Show propose propose lt true lover marriage marria e always out his blurts blurs tove love by HELEN OLDFIELD ARELY indeed almost never is it of any use f for or a man to ask advice as to how lie he shall manage a proposal of marriage to the woman of his choice books of etiquette with formulas for every occasion counsel from obliging wid and deeply interested friends however experienced alike are arc of little or no avail to him who lacks a tongue shyness is above alit all a distinguishing characteristic of true love and the man mall who has most cause highly to esteem himself is often tho the one who is is most diffident who will stammer and blush like a bashful schoolboy in the presence of the woman whom he believes to the lie paragon of her sex flex and who all the while if the truth were known may bo be longing to help him out with liis his faltering speech atwould it would be interesting were it possible to know how many or rather how few of tile men who have learned leardi 4 proposals by rote who have rell rehearsed earse attitudes before a mirror who carefully have prepared themselves in advance for the occasion have carried out their plans when the time comes the chances cli ances are that all previous preparations will lie be wholly forgotten the lover will be mute as a fish or blurt out his love after a fashion of his own more sincere than rhetorical an offer of marriage which would do to be photographed graphed would be too fine to be true avowals of love which slip glibly from the tongue suggest that the speaker s p eaker is practiced in theart of courtship in fact that he has been there before to a timid lover and most true lovers lovera are timid popping the question is a terrible ordeal even though he is reasonably suro buro that liis his beloved one has haa made up her mind to accept him be approaches the final business of formally proposing marriage agitated and ine ryous to a degree it is queer come to think about it but there are afe lew things more terrifying to a modest and tender hearted young jn anthan tasking asking the girl of his heart to wed him excepting indeed the ond part of the transaction asking papa which by the way it is said the girl odthe of the period does much to make easy it has haa been said that as no two men eat cat aliko alike so no two make love in precisely the same manner usually tho the man conforms to the disposition of the woman whom lie he loves there is just one rule which all men should follow be explicit the woman who loves will not need to be told how best to say yes the vacillating woman lias has no right 1 to allow a man to propose to her and accept him temporarily because she cannot make up her mind to tell him the truth there perli perhaps tips may be cases where a woman is justified in accepting a suitor for whom she aho only feels sincere liking and respect provided she is frank with him and ho be is content but the woman who says yes merely because she is tired of saying no makes a grave mistake for which she is sure to pay dearly later on let your yea be yea and your nay nay for what is ia more mor alian ethan these com cometti i eth of evil |