The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-11-09
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HE WANTED BUT LITTLE.

They were coming home from the
wedding, and the tack headed young
man, with the long neck and the
three-story collar, was wondering
gloomily what made the bridegroom
do it. 81 can tell you one thing" he
said, "just any old girl isn't going to
get me. No. sir. When yours truly
marches the lock-step up to the altar
it's going to be with prize winner,
"A nd don't you forget it. TO begin
with, she's got to be pretty, I'm not
going to contract to sit opposite to
any old trump for the next thirty or
forty years, not il | know it. Then
she must be stylish and know how to
dress. l hate woman who doesn't
know how to put on her clothes, and
always looks like holy guy. A man
wants his wife to be the sort of per-
son lie isn't ashamed to Introduce to
his friends, don't you know. OF course,
she must be well educated, and keep
up with what is going on in the world,
so she can talk to a fellow when he
comes home tired at night and doesn't
feel like reading things up himself;
but you can bet your sweet life she
isn't going to be any OF your strong
minded females, who have opinions
that they set up in opposition to their
husbands, and who'll actually argue
things with him. Think they know
what they are talking about, by JOve!
and that they know just as much
what the allies are going to do in
China and can make as near guess
as to who will be elected president as
man. No, sir; what l say is going
to 60 in my family, and don't you
make any mistakes about that. She's
got to be domestic, too and know how
to cook and sew, and that sort of
thing. None Of your mammals baby
girl for me, who would faint at the
sight of a frying pan, and don't know
the first principle of how to make
man comfortable; but the Lord pre-
serve me from one of the women who
always look like they had just STEP
ped out of the kitchen, and who simp.
ly reek with recipes for apple pies and
the best way of doing over your last
years hat. A woman ought to be able
to do her work without forcing Il on
peoples notice. Sort Of automatic,
press-the-button, nickle-in-the-slot
business. That's the proper idea in
housekeeping. l don't want any of
your extravagant women, either, with
the bargain habit mania. A woman
ought to know how to economist, only,
of course, you'd want her to use sense
about it, and not be one of those un-
reasonable freaks who are always
counting up what they could buy on a
mans cigar money. OF course, l
couldn't stand for girl who wasn't
used to society," and all that, and wasn't
in the swim, but when fellow gets
married he's generally tired of dane
ing and parties, and all that sort of
thing, and wants to cut it, and I'd
expect her to be reasonable about that,
and be willing to 90 when felt like
it, and to stay at home when didn't
want to go. Goodness : knows, tha
ought to satisfy any woman. ID
sh es got to have some money! too.
Not that l would marry fory5
you know, but no woman k11l
look for fellow to deny hi ~
things he's used to just to- ner
bills. It's out of the question. The
price of living now with a poor girl is
altogether too much of luxury. I'll
really have to deny myself, and"-but
the man in the corner interrupted
him. "You don't want much," he
said. "She must be beautiful, rich,
accomplished, domestic and brilliant,
What on earth do you suppose that
kind of a girl would want with you?"