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Show A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL I ! One of our giddy youngsters of the male persuasion recently decided to make a formal offer of his heart and hand to one of our representative ladies to whom he had been paying some at- . tention for a time. He cautiously pre- ! faced his declaration with a few questions: ques-tions: "Did she love him well enough to live in a cottage with him? Was she a good cook? Did she think it a wife's ' duty to make a home happy? Would she consult his tastes and wishes concerning con-cerning associates and pursuits of life? Could she make her own clothes?" The 1 young lady said that before she answered answer-ed his questions she would tell him of : some of the negative virtues she pos- seased. She never drank, smoked or chewed: never stayed out all night playing play-ing billiards; never lounged "11 street corners and ogled giddy girls; never "st.od in" with the boys for cigars and wine suppers. "Now" said she, rising indignantly, "I am assured you do all these things, and yet you expect all the virtues in me. while you do not possess any yourself. I can never be your wife," and she bowed him out and left him on the door steps to silently meditate over his venture, a wiser man. Manti Messenger |
