Show where women propose so far ns as proposals of marriage are arc concerned in new guinea it la Is always leap year for in that isla island nd the men consider it beneath their dignity to I 1 women much less to mako make overtures of marriage consequently the proposing Is IH left to the women to to do when a wo manof new guinea falls in n love with a man sho she sends a piece of string to ills sister or it lie ling bus no sister to his mother mot lier or another of his lady relative then the lady ibio ho receives tile string tells tile the roan mail that the particular damsel Is lit in love IV ith him it if the man thinks lie would like to wed tile the lady lio lie meets tier her alone and they decide straight away whether to marry or drop the idea la in the former case the betrothal betroth qa Is 19 announced tile man Is then lien branded I 1 on oil the back backwith with charcoal while a mark Is cut into the womans comans skin no breach of promise actions are los possible sible lit in new guinea though if the lady Is jilted tier friends may hunt her lover up and go for him on oil the other hand it the lie woman proves faithless she Is liable to bo be beaten by tier her betrothed if lie catches tier |