Show LEAP YEAR ladies law in leap year bachelors penalty jl is probable that many of alio fair ami at iciest an equal of alio llio unfair sen leave scarcely bestow cil a thought upon the fact that 1888 is leap year in h kli K li abc ladies law as it is called may prevail in three out of four lias alio lr ivilo of popping the question ami the annoyance of laving n no for abc reply on tins four w 3 car a woman rany propose it it so please glicr A lady ins alic in leap year of suggesting marriage between herself and a bachelor in uc event of his refusing the penally is clial the ungallant gentleman present the tender with a new silk dress there is a reservation however that alic liht to claim thi penalty depends on alic that when alio proposed the was alc tlc wearer 0 a scarlet petticoat which or a little of alic lower portion of which she must exhibit to the gentleman the understood idea being silken dress s nall cover alic and alius assuage dire feminine indignation atthe rejection of her offered liall if tiny of the reader nt alio calcai i in suy in a high wind or when a carriage or a c r is entered on n muddy of lift slightest bit of scarlet in a ladys most comfortable aud usually garment they may imagine thai she lias the house willi alic dire intent of asking somebody to marry glicr or of getting alic silk milreis it is said that in a work entitled courtship loc and matrimony published in ten years before alic death is aliis explanation indies n lean koars albeit it is iiona become n part of lie common lawe in to social elation j of life that as of ten a every bissextile return alic ladics linvs alic solo during alic lime il of making love anlo lie men which do ly bordus or lookis as to it bie proper and oscr no man nill lie entitled to benefit of clergy ho dolac in anny wise glicr proposal willi slight or contumely iiii is given ly a corr cs of and queries bill some words in il which arc in common bic in lime social relations of life is n icly modern phrase and though the word relations is used onan by social never wa addly alic word though not given in Ayro con orda etc occurs in brouil contumely is put into one of Juni teta biot sol ilo ques the following is alic statute in aliu old saxon code referring to leap year albeit as often as bearc dollic ot curc abe woman hold etli per over alic in ol 01 matrimony matri monc so alic badye it shall not be lawful for aliu man to say her nac but her proposal in all glide c A scotch statute of 1223 rends as follows 11 II is and ordains that during the of her inayat majestic ilk fourth year known as leap year alk maiden lidya of bacilli bailli high aid low estate shall havu liberty to bespeak yu roan she likes albeit if lie refuses to lake her to he bif he shall be mulched mulcted in iho sum of onu pound 1 or less as his mai bo except and awls if lie can make il appear clial he is to one woman and then he bu free leap year naturally rally makes us thial of and we hope alliati all tin ladius and widows will be bold enough to pop alio question and do it without or stammering now is your opportunity tn stines |