The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-02-21
LEAP YEAR ADVICE TO.
BACHELORS


Mrs. J. Duncan has handed in the fol-
lowing to The Pilot, which she thinks
will be appreciated by the many old
bachelors in Whitefish who have lived in
fear and trembling since the advent Of
leap year:
Nerve-trying leap year again is here,
and it behooves all unmarried men to be
on the alert as to where they go and
! what they dc and say.
How to refuse the girl is problem
that has racked many brain during leap
year. Few men know the secret, The
result ..as been that many men have said
yes when they meant "no," simply
because they did not have the nerve to
say "po." And disaster rampant has been
the outcome.
There is no task that man has to per-
form so very torturing to the nerves as to
say emo" to pretty girl when she has
proposed. Therefore it bel Doves every man
to learn to say 'no," or otherwise this
year there will be a crop of marriages
that man nor nature never intended, with
all the resultant harvest of calamity and
woe.
For the courageous man in full possess
sion of all his faculties, it might do to
hesitate and evade the question, and thus
delay the matter until leap year is over.
But for the timid man such rule will
never apply. He must come right out
End say ''no' without hesitancy at all.
Don't wait a second or your courage
may fail. Don't think of the consequences.
Don't think at all. Just say "no" and
then jump out of the window or by other
means get away from the scene as quickly
as possible and leave the town.
For the courageous man, the man who
has nearly as much nerve as woman, a
different policy may be pursued. If the
girl is not too persistent he may be able
to avoid the marriage and at the same
time not come right out and say "no. "
No better direction can be given to this
man than to employ the tactics used by
women. Say II will be brother" OF
"this is too sudden,' or better still, tell
the girl that you had intended proposing
yourself, that you object to leap year pro-
posals and ask<her to wait until next
year, when you will have another chance
to propose.
Tell her anything. Don't mind q littl.
white lie; resort to any kind of a scheme
or device, to avoid the marriage.
Be very careful to word your utter
ances so as not to become involved in ,
breach of promise suit,
The best advice of all, however, is t,
keep out Of the company of women dur
ing the year.
Under no conditions should you engage
in conversation with widow. They ar
threatening enough during ordinary years
their presence is absolutely fatal to singh
blessedness during leap year.
Ii man will carefully observe thes
rules there is chance that he may &c
through the year without anything seri
Gus happening to him. In a few week
you will become accustomed to the wa
of acting and the task will be less diff
cult. Then you will gain nerve with you
growing self-confdence.
Stay at home as much as possible, kee
, your door locked, and beware of intoxi
) cants, for when man INDUCES he ofte
. rushes into dangers he would never 'dar
) when sober.
, Never think of suicide until all othe
expedients have been resorted to. An
. remember, leap year is but one da
longer than any other year.