Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-18
WHY SOME men
REMAIN SINGLE

At cozy dinner the other evening
a well-known bachelor belonging to
Chicago told why he had never mar.
ried. Several years ago he had been
particularly devoted to a young girl
visiting from the South. He had made
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
pretty summer gown made of mex.
pensive materials. She seemed the
ideal wife for a 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. II there was anything he detest.
ed ii was a woman with voracious
appetite.
After dinner the young woman's
father asked him II 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
lHtchen window. There IN 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 ia.
BILE manners were evidences of decep.
ton, says the Chicago Record Herald.
Another bachelor commented on
the modern society woman with some
bitterness. Among his acquaintance
was married woman who had en-.
tertained him occasionally, and he
wished to show his appreciation by
presenting her a suitable Christmas
gst
He was not sure OF her taste, and
asked her to meet him at a jewelers.
and select a present for her young
sister. She chose a understanding
silver purse. Then he suggested that
she should select something for her.
self, and she chose a purse somewhat
smaller.
AS she was in haste to fulfil a. en-.
gagement. he saw her to her carriage
before settling the bill. To his aston.
ishment the price Of the purse she
bad chosen for her sister was $S5 and
the one for herself $65. 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 well known about
town has a wife who prideS herself
on her careful housekeeping. He told
story, however. that shattered her
domestic reputation.
One evening last spring. she was
dressing in a hurry to go out. and at
the last moment discovered a hand.
some pin on the cushion. All the
drawers in her dresser were locked.
and she was sure when speaking of II
afterward that she had lifted the cor.
ner of the Persian 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
mattress was taken from her hus.
bands bed for thorough busting, and
the honest tramp hired to do the
( cleaning showed her the precious
brooth securely pinned In the center
Of the mattress on the underside. Now
her husband asks her II she really
turned that mattress every day, as
she said she did.