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Show n v vsiiiaii .. We, the Women Every Year Is Leap Year, But Men Don't Know It J It j ' By 11TH MIUXTT On Imp year women art grai the privilege of proposing. Bu l a privilege they luurp the ot thraa years out of four. Not that most of thorn actu lay anything Ilka, "We've b going steady for a year, don't ; think It's about time we got v j . Mr Such an honest statement 4 fact wouM ahock and rcpulaf ir 1' awn. They Just can't taka It But they do taka and Ilk Indirect propoaaL And thoi , wlvaa hala to admit It, moat them put tha marrying baa In tl husband's Tyrolean bonnets. Tact la soma of them have milted It to me. One cute little brunette (she 1 school teacher and didn't like aald that she burst into tears wl a young man who had coma visit her was ready to get on train. With ena foot on tha tr atepa ha aald: "Don't you baby. I'll coma back and get ye And he did. "I love you" because she thou the man was afraid to. Evldet ha was for, once aha said It, Jj" "Don't you cry, leby. I I com. ijjf" back and gat you." d sci sued op enough eeurage to pr (ht pose. tly Still another admitted that h ha husband might never have reach' the proposal state If she had n let him know that another pa slstent young man waa making h Ufa miserable becauss ha wouldi take "No" for an answsr to r honorable Intentions. Some girls sven menage to g married without a proposal at a Their calm childlike belief that wedding Inevitably follows r nance Just seems to sweep tl men along into marriage. B that role takes extreme conflden and self-composure. The Important thing Is, mo women manage their propose They manage as well that thi are never surprised when tha pr it posal comes only relieved. I" And, that being so, tha girl wl leaves everything up to the mi Is at considerable dlsadvantag An outright proposal woul shock most man - they hut cayi teke it. |