The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

atlanta. Ca Oct 10--Ihe village OF
Clayton. in this State, has settled down
again after the great civil service ex-
animation, and the charges Of favorlusm,
fraud, cheating. cribbins and The Ike
have been smoothed over. The examina-
fion has proved TO the young men of that
section Of the State that the great proper
tion OF The girls would make model
wives. while some of them would make
as near perfect wives as wives ever get
10 be
As matter OF fact. even before
Charles w. Haines gave his great civil
service examination, all the young men
knew that Cla;On girls made the best
wives fl the world and stood ready TO
fight for that sentiment, but after all il
is comforting for them 10 have figures
20 prove their claim-that is, numerical
iproof-there never was any doubt about
the other figures
It all started when Charles ".
Haynes decided 10 take unto himseh
wife. He had some odd notions about
marriage, and one Of them was that The
girls of the present day do not make rs
good wives as their mothers and grand
mothers did. He held that a woman
should be well UP IN household duties.
in the care and control Of servants, in
the problem of hospitality, and should
know her duty 10 her husband.
In fact, he decided that he would not
marry any girl who was not up IN
every point Of household arts and crafts,
in social obligations, in dress, and all suCh
questions. He even was willing to elm
mate the element Of love from his court
ship If he could find perfect housewife.
Not'5XaCtly that, either, for Haynes de-
clared he could and would love any girl
h.. et-r h1rsaAf = cnu1DpfnWf holfse-
wife. II she was that she was iovable.
and he would marry her first and let love
come along later.
Unmarried and Unpopular.
So Haynes a-coUrting went and met
with ST success. The young women
liked him we'll enough. especially as &c
was handsome. we'll favored, and we'll
fixed with the worlds goods. but when
he began 10 catechiSe them as to their
ability 10 make beds, to manage ser
wants. 10 care for the sick, 10 arrange
dinners. and such things, they baked.
Whether or not they could answer was
no natter-they refused 20 listen to the
man who wanted the housekeeper first
and the sweetheart afteTward.
So. at the age Of thirty-twO, Haynes
found hiThgelf unmarried and unpopular
The girls c-~led him ar old crank, and
were ready 10 merry the young men who
sang love sonneJs and reeited poems TO
them. and sent them copies of Lucille
at Christmas time, rather than the
wealthy young man who wanted TO know
whether they would serve the salad be-
fore or after the roast,
Perhaps he never would have proposed
his examination but for the fact that one
afternoon he got into an argument with
Wallace Kent. the editor Of the local
paper, and during the argument he sug-
gested that every woman who got mar
ried ought to be compelled 10 take an
examination to prove whether or not she
was capable of being the mistress of an
establishment. Kent led the argument
along and thea. when it was over, went
10 MS Office and wrote an article The
heading was;
WILL WE'D WINNER
OF AN EXAMINATION.
Charlie Haynes Proposes Civil Service
Examination.
Come on. Girls Here's Your Chance.
He VIII Marry the One Who Proves
Herself the Best Fitted to Be
Mistress of Cloverdale.
Kent meant the story 70 be funny. But
the women did not take it so. They were
even with all his land and money, would
think that they would compete for the
honor of being his wife made them angry.
Also the article made Haynes angry.
but Kent had him. He simply had taken
Haynes theories and applied them per
sonaIly- Their argument was resumed,
and finally Haynes, half angry, half Ia
earnest. declared that he would stand by
his theories and marry the girl thar pass
ed the highest examination il he was
permitted 90 write the questions. Kent
kept nagginE 1T him. and the next week
he printed in his paper a joking list Of
the questions Haynes was alleged 10 have
pTOpouuded. Haynes was mad enough
for murder. but Kent only laughed.
It was then that the women stepped into
the breach. A crowd Of them. indignant
over the whole affair, gathered at the
home Of Miss Youtsey and agreed among
themselves that they would take the ex-
animation and prove TO Haynes that they
were capable OF fulfilling all the duties
of a housewife
Also they vowed. secretly. that they
would reject Haynes if he dared propose
to them Kent was notified that fifteen
Inarriageable women, four widows Zone
grass. and eleven maidens stood ready
10 take the examination. and he printed
another story and gave the names.
Questions for the Girls.
The issue was handed up to Haynes md
he responded. He spent several days COM
piling a list OF questions. and then an
nounced that the examination would take
place. and that he, with the library board.
would act as judges and. Furthermore.
that he agreed TO ask the winner to marry
him. II she refused he was to keep on
asking through the entire list
Claton began to get excited. The date
Of the examination was announced. and
on the appointed afternoon the fifteen
young women gathered in the public
school, while the president of the library
board passed out printed questions. The
questions were as follows:
Would you serve dinner at midday or
evening?
Name seven kinds of pie and tell how
you would prepare each.
Tell how YOU would turn carpet
Describe in $50 words how to make a
bed.
Do you advocate the use of paregoric
for collie?
Can you bake bread? Tell the differ
ence between salt rising and yeast bread,
and describe how you would make each.
Tell how you would prepare lunch If
your husband Unexpectedly brought home
three male guests.
Should a wife wear a kimono at break
fast?
Should a wife accept her husbands re-
.ligion?
How often should wife ask her hus-
band 60 go TO church with her?
should q husband be allowed to smoke
in the parlor?