Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-09-10
A FRIDAY PROPOSAL.
AestIon Popped ON That Day
brought had Luck 20 the
Young Woman.


as Ct true that you've postponed
your wedding?' cried the girl in the
new tan jacket
The engaged girl nodded limp ae-
quiescence as she sunk into the chair
relates the Chicago Daily News
doctor twice a week." she muir
INJURED.
.You do look i'll" declared the girl
in the tan jacket. '.But then. brides
always do. Still, l shouldn't think
you'd need a physicians care when
you are able TO be out such day as
this"
do you suppose such a trifie as
spring deluge worries mef' asked the
engaged girl. Just wait till you're
trying TO be married. and see If you
would care for a cyclone
go on" said the other girl en-
couragingly. confession"
"Confessionl" echoed the engaged
girl. IF hadn't met you I'd have
hailed the next stranger on the
street and laid my whole life bare.
To think that I'm reduced &c TINS
condition now, when I'm not to be
married till June"
"lt's terribly unlucky TO postpone
o weddingl"
'sThere you CO." walled the en'
gagged girl. you're the nineleth
person who has told me that i'll the
last month"
"You might explain" murmured
her friend.
"That's what I'm coming to. 1t
has been one string of bad luck ever
since I've been engaged. To begin
with. Tom proposed on Friday, and
the 18th, too, bsck in February"
lawfully bad taste in him, de-
clared the girl in the tan coat.
but Tom said afterward that he
didn't realize that it was Friday, or
the 18th, or anything else, but that
that he loved me-" And faint color
crept into her cheeks. HE put 1t so
beautifully that forgave himi"
Moreover, a bird in the hand" be-
gan the friend, but the engaged girl
ignored the quotation and went on;
"You know that papa was so opposed
TO my being married"
ION account of your YOUTH" asked
the girl in the tan jacket, with inno-
cent simplicity.
$50 Tom and 1 agreed to keep our
secret for awhile. But one evening
my small brother came into the par
Tor when-when we weren't expect
ing him, so we had to confess the
whole thing, and when do you sup
pose that was? Friday, March -.
And you know, too, that I've always
declared ever since / was child
that I'd be married Easter Monday,
and Easter Monday this year came
on-the 18th! Tom wanted 1t to be
some other day in April, but when we
began looking for a fat we found
that we'd have to begin housekeep-
ing on Friday-for that is May
this spring. So just vowed that I'd
not fiy in the face of Providence that
way another time. We can't be mar
ried in May, for May bride is con-
sidered the most unfortunate Of the
year, the world over, so what is left
but June?"
"Unless you wait till fall" suggest
ed the girl in the light jacket, al
though there is an awful risk in put
ting 1t off so long"
'Td trust Tom forever, If that's
what you mean," cried the bride-to-
be, "but / have about half my trous-
seau ready, and If l wait till fall
everything will be OUT of style. SO 1t
has to be June"
''I'm glad that you've finally set
tied it. l had begun to fear that
Tom was hanging of"
But 1t isn't settled even now"
broke in the engaged girl. "You see,
mamma was married in June, and 1
wanted my wedding on her anniver-
sary. the 5th-which is Friday this
yearl Did you ever hear of a Meme
sis so unrelenting? Then listen to
my last woe: I've always disliked
night weddings as theatrical, and l
want to be married in the June sun
shine. with the birds singing"
Maybe. But we have awful thun-
dershowers in June sometimes"
"Please leave me one hope" walled
the engaged girl. Every lane has
it's turning somewhere. A daytime
wedding in Chicago, however, has
one dreadful drawback-no men.
Tom Says it's going to be hard to find
enough ushers. And if there are no
men at a wedding half the girls stay
away, or else they don't bother to
put on their best gowns or even to
curl their hair. So we decided to be
married late some Saturday after
noon, when the offices are closed, so
that the church wouldn't look like
sewing society afternoon. Well, the
cook came in this morning and re-
cited some old rhymes to me about
wedding days and wound up with
And Saturday the worst day of ALL
Now do you wonder that l need
tonic?"