SHOULD WOMEN PROPOSE?

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8556, 2 May 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)

SHOULD WOMEN PROPOSE?

Let the young foreigners who contemplate a visit to the British Isles take warning now. Let their ears bo ready for burning and spontaneous declarations on the part of the young English girls who may fix upon them as tho men of their choice. And let them not be surprised if in some little park or in tho corner of a ball-room they encounter scenes and overhear dialogues like the following :— Angelina (taking the hand of her companion and looking into his eyes): " Arthur, it is time for my heart to speak. Arthur, will you be my husband ?" Arthur (stammering and placing his hand upon his heart) : "0, Miss, for goodness sake—" » Angelina: " You blush, dear Arthur. Your eyes modestly cast down tell mo of your confusion. How handsome you look in that way, Arthur in that silence of embarrassment,, with humid eyelashes and your heart beating like a bird's under your snowwhite shirt ! But, Arthur, do speak one word, one only. Ido not mean to frighten you, dear terrified fellow ; I do not ask you to pronounce my sentence of death or oflite immediately. But, dearest Arthur, give me one ray of hope." Arthur (trembling): "Well, yes, I will see, about it; but lam overcome. Please brin° mo back to my mamma." ■ Angelina : " Heavens, he has fainted ! Help ! A glass of water ! Arthur, come to, dearest. Here is your mamma. How touching he is in a faint."—London correspondent of Independance Beige.