The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-28
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married by Christmas.
| orr SENS failed this time, for We hava
note from some rnarriageable girls
that informs us that they never coma
no ways near getting married. These
a1rls say that boys. in their opinion ara
growing too eliminate To court gin
IN other words, the BOYS have becors
tbe modest creatures that girls uaaa
RI he. and girls have come to ire looked
upon as the strongest ard The best able
10 supply those articles Of home com
forts and necessities that no image ma
uraIly brings about.
After recitins thusly, these Young ia
dies ask what are girls 10 do. They are
! fully Convinced that some boys Troy
know love them, but they are lacking
the courage to let it oe known. and so
they say, here are three girls anxious
and willing to comply with President
RooseveIt's adinonition that cans do
thing because Of the ethics in sucn maj
tiers. Then they cap The climax by
asking:
Must the girls proposc?'
That's the question they blunty put
% us. and it has been asked us IN an
parent sincerity and by three of az 9ret
" girls as you ever laid your eyes upon
Me and Brown both were willing to
agree at once that If the young men
OF this day and generation had arrl,ed
~ tba+ sfage of modern culture and
nroerees where three such pretty Girls
as these were driven to the most re
mote contemplation Of such PROPOSE
ton, why then it was proper to Cal
time" and stop the world.
But the world Is not going to stop
| and our opinions would not answer the
question stripped OF doubt. SO We went
to work TO weigh the proposition and
to do the very best that we could for the
good of the girls. all the time thinking
them for the fiattery OF asking US about
the matter at all. al all
From "A" 10 ~" and from every Inn
ag.nabe standpoint. we have turned aud
twisted this question. only 70 return
again to the starting point rs 'nuth be-
wildered as we were at the beginning.
The only thing that we grew In was
larger disgust for culture and pro-
gress that even suggests the contempia-
ton OF such catastrophe as having
sweet young ladies forced 70 the neots-
sity Of proposing" themselves or allow
ing the cowardly boys 10 exc ont mis-
cradle existence In horrid old oasAe-9s-
hood
But. as often as we were u'7@
and grew angry over the conFempiaLian,
just as often we would soften Under ths
compliment Of being asked ABOUT il, and
Tried. tried" again. till Blown dldn':
have sense enough 70 hang UP 2is bat
/ and l was not far behind hIm Az last
my old friend proposed lnat I'f YES %
fall back on ignorance a-ie aun1nlt '-l-1
we were entirely unequal % the ooca-
CHM was the best thing for us to do
~ rno, tb.s we apreed. and there ~
resi-
In all Of nv copartnership work with
Rroc,, was never so disappointed In
him before as T have been In this mat
ter fook it that he was authority in
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