| Show k i Q Size She C Chads Cs s on I Getting Engaged 4 I r DI Disengaged J r 1 i 37 II I I r. r r r l i 1 O 1 1913 i by Pre rc Co r S TJ-ns TJ Is the he most dangerous moment I 1 of ot tho the year ear Spring colds spring I I cubists flirtations enga engagements p and matrimony threaten ono one at ever every turn Ono finds oneself continually gettIng fretting Into scrapes crapes and running J round madly doing doing- serious things foolIshly tool fool and nd foolish things seriously I But the tile danger of ot dangers l I L menace most of ot ua Ul Is tho ho danger ol o. GETTING E ENGAGED SprInt Spring goon goo to the head lIke chum chain I agne At this season eason two unmarried t people eople axe are RO to apt to mistake the moonlight moon moon- I light In each ench others other's eyes for tor the Jovo- Jovo OYO- OYO F light lICht and nd to drift Into an engagement I as unconsciously and Irresponsibly a a. as i two toy boats bonts drift together on a 1 pond i t Ah Ah Theros There's nothing naif so 80 sosweet sweet In life Ufo as getting engaged I Personally I n In getting engaged aM as oCt often n and as ns seriously a as possible possible- at least leat once a a. year up year up to the tho wedding d day It keeps ui up the tho glow of ot life Ufe The heart needs exercise aa as well a as 31 the S to prevent ent it t from becoming atrophied D Besides getting engaged 1 Is III excellent experience a n. sort of or eon con rehearsal for tor matrimony Best Besl Bestor of or nU all all It gives one ono onea a perspective on tho the opposite ex e and keeps one ono from taking taking tak tak- In ing that sex box too seriously But Hut an engagement should not be bo a n. death and affair Not that one should go Into It for a n. pastime for tOl vanity's s 's sake Mke or merely In order to find out whether or not he enjoys enjoy kissing some particular girl Such affairs af at fairs are arc not real engagements ens theare they the are stupid an and sordid and rest lug ing One should always go INTO an engagement with serious Intention and then turn round and go o right OUT again If It h he lie finds himself ml mistaken taken I IAn An engagement Is IR a n hool I Choosing a mate life Is like choosing D h nit f. f n i h to t-i t i T Jj th ii tho first it hat h you o t fancy C A Ahat Ahat hat bought at first sight like Uke love at nl first sight Is almost sure iuro to turn out ut a failure No matter how pretty and a hat may look In tho the milliners milliner's milliners milliner's mil mu- liners liner's window or 01 how n charming and alluring n. n man or 01 woman may appear across cross the ballroom or the tennis court It Is no sign that the they were intended for YOU or that the they wont won't mako malco you OU utterly miserable from froni tho day you get them until the day you rou get set rid of them It Is all aU a matter of mn matching your our Ce eyes and hair and complexion In Ina Ina Ina I a hat lint and of matching your our tastes and ideals and antI habits In a n. life partner But you cant can't either cither one on b by jud Judging em iem on masse masso It I is IK too con c- tuBing fusing You must simply sele select t ono one here hero and arid there and give it a trial And an engagement e after all should bo be nothing but a TRIAL Wh Why should ALL tho trials come como after marriage c. anyway anway B By the tho time you ou have tried half hat a 3 dozen hats hat or fiances you von are ara araso areso so much bettor able ahlo to jud Judge e what you vou ou really want and how to select one If your our your style stylo of ot beauty or of character charac charac- ter tN Is suited to plain tailor made ef effects ef- ef what a silly trae travesty t you ou would v make of oC yourself to purchase a frilly b bo hat or hat or to tie up to a butterfly or a 0 silly bah bah- woman And If Ir on the lie theother other hand your face lace or your life is Ia stern sturn and hard and cold and need something to soften and grace it it wh why ure yourself with a derby or tio tie yourself down dot to the nock flock of ot Gibraltar Gibraltar Gib Gib- Pshaw It takes talc an actress years to discover cr what sort Rort of ot roles she sho was cut out to pIa play on th the stage of ot 11 life e. e And to that role she sho he must select her leading man man or or her und under under- jr- jr an as S th the ca case e mo may be H Her r en engagements cn- cn n- n are merely her little re- re hc for the great drama of ot Matri atri- atri mon mony It Is Js making a a. death and matter matter matter mat mat- ter of ot it that has made modern men and women SO BO fearful of b becoming emt entangled on- on t tangled led In an nn en enem engagement em nt It is theLONG the tho LO LONG G ENGAGEMENT T which Is the tho acid test of ot love the trl tragedy of ot so many lives the engagement In which two cau caught ht b by tho dalliance of at sprin spring fc f l morally bound to go JO on and on on ansi and on un after alter romance Is dead trying to 1 adjust just themselves It Is the girl who grits her teeth arid and shuts her e eyes cs In order to koep h her promise to marry a man who has hal turned out not nothing that he appeared to tei bo be on on lifes life's shop counter It is the theman theman theman man who lets a woman go on for tor years cars wasting her youth because he Is too loo to back out until the last lait moment mo no ment ment who who is 18 to be pitied and pitted and scorned One should be abl able to discover r In rix Ix minutes whether a hat is a fit and a n match and in six ix months whether a fiance Is ones one's ideal And tho the tho dl discovery ery co I Is made one ono should bravely drop the tho hat or give up uI the thc theman theman man mn or the woman omah To break bre-ak an en engagement engagement en- en I of oC long standing lg is cowardly coward coward- l ly and cruel but the lover loer who breaks a six month months engagement eng is usually a ablE blE blessing In In disguise In fact roost must of OUt our cx fiancees are blessings s In r guise lee If only we WC look at them that wa way Dearie Deane Yes a I Ine ne new spring hat or a n new spring enga engagement tones one up gives life lUn a fresher ze zest t and affords one In Invaluable In- In valuable experience oven when 1 U It t turns out a failure But neither of ot them thorn should be bo a matter of ot lIfe and Love LOVO should b be real and an engagement engage ment meat in earnest But iut matrimony Is not necessarily always Its goal |
