Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1916 — Speechless Wooer Not Popular [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Speechless Wooer Not Popular

Oh, when he come* again. In the old glad way. J will smile and take hi* hand. What were there to sayT I wiH*droop my eyes and smile.' For my *ou! would be Like the peace of summer noons Beside the sea. It would make the world laugh were It to hear or read all that I do about courtships

—good, fair and Indifferent —from anxious women who whisper their heart secrets to me. I often wonder how It Is that some lovers are able to win the objects of their hearts’ desire, they stumble through courtship so clumsily. I find that not one young woman out of a hundred yeally admires the bold wooer. Lovemaking, above ev-

erythlng else, should be don 6 with the greatest delicacy, adroitness and reverence. The young man who calls a score or more of without the slightest kind of a hint to the girl who Is spending her evenings entertaining him that he is’ interested In her—a notch farther than friendship—should not expect that the flame of hope which he has probably lighted in her breast is to burn continuously without fuel. There Is another kind of man vho is a puzzle to the cleverest of women —he who delights to have the dearie of his choice all to himself after blurting out a few words in which he has popped the question, but never afterward* referring to the subject, content

By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.

to be In her presence, bolding her hands, but speaking never a word to break the awkward silence. ‘ The world would scurcely believe that fully a third of all lovers carry on their courtship In this manner. Someone has somewhere said that “lovers have no need of words,” but from all I learn from letters, or hear about, the speechless courtship Is not popular with womankind. They want to hear something about the wedding day—when they may expect it to roll around, what the plans are for the future, where they are to live. If his folks are reconciled to the thought of losing a son. even though they thereby gain a daughter, and so on. She silent, speechless lover keeps his sweetheart continually wondering if he Is still as much In love with her os he thought he was or If he can be regretting their bqjrothal and is taking this means of causing her to weary of the bonds and suggest severing them, ready to jump at the proposition, or If anything has transpired to have changed his plans or prospects. He is an enigma, a riddle she would give much to solve. Sitting by the hour In utter silence, holding hands, will In time get upon the nerves of the most phlegmatic of women. Such lovers are the kind who do not think It amiss to carry on this manner of so-called courtship year In and year out until the girl’s relatives or friends consider It high time to cause him to speak out and tell what he Intends to do. Spirited women are more apt than not to weary of such a companion. It becomes a hard proposition to them to wonder if It would be best to stand that sort of companionship for life or whether or not some other ‘man might prove more congenial. Speechless lovers mean well, no doubt, but they should not be surprised If a more agreeable man cuts them out.