t THE WASHINGTON TIMES TUESDAY FEBEUAET 4 1908 7 I Washington Girls irIs Are Slow in Taking Advantage of Their Leap Year Privilege Parties fat Young Polks PolksOn P PolithOn olks olksOn On Saint SameValentines Valentines S Day Da Readers 1t er of The Th Times 11 who contemlate contem contemplate contemlat ¬ plate lat late Bolding St Valentine D I qay < ay par parTl parties parU Tl ties s have requested some 80 su suggestions suggestionsfor suae estlens estlensfor Uoqs Uoqsor for or such affairs aJfa1nBelow afhlrsBelow affairsBelow Below ars ar given tv some suggestions suge Uo ll fordelightful for fordelightful fortlellKhtlul delightful little g gathering therngs for youngfolks young youngfolks OUftg OUftgfolka folks CONCEALED Co CJaLXD IIKAKTS IIKAKTSOne UJlAXTSOne IIEARTOne One day a week eek previous to February Febr ry ryH I 14 a dainty little maid left at our door a abeautiful abeuUful abeautiful beautiful pink rose JOH and vanished with without without without ¬ out nuking any explanation When we welifted welifted 1 1lifted lifted the rose out fell a Httte paper paperheart JMLP JMLPH paperheart < < I heart H art on which was w wrttt written a an invita invitation iovitatIon invitation ¬ i I tion to a valentine party partyOn partOn partyOn On the night of the party the home of ofour ofour ofour our hostess ho t was beautifully decorated decoratedwith d4HOrat8dwith decoratedwith with pink crepe paper roses ro es which whichlooked whichlooked whichlooked I looked like the real ones onMbut but there was wasnot wasnot wasnot not a heart visible vl 1bl After all the guestshad guests guestshad had assembled a postman appeared on onthe Ofthe onthe I I the he scene and presented p Mntfld each guest g1t eat > t with withan withan withan an envelope bearing hiM hi or her name nameAVhcn nameVhcr name1Yhcn AVhcn Vhcr opened these the large envelopes envelopeswere envelopeswere were found to contain smaller onesdecorated ones onesdecorated onudecorated decorated with pink roses done in water watercplotti watercplo waterclose I close cplo and on these were inscribed inscribedlaughable lnecI1bedlaughable Inscribedlaughable laughable verses rM descriptive of their in intended intended intended ¬ tended partners for the evening evenin Theseerses These Theseverses I Ier verses er erses s ended with this line uIt If you youcannot youcannot youcannot cannot cues uca from this look withinOn within withincardboard withinOn On looking inside they found little red rtMlcardboard redcardboard cardboard 1 1names heart with t their eir partners partnerslameS partnersflames names written upon them In white ink initThe in inkThe c cThe The hostess then said There are arefourteen uefourteen arefourteen fourteen hearts concealed in this room roomand roomand roomand and to 0 the ones who can describe the theplaces thelace theplaces places lace where wh re they are concealed will willbe g ill illof I Ifee be siven lveJl a pretty pr tty love story for a prize prizeHefore prizeBefore I IBefore Before the words were well wellher ell out of ofher orheI her mouth the search h had d commenced commencedPresently commencedPre8enUy commencedPresently Presently a young man announced a alind alnd aind lind in a lovely vase on the mantel mantelpiece mantelIJlfC mantelpiece ¬ piece and then the hunt began be n to be beexciting beexciting beexciting exciting Every nook and corner was wasgona wasgone wasgone gone over but no one could be foundand found foundand founl1and and ail were ready to give up in de despair despair despair ¬ spair when a bright young lady sur surprised sur1rlsed surprised ¬ prised 1rlsed the guests by declaring that she shecould sbecould shecould could describe just where they were all allconcealed allconcaled allconcealed concealed She began to describe de rlbe ml mliMitely 101lmtely mltutely iMitely the vase aM then fantastically her herhostess herhotlte herhostess hostess hotlte and the twelve guests Itil herselfIncluded herselfIncluded herself hereeltInclcded Included Amidst the laughter that fol followed followed followed ¬ lowed all U wondered they had not notthought notthoucht notthought thought of their own hearts at least leastThe J4Mu1tThe leastThe The hostess hoste then guided the guests guestsinto guelWi1nto guestsinto into another room and told them there therewere tberewtre therewere were a hundred candy hearts hidden in inthe Inthe inthe the room and that the finder could couldexchange couldexchkn couldF F exchange exchkn < < f them for articles artlel obtained at atgayly atu atto u gayly decorated booth placed at atone atone atone one corner o ot the room All aorta IOrt of ofqueershaped ofQueer1t1Mped ofQueersheped queershaped packages were round at atthis atthis atH H this booth which when opened were werefound werefound ere ere1ound found to contain surprises in the form formof formor formof of heartshaped heart shaped confectionery and andcakes andakts andcakes cakes of heartshaped valentines and andbooklets andb andbxltlets booklets bookletsThe b bxltletsThe < ldet ldetThe The dining table was decorated pret prettily prett1ly prettily ¬ tily with 1th real pink roses the candles candleswith cndleewith candleswith with pink shades At each place were weretwo weretwo weretwo two roses a pink and a white tied tiedloosely tiedloo tiedloosely loosely loo ely together with pink ribbon In Inthe Inthe Inthe the heart of the pink rose was con concealed coneald ¬ cealed the guest JrUe t card cards a dainty dt nty pink pinkcelluloid ptnkcelluloid pin pincelluloid conk celluloid heart with Ith the name and date datelettered datelettered datelettered lettered on in gold In the heart of the thewhite thewhite thewhite white rose was concealed the favor favora favora11ttle favorahttle a alittle little heartshaped pin The centerpiece centerpiecewas was 8 alarge a 1ar large e iced cake wreathed with withllnk withlnk withpink pink lnk roses Small sealed envelopes were weredrawn weredrawn weredrawn drawn by the guests and the guest guestwho gu guestwho t twho who drew one containing a heart was waslo wasto aII lo have the honor of cutting cut tinS the cake cakeLittle cakeIhUe cakel Little beet hearts were concealed ingeni ingeniously In ingeniously ll llously ¬ l ously among the lettuce salad The icecream ice icecream teeream cream < was served Yed in paper cases rep representing repre8entln representing ¬ resenting re8entln pink roses tiny confectionery confectioneryhearts confectionerynfarUi confectioneryhearts hearts were hidden in this At the last lastlarge lut1arKe lastlarge large goose aroo e eggs imitation were passed passedwith pagedwIth passedwith with a loop attached to one end When Whentho Whenthp Whenthe the loops were pulled stars came off offrf oftrnf offrccealng veaJJng rf rnf > aJng an opening In the eggs which whichwere whichwre whichwere were filled with heartshaped bonbons bonbonsMixed bonbonMllxM bonbonsMixed Mixed nuts were aiM passed and th thEnglish thEnglish the theEnglish English walnuts were found to containonundruma contain containconundrums containonundrumB conundrums to b bfI > cracked The walnuts walnutshad waJnutJhad walnutshad had been opened the meats extracted extractedand extractedand extractedand and little paper hearts on which were werewritten werewritten werewritten written the conundrums inserted iuertedtben iuertedtbenth then thenthe thent t the th shells were ere glued together togetherBut to togetherBut th r rBut But the climax of the evening was wasthe wasthe wasthe the announcement of the engagement engagementof of two of the guests CUe t which came as a asurprise aFurprlM asurprise surprise to all even the hoetes boet AllAgreed All Allagreed AUAgreed agreed that they were ere adept at con concealing COReeallnl concealing ¬ cealing hearts heartsTHE THE PARTY PARTTTwo PARTYo PARTYTwo Two o young ladle stood at the foot ofthe of ofThe orthe The stairs and as the guefts gut > tz enn cr < a 1 down downslipped iownflIpped luwnslipped slipped a loose ribbon necklace over the thehead thttbEad thehead head of each From these the e ribbons hung hungvalentines hungvalentine hungvalentines valentines dainty in shape and sizeforming size sizeforming forming 1 rmlng a gay ay collar over coat or Cl gown gownThe gownThe gownThe The rooms were cleverly decorated decoratedwith de decoratedwith < orated oratedwith with valentines some forming festoons festoonsthrough CeJltoonsthrough festoonsthrough through the house from one chandelier chandelierto to another some large ones hanging hangingon ging gingon on the wall like pictures others othe atanding stand standing stAnding ¬ ing along the card rail or draped about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the doorways Some of the inscriptions inscriptionson on the larger valentines al nUn > 1I were found to toapply toapply toapply apply to some of the guests and excited excitedInterest excited1nt excitedintereet Interest 1nt rMt and laughter Presently Pre enUy trays traysof of cards c r4s were passed about each one onetearing onetearlftg onetearing tearing this verse verseCupid yt verseCupid > ISe ISeCupid Cupid asks that you will count countAll countAU countAll All the valentines in sight sightWrite alghtWrite sightWrite Write your name and the amount amountHell amountIIeon amounthell Hell reward you if youre right rightPencils TightPeDCn rightPencils Pencils were ere tied to the cards and the thecount theIunt thecount count began be < < an It was more difficult to tofind tollnd tofind find the correct corrt > ct number than at first firstIt 1IratIt dratit It appeared to be but the cards were weresoon wereSOOn wereSoon soon given to the hostess then counted countedby countedby countedby by her assistants and the price llze awarded awardedA A shower of bonbons was an amusing amusingfeature unngfeature amusingfeature feature of the evening A gentleman gentlemanwas was selected to pull a ribbon hanging hangingfrom hallgingfront hangingfrom from an inverted Japanese umbrella umbrellathis umbrellathIs umbrellathis this turned the umbrella over and a aShower ashower ashower Shower of bonbons each wrapped inbright in inbright inbright bright tissue or silver Iver paper fell upon the thefcuests theuests thexuests fcuests uests When the dining room was wasopened wuopened wasopened opened each lady found her place placemarked pluemarked placemasked marked by half a valentine with her hername betname hermime name writen on it The missing halves halveswere 111 111WH8 halvesvvere were presented pre ented to the men as they theyentered theyfntPrel theyetltered entered the room and each man pro pronrded proded prot < ceded > ded to find his place at the table tablenext tableI1fX tablenext next I1fX t to the other half of his hi valentine valentineAn An Immense e vase va e in the center of the thetable t tta thetable table ta l contained a bouquet of all kinds of offlowers offtm offlowers flowers ftm ers The effect was beautiful A Aknot Aknot Aknit knot of violets lay beside each plate plateand Dlatnnfl plateand and th the articles of food were ere of pretty prettytint prettytint prettytints tint tints P but aside from the place cards cardsth cardsthre cardsthere th there < > re were no valentines in sight in the thedining thedining thedining dining room It takes a clever clev hostess hostessto h teM teMto to present pr nt such contrasts at the right righttime rIghttime righttime time and place placeFANOIES placeFXCES placeFtxrES FANOIES FOR ST VALENTINES VAL1I DTS DAT BAYThe DATThe DATThe The oldtime game of archerymakes archerymakesr archery makes makess r 1 prettv way of finding ones s partner on onthis onthltil onthin this special day of Cupids Have H Hnumber Itnumber anumber number of small red hearts arranged arrangedon on a leige Ie rge circle of white paper stretch stretched ¬ ed over a hoop which is l to serve for the thenark thenark thestark nark Just the tips of the hearts can canbe canbe canbe be pasted the t h4 ret ff t left loose 1oo e Let each eachman ftlChman eachman man in turn try his luck at shooting a atoy atf atoy toy tf arrow through one of the hearts heartsuntil hearts11Tltll heartsu until u = ntil all have done one so If one man hits hitsthe hitsthe hitsthe the same heart as another he n has an another a8othfr another ¬ other trial until he captures one not notyet notyet notset yet paced When each ones 000 success successhas Suece Suecehas successhas has been n recorded by the th e eheart hostess t writing writ writIng wrltfn fn Ing his initials on the heart it can be bernnounced betnnoun hernnounee rnnounced tnnoun l that a ladys lady name is written writtenLOCAL writtenLOCAL writLanLOCAl LOCAL MENTION MENTIONFaaey MENTIONFaK MENTIONPuce Puce FaK Whole Rice 7 jac LbBroken Lb LbBroken LbBroken Broken 4c lb Hominy1 ominy 4c qto t Navy Beans Ie c at Red Kidney Beans l leet leetLima lac e Rt RtLima t tLima Lima Beans c Ib No 11 117th 7th st ne and nd J T D Pyles 10 other stores storesValwtiaw storesValtiBeI MoresYaleetl Valwtiaw Yaleetl > ses Rid Hearts Favors Favorsfaterial FavorsaterIaJ Favors3rateral 3rateral faterial aterIaJ for making Valentines Ge GMW GeaWp W Wby 41 Ith 8t nw nwA 11A A eatupkxbn satin tilt IIIIIOII tstatsatia I aM fair give giveIOW by 11 aaNa 3 Ua skiM Powers IOW W 4 u thusaM Unto Se asoil SeOil Ie Ieon Oil Heaters HeatersGas Gas Radiators Radiatorsst J JCM CM 1 f G st C A MuddJmaa a Co 61S12st 5lS l L st J r i on the back thereof and thus have they theyblindly theyblindly theyblindly blindly chosen their partners partnersA partnerscurlDS A CUPIDS PIE TIBJack pmTack PIEJack Jack Horner has his hi pies pAe without dis dispute dispute dispute ¬ pute of ownership why not Dan Cupid CupidArrange CppldlArrange CupidArrange Arrange a shallow dish full of little littlepackages UtU UtUpackage littlepackages packages and drape the whole with tis tissue tlsaue Ussue ¬ sue paper edged edgewith with tiny tinhearts hearts Covern Cover Coverthe CoyCrthe the whole with an n effective crepe paper papercover pp papercover l cover and have R3 9 many arrows as there thereare er j I are are packages pierce too top of the pie pieSilver pier I Silver r cord or t < < by ribbon can attach attachthe attachthe attachthe the arrows to the th gifts and when the theheart theheart theheart heart supper is a thing of the past pasteach pasteach each 11 guest quest can draw forth their giftfrom gut gutfrom from tfCupJds Cupids Pie PieAN PieAN AN 4 BYX2CIXG BYX ING CHERRY TREE MERRY MBRRTMAKINO MERRYMAKING BRRYMAKING MAKING MAKINOA A cherrytree supper can present some somtnovelties sombnOYelties somenovelties novelties in the th way wa of amusement to toones toonos toones ones guests gue ts Write the Invitations on onsnall onaJ1toU onsipall snall note paper pasting a few pic pictured plctured ¬ tured cherries on the top of each eaehsheet MehIiIhuet eachsheet sheet of paper The rh guests may h he bid bidden bidden bidden ¬ den for fora a high tea and the table set setaccordingly setaccordingly setaccordingly accordingly with formal informality informalitywhich inorB1flltywhich informalitywhich which is ever so delightful Doilies a agraceful agraceful agraceful graceful centerpiece ef a a blue vase vasefilled vaseftll vasefilled filled ftll d with sprays of artificial cherries cherrieschina chorrieschina cherrieschina china of a blue and red design de tgn if pos possible pMsible ¬ sible and souvenir cherry tr trot < es which whichmay whIchmay may b bft bought at favor favohopr shops at each eachplace etichIdact 11 place ace These are boxes and may be beAiled bedlled betilled Ailed with Ull small bonbons Tall braes braesor bruaOr brassor or china or colonial glass candlesticks candlestickshold canQle8Uckshold candlestickshold hold tall tapers to light the feast feastshaded fasthaded feastshaded shaded by b red shades shad each trimmed trimmedwith trimmedwith trimmedwith with a spray ray of cherries The menu menucan menucan menucan can be grapefruit with maraschino maraschinocherries nlraJlChlnocherrlMCrelmed maraschinoc cherries cherrlMCrelmed c creamed chicken in blue rante rantequins ramequina raanequins quins with potato chips currant Jelly Jellysandwiches jellysandicles Jellysandwiches sandwiches cut in tho shape of three threecornered threetornered threecornered cornered fate atl salmoe sated lAd served in inpatriotic Inpatriotic inpatriotic patriotic lined paper cases ice cream creamwith erea1I1with creunwith with candied cherries of a red jelly jellywith Jellywith jellywith with whipped cream and candied violets vio violets vIolets ¬ lets and cakes floated f llted with in adorn adornmftnt adornment j jm mftnt m nt of a 8 candied cherry on top of ofeach 01eAch ofeach each eAchAtt eachAfter j After Att r supper the guests are seated seatedat atefttedAt at little tables A swish cherry cherr tree tr e is isbrought Isbrought isbrought brought In which has Qn a cherry cherryfor cherryf cherryfer for f r each guest gue t This Mll is a round ball of ofred ofred ofref red crepe paper which hleh when opened is isfound Isfound lafound found to contain ten small circles of ofred ofred ofred red paper cherries each one inscribed inscribedin In erfel erfelIn in white nk with one of the ten let letters letters letters ¬ ters spelling s eUiDg Cherry Tree The guests guestsare pe guestsare ts tsare are given papers and d small red pencils pencilsand l pencilsand > > enclh enclhand and are requested to write rlte as many manywords manyworrls manywords words as they can n containing the letters lettersused letterused lettersused used in cherry tree using each e ch letter let letter letter ¬ ter only onl once TO the most mo t successful successfulmay suoo successfulmay ful fulMay may be given 8 8ft a red white and blue Wuebuket bluebasket bluebasket basket filled with homemade candy candyMarshmallow caJtdy1ar candylMUr5hn lMUr5hn Marshmallow 1ar hn1allov oIIow I rudqe rudqePut udder Put r ut two cups granulated sugar and andone andone andone one cup erecm r em or rich milk in A sauce saucepan saueepan saucepan ¬ pan and heat Add two squares Jaquar checo checolate checolate late grated and boll until nUl it hardens hardenswhen hardenswhen hardenswhen when dropped in cold water When Whennearly Whennearly hen hennearly nearly done add a level tablespoonful tablespoonfulbutter tablMpOOnfulDutter tablespoonfulbutter butter little by little and a halfpound halfpoundmarshmallows halt pound poundnwrshmallows peun4marJlhmallo marshmallows crushing and stirring stirringwith slim slimwith stirringwith with a spoon Add the last of the themarshmallows Utemahmallos themarshmallows marshmallows after the fudge is i taken takenfrom tAkltRfr takenfrom from fr m the fire Pour into buttered paw pawand paMand paneand and when nearly cold out into cubes cubesA cuoosA cubesA A New Veil Pin PinThere PinThere PinThere There was WtI the Greek key keyThat keToThlt keyThat That is used at the back of the head headIt 1tdIt headIt It pins the veil to the hair Just above afeevethe aenthe abovethe the neck neckThe neckThe neckThe The newer pin is an arrow set inrhinestones in inrhinestonee 1ftrhlne rhinestones rhinestoneeIt rhlne tonee toneeIt It is Jauntily stuck through the front frontbrim frootbrim frontbrim brim of the hat hatIts hatIts batIts Its 8 a mere trIne that proclaim wi a awoman Awoman awoman woman In touch with the newest fan fanHow faRcie fancL cie cL How to Look Slim SlimIf If you wish to look slim 8I 01 do not n t dress dressIn dre dressin e eIn In white or Mghteotored n teoJoored clothes clothesStripes cloth8fJ5trl1168 clothesStripes Stripes are more becoming than spot spotor spo1Aor or oheeks but narrow checks may be beworn beorn beworn wornShort worn wornShort orn ornShort Short shirts are arbecoming becoming but flowing flowingdraperies flawingdraJltrles flowingdraperies draperies on the other hand give grace graeeA graceA A long ong central line of trimming trtmmln from fromthroat fromthroat fromthroat throat to hem 1Jf m adds a certain height so sodcds 86dC sodoes does dC a single flounce at the bottom ef efa ora ofa a skirt skirtMany skirtMany skirtMany Many frills should be avoided avoidedA fwoldeA A tightfitting gown is neer becoming becomingto b llIg llIgto to M stout figure Wear somethingwhich something somethingwhich sometblBgblch which blch has a softening effect and it win winbe winbe willbe be far more be becoming < omlng If ODe is inclined inclinedto to be stout stoutA stoutA stoutA A MODERN HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLDThe The Cook CookYou You have borrowed my mysavings mysavlngll mysavings savings you wear my best hat when whenyou w whenyou n nyou you go out and Ive only half enough enoughto noughto to eat at that so Im Imgoing going to leave leiveMistress 1e1veM leaveMistressWhy Mistress M MistressWhy tre Why I torn you that we weshould wosllould weshould should treat you as a member cf the thefamily thefamtlyTranRtlantic thefamilyTraneatlantlc family famtlyTranRtlantic Transatlantic Tales its Leap Year f Pshaw PshawList PSllowfList Ps1awList List To The Lament of ofThe ofThe oFThe The Poor Old Maid Maidi Lcft Leap Year Marriages In First FirstMonth FirstMouth Month of lUGS Compnred with withTJioso withrrhoso withThose I Those for Corresponding Month HonthLast MonthLast MonthLast Last Year Seven More Brides in January 1907 Than Last Month MonthAnd MonthAnd MonthAnd And This Is Supposed to Be BeLeap BeLeap BeLeap Leap Year Fling back at the almanac allM nac all thistalk this thistalk thMtalk talk about Leap Year and a WOIINU WOIINU1ongffOU womanslongsought womans womanslongsought 1ongffOU longsought ltt opportunity to do 411 the pro proposing propcal propcsdng ¬ posing pcsdngShes pcal posingShes g gShes Shes not doing it If she is man Is Isworking Saworking isworking working the Dorsey DorM Foultx game and andkeeping andkeeping ad adkHpng keeping out of harms way Hark to tothe tothe tothe the proof from the marriage license licenseclerk l1een l1eenolerk licenseclerk clerk clerkThe olerkrhe clerkThe The marriage license clerk clerltC keeps the thecold thecold thecold cold figures gurec on tap down at the City CityHall CityHall CityHall Hall and figures dont He II when hen It comes comesto co coto comesto to showing up just how Washington Washingtonwomen WuhlalrtOftwomen Washingtonwomen women are dally letting slp Bl p the golden goldenopportunities goIcMAopportunlUu goldenopportunities opportunities of Leap Year YearThis I This is i what h he wrote heres here the thevery theery thevery very ery note Two hundred and seventy seventyeight seventyeight venty ventyeicht eight licenses l1cen ea were era issued I In January January1C07 JanuaryIF07 1C07 just an ordinary mans year yearOnly yearOn1y yearOnly Only M8 were Issued in January 1aaUUTthe 3M 3Mthe > f fthe the first Leap Year in four yean eILr and andsupposed andSU andsupposed supposed SU to be a year of priceless pricel pre prerogative prerocat1ve prerogative ¬ rogative and unlimited opportunity to toth totM tothe th tM old maid the coy oy maid the widow widowand widowaDd widowand and tits ocherwise ch8Mi desolateAlt desolate desolateAH dM01atAll AH of which means 1an that Washing Washington Washington rIblqton ¬ ton women have overslept a month nt nth of ofthis oCthis ofthis this precious time or tnat Washing Washington Wultlltlton ¬ ton men have gotten up early and andstayed and8tayed andstayed stayed out late In order to avoid the thecomplications thecOMplieatione thecomplications complications of matrimonial offers offersThere otCeraThere offersThere There are other explanations of ofcourse orcoune ofcourse course but whats the use The mar marriage mare marriage ¬ riage e license clerk has the figures and andthey aadthe andthey they the show 8bo that nine more mOl couples took tooktrial tooktI a tI trial at marriage in this city in inEveningfrocks IIIEvening inC Eveningfrocks EveningfrocksIn Evening C venin9f sorbs FrOCRSIn sorbsIn In the new evening frocks the plain plainand p1laand plainanti and clinging effects are sc fiotght ght after afterThe Aft AftTbe afterThe The general silhouette must rnu t be long longand JoItgand longand and slender The sheer stuffs are still in inmany Inmany inmany many case put into the waistband with withconsiderable withconsiderable Withconsiderable considerable fullness the responsibility responsibilityof re jJOn8lbilUyor of dragging them down in the proper properlines properhnes properlines lines being intrusted to heavy bottom bottomtrimmings bottomtrimmIngs bottomtrimmings trimmings trimmingsThe t The underskirt or foundation fo must mustbe mutbe mustbe be in soft satin or silk cut and ntted nttedIn fittedto In the approved sheathskirt fashion so sothat 80that sothat that the sheer stuff will assume ume the theproper theproper proper fold when weighted January Dei tfcft uw ti a IB 1 January M MThat > IV IVThat > II IIThat That means eighteen t mothers darlings darlingsand dadlpand darlingsand and papas prides mr are still under the theparental theparental theparental parental roof they might be in a I rented rentedHat rentedJlat rentedtat Hat of their own cussing the th janitor janitorand janitorand janitorand and other tbl things during this thl cold coldweather coldweather weather weatherThe weatherThe weatherThe I The marriage license n 1tM clerk doesnt doe nt try trylo tl tlto tryto to explain it He merely merel stands be behind behind ¬ I IMod hind the records of his h office 01l1 < e There Therefore Therefore ¬ II fore The Times TIm matrimonial reporter reporterhas r reporterhas pQrter pQrterbu has selected el ted two explanations from the thepresumed thepresumed I presumed leap year beneficiaries them themselves themelv themselves ¬ selves elv They are presented leHnted herewith herewiUiTake erew1UlTake Take your choice choiceSaid choiceSaid holceSaJd Said a boardinghouse e maiden ma1d n of twen twentynine tWflltynine twentynine ¬ tynine winters and veteran of seven sevenleap aevena sevenleap leap a years as she ebooec hoe hO away the eat catLeap eatyear eatLeap Leap years getting to be of no use useto 11Mto useto to those for whom it was W intended intendedMen latendedlen intendedAden Men len are divided dlvld into two classes classesthose c cthCMle classesthose those who stayaway May away rrom you because becauseit becau e eIt it is leap year y and are afraid of catching catch catching catchin ¬ in ing < < something < < and nd d those th < < e who come comeabout comeabout comeabout about and na 1aK < r you to propose so they theycan th thcan the thecan can take it as a joke jok What t can cftln81 a aknelv ahush hush ln81 companionhunting woman do doNothing doNotMn doNothing Nothing NothingMist NotMn NotMnXis NothingMiss Mist Maggie e Dlnpat Dinr rat in charge c of ofthe ofthe ofthe the ribbon counter v > sines ine In as followsIts follows followsIts followflIt Its It thl tbllll way Men en aint g gain ln m to to1unt tount toPunt Punt unt trouble no mori mor than theyd break breakinto brNJtlrto breakinto into in vii Ninetynine women out of orhundred A Ahundred ahundred hundred wouldnt propose propo to em any anyway anyway anyway ¬ way but theyre frald of the other one oneThey oneThey oneThey They dont give a woman n chant and andjus andius andus jus us as soon as a gin gI 1 begins bel n to roll rollrer 1Oner rollsr rer er eyes sorter upward dying calf like liketheyve likethe liketheyve theyve the v8 got business down town They Theywont Theywont Theywont wont propose themselves either for forfear forfur forfear fear youve b been n refused by some other otherman otherman otherman man Leap year it makes more old eldBiaids oldmaids oldmaids maids Ulan it 8 savea saveaSu er erSugarand 81SU Sugarand SU Grand Physical Ph sicai Exercise ExerciseAH AH persons taking violent muscular muscularexercise muscularexercise muscularexercltse exercise crave sugar and It is one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the most important articles In the themountain thel1tOuntain themountain mountain climbers pack which may mayperhaps mayperhaps mayperhaps perhaps explain the supremacy of Swiss Swisschocolate Swiuchocolate Swisschocolate chocolate Children naturally active activeneed activenMd activeneed need a a great t deal of it but on the theother theother theother other hand women who have sedentary sedentaryoccupations sedentaroccupations sedentaryoccupations occupations shock take very little as asit uIt asit it will increase the weight As a mat matter matter matter ¬ ter of fact sugar is nearly pure carbon carbonand carbonAnd carbonand and such a fat producer is n needed eded 8d only onlyas onlyaa onlyas as before said where heavy physicalexertion physical physicalexertion phYSicalexertion exertion is 1 the rule SodaCrackers Soda Crackers that crackle as good Soda SodaCrackers SodaCrackers Crackers should shouldUneeda shouldbiscuit Uneeda Biscuit BiscuitWith With mealsfor mealsbetween 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