HOW HE DID IT
I suppose thero is some interest for everybody, sa.vs a Melbourne \t ritcr--ar.d certainly there is great interest for ycinj; and "marriageable" damsels—in the form of words and the procedure adepted bv tho average lover when he proposes. At anj rate,'l have hoard tho matter made :i topic of lively discussion at afternoon tea, .'and have known benedicts to be asked to confess liosv they managed tho delicate talk One of them related this striking, if untrue, stcry:— ■ "I proposed when on a camping expedition," he'said. . "It, was morning; I was outside my tent in my shirt-sleeves, shaving. The girl whom I loved was watching me with .a fascinated eye. Naturally the circumstances' rendered it easy for me to, make the declaration." • "How on earth' could that bop" a girl hearer asked. , "I simply turned round," he replied, "and said to her, 'Would; you like to see me shaving every morning? 1 She said, 'Yes.' And so, of course/ we were engaged. '■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 11
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166HOW HE DID IT Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 11
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