Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1913 — PRETTY LANGUAGE OF LOVE [ARTICLE]

PRETTY LANGUAGE OF LOVE

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the man has risked his life to obtain the flowers for the woman he lores. Another method which exists In the Canton of Glarus Is for the young man to place a flowerpot containing a single rose and a note on the window sill of the girl’s room when she Is absent from home and wait —perhaps days—for a reply. If the maid takes the rose, the young man boldly enters the bouse to arrange matters with her parents, but If the rose Is allowed to fade away the proposal Is rejected without a single word haring

been exchanged between the couple. Sometimes a fickle girl will keep a young man waiting a day or two for an answer, but whatever it may be it is considered final.