El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-14
WHEN WOMAN
PROPOSES
Charming Ada Patterson Tells Tales
on Naughty Hen Concerning
Matrimonial Affairs.
By ADA PATTERSON
BY ADA PATTERSON

~ HREE times in one day We read
in the newspapers this defence
made by men who have got into
matrimonial troubles-'the woman pro
posed"
One instance was that OF a bride VINO
had rorsaken her husband and deslI co
to have her marriage annulled An
ether was the case OF man "AOsS
wife asked her freedom because ne
was imprOVident and nature nc
third was a more novel tale-LAaL OF d
IA oman who was accused Of trying 70
kill her husband and who insisted ina
the attempt upon his lie was maue DS
someone else
Argument Is Winning.
In each Of the first Two cases l1e
mans argument is a whining admission
Lhat he is an almost worthless pens
but that woman should have looked pc
fCre she made the matrimonial leap III
the last the husband included the leap
wear proposal is general balancing
OF his own worth against his Vie 5, 70
her disfavOr.
From these cases we may draw some
disturbing and unwelCOme conclusions
One is that the alleged nOblest Work OF
the Creator does kiss and tell He even
Earries and tells Therefore IS no Wom-
an guaranteed of the privacy OF her
WOOlng- Even If the conceded male WedS
her he viii tell that she asked him.
Man viii have something new to boast
riage he has received, and how many
tair girls have languished for him IN
vain.
Women Now Wear AIittens.
MiJtens are no longer a prerOgative
OF man Women viii now have TO wear
them when the man is cruel or when
he prizes career above marriage
Don lead a man into a dim corner OF
the conservatory, or into the garden TO
watch the sunset and the twilight come
on apace. with view to a private pop
ping Of the question 1t VIII only re-
main private until he can clap his hat
on his head and skid down town to tell
the boys Man is a braSgart and his
tongue waggeth in the recital OF his
COnquests-
Leap Year Not Golden.
This leap year his tongue viii wsg
over time. So look not upon leap year
as golden opportunity. Rather may IL
prove mill stone OF humiliation tied
bout your spirit of romance. Lean year
stallSucs viii show greater number
OF bachelors. for while a man hates
10 propose and feels as one OF them
eIoquently described like a lizard"
" hen his offer of marriage IS declined
woman being unused to bringing
@oout these sentimental climaxes viii
De matrlmonially crushed. She viii
probably never try again.
The Triumph Of L nreason.
4 Another conclusion that does not
Iead US 10 think more highly OF the
Naunted strength Of man is that the
e--S " no says YES seems always TO
think he married the woman simply
because she asked him. Not because
ne loved her. not admittedly because
she offered him better business or So
ctai or professional opportunities
ancy asking, while some domestic
tempest Is raging, the old and hOnOred
tGesJlon- Why did you marry me-"
ana TO have flung at YOU the answer
because YOU asked me" Yet that is
precisely what these logical creatures
are answering. A wOman's answer has
oeen Tor centuries regarded as the
triumph Of unreason. Yet no reply
was ever wept into a lace trimmed
handkerchief. between soprano sObs.
as silly as those given by the three
men who said. She proposed TO me- 5.
Wen Do Not Move.
Al rather a hopeless prospect
LIIend woman The world moves bur
apparently men do not. Earth has
peeh swinging along under a new and
ce lIer era Tor 1912 and a fraction years,
Sel men are Offering the same excuse
t4e tlrst man gave for testing an ap-
PIE me woman gave IL 10 me and I
ulu eat It's the same excuse. though
oIIered now in courtroom instead of a
garden.
The echo falls heavily upon the ears
ana hearts of women who had thought
or exercising their leap year privI- I
leges- For while it is salt in ones |
teeth to be sued for breach Of promise Z
as two women have recently been. I
lhere is at least the comfort OF having ]
been asked Ii is ashes to hear a Z
tenor OF basso prOfundO roll out the
charge; she asked me. your honor"