The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-14

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The most charming young marriage
able women of Waverly, N. Y, have
banded themselves together in what
they term an anti Matrimony Club"
These antimatrimony clubs bache-
Tor girls clubs, spinsters' unions, etc,
have probably been the means of mar
rying off more women than all the 9TH
er schemes of Cupid put together. The
marriageable man who has been indif-
ferent to the attractions of a woman
at once becomes interested In her after
she has Joined an nti-matrimonial
club. 1t is a challenge. so to speak-a
def to his wooing powers, so the man
sails in to win.
If you will follow the matter up you
will find that anti-matrimonial clubs
are formed only in locations where
marriage has almost become obsolete,
as 1t were. So long as Cupid is on the
jump and has more matches on his
hands than he knows what to do with
there is no need for an anti-matrimo-
NAL club. The modern manageable
woman comes pretty nearly knowing
her business.
This anti-matrimonial club of Waiver
ly, N. Y, has a constitution and by
laws. 1t is set forth by the young la
dies who compose it that it's object Is
ito encourage a life of single bliss
The following bitter penalties are
taken from the bylaws of the organi-
cation: For flirting with a man, one
pound Of chocolates to the club; for
/, winlSing at man, two pounds of choc-
olates; for allowing young man to
hold your hand, three pounds of chloe
olates; for allowing young man to
kiss you, one mark toward expulsion
I from the club GOO marks are necessary
for expulsion; any number of kisses
from the same young man counts only
one mark; for getting married, expul-
sion and farewell banquet to the sis
tiers remaining loyal to the club
One fact is evident from these penal
, ties and that is that these young la
dies are dearly fond Of chocolates.
If there aren't some wedding an
nouncements UP around Waverly, N.
Y, in the near future it will not be the
fault of the anti-marriage club. If a
young woman wishes to remain single
she would do well to avoid any such
thing as an anti-marriage club.
"Can I have this old shoe, maam,
that I found in your dooryard?" said
the hobo to the lady of the house eve
had nothing to eat for three days, and
I can get some nourishment by suck
ing the leather"
You mustn't eat those" said the
kind lady, and the hobo's face lighted
with hope, but his features relapsed
into their primitive gloom as she hand
ed him a pair Of old kid gloves and
said, Take these, my poor man, they're
not so tough, and you'll find them more
nutritious than the Shoes" Fooled
again, and by womans wit" Kissed
the tramp, as he went to make ten
strike elsewhere.
I attended church entertainment in
a neighboring town few nights ago
and I ran up against the proverbial
Sunday School child. had in my over
coat pocket a few odds and ends of
things such as a lead pencil, a jack
knife, a rule. I laid the coat aside and
noticed at the time that a few sancti-
monioIs youngsters were in the vicin-
ity. When 1 put on the coat and thrust
my hands into its pockets they were
empty. I had to chase a car so did not
investigate the matter as the things
taken were of minor Importance,
though I do wish I had that blue pen
Gil for it was peach. OF course 1
convict the Sunday School boys on
circumstantial evidence only, and
would be glad to find myself mistaken.