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LOVE, COURTSHIP, AND MARRIAGE.

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IV. PROPOSING.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PF98. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1901

“Man Jock, I would be tackls obliged to ye if ye would! Augusta Hore tells bow a friend of his. Lord Tankerville, proposed to Lady Olivia Montagu when they were playing

girl of his choice, he puts his ear into the water, sud goes several times round the boat belong. ing to the object of his affections. The next day, if the lattar accept his homage, sheria hor

a game in an anté-room at an evening party.turn, fastens a bunch of flowers to her osr, and At first she would not face the question. By comes rowing about near her betrothed. The and-bye she suggested that it was time they rico in the above case is embloruatio of the sup should return to the rest of the company in the port promised by the man: the flowers, of the drawing-room. The lover pleaded-" But what happiness offered by the woman. am I to think? What may I say "Say," was the reply, "that we have played our game and that you have wou."

Before going to a certain ball a friend of a friend of mine discovered that three heiressos were to be present. He determined that very CURIOUS. PROPOSALS.

evening to get the consent of one of them to Even the harmless necessary cat insy be malo marriage. To effect this be bought three the modium of proposal. A modest awain beautiful banquets, and ordered them to be sent went one evening to the cottage of his lady to the place where the ball was to take place. love, and found her seated by the fire knit-Hir intention was to present a bouquet to each

sitting for some time in silence, ho took the cat on his knee and said or rather slammered out: "Pasy, ak Lizzie if she'll marry me." Lizzie blushed and said "Pussie, you can tell

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essary. The first to whom he made an overture refused him and his flowers. Nothing daunted approached the second heiress with a floral offering and offered himself. The flowers were THEODORO VAFIADIS

accepted, but not the giver. He had not a faint heart, however, and so he asked the "third- heiress, and won her. Persevering audacity like this seems almost incredible, but my friend vouches for the truth of the story.

Our ancestors used to make quits a study of how to propose to their future wives in a graco- ful way; if was with them a fine art, "Look hero, Fanny," said a mother to a daughter, "you must make haste and ninery one of your suitors, for the carpet is getting quite worn by non going on their sunes to propose to yor.". I am afraiding stockings, a large cat at her feet. After of the three heiresses, and propose to all if nee that this sort of thing is going out of fashion in those unromantic days: indeel I live in terror of bearing of some wretch proposing by typo-writer A typo-written proposal would be dreadful it would look as if it had gone round like a cireular,

Another bashful lover presented a prayer- It is not impossible, however, to send roraanco

Abook to the object of his preference, with the and poetry over the telegraph wires. military officer known to the writer was sailing words Wilt thou have this man to be thy for India. He became not sea-sick but lovu-sick del husband" underlined. The boos na us he thought of the charms of the girl he had returned with the womentous words "I will,"

to him, so when the trop ship stopped anderlined. at Balla ho wired: Will you marry me? Dr. Thomas Dawson, who was celebrated in Yes or up!"Yes," was the answer which the the last century, did not propose himself by current of love and electricity returned, and heu houk, but was proposed to in this way. One came back from India as soon as he could get day he found an admiring patient alone sitting leave and married her. And yet auimal magne with the family Bible before her. The physician tism, rather than telegraphy, was the mediara rend the words to which her forefinger pointed of great electrician Edison's proposing. One-the words of Nathan to David, "Thou are day, he stood behind the chair of a Miss the man." He took the hint, and married the -Stillwell, a telegraph-operator in his employ,dy. The great preacher Spurgeon seked the he was not a little surprised when she suddenly girl who became his wife by means of a book. turned round and said: “Mr. Edison, I cun He was reading one day, as he sat by her alde. always tell when you are behind or near me" Topper's "Pruzerbial Philosophy." Coming It was now Miss Stillwell's turn to be surprised to the lines- for, with characteristic bluntness and ardour Edison confronted the young lady, and, looking her full in the face, said: "I've been thinking THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-considerably about you of late and if you are

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"DUES OF COURTING."

Rapid communications corrupt good manners, In this age of steam and clectricity there is not time for the graceful, if long-winded, proposals, of our forefathers.

We are becoming as short, promic and to the point as was the celebrated physician Abernethy He wrote to the lady of his choico, Miss Anna | Threlfall, that he would like to marry her, but se he was too busy to make loro she must enter - this his proposal without parliminaries, and let hju know her decision by the end of the week, Still, bowover hogy ha may be, a certain amount of time spent in wooing is owed by every man to the girl whom he thinks worth asking. And a viss woman will insist on this, as did a Scotch girl to whom her lover proposed toe abruptly. Slas unswered: Yes, Jamie, I'll marry you; but you must give me my due of counting for all that."

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Many proposals have been made in ball-rooms, but surely some other place should be chosen for the settlement of a business which though sweat is also very serious. Kuowing how easily excitement and favouring circumstances may put a man of his guard in this matter, and make him do what he really does not mean to do, a wise woman known to the writer refused. two zacz who proposed to her in a ball-room. This is the way Daniel Welder proposed. One day, when kneeling before his lady lore, he suddenly dropped the skein of silk sho was winding of bis hauds, and made with a piece of tape half a true lover's knot. The lady (a Miss Fletcher) completed it and a kiss scaled the bargain. Sir Alexander Duff Gordou had been paying attention to the beautiful Lucy Austin, and the customary gossip resulted. One day he 1981–17 said to the young lady: "Do you know people

ny that we are going to be married £", and ↑ before she could reply, he added: "Shall we make it true?'

A bandsome and witty widow was admired by aatail but amorous Quaker. One day he said to har, “Mary Smith, people in say thes and we are going to be married." replied the widow without any hesitation---" but thee and me know different

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He pointed them out to her, and asked, Do you pray for him who is to begoar husband? | ・ To go back now to some less modern divines, The ck method of proposing on one's knees which went out with the wearing of swords and silk stockings, must have been physicall. un comfortable for all but the very young, and in one historical instance at least, it was in other ways inconvenient Wa allude to the case of the Rev. Jurry White. He was caught by Oliver Cromwell himself kneeling at the feet Vidowers have no excase for not proposing of his daughter. The ambitions parson pre-properly. We do not know whether our readers ended that he was aning for the hand of the will think that the following, which I burned lady's maid, and, fake at bis word, had to from a clergyman, is in good form. It was marry her instead of her mistress!

It certainly could not have been said, of Rick- ard Hooker that his only books were women's looks, for he was so taken up with his studies that he had no to look for or propose to a wife. Accordingly, when the woman with whom he fodged suggested after ko had been ill that he ought to get a wife to take care of him, he commissioned her to find such an one. She appointed her daughter to the situation, and Hooker had cause to regret that he did not choose for himself.

Proposals of marriage have been sent much oftener by pont than by telegraph för as an acquaintance of mine said, when dropping one into a letter box, "It's only a ponny-hit or mist!" A man should have his mind well made

The only one to whom Dean Swift appears to up however before sending a proposal in a letter either registered or unregistered. It is not have proposed marriage to was a Misa Waring, always on advantage to be able to see both sides and he did this in an imperions way, like a of the question. A clever man known to the victor imposing terms on a ranquished for. waiter had got into the habit of arguing for He began by asking: "Are you in a condition and against different courses of action at avery to manage domestic affairs with an income of crisis or turning point of his life until he became less than three hundred pounds a veur? Havo almost mad. When he began to think of you such an inclination to my person and matrimony he was perplexed in the extreme-honour as to comply with my desires and way should he marry or should be not? At last, not of living, and endeavour to make us both as being any longer able to bear the painful stato happy as you can? Will you be ready to of uncertainty, he proposed by letter to a lady engage in those methods f shall direct for the and dropped it into a pillar latter, box. No improvement of your mind, so as to make us Moonor had he dous this than all the arguments entertaining company for each other, without which he thought were dispelled for ever ra being miserable when we are aeither visiting or | turned with new fores, and the wretched man visited F Can you bend your love, ostavin, and 2210 tried to fish the latter cut with walking stick. indifferencs-to-othera the-same-way as I do Unable to do this he went round and round the mine! Have you so much gool nature as to piller in agony of mind. Fortunately for him, endeavour by soft words to smooth any rugged but more fortunately I sbonid way for herself, homoar occasioned by the cross necidents of life the lady, refused his tempti g offer, Another Shall the place where your husband is thrown be irresolute lover who confided a proposal to paper more welcome than courts and cities without was the once celebrated · Horne Tooke." Ahim?" If Jana Waring could answer these ques- servaat posted the letter for him, but the writer suddenly repeating, went to the post office, and proving the letter to be his had it returned.

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SHOULD WOMEN FROPOSE?

Should women proposo, or even give as much help over the stile as there ladies did? Even in other years than Loap year we think that they may when man would be too shy to carry the effort through without them, Queens have to propose, and very prettily did our late gracions Sovereign do this. Take the case of a woman who happens to be wealthy, and who not only loves, but is loved by a man who is poor, and who for fear of being considered a fortune hunter will never ask her.

tions in the affirmative, Jonathan Swift said, “T shall be blessed to have you in my arms, without regarding whether your persoa be beautiful, or Cleanliness in the first, your fortune largo

and competence in the second, is all I look for I singled you out at first from the rest of women, and I expect ant to be used like a common lover." This was certainly not a com mon way of proposing marriage.

Rowland Hill was us abject when proposing as Swift was imperious. He asked the lady (a (Miss Tudways to accept a poor worm in the character of a minister of Christ,"

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