Gilpin observer., 1907-10-24
HOW MEN
PROPOSE
Tho Amateur 9oolologlet
Heporte on HE Investigations.
The amateur SOCIOLOGICAL said:

The amateur sociologist said:
"The impassioned declarations of
love and the hetup proposals Of mar
riage as made by the lovely young
male pieces of work In the novels had
always impressed me as being gro
tesquely overdrawn. l could not pic
ture the lovely young male pieces OF
works saying such things to girls
who were not insane.
80 l instituted such quiet inquiries
among my married friends for the
purpose Of ascertaining whether any
Of these idiotic manifestations had
time. l am giving you the result Of
these Investigations.
"The first man l tackled was the
head clerk in q crockery store and
he'd been going with the girl for a
year and half when 1t happened.
One Sunday afternoon he took q walk
with her.
"'Aggie,' he said to her after they'd
been looking at some marked down
refrigerators in q furniture store win
dow, the old man boosted my pay to
80 week last night. Guess we ought
to be able to scrabble along on 80
q week. hadn't we?
"'Well, I should say was Aggie's
offhand reply. There are thousands
of folks in New York who live mighty
comfortably on half Of 80 a week,
and
And the date of that wedding was
Immediately arranged.
Next man, clerk In an insurance Of
fee, had been going with her for
about eight months. There were two
or three others in the field against
him, but he was game enough to take
gamblers chance. They were at a
show one night and between the first
and second acts he leaned over to her
aud said:
"'Say. Hazel. where do I stand with
you, anyhow? I
Now. pul-lease, Jim, don't get SEN
timental,' she replied.
"'But, Hazel he persisted. I'm get
ting pretty anxious to find out, you
know. I don't know now whether I'm
aces or an also ran. -stss<
"Oh, don't know that you have
any occasion to worry was her re-
ply, and that, of course, was enough
for him. The date was fixed q couple
Of evenings later.
Third friend Of mine whom
tackled on this Investigation was .
shorthand man in a brokers' once.
and he'd been calling on her about
three times a week, taking her out,
too. with considerable regularity, for
. period covering about year. One
evening he was sitting on the front
steps with her when she said to him:
"'Say, Charlie, guess who ran away
and got married last week? Edith
Startsomething!
THAT so? said he. Well. say.
Ethel. how good on the run are
you"
Thus It was fixed.
my fourth informant was q young
lawyer-briefless at that-who'd been
frequent caller at the home of a
wealthy girl for two years. Good.
looking chap. and the girl was there
with the looks, too, In addition to hav.
ing the coin. One night they formed
part Of chaperoned box party at a
play. The play was about q family
suddenly plunged from wealth to pov.
erty. .
"Dye know. Kate he'd said to
her. without desiring to appear mean
or cruel. wish something Of that
sort would happen to you
What q very friendly wish! was
her reply. Why. pray?' she added, al
though, Of course, she understood him,
perfectly we'll.
Because. then, my DEAR he very
quickly made answer. I wouldn't feel.
like such an Internal mum II asked
you to share the little have with
me-
40. is that it?' she inquired. gazing
tenderly into his eyes. Well, you
know very well, Ed, that / should
never consider you a mum under any,
circumstances. no matter what you,
did; and 1t Is mean of you to re-.
proach me for not being poor. / can't
help It, can IL
This looked good enough to my
friend the young lawyer. and It was.
They'd decided upon the date before
the end Of that week.
Fifth man asked was another
lawyer, and he'd been calling and
sending her candy and flowers and.
taking her out right often for nearly
O twelvemonth. One evening they
were taking car ride when they
passed tidy apartment house in
course OF construction and nearly com.
pleted.
Saw the plans Of those fats q
few days ago. he said to her non.
chalantly. They're daisies-best ar.
| ranged l ever saw. Rurlan walls ocd