The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-29
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playIet by Gene Walters that Is pop
ular along the 2-a-day route piyots
on the pointed theory that woman pro-
poses and man falls for 1t. and most
men never come out Of the delusion
that they, themselves, we're first to
make the proposition to fetter their
lives, liberties and pursuit Of happi-
ness. This propaganda playlet has
been the cause OF interninable argu-
ment on the part of numberless cou-
pies whose domestic happiness was
batting around about 300 before they
drank this dose. Of dramatic poison.
We cannot give testimony beyond that,
but it is more than likely that the
ever increasing number of divorces
can be attributed to this theatrical
source.
To those who doubt that women do
propose, we offer newly discovered
evidence Of most convincing charac-
ter and ask the court, please, 70 sub
noenae Davis Elkins, a bachelor and
later q United States Senator 70 eve
testimony on this point, and 10 com,
mand him to fetch with him several
mail sacks OF letters to be submitted
avbihjt, for the defense who, we
assume no fair person will dispute, IS
man, that animal being always on tne
defensive from the opposing and pro
posing sex II the evidence Of TINS
bachelor Senator doesn't convince an
imnartial and unlnterested jury, which,
in mat event, must be made upentire-
Nv of males, then there is nothing III
evidence and the laws governing II
are sham. Co.,
bachelor members of the United States
Senate, accompanied by their pictures
and brief personal pedigrees, was syn
dictated to the press of the country
about four weeks ago. 1t has had tune
to get pretty well around, and the ad-
vertising may be said to have become
nationally standardized, The post
marks on the letters received by the
seven unveils prove that. Alaska
hasn't been heard from yet, but girl
far nm in British Columbia, and her
ardent proposal is on file in the new
Matrimonial Bureau branch OF the
Elkins' offices that the circumstance
under narration forced Private Score
tary Buck FentOn to establish There
are 2,73S proposals Of marriage al
ready received and filed, and it's be-
lieyed that the shower hasn't yet ar.
rived 1t is only misting.
The proposals are attended by
statement of details about the per-
sonal appearances Of the writers which
are. strange as it may seem, details
of a highly complimentary kind They
are all good lockers and high step
pers, regular Jazz babies, many OF
them: none coniesses to more than %
summers and a couple of hard falls
Without exception all are willing to-
grab off the Elkins kale first, and take
their chances on love showing up later
IN number Of them are so sure OF
themselves that they shipped along
their photographs. They said that
thew thew we're their photographs. A girl
AT Nancy, Maine, wrote, "Wnat are
con fellows waiting on-somebOdy to
Sreak the ice?"-which may be con-
sidered cold, but then celebrating is
a Maine industry after the tourists'
leave and the moose hunting gets to
goins It also tends to prove that
fbe New England conscience is some
thing for the relic collectors 70 hunt
for There are, up to date, q states
offering proposals, with MassacnG
setts leading by a length. The mails
from west Virginia are apparently
held up. No girl out there who needs
a man with millions has yet written
in The proposals are signed and al
dresses given. o,,o
A girl proposing from Urbana, ONO
says: "I'd marry gorilla il he mad
$4,000"
letter. He just hates to think that
she might have had his picture before
her when she penned that desperate
sentence.