The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-05-09
WHY SOME MEN DON'T MARRY.

From the Chicago Record Herald = -
At cozy dinner the other evening
we'll known bachelor belonging to
Chicago society told why he had never
married. Several years ago he had
been particularly devoted to young
girl visiting from the south. He had
made a trip in that direction shortly
after her departure, but nothing more
was heard of his brief passion. After
the lapse 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 a
pretty summer gown made of mex
pensive materials. She seemed the
ideal wife for man on small in
come. He was 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 one thing he de-
tested it was a woman with vora-
cious appetite.
After dinner the young woman 6
father 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 prompt
ed the bachelor to glance toward the
kitchen window. There in full view
stood the young woman. She was
bending over a cooking pot on the
stove and scooping handfulls 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, fol
he considered that her dainty manners
were evidences of deception. -
Another bachelor commented on the
modern society women with some
bitterness. Among his acquaintance
was married woman who had enter
tanned him occasionally, and he wish.
ed to show his appreciation by present,
ing her suitable Christmas gift.
He was not sure of her taste, and
asked her to meet him at jeweler' 6
and select present for her young
sister. She chose modest looking
silver purse. Then he suggested that
she should select something for herself,
and she chose a 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 atom
ishment the price of the purse she had
chosen for her sister was $50 and
the one for herself 500. He had not
dreamed of such extravaganza For
tunately he carried his check book
and was able to leave the establish
ment. Now he blames 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 we'll known about
town has wife who prides herself on
her careful housekeeping. He told a
story, however that shattered her
domestic reputation.
One evening last spring she was
dressing in hurry to go out, and at
the last moment discovered hand
some 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 Persian rug and pinned
the brooch on the unders1de.
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
mattress was taken from her husband 8
bed for a thorough busting. and the
honest tramp hired to do the cleaning
showed her the precious brooch
securely pinned in the center OF the
mattress on the underside. Now her
husband asks her if she really turned
that mattress every day, as she said
she did.