The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-22

TITS another one of those stupid mar
riage proposals." remarked Miss Goggin
curtly, as she looked at the top and the
bottom of letter written on pale pink
note paper, and stamped with an olive
green monogram.
Here, boy" she continued, "put 1t on
file and call my attention to it when we
reach the next fifty
/ Miss Catherine Goggin, president of the
Chicago Teachers federation and of the
Anti-Tax Dodging league, has put in a
| busy week. She has been receiving. pro-
posals Of marriage. Since Miss Goggin In
a speech few days ago announced nine
reasons for remaining single, one Of them
being that she never had proposal, the
1nter-Ocean says she has been getting
marriage offers at the rate of dozen or
more day. She has had to engage a
special marriage offer stenographer'' to
take charge of that branch of her corre-
spondence
''The excitement is wearing me out"
says Miss Goggin. 'I haven't had time
for good square luncheon this week.
/ And that's not the worst of it, says
Miss Haley, her partner in the ANTHRAX
Dodging league miss Goggin no sooner
gets settled down to doughnut and
cup Of strong green tea before the waiter
tips it off that Miss Goggin is In the res
taurant
+" Miss Goggin, woman who says she
never had proposal Of marriage, whis-
pers typewriter girl
g And that's the lady who bumped into
us bald-headed men, remarks a, fat man
who eats pie with a knife
:" Where is she?'
" What does she look like?'
Huh! carries reticule; by George, 4
knew she did
" And wears a string tie, stiff collar,
! and eye glasses!'" :. -.
These are few Of the audible remarks
that float around, and when Miss Goggin
gets up to pay her ten-cent check twenty
five people make rush to hand in their
pasteboafds and trail along behind her
out Of the door.
Funny what lot of idiots there are
about this marrying business" said Miss
Goggin as she gave orders for filing away
| more proposals. Seems like a lot of
people would rather marry than to pay
| their taxes"
OBJECTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS
But Miss Goggin is going at the matter
with the seriousness that great ques-
ton demands.
of course, after I get a little more
used to sizing up marriage propositions
1T won't take me longer than two minutes
| to decide" she says 81 have already
made up my mind about a few things"
School teachers are barred from serious
| consideration by Miss Goggin. A man
who runs school soon gets to think he
can boss woman.
No preachers need apply. She likes
preachers, but not to live with.
No man who parts his hair in the mid
ole can take out marriage license to
marry her
Propositions to marry Miss Goggin and
i go on a wedding trip to the Paris fair at
i her expense will not be answered. She
! throws 'em in the waste basket
! Politicians who concoct love letters are
! wasting brain matter. Miss Goggin Is
! sometimes in politics herself, and ones
enough in a family
+ Bassos and 'tenors and men in the music
business generally are not wanted. But
i they mostly come in the category Of men
who part their hair in the middle.
Theater people needn't waste their time
writing to Miss Goggin. She doesn't care
] to have folks make love to her lust for
1 the practice OF going through the part
we'll on the stage. -
The man Miss Goggin would marry
| must dress well. That doesn't mean red
| neckues and fancy .Waistcoats but it does
mean a shamrock -colored cravat on ST.
| Patrick's day.
He must be in favor of the Beers.