Show A GUARDED PROPOSAL Lorenzo Dow an AmerIcan evangelIst who went to Ireland in ProtestantIsm 1799 to endeavor to convert the Catholics of that country to Pro Pro- II was as a bold spirIt In many respects but It appears that I he was extremely cautIous m in matters In which women were con con- concerned 1 HIS tentatIve proposal of marriage written to a young woman as of follows hIS acquaintance IS a masterpiece of conservatism He wrote I If I am preserved about a year and a half from now I am in I I hopes of f seeing this northern country again and if during that tIme you you live and remain single and find no one that YOU like better you do me and would be WIlling to gIve me up three years out ot of every ery four for travel In foreIgn lands for if you should stand m in the way I would pray God to remove you which I believe He would answer and if I fInd no one I like better than I do you perhaps somethIng further may be said upon the subject It ItIS IS safe to say that the young oung lady could hardly have gotten a breach of verdIct on the strength of a letter like that The successful cinema producer may well thank hIS lucky stars I Marriage IS a life sentence WhIch IS sometimes remitted for fOl forbad bad behavior A pessimIst IS a former optimIst who lost his money backing his Jus op optimism If Ifa a cat crosses the road m in front of your car its it's s 's lucky for the cat if she makes it t tReading Reading of some magazines makes one wonder what kind I of stuff the edItors rejected Opportunity knocks but once and we wish the installment collectors would follow its example Americanism Printing August magazines in June and Sun Sun- Sunday day the Thursday before J JOld Old time authors may have done their writing in attics but s likely that they got their inspiration in cellars A reformer complains that there is too much love in modern fiction And perhaps too much fiction in modern love I I I I I I |