The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
Man Proposes;
Woman :?
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and SO had the man of her choice. .
One Saturday afternoon they started
out to visit the Zoo. but on the way
she sidetracked him into famous
department store. How did you get
him in there" | asked. when Mary
was telling me about II later. WELL"
said Mary, studying the ring on her
finger, Il told him | wanted to make
a purchase"
1t was easy enough to reconstruct .
the scene. After making her pur-
chase Mary led the man of her choice
TO model apartment which the store
was exhibiting. There was a kitchen.
and what man isn't interested In
q model kitchen? There was q libra
ry. And he tried leather chair"
reported Mary. I'VE were all alone. /
So handed him book and asked
him II he would like to have his .
slippers" And that put the idea in
his head?" | remarked. For answer.
Mary smiled down at her ring again.
There was dining room. too. And |
a charming little boudoir, fit for any !
bride. by that time" said Mary. 81
was pretending that | was the lady |
of the house and ! asked him who |
he was. looking in my boudoir like |
that. And he said Well. can be |
the lady's husband; can't ~ But ] |
told him he couldn't, because ! had |
no ring. So then he nearly ran me |
down 10 the jewelry department and !
he wanted to pay deposit on the |
model apartment. too. but ! stopped |
him in time. It's too much fun to
buy the furniture piece by piece. and
| told him so. Catch me buying II
Wholesale like that"
FLORENCE is more reticent about
how she did 1t. but she needn't be.
II was perfectly obvious case.
/ Being an ambitious girl, Florence
chose a young man who had fought
his way up from nearly nothing. He
| has hardly started yet, but he has
already gone beyond us, and good
ness only knows how high he'll
climb. He's one of these combative.
masterful types of men, and Florence
started her campaign by arranging
to meet him and then studiously
ignoring him. She did il so well that
very soon she aroused in him the
grim resolve that she should not
ignore him. II was in March when
Florence began looking over his head
as though he simply didn't exist;
and It was in June when they We're
married.
Grace's method was. perhaps. the
simplest of all. While walking
through field with the man she
wanted. she picked a daisy and began
plucking the petals. one by one. He
loves me - He loves me not -" But
she kept the result a secret what
did the daisy say" asked the man
she wanted Nov you know you
don't care" she told him. Didn't he.
though.
Three of my bridesmaids are now
thus unaccounted for. OF these three.
one is still unmarried. but the other
two have both led husbands To the
altar, have not yet learned the
details of their engagements. be-
cause they have moved away and I've
never had a chance for confidential
chat with either Of them. But when
| do. do you think there's any doubt
about what | shall hear?
Shall Woman Propose. indeed. II
will be a sorry day II ever she loses
the art. saw in the paper recently
that there are eight million unmar.
ricd male adults in the United States,
Whose fault Is It? Why, the fault
of the eight million single female
, adults who ought to have married
: that men are like children and have
to be nodded to their own good? Very
\ well, then. Man Proposes: Woman -