The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-12-10
MEN WHO SHOULD NOT WE'D.

The man who can't remember his
wifc's birthday.
The man who thinks Il plrIOr carpet
ought to last fifteen years.
The man who thinks he can keep
house better than his wife does.
The man who thinks Il wOman's
bonnet ought to cost about 10 cents.
The man who forgcts his manners
as soon as he crosses his own Tires.
hold.
The man who labors under the dclu-
sion that his wifc's mppcy belongs to
him.
The mar who thinks that nobody
but an angel is good enough to be his
wife.
The man who thinks Il woman Is
fixed for the season if she has onc
new gown.
The man who always leaves his wife
at home when he takes his summer
vacation.
The man who thinks there is ''no
place like homc"-for grumbling and
crawling.
The man who thinks a sick wife
would feel better il she would Just
get up and stir around"
The man who thinks that his wife
exists for the comfort and convenience
Of his mother and sisters.
The man who talks about Support
ing Il wife when she is working four.
teen hours Il day, including Sundays.
The man who has $I5 worth Of fish
ing tackle and can't afford Il new set
Of curtains for The dining-room.
The man who thinks Il tivc-year-Old
worstcd street gown is the proper sort
OF toilet for il dinner party or reccp-
tion.
The man who thinks a woman
ought to be her own millincr, dress
maker. scamstress, cook, houScmaid
and nurse.
Thc man who doesn't know what on
earth Il woman wants with money
when she has Il bill at the dry goods
store.
The man who provides himself with
a family and trusts Providence to pro-
vide the family with Il home and
something to eat.
The man who thinks a woman ought
to give up a $1,000 salary aud work in
his Kitchen for her board and a few
clothes and be glad of the chance.
The man who thinks it is sail non
sense" for Il woman to want a l0-cen:
bunch of pansies or ~violctS when she
hasn't seen Il flower in five months.
The man who quotes the Apostle
Paul on the woman question and who
firmly believes that the mantle of the
apostle has fallen on him.
According to the New York journal
Mrs. Charlotte Smith is preparing to
put the for veal or woe business of
tile human race under government
control. She has prepared Il bill of
rights and an ironclad act Of arbitra-
tion in which the formally demands of
the United States government in sew
en- counts:
|. That every man and woman of
manageable age be compelled co mar
ry by law.
,. That Il national matrimonial bu.
rcau be established to aid in enforcing
the law.
B. That the Office of United States
Commissioner Of MatrimOny be Great
ed. and that Mrs. Smith he appointed
to that office.
4. That Il national matrimonial
fund be appropriated for d0wries OF
from $500 to $500 for poor girls to pro-
vide Il wedding trouSscau and furnish
Il modest home.
5. That rich bachelors who refuse tn
marry shall annually pay Il fine which
will be equivalent to the support OF "A
family.
6. That poor men who refuse to obey
the matrimonial law shall be punish
cl. as for any other infracti0n OF the
law, by imprisonment.
/. That womcn who refuse to marry
shall be punished in the same way as
the men.
II that doesn't bring to time the
shy SWANS and coy maidens of all
ages, complexions and conditions of
life. it will not be the Widow Smiths