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It is still a moot point whether, when a man wishes to ask » girl to he his wife, he should speak first to her or to her father. But if she is of somewhat higher social position than the man, or there Ils likely to be any objection, he is in duty bound L o ask first her parents’ permission to win- her if he can. Raving received tho young woman’s consent, the next thing is to face her father once -more. If the would-ho son-in-law’s prospects are such as to justify him in taking a wife, the older man is usually gracious, kind, and sympathetic. Tho interview is a business interview, embarrassing to both men, perhaps; but it has to bo gone through, for on it much of the happiness of the young couple depends.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5558, 8 April 1905, Page 12
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138ASKING PAPA New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5558, 8 April 1905, Page 12
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