Leap Year ladies

Editorial boards past took note of leap year, that quadrennial quirk of the calendar, with about the same frequency. In one editorial, the board expressed gratitude for an extra work day. But mostly they worried about all the shrewish Sadie Hawkinses who, unable to finagle a marriage proposal in the other three years, waited to exploit the leap year custom that lets them pop the question on unsuspecting men.

February 29, 2008