QUEER WAYS OF PROPOSING

North Otago Times, 1 August 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)

QUEER WAYS OF PROPOSING

According to feminine opinion, the art *t proposing , 9 one in wh ch the arum jnan doe, not excel. When he is XT vwsaDd.awEw.rfrt the M p«S2 mentheis, wit is said, unflatterhX cool and matter-of-fact. Many Zl euriottjM, tie nutbod* of proposing that navo been put on record, Oua country wain chose a rather glim y suggestive way. Taking his sweetheart to tho churchyard, and pointing oot the *pot where his relatives were buried ut m li,7^ TaA / e like tae !i « fee Marget?" Marget answered, "Aj " and the compact was sealed. A certain youn§ man got very easily btw tho difficulty. When ont walking witi his sweetheart ho said:-"Dae ye Ven what the folk's sayin', Jess? They'r» eayin' we're gottin' mairrit" "An' iVt true, T&m f" tbe innocent Jess asked, and lam answered:-"Gin ye Jiko, Jess," Thereupon the maiden remarked "I'm no mimlii.', Tam," and the matter was thus amicably settled. Though women aro said to admire a masterful wooer, they don't like to be treated with too much oocksureness. Few would respond so humbly to a lover's ai cances aa did a certain young woman who, when a young man abruptly said to her. "I think I'll marry yo, Betty," Meekly answered. "I'll be innckle obleeged to yo, Gtnrdie, gin ye wull,"

If long delay in bringing maliers to a (Moittt is objectionable! ■ almost equally so fs the too "popping of the ,'inestion," A young woman who, without «iy preliminary love making, was suddenly asked tho momentous' question,' nftfrfptly answered, ?'l'il takV-ye, Dave, Imtye niaun gie's ma dneg.o' coortin' a' Utofiahe.'' >!;,:■■• . :.'(' \}l-\ B'oposing/bv) letter doflSjot generally commend itself to women; yrhO; feel, and rijfhtly too, that they afe'm'this TvayWofraudcd of one of life's eWeetest export.-. »nc?». Tb« most evidentJy. coiiijijKedJeti. l«r falls far abort ia effect of tcMsfc«i

word end ldveht glance* Still less n mantic llan proposing by letter, how c'wl\ is proposing by telegraph; gentleman while spending a holitVay i», Scotiaud fell in love with.'S'Scottish' maiden, but could riot: quite iiiai;e tip his' , mind whether lie ought trgo'jlie leiigtli ; of proposing marriage, No sooner how; '. ever, had he returned home than, ire bit- j terly repented of his ualcyerlikc dilatorU ness. Absence made his heart grow ij fonder, awl further deldy was infoler-- i ablo. So ho immediately wired: "Will: you be my wife? Yes' or no!" And. qnkWy there was flashed back to him } the welcome answer, short, but to the ;j point—"Yes," ;f Of all the timeii and places for making ]f a proposal of marriage surety the most ; .j awkward that can be. imagined is in a;"'] room full of people and a big dinner party :in progress. Yet that was the occasion i, chosen by a certain impulsive gentleman ) for putting his matrimonial fortunes to '« the test. Scribbling on a scrap of paper ' the words, "Will jw marry me?" Jio adroitly slipped the note into' a servant's ' hand, signifying his desire that it should I be conveyed to Miss A—, Who was * seated further down the- table. The lady was doubtless astounded by this strafe 1 manner of proposine. but she was equal fi to the occasion. "Tell the gentleman t 'Yes,'" she said to the servant, and the s gentleman received the momentous't answer with perfect calmness, and bowed a politely to the lady across the table, 1