WOMAN'S "NO."

Evening Star, Issue 5589, 5 February 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

WOMAN'S "NO."

London 'Truth* < ffered a pr'zj for the beat letter, the subject to be the refusal of an offer of marriage. The result waa an inuzdation nearly filling the editor's tffloe. Here are samples, beginning with " Portia," who took the priza : D< ar Mr , I am very t orry ; I appreciate you immensely, bat I cannot give th« casket without the sjem.—Portia. Dear Mr Caliban,—la declining the honor of an offer from you, I am constrained to own, in justice to my judgment, that I only refute such a one bec&use I have aoeepted such another.—Miranda. Friend ever, husband never.—A. S P. No, thank you.—Sweet Pea. Daar Mr , Take back y*nr offer. I cannot send a refusal to y< u, the friend I so value anl esteem.—l/in»rk. No, dear; mother says I mustn't. —Poor Polly. Dear Sir,— la declining a proposal which I tiu it ycu will believe I appreciate as the highest compliment ycu could possibly have, paid me, I beg to assure you, in all siaoerity,. that upon a review of my own demerits it is my belief that my refusal of yjur offer of marriage is the best ard most unselfish return I can make you.—Believe me, dear sir, yours sincerely—Pink Domino, My dtar E Iwin,—There ia nothing in the world I value more than your friendship,. You suggest to me the aicpiion of a eourte by which I should mist certainly lose it. How cruel! how unkind ! But the strength of my regard makss me invulnerable to temptation. lam too much ycur friend to marry you, and »uoh I hope always to re m jid. Ever your sincere friend—Angelina. Daar Sir, You chacctd to state accidentally in a recent conversation that your digestion was not good. This being the oaee, I feel it would be unwise for m« to accept the proposal you have just made, for smiability of temper and chronic dyspepsia, as I know too well from my d*ar father's case, are utterly incompatible one with the other. A man with a bad digestion can, alas ! cever make a good husband. Yours sympathetically—Sarah Acton.