The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-16
WHY SOME MEN ARE SINGLE
REASONS FOR NOT MARRY
 INC
As Given By Bachciors-One Match
 Spelled Ky Peas.

At a cozy dinner the other evening
 well known bachelor belonging to Chi cago society told why he had neve
 married. Several years ago he had beel
 particularly devoted to d young gir visiting from the South. He had mad,
 a trip in that direction shortly after hel departure, but nothing more was heard
 of his brief passion. After the lapst 1 of years he confessed that he had gone | South with the intention of proposing | to her.
 She was charming in her modest | home, and wore on this occasion pret
 ty summer gown made of inexpensive materials She seemed the ideal wife | for a man on small income. He was I placed opposite her at the dinner table | and he noticed how daintily she ate | how she toyed with her food and
 picked up the peas one by one on the prongs of her silver fork. If there was anything he detested it was, woman
 with voracious appetite
 After dinner the young woman's fath-
 CT asked him if he would not like to
 walk in the garden; he consented, and they followed a path leading around
 the house. Cruel fate prompted the
 bachelor to glance toward the kitchen
 window There is full view stood the young woman She was bending over a cooking pot on the stove and scooping
 handfuls of peas into her mouth and enjoying them with great gusto. He took the night train for Chicago, and she never knew what her fondness for peas had cost her. He was bitterly disappointed, for he considered that her dainty manners were evidences of de- ception.
 Another bachelor commented on the modern society women with some bit terness. Among his acquaintances was a married woman who had entertained him occasionally. and he wished to show his appreciation by presenting her suitable Christmas gift.
 He was not sure of her taste, and asked her to meet him at a jewellers and select a present for her young sis ter. She chose modest-looking silver purse. Then he suggested that she should select something for herself, and she chose purse somewhat smaller.
 As she went in haste to fulfill an en- gagement he saw her to her carriage before settling the bill. To his aston ishment the price of the purse she had chosen for her sister WAS $85 and the one for herself s65. He had not dream ed of such extravaganza. Fortunately he carried his check book and was able to leave the establishment. Now he planes himself that he had not the moral courage to ask the price at the time. Returning the goods was out of the question, as she had taken them along with her.
 A literary man well known about town has wife who brides herself on her careful housekeeping He told a story. however that shattered her do- mestic reputation.
 One evening last spring she was dressing in hurry to go out and at the last moment discovered handsome pin on the cushion. All the drawers in her dresser were locked, and she was sure when speaking of it afterward that she had lifted the corner of the Per sian rug and pinned the brooch on the underside.
 The next day she searched high and low for the pin which could not be found anywhere. Four months passed and house cleaning time came. The was taken from her husbands ! ped for a thorugh dusting, and the 1 honest tramp hired to do the cleaning showed her the precious brooch securely pinned in the center of the mattress on he underside. Now her husband asks Ter if she really turned that mattress very day, as she said she did.-Chicago Record Herald.