Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
The Proposal.


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The Proposal.
II she is not a curates sister or a SUI
fragette. she will probably say NO at
first. Don't grind your tee'h and nutter
Very well--ve-ry well,'' and walk off
to the deuce or big game shooting. as,
besides being horribly prosaic. YOU look
so silly. Say quite brightly and politely
YOU are sorry YOU are mistaken, and talk
almost frivolously about commonplace
things-Maud Allan. the scenery. yourself.
1t will require great histrionic power and
self control-she will revert back to the
proposal.
With tact propose again. or make her.
The fever will out. and you will marry
and have done with it,
Some men think they are in love when
their jokes fail al the club, and there is
only one woman who will smile at them:
and many girls imagine a broken heart
when they are merely idle and carrying
on a mild Irritation.
\ girl may easily ascertain to what eX-
tent she is in love by asking herself the
following questions and answering them
truthfully:
l. Have you discovered that coun-
try lane with the man there is better
than church parade and a thousand adj
mlrlng you and your new frock?
:. When you put your head out of your
bedroom window and hear the nightin-
gales singing down in the spinney. what
do you think of
:. When you play golf with him. do
YOU play golf?
1. Do YOU always wear your best hat
when YOU go out in ease YOU should meet
him.
:. Would Your feelings remain the same
if YOU knew he loved you?
Don't think YOU are in love until at
least seventeen men have asked you for
a kiss. You are sure 10 imagine yourself
the affinity of the first man who in
pretty girl. But YOU do not love him
really: YOU only love to hear the i'm
mensey interesting things he says-all
about you.
Love Germ Working.
The night he asked YOU for kiss and
you refused because YOU didn't know
what else you could do : when he had
gone you went into the drawing room and
played. Chopin in the moonlight with the
scent of orange blossoms lowering round
and you stopped now and again to won
der.
Now you understand the reason things
were. and why the world is-at least, so
it seemed To you-yet in reality he who
had put temporary fun stop to your
Iife's questions and taught you the posi-
bilities of suburban lawn beneath star
spangled sky. will teach you more by mo-
breaking your heart than by
loving you, for nothing teaches phi
osophy like a broken heart
Love is tragedy. bound in covers of
rose. and entitled comedy: we all hold
il in our hands at least once. though some
look no further than the cover, and 9TH
ars. smiling. read the preface. closing 1t
in time. but those who read right through
never quite forget and when they put il
down they are generally philosophers.
Therefore. to decry love and ridicule the
act of loving is to promote happiness to
the detriment of wisdom. Yet Shakes
peare says:
| would rather n fool make merry
Than experience to maxi. me wise
So don't fall In love.
If you are in love already. care must
be taken. 4 good cure is run i'll the
motor together Prick the tire with your
at-pin unseen by Hmm. If YOU still feel
the same when he has emerged from I'M
der the car ia muddy road should have
been chosen, marry him, even II you can
only afford to live on penny buns for me
rest of your life. Such love Will make
up for anything