Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1888 — A CHANCE FOR THE GIRLS. [ARTICLE]

A CHANCE FOR THE GIRLS.

Eighty-eight’s favorite flower—the poppy. To all the marriageable girls of ’BB— before you leap. Now, girls, this is your chance. Remember it’s four years before you get another. Sealed proposals will not do, girls. They must be open and in the presence of the dude’s mother.. It seems to be quite a fashion over the country to publish leap year list of eligible men in the different cuties. The fashionable waist this season measures fifteen inches. I That’s about all the dude has energy to clasp. Early Morning Caller#-"Where is auntie, Alice?” “She is up stairs in her nighty, looking over the baluster.” Dear girls in wishing you a Happy New Year, we hope that all may have buttons to sew on before the end of it ' Last year was named by many the jubilee year; but for the throng of attractive young ladies the distinction properlv belongs to ’BB. My lover la a baehful youth, And though he loves me well, Hope long delayed makes me afraid His love he’ll sever tell. New, I’ve resolved that, once for ril,’ This sort of thing most stop; The'grand leap year is here, And 1 am going to pop. Now let the funny fellows turn themselves loose on the refreshing subject of the old maid and her leap year opportunities. We do not hesi',B to Sts, That 1888 Is something very choice and grt For ladies who desire to mB. And when they meet their proper tt ' You bet we don’t exaggeiS When boldly we asseverS That not a woman will be 18 In gobbling up the temptii>g*M.