The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-22

trappers clothes and fishers suits s-ow
siioss. skates cavalry boots ana fssh NETS
oi sNsfs psttsrh ara weave. Resting on
Pegs inserted between the logs war. In
dian bows and ARROWS and ,a-sa,r,s -
All sizes and designs. not dozens Of then,
hut hundreds Wolf pelfs an5 h,,~ala
skins covered the raor ara w.r.. n,l..
up high in the corners The ,sh,a cow
sisted OF one thick. horizontal slice az |.
mammoth oak. supported by three s,ou.
Embarked hickory saplines The small
PANIED w'ndows pee-ed our through vsstas
g. .sansss trees 10 Lake Pswaukee. now
stiff and silent.
Ii IS not an IDEAL place for the nur,,s~
hut nevertheless the shack" IS where
Gen. AGer plans mosl az The matrimonial
campaigns in which he IS interested
Here hundreds OF romantic love AFFAIRS
have had their inception.
My work a phiianthrcpyr' exclaimed
the general In Amusement. Well. no.
hardly thar. l am simply nanoily mar
-ied man who wishes there were more AZ
them in The world. All am trying To ea
Is 10 convince some Of those mistaken
People VINO pride themselves In heinz.
known as independent aaehelor-uasds.
and gay and Jolly Bachelors how vain
and empty not only their names. but
their lives are. am only trying 10 do
my quota. only in different way from
ever-sncreasing propensity % the Amer:-
can people 10 lead single lives"
Married People Are selfish.
Enen Won don't approve of Mrs
smiths plan Of procedure
No: IL is altogether impracti cable. as
We'll as ridiculous However there would
oe no occasion for such On agitation II
married people were not 50 selfish and
II they paid more attention to the welfare
ana happiness of their unmarried friends
~ IS stmest force of habit among mar
REQ women. even though they themselves
aS as happy as queens. 10 discourage
their unmarried female friends from TAX
ing that step They are either TOGO negli-
gent OF the future OF their girl aeGualnt-
ascss. OF II they do attempt to NEEDLE I'm
,neir love and ccurtship affairs they
snow total want OF tact and bungle the
"noie business by being oversolicitous.
"hich usually means death TO the most
promising match In the world IL the man
liz the case happens TO be an old hachs
ior- Iiie moment man over q years old
suspects the chaperon or married woman
friend or the incest girl in the world Of
having her eye on him II is all off with
him so far as that girl Is concerned and
II ne marries at all ten 10 one II win he
20 ner rival whom he has heard the other
girls woman friend disparaee That ia a
point. too. that all matchmakers should
remember. A bachelor Is always Interest,"
ca in the girl who is abused by her woman
friends. because he is curious to find ont
why they dislike her"
But is II really true that YOU riva
houses and lots and fast horses and
yachts and bank checks to the old bache-
Tors YOU induce to get marriedT'
wei. yes; as a special Hsiucement I
occasionally do give one OF the co,,n,es ~
my persuasion sailing vessel. horse or
"a cottage down here on the lake I only
give the house. though. when the excuse
for remaining single IL the ,nabailty 10
support wife. They are not mansions
but are large enough TO accommodate A
small family comfortably and though
they are not as elegantly furnished as
they might be, they are all neat and
coxy."
But have heard. too. that you even
keep them stocked with groceries. proyi-
sions. wine, beer and other liquors. and
even fuel"
His "HOneym0on Row."
That's all true enough EXCEPT about
the groceries which let the folks b,,v
themselves. hut that is a small item IN
living expenses. when there are no wine
or fuel bills coming IN and no rent to nav.
You can see the roof of the last cottage
that was built. right down there on The
shore around that little inlet" pointing
toward the window. you must have ro-
tced IL on your way UP. 1t was put I'm
in August last FOR an old bachelor who
| had been persuading to got married for
Two years before, and who was married NJ
last early In September and spent two
months honeymoon there. He rnade the
eighth tenant OF The Shacks.' The other
seven cottages are strung out along tho
lake below, and ere jus. like one ya,r ace
Gown there. We cali that portion az tho
shore Honeymoon row.
And what. In your opinion Gen. Amer
Is most conducive TO matrimony under
ordinary circumstances
Fropinauity, every time. That Is TIE
chief element In ell courtships. I recov
nize this fact readily, and when 7 wan,
one or my bachelor friends 10 marry some
particularly nice girl that I have pekel
out or him. the first thing that I do IL "a
give large house party usually here a,
The Shacks.' where my guests always
seem 10 enjoy themselves most either N
simmer or winter. The man and the girl
are invited Of course and see 70 ~ that
they arc thrown into each others society
as much as possible lf II is summer
they go sailing and fishing together. or II
II Is winter they are always paired or IN
the skating party or SIT IN the same scat
IN the icehost. II works like a charm
and I. is not often necessary for me 10
cner any suggestion or material induce
ment
AFTER all, matchmaking f. a science
that ran be mastered by anybody who
VIII take the trouble 10 observe human
nature. and II ought 10 he studied by
every happily married man and woman
who has the happiness Of humanity .,
heart. Indeed, consider n little les~
than the duty Of all sucl, people 10 e.
Feet as many more similar rartnarshic~
among the members Of the society in
which they move as possible,
Then you think that love f. not divine
but rather matter that ran be controlled
ny circumstances and environment"
Entirely go" ernpha ticailv replied Ger
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