Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-09-12
SHE KNEW THE SYMPTOMS
The heasop wtshsswake Girl Was
Selecting Her Troussesu.

The aeasop wishsav~ake Girl Was
Selecting Her Trou.sesu.
They happened to meet In a shop the
other day. and they had a conyersa-
ton which sent one OF them away with
foods of light Illuminating her soul
She was one OF those girls who are
adored by old ladies and constantly In
vited to tea by them to- meet bachelor
sous and who count all the beaus they
ever bad on the fingers OF one hand.
The other - well. she was different.
She was one of those maddening crea-
lures who are always mysteriously
supplied with roses and bonbons and
escorted to the theater on first nights
In spite of the fact that all the other
girls are agreed that "there Is abso-
lutely nothing In her" The latter
young woman was meditating over
some silks when the other one greeted
her.
Il suppose you are trying to decide
between the old rose and the pale
green" she said.
well. no." replied the other girl
frankly. you see. am getting nv
wedding things. and think I'll have
both" Then she gazed down to blush
and looked up to see the effect OF her
words.
us 1t possible? r.
'Yes, dear. and you can't Imagine
how nervous 1 am"
II only hope you
"Will be happy? or course shall.
Why, l can always make him do lust
what choose."
The other girl pursed up her lips and
looked envious "Oh, | shouldn't like
that at all. The man marry must be
one that can obey"
Not ut all. my dear. 1t Is all very
nice TO talk that way to the men.
They like 1t, and 1t sounds pretty. be-
sides doing no harm. until you are
really going to marry one of them.
when you want your own way. just
like any other sensible woman"
well, do tell me how be'- began
the other girl dreamlly.
"ProposedG oh, but he hasn't done
It yetr'
"But thought that you
Were selecting trousseau? So I
am, goosie. You see. it is just this way:
He Will call at this evening. and by 0
at latest we will be formally engaged. {"
'But how do you know T' helnlessly
asked the other girl.
simply 10y precedent When a man
asks you in an anxious tone IL you
think a married man ought to give up
his club, you may know that his in-
tenuons are serious. aud when he fol-
lows ii up few days later by asking
ysn - yeu doua iLthlf o psas has a
right 10 smoke an over bis own house
1t is high time to decide when the we'd
ding shall be-"
''My goodnessr'
"Yes. but that wasn't what convinced
me-"
"Oh, do tell me about it,
NO. ii was simply this: I met him
In the street yesterday, and he was
reading paper so intently that he
didn't even see me until spoke. Then
he blushed violently and In great con-
fusion thrust his paper into his coat
pocket Well, he went home with me.
and-now, you must never tell this as
long rs you liver
81 never. never will"
We'll. l was s0 curious to see what
he had been reading that confused him
that l made an excuse TO slip out into
the hall where his coat was hanging
ana took the paper out OF his pocket,
and what do you think IL wasp
ooh, can't imagine"
1T was household paper. and the
article that he had been reading was
one which proved conclusively that two
people could live n good deal more
cheaply than one Now do you see
why l am commencing to select my
trousscauT she asked triumphantly.
Yes. do" meekly replied the other
girl.-London Tit-Bits-