The evening world., 1912-01-02
Their Use Any Man
Can Be Managed" Till
He'll DO the Asking"
Says Miss Pearson, Who
Practices With Them on
Stage.
Another Suggestion Ls to
Catch the Man Early
-BefWeen rs and 90
or at About IS, Which
Is the Second Child.
hood Of Romance"
Marguerite MO0evs Marshall.

It's leap year!
Right on top Of the headlines given to
. Boston dignitary. who informs us that
women ought. really ought. to propose.
comes the almanac containing the
twenty-ninth OF February and Its
ancient but inevitable Joke. Once in
-FOUR years. according to this hoary
witucism. II 10 woman's divine right TO
put the question"
There IL an old English poem. per.
haps the product Of . bygons leap year.
which starts of merrily:
Should girls ~propose,' Gays DR.. Law.
To which all we men answer. 'pShawr"
] remember thinking. the hrst time I
read It, that all wise women would
answer first and with the sams dis
susted monosyllable.
And Miss Molly Pearson did when I
talked to her yesterday afternoon. Then:
Il didn't mean to make . pun" she con-
fessed. but perhaps @. B. 8. will for
give me. However. I don't In the least
agree with him."
incidentally. Miss Pearson, as Bunty.
nightly pulls the strings in the Col
Her theatre. Just TO show how easy It
10 to make q man do what you wish
without asking him to do II.
Then you don't take your leap year
PRIVILEGES seriously? 2" I inquired
NO ever did," laughed Miss
Pearson. For a woman to propose to
a man Is in Itself q tac!t confession OF
failure. It implies hat she cannot IN
duce him to propose to her.
sUFFRAoisT, BUT IN LOVE IN.
DIRECT INFLUENCE DOES.
II am a suffragist. but In tho world
Of emotion I am a thorough believer IN
indirect influence. And the eason is
that the majority of people are nat
urally contrary about falling In love.
Now. don't ask me the reason" and
Miss Pearson held up a warning finger.
II only know it's true. Haven't you
ever noticed a girl deliberately fiouting
and insulting a man who Is obviously
head over heels In owe with her? Ere.
|Quently she yields to him in the end:
frequently. down In the bottom OF her
wilful little heart. she has known that
she will yield. But a whole lot OF con-
trariety had to be worked on first. And
Il the man had pressed his suit q bit
less vigorously he might have won 1t
quicker. since perverslty feeds on ocpo-
sition.
"Now ~suppos,ng IT'S the other way
around, and the woman 10 the frs. to
have her affection reused. Suppose
she went right Straight on 10 ASK
the man to marry ner. What would
happen7 He would back away ike q
mettlesoms horse. OF course. II DC
were q nice man he'd be extremely
polite about II. assuring tho lady that
he appreciated the honor and that q
previous engagement or financial stress
.or some other equally ine scruple
alone prevented him from Ava!l!ng him.
self Of her kindness. But ] do not be.
ueve that even his chivalry would
carry him n further.
s16ost women have mistaken
Meas - q, the umits Of masculine
ehivslry. Thsy seldom exceed those
Of GOOD ssnss.
MUST ALWAYS KEEP ROLE OF
THE PURSUED.
No.. whether or not oma 10 thu
pursued. she must always assume tina
rolA II 10 the n which for centurie:
man has given her. and he 10 alwayi
disturbed when he nnds she has left 1t
"And she can get along so much bet
ter lust by managing. Men are nice
but they can't sec through a barn dool
with Q hole In It. provided the woman
has made the hole. Or perhaps tne'
don't want to see.
"Yerhaps they have . certain In
tuidou that women, who have sps-
malissd In ths lovs-gams since the
voria beQpn. know how 70 play ~