The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
Pines PROPOSAL
BY JANE OSBORN.

Honest Dave, you've got to give
me time," the red-haired advertising
manager Of the furniture firm Of Pins,
Pines & Noteworthy was saying to
Dave Pines, who had fingered after
closing hours of the store to speak to
Miss Drew on what he referred to In
his note beforehand as q pressing
matter Of business"
You sure did give me surprise.
Why, I'd no more idea that you had
taken q fancy to me than that-than
that we'd sell out of refrigerators in
February. II the Morning Bugle was
to send over here with the statement
that we could double our Sunday ad. /,
vertisins space for the same rate as !
We pay now wouldn't have been more
surprised. Give me time, Dave. Whenf
Oh, let me see. Suppose you wait till
after Sunday. I'll take next Sunday to
dope It out. No, can't possibly tell
you any sooner. have thought 80
little about getting married. I'll have
to drop around to see my friends that
have gone and done it and see what
| huuy haNS ~ COY oOout DAOP ~
next Monday at about this time, If
you're still interested. And. whatever
decide, you and I'll always be good
friends, won't WEI"
Say, that was kind O. clever copy,
II do say it. and that idea of yours to
leave the chairs and tables on that spe-
cial sale out in the rain for two nights
beforehand Just did the business. II
they had come over in the Mayfiower
they couldn't have loked more like the
No, hadn't forgotten-had it down on
my desk pad, but guess I'd have re-
membered any way.
"Tell you my answer? Well don't be
impatient Take it slowly, Dave. and
then you'll see why I've decided as
have. You'll understand better. You
know l wanted to handle the PROPOSE
ton squarely AS told you it wasn't
just an ordinary Will you marry me"
when David Pine asked red-head Peg
Drew to be junior partner. You know
] appreciate the compliment.
so, l started off Sunday morning to
see the girls l went to school with
Aggie Dayton, Pearl Hite, Julie Saun-
ders and Moll Braun. They've all
married and l thought they'd give me
the dope l was after. And guess
, got It.
|, well, Aggie-I went to her house
first. Knew she'd be at home. When
: q woman has six children and good
, for-nothing husband she doesn't stand
, much chance Of being out on Sunday
, morning. l was out Of breath by the
time I got there, four flights up and
such racket! Youngest was cutting
it's teeth and oldest was yelling be
cause he'd just had to have his baby
teeth pulled out. She was mighty glat
to see me, though. She hadn't seer
q any Of the girls for years, You know
how it is when a girl needs friend
q she usually can't find any l didn'
A have to ask her how her marriage hat
PANIED out tried to cheer her up
i though. She had been a good house
keeper once and l asked her why sh,
l. didn't try this new game Of economic
r independence, II her husband didn'
o earn enough to get out and earn 1t her
q self. But how could a girl like Aggi'
h get out with six children hanging a
/. her apron strings?
n We'll, then l went to see Pearl Hite
II and do you know was almost scarce
d to go in. Those buffers In plum col
t. ored uniforms always did make M
( feel shy. Pearl sent down by he
French maid for me to come up. Sh'
!. was having her coffee in her boudOi
v and, do you know, l hadn't been Their
g ten minutes before she burst out cry
|, ing and told me all about 1t. She
4. miserable. Husbands gone of with
RI vaudeville tango queen and it's all the
g can do to keep the scandal out Of tn
papers.
d Next place went was jules, an
e do you know It wasn't till ha
d reached her apartment that l kne,
she'd left her husband, though she sal
1t had been in all the papers 1t WASH
that he had done anything. Sh
just couldn't get along with him. say
:. that for woman of independence an
: an 'emancipated intellect marriage
state of bondage. She said it wa
sitting her soul. So now she Is study
ing law and says she's going to devot
herself to making divorce easier in tn
I state. Eventually she said, 'marriag
4 will be like any other contract. bindin
4 only so long as both parties agree
What about Mol? Oh, didn't te
you? Poor thing, She seems to hav
been happy but you know she marie
a Gcrman-Otto Braun was his nam
and when the first reservists wer
called out he joined his colors in tn
fatheriand, and IL was only last mont
after all these weeks of anxiety tha
+ she learned that he had been killed |
the trenches. So she's gone over [
Berlin to join the Red Cross to try {
forget her own misery. Poor Noll
And she used to be SO light-hearted.
4 you are not going Dave? VIII,
you look kind o disgruntled 70
don't think you'll wait for my answer
Well. If that is the way you feel abou
81 it, | thought maybe when you hear
z you would want to go home with III
and have the little dinner that AuI
4 Mandy has been making real old vi
ginia chicken and corn bread
You see, Dave, after ! had hear
about those four girls and seen what
II failure marriage had been for them
3. just wanted to try my luck and sho'
folks that marriage is a pretty goo
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