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Show Should Girls Propone? lielva A. Loi kwood in New York Journal. Why sjiould girls be denied the sume privilege as the men tho right to propose? pro-pose? Often a girl will like a man, and perhaps knows he cares for her, yet shyness on his part will keep them asunder. Only fancy the amount of misery whicli might be prevented, the happiness that might be had, if this atrocious social custom were done away with. If there are fewer marriages now than in the past the fault lies with the men. A remarkable change has taken place in the character of woman, even within the past decade. She has learned to acquire; an independence of spirit, a jjo-aheaduess, as it were, not only startling to the male mind, but in many instances overawing. In no other country ii the world is this spirit so manifest as in America. From her cradle tho American girl is taught to appreciate her worth, and being thus early trained, the feeling feel-ing of independence grows and strengthens 'with her years. Tnder such circumstances is it surprising that ihe girl grown to womanhood in such an atmosphere looks with contempt ou men who are often her inferiors in intellect? There is another phase of this interesting inter-esting question. A girl of a marriageable marriage-able age, who perhaps is on the point of embracing matrimony, looks about her for illustrations of marital felicity, .she does not Jind them. The B.'g fight like eats and dogs, while Mr. C, it is said, beats Mrs. C, and in other ways maltreats her. Is there any wonder that the candidate for matrimony has a revulsion of feeling? "Such." the says, "may be fate. Oh, no; I'll remain single and independent." |