afternoon
and dance or sit on the veranda with them
all evening, didn't know exactly what the
girls thought'on every conceivable subject,
couldn't figure them out like a mathematical
equation.
sMy grandfather wasn't cocksure when
he proposed % grandmother that she d
sav yes. The uncertainty led 90 noble
effort. II must have made things much
more Interesting.
then than they are nov | suppose that
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stract. ,
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