The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22
HOW SHOULD A MAN PRO
 POSE MATRIMONY?

'HThus it is our daughters leave us' There comes a youth with dauntlns
 feathers,
 Wanders piping through the village Beckons to the fairest maiden,
 And she follows where he leads her, Leaving all things for the stranger It is strange, but true-when, where and what words they shall use to pro pose Inatrinony bothers many youth to such an extent that he leaves the words unsatd rather than stand a chance of making mess Of 1t. There's many an otherwise brave fel- low who would rather face an army of drawn swords than girls eyes as he puts the question to her when would decide his future happiness or woe-whether she would marry him or not.
 Abraham Lincoln took to his heels and ran-actually fled in dtsnay with the sentence but half finished on hls lips-because the dear one of his heart began to smile. George Washington would have welded in his teens had not the little maiden to whom he was about to pour forth his ardent tale of love giggled and said sarcastically, -NI know you're going to say something that must be a. fb, for you're beating your lips so hard to keep it back Washington never afterward found courage to attempt a proposal to the saucy maid.
 Few men remember just how it came about that they proposed. How could they when it always comes about through the impetuosity of the mo- t1ent favored by the surroundings-the time, the place and the sweet, lovable mood of the girl?'
 It is -fondly and generally supposed to be a mans first attempt at pop ping the question, therefore he is sup posed to make all sorts of hitches in his speech. forget entirely the grace full phrasing of the al1-important sem tence. All that any girl wants to hear is. q love you. Will you be my wifeG'' It might be uttered in thou sand different ways by as many differ ent men, but that is the way the old, old story began and years and elo- quence have not found an improve ment upon it
 No matter who the lady is, rich or poor. young or older, she wants to hear just those words. They comprise all that is grandest, noblest, best and hopeful in /the book of love Eccentric proposals of marriage there are, and many of them answer the purpose of course quite satisfac- 1 torI1y but the man who is In doubt as to his way had best keep to the beaten track The woman's direct 1 styes's or mos lifts him then and
 
 pense>
 l Tho simplest manner of proposing 1 always has the true ring to t. It IS moment of agitation to a, man-aIl the earnestness of his being echoes through his proposal Of marriage. He has neither the time nor inclination to think up a set speech of elegant 1 polished diction. Few women have faith in the man who chooses his language carefully. deliberately. on such an aH-innportant occasion They have an uncomfortable doubt as to his sincerity and turn the subject as a bit of pleasantry-fearing to accept and be mortified by the intelligence they had mistook the meaning of his words
 No possible error can result from the point blank declaration q love you'' nor from a mans intention when he adds to that t.WtI you be my wife ?'' No man needs further instruction on the manner and choice of words in proposing matrimony