Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-01
HUNTING FOR A SNORE.
What . Mamma Wished to Find Out
About Her Future Son.in-Law.


do you know. my dear Annie, !" said WASH
ington matron TO her favorite confdante the
other day, shat I had Q most distressing time
in trying TO find out q certain thing about my
newly made son-in-law, that dear boy Adolf
Plus, while his engagement with Julie was still
pending. OF course, felt il 10 be my duty as
. mother to make strict inquiry ss TO his hab-
its, and in every respect but one the result of
my investigation was promptly most satisfac-
tory. lie was not so excessively good. accord
ing TO common report, as 10 excite apprehen-
SONS as to his private character. nor Vet did he
appear to have any very marked vices. A
everything mildly bad he seemed TO have
zone. though not more than Is naturally Incl
dental 10 young bachelorhood. and so on all such
points my mind was made entirely AT ease But
as To this one matter, TO me most important,
L had the utmost trouble in learning ANYTHING
owing TO the delicate nature of the question
10 explain It will tell you that nv own great
est atfIction in married life was nv husbands
snoring. lie was the most agreeable of men.
ana yet doubt very much whether / should
have accepted him if l adknown of this weak
ness of his. have had no means of knowing how
much addicted men are ordinarily to the snor-
ing habit, but 1t is happily my impression that
HIS sNoRE WAS A FREAK.
'Itused positively TO make the windows rattle,
and when We travelled in sleeping cars / was
much embarrassed. People would throw boots
along the aisle and use much bad language
saying that they could not sleep. Neither
could |. save for occasional cat maps until III
sisted upon my right to a separate apartment
Perhaps the worst of it that my husband
always insisted that he never snored at all, and
told me that it must be my Imagination. The
sUfferings l went through from that cause were
so serious that | made up my mind that
my daughter should never marry a
man who snored. And, accordingly. when
Adoiphus came a counting. with evidently ST.
rlous intention, / set about getting information
on this important subject. Ii had discovered
that he drank or pursued any
other vice to excess i might have taken
chances of his reform; but the man who snores
never reforms-he Is a hopeless case. In
France. where have lived SO many years of
my life. mothers always make it a matter of
inquiry where the marriages of their daugh-
tiers are concerned whether or not the pro-
posed fiance SHORES. If it is learned that he
does so some remission Of demand is expected
to be made by the other side in the ncgotia-
ton, such as dimlnishment of the amount of
the dot required with the girl. However. in
this country such is not the fashion, and had
a very hard time to procure my information on
the point"
FIRST ATTEMPT.
81 shonld think SOL replied the confidante.
''How on earth did you manage it,"
We'll TO begin with. L asked his mother
said that had suffered somewhat recently
from insomnia and inquired whether she was
ever troubled in that way herself When she
said no remarked that it was really a most
aggravating complaint and suggested that
possibly some member OF her family might
have been afflicted by il. Again she responded
with negative. Why. my dear tIrs b [
sad, you are exceptionally fortunate Usu-
ally in the household there is at least one
member who suffers either from sleeplessness
or Nightmares. Neither your husband nor
yourself does. And how is it about your dear
son, Adolphus-is he not troubled with anv of
tue difficulties incidental to sleep. such the
want of it, bad dreams. or snoring? The ques-
ton was less artfuliy put than had hoped to
frame 1t, but the mamma of my future son-in-
law suspected nothing; she merely opened her
eyes very wide and replied:
THE difficulty is to wake my son up in the
morning. As a rule he has to be pounded with
pillows to arouse him for late breakfast [
never heard of his being troubled with night
mares and, as for snoring, Haven the slightest
knowledge. If he did snore, don't suppose
that it would seriously interrupt his repose'
FURTHER EFFORTS CROWNED WITH SUCCESS.
This was discouraging. However, on the
occasion of a second visit was informed by
an old domestic in the household. who had
been the nurse of Adolphus that Mrs. b. was
not at home. Seized with desperate resolve
l drew the old woman into a corner and said,
tragically:
- Tell me something--I have very par
ticufar reason for wishing to know it-does Mr.
Adolphus snore?'
He never did so, maam.' she answered.
when he was child. Whether he does so
now or not, am sure l haven't got potion
Il felt annoyed at ALPHABETICALLY as felt
that had given myself away to some extent
1t was not until some days after that hit acct
dentally upon the solution of oIy problem.
was called upon by a very agreeable young
man who had been Adolphus chum at college.
Said he:
The only trouble between me an 'Dolph in
our domestic relations was that he declared
that snored trightfull5 and kept him awake
though ordinarily he slept like the dead
And did he keep you awake in the same
manner / asked eagerly
"'Oh, no. l was never able to retort upon
him on that score; he always slept as soundly
as a sx-months' infant
'And that is the way, my dear in which 1
very easily learned the fact that had been SO
long and anxiously pursuing If had not ac-
1t is probable that Adolphus and Julie would
Prince Georges County, Md.
Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR
EVANSVILLE, January 49,
At the last meeting of the commissioners for
Prince Georges county a resolution was passed
requesting the county members of the legisla-
ture now in session to procure necessary legis-
lation to authorize the county commissioners
to issue bonds to the amount of $4,000, of
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