A Place to
Propose
By JANE OSBORN
Um
(i 1U 23, by MoCluro Nswspapsr Synillc.ts.)
"I never thought liow funny It
was," said Sully, the new Mrs, Tom
Leonurd, "but Tom proposed and I
accepted In the coulhln. You don't
mind uiy telling, do you, Tom?" she
BHked, turning adoring eyes on her
busbund at the other end of the tuble.
And of course their guests laughed.
That Is Hob Seton and Mrs. Hob
Seton did, and so did the Collinses
and Jerry Taylor and his fiancee,
Allcue Webb, but Nell Leonurd, Sul
ly's nineteen-year-old sister-in-law,
looked round-eyed and very serious,
and Kenneth Yates, sitting beside her,
Beemed to get the contagion of her
disapproval and went on eating his
oyster patty without a smile.
They had been tulklng about the
manner of their various proposals.
The Bob Setons admitted that In their
case proposal and acceptance both
took place when they were waiting
their turn In the student employment
office that winter that they both tried
to pay their own expenses In college,
and Jerry Taylor Insisted that he first
suggested matrimony when he and
Allcue Webb were swimming beyond
the breakers In the Atlantic ocean.
"She had challenged me to race her
to the sundbar," Jerry said, "and when
she thought she was winning I called
out that If I ever caught up to her and
reached the bar first I was going to
marry her. She called back, 'AH
right,' and I won the race. After that
we were engaged."
The Collinses agreed that their pro
posal had been given and accepted In
the Morse code. During the war, Mrs.
Collins said, she had studied telegra
phy as an act of patriotism. Mr. Col
lins had undertaken to Instruct her
as an act of patriotism. "And be
fore the whole class he ticked off a
proposal to me," said Mrs. Collins
with mock Indignation.
"Yes," replied Mr. Collins, "and she
had the audacity to tick back, 'I love
you, too; of course I'll marry you,
But then nobody else In the class was
clever enough to understand what It
was all about."
After that Mrs. Tom Leonard had
said that she and Tom could never
find occasion to get alone together.
She was visiting Tom's f amily and Tom
went to fix the furnace, whispering
to her to follow, and down there in
the coalbin, by the light of a dripping
candle, he said: "Will you?" and she
said: "I will."
"Why so sober?" asked Tom Leon
ard, looking down the table to his lit
tle sister. "Don't you approve of
these confessions?"
"I don't mind the confessions," said
Nell emphatically. "But I don't ap
prove of getting engaged that way.
Honestly, I don't. I may be a flapper
and bob my hair and all that, but
I'm old-fashioned enough to think
there ought to be a proper setting for
a proposal soft music, low lights,
conservatory or a rippling brook, or
something. Oh. I think it would be
just horrid having the man you want
ed to marry propose to you In swim
ming, with your hair all tucked Into a
rubber cap and your face all dripping
with salt water."
For some reason or other Kenneth,
sittlne beside Nell, felt very much
embarrassed. He managed to look up,
thinking possibly he would be the cen
ter of every one's gaze.
"Being cross is very becoming to
you," Kenneth stammered after din
ner when after some maneuvering he
managed to find himself tete-a-tete
with Nell. "You were quite Indignant
at dinner, and I never saw you look
prettier and that's saying a lot.
knew you meant every word you said.
I rather agree with you"
"I'm so glad," said Nell and then,
"you know it's always nice to feel
that there's some one who shares your
opinions, Just on general principles.
But I certainly mean It. After I'm
married I want to be able to look
back on the occasion of my proposal
as something Infinitely romantic and
picturesque. Besides, Sally admitted
that she was at our house when Tom
proposed and any well-bred person
knows that a girl should never con
slder a proposal away from her own
territory. And Tom ought to have
known that it wasn't good form to
propose to a girl in his own house,
mav be old-fashioned"
"You're the most ador " That was
us far as Kenneth got. Tom Leonard
had been pushed forward rather un
willingly.
"Come on, sis," he said. "Every
body's dancing and they want us to
Show them that new step we were
danclne at Hillside Inn. Sally has
had to go and quiet me of the twins,
so you'll have to be my partner.
For the rest of the evening Ken
neth tried In vain several times to
finish the sentence he had begun, and
Nell was as eager to have him, but
It seemed as If a conspiracy had
wn formed bv the Leonards and
their cuests to keep them separated.
"I want to finish what I started
to say," Kenneth whispered as he was
leaving and, as he was seized by the
Collinses who had agreed to take him
home, he got no further,
"I want you to," was all poor Nell
could say.
There was an unexpected turn of
events the next day that Is, unex
pected for Nell Leonard. The twins
were cross and irritable. Doctor
Seton was summoned and after the
usual taking of temperatures and
pulse feeling he looked gruvely at
Sally Leonard sitting In the nursery
with her sister-in-law and suld:
"They don't seem to be very sick,
and there's no cuuse for anxiety.
Scarlet fever needn't be a serious ttf-
fuir when children are healthy and
everything Is done to prevent compli
cations."
Sully let out a little scream and Nell
put a warm, strong arm about her.
"I'leuse send a nurse ut once, Bob,
Sully suld. "Two If you think they
need It. Nell wunts to go home this
afternoon and"
The doctor shook his head In his
most professional manner. "I'm afruld
she'll have to be quarantined. And
so long as you must both stay here I
see no need of nurses at least so
long as the twins are no worse than
tliey are now."
"But she simply has to get home,"
protested Sully. "She's going to a
dance with Kenneth at the Country
club"
"Don't think of that," protested
Nell unselfishly. "You know I love to
nurse I took a short course In home
nursing In boarding school and you
know I've had It, so I won't be run
ning any risk. I'll Just telephone Ken
neth. He'll understand."
"I'm afraid he'll have to," said the
doctor. "But, by the way," he went
on. "I think I'd better telephone for
you. I'll have to have you two girls
quarantined off the lower floor, so
that Tom can go and come. He's
frightfully busy In the office. He can
sleep In one of the rooms downstairs,
and that maid of yours goes home
nights anyway. She can cook for him
and puss cooked food up the back
stairs. Of course you must sterilize
all dishes before you send them down
again. I'll leave directions for the
proper disinfectant solution you must
use and then leave orders at the drug
store for drugs and prescriptions."
"But won't I be able to telephone
at all?" asked Nell, Just a little
alarmed.
The doctor shook his head.
Then please explain so Kenneth
will understand and tell him of course
I want him to take some other girl in
my place and not to worry about me.
Tell him I've had it and "
"Goodness sakes," said Sally, look
ing annoyed. "Don't you suppose
Doctor Bob has anything to do but to
be a go-between for you and Ken
neth? Come, we'd better get the twins
In their cribs."
"I'm so sorry," said Nell. "I oughtn't
to have thought of myself." She took
one of the twins In her arms tenderly
and began unfastening the little boots.
Sally followed the doctor to the door
and remained there in whispered con
versation while Nell got the two twins
Into their crfbs.
Kenneth Yates was serving his legal
apprenticeship In Tom Leonard's law
office, and that night when Tom re
turned Nell rushed to the back stairs
and began calling through the closed
passage. i
She asked whether Kenneth under
stood. "I don't think he had much time to
think of girls and dances," said Tom.
"Complications have set In In that
Titus Inheritance case and some one
had to pike right out to California to
look up some records there and make
some Investigations. Of course Ken
neth was the man to go he may have
to be gone a month or more. He "
"But can't I write to him?"
"Not till quarantine is off," said
Tom.
"Tell him I must speak to him,"
said Nell, shaking her bobbed locks In
dignantly at the top of the stairs.
"Tell him to come around before he
starts and I'll talk to him out of one
of the back windows. I'm sure that
wouldn't do any harm."
Kenneth arrived at seven the next
morning. He was planning to leave
on the eight o'clock train. He stood
at the back of the house and threw a
harmless little stone against the win
dow pane that Tom had designated as
Nell's.
Nell hadn't expectel him so early.
She had sat beside the twins till mid
night, though they slumbered peace
fully In their little cribs. And she
was deep In slumber when the sum
mons came. It must be confessed that
her bobbed locks were done up in
dozens of little curling kids and when
she appeared at the window she wore
an enormous blanket bathrobe.
"Say, Isn't It the limit?" shouted
Kenneth.
"It's just dreadful," agreed Nell.
"I wanted to finish the sentence I
began. I couldn't wait till I saw you
again. I think you are the most ador
able girl In the worlo. Nell, will you
marry me?'
"Oh, yes, Kenneth," assured Nell.
"Kenneth, I'm so relieved I couldn't
have waited much longer."
Just then there was a merry peal
of laughter and then a loud chuckle.
More feminine laughter followed and
then a chorus of masculine guffaws.
From the shelter of the kitchen hedge
appeared Tom Leonard and then Mr.
Seton and Mrs. Seton, the Collinses
and Jerry Taylor, with Allcue Taylor
at his side. Sally had crept Into the
room upstairs and was laughing at
Nell's side.
"Doctor, lift the quarantine," or
dered Tom. "Jerry, go home and un
pack your bag. But .first every one
come In and have breakfast. Yes,
Nell, It was a put-up game. We want
ed you to find out that most generally
a man proposes when the psycholog
ical moment comes, and It doesn't
matter whether the girl has her hair
in curling kids or not. Come on, folks,
breakfast Is ready."
"And the twins haven't scarlet
fever, after all I" sighed Nell with In
finite relief, and then, "you've Just got
to five ma time to fix my hair."
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THE RIGHT THINS
at the
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Custom ia almost a second nature.
Plutarch.
YOUE LUNCHEONS
TF YOU are planning to give a for-
mal luncheon your invitations
should go out at least ten days In ad
vance, and unless the luncheon Is very
large and formal, these should consist
of brief, cordial notes written on your
best paper. These notes should set
forth the date of the luncheon ..nd the
hour it is to be served. Formal notes
should be written along the following
lines:
"Mrs. James Brown Henry requests
the pleasure of Mrs. Greene's company
at luncheon on Thursday, the twenty'
fifth of February, at one o'clock."
Less foruiul notes, In cases where
the luncheon is given to more intimate
friends, should read:
"Dear Mrs. Brown: I should be
pleased if you will take lunch with me
on Friday, the seventeenth, at half
past one. Trusting that you have no
previous engagement which will pre
vent your coming, I am, Sincerely
yours."
Answers to such Invitations should
be sent out within a day or two after
their receipt. Tardy replies to lunch
eon invltutions are inexcusable.
The hostess should be dressed at
least half an hour before the hour set
for the luncheon, and waiting in the
parlor to receive the guests. It Is ex
ceedingly bad form to keep, an expect
ed guest waiting.
When the maid announces that
"Luncheon is served," the hostess
leads the way to the dining room and
stands at her place ut the head of the
table. The guests find their places by
cards bearing their names placed at
every cover. At the right of the
hostess is seuted the womun to whom
she wishes to show the greatest honor,
and other guests are generally seated
where they will be most congenial.
When the guests are seated, the
hostess begins to eat first, thus giving
the signal to the guests. The grape
fruit should be on the table, a half
portion at each place, when the maid
announces the luncheon. For the first
course served by the maid, begin by
serving the guest at the right hand of
the hostess. In the second course be
gin with the guest on her left hand. In
this way no partiality is shown.
Coffee Is the last course to be served,
and when the hostess is quite sure
that all of her guests have finished,
she should rise and lead the way Into
the parlor again. Here the hostess and
her guests converse, and It is nice to
have a little music If some of the
guests play or sing. Guests should
stay from a half to a full hour after
luncheon, and as they leave, express
their pleasure to the hostess.
Throughout the luncheon It Is the
duty of the hostess to see that con
versation does not lag, and to keep an
eye on one and all of the guests, mak
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STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF.
Toledo. The Evergreen blackberry
crop In Lincoln county this year prob
uhly will be about as heavy a crop
has ever been harvested. Avail
able for commercial picking there
will be 200 tons of this fruit, most of
which Is tributary to this point.
St. Helens. Work has been started
by the St. Helens Lumber company
on the extension of its dock. The
new addition will extend 24 feet
along the entire length of the dock,
about 900 feet, and will provldo stor
age space for more than 1,000,000 feet
of lumber.
Baker. Prairie City Is again com
ing to the front as a mining center.
The biggest strike since the days
which brought fame to the Dixie
Meadow mine from 1912 to 1914 hus
been reported at the Standurd mine
on Dixie creek six miles north of
Prairie City.
Albany. The entire Linn county
tax supervision committee, consist
ing of A. C. Miller of Albany, Ed
Myers of Sclo and J. C. Mayer of
Lebanon has tendered its resignation
to the governor. The Linn county
men deemed It unnecessary to spend
time in supervising tax rolls.
Salem. Governor Pierce hns grant
ed a conditional pardon to James
Chnrles Connors, who was serving an
indeterminate sentence of from two
to 20 years In the penitentiary here
for forgery committed In Multnomah
county. The release of the convict
was not recommended by the mem
bers of the state parole board.
Salem. B. C. Downing of Stayton
was brought to a Salem hospital Sat
urday night suffering from the loss
of his left arm.whlch was torn from
its socket, fractures of the right arm
and other injuries sustained when he
was caught on a fast revolving shaft
while employed In the Stayton chair
factory. His clothing was torn Jrom
in Roseburg after spending several
Pendleton. The acreage of Turkey
Red wheat in the west end of Uma
tilla county will be materially cut in
the seeding that is done this fall, ac
cording to the belief of T. O. Krause,
farmer of that district who was here
recently. The hard red wheat brings
a lower price than the softer white
wheat which has a lively export de
mand, and more white wheat will be
seeded this fall.
Roseburg. Conditions in the Ump-
qua national forest are excellent, ac
cording to Forest Supervisor Neal
who has just returned to his office
In oRseburg after spending several
weeks making a thorough survey of
the situation in the field. Only four
small fires, all less than a quarter of
an acre, have occurred so far this
year and these caused no damage,
All were started by lightning.
Bend. The day after "Polly", aged
green parrot, was discharged as of
ficial mascot of, the Bend fire de
partment, she died of a broken
heart, department members say. Polly
recently became unable to distinguish
between a fire alarm and a telephone
call at the fire station, and shreiked
"Fire" whenever a bell rang. She
was removed to the house of one
of the firemen Friday. Saturday sle
died.
Stayton. The Murphy-Gardner
Lumber company is moving its saw
mill to the Dave Patorff place, on
Drift creek, near Silver Creek Falls.
The company expects to erect a per
manent mill at this place, as there is
available about 25,000,(00 feet of tim
ber. The railroad shipping point will
be Shaw, and the output of the mill
will be hauled on trucks. This com
pany has just finished cutting all the
available timber on the J. T. Hunt
place, north of Sublimity.
Lebanon. The shingle mill of the
Super Shingle company of this city
burned down early Friday morning.
The mill was located on the bank of
the South Santiam Tiver, Just outside
the city limits. The fire had gained
such headway when discovered at 6
o'clock that all the fire department,
which responded promptly, could do
was to save a large Btock of Bawed
shingles near the plant. As the plant
was beyond the city limits it re
quired a long line of hose to reach
the fire.
Salem. Reports received from the
rural districts indicated that the 1923
wheat yield in the Willamette valley
is the largest of many seasons
Threshing has been In progress for
several days. Fall wheat ranges from
25 to 40 bushels to the acre, which
Is exceptional for this section of the
state. Spring wheat has not yet been
cut. Growers said that market condi
tions were Improving, and the pro
ducers probably will receive a sub
stantial profit from their yield. Hay
growers are not so fortunate, how
ever, as there appeared to be no mar
ket for the commodity.
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