The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-20
MEN WHO CAN'T GET WIVES.
Ev%rything Seems TO BE in TBeir Fn-
vOr, But They Don't Find
h Right Women.

Considering the number of surplus
women there are, it seems strange that
there are so many men who really want
to marry, but cannot get a wife, no mat
ter how they try. They are the men who
have set their hearts on particular girls,
but, alas, the girls do not see eye to eye
with them, says the Chicago American.
These men, however, won't marry
other girls; their hearts are given to GER
tain girls, whom they consider to be
in a class by themselves, and no others
will do.
These men may be called very unfor-
tunate, and their case is almost hope
less, But there is a type OF man who
cannot get a wife, and he doesnotknow
why; he may be in a good position, may
have a fairly decent income, yet, 90
as he likes, no girl will have him; no,
even although he be good-looking.
Then there are the men who persist
emily choose wrong girls; they take a
notion for this one, that one, and the
next one.
A trifling incident may cause the no
tion-a dress, a hat, a look, anything
but they fall in love with the girl, and
madly chase after a shadow, without, Of
course, any chance of capturing 1t.
These men fall in love with a Some
thing" not with a girl, and, therefore,
they are doomed to failure.
Many men err in the proposal. They
make a mess of It. They either adopt
too high and mighty a style, or too hGm-
BILE a one, and in the latter case a man
is apt to be looked at with suspicion. for
too humble a person is usually a per-
feet nuisance to get along with, being
generally q %hypocrite of the FIRST water.
But the man who proposes In a hum
BILE way may not be a hypocrite. He may
be very sincere, but a girl woa't, as a
rule, have anything to do with the cring-
ing lover, SO he fails, and fails again,
til he is elected a member of the Noble
and Ancient Order of Bachelors.
Naturally, the high and mighty pro-
poser has as little chance. No s%elf-re-
speeding girl viii have him, and he does
not see that he is standing in his own
light. lie marvels at his reflections per-
haps. but Ii never strikes him that his
conoeit Is at the bottom Of it, so he
also is elected to the above named or
der. The man who Is anxious to marry
but cannot find q suitable wife is ever
to the fore. This woman is not good
enough; that ono would not have him,
he thinks, and so on.
This sort OF man is best unwed. He
is half fool, half hypoerite. Half fool,
because faint heart never won fair lady;
half hypocrite, because any honest, Il
uine woman is good enough for q man.
Then there is the doubling man; he
is certain that matrimony " oulG be coed
for him, and he is sure that g mar needs
a wife, but-he considers too much; he
wants to peep into the future in order
to find out if his matrimonial journey
would be smooth.
He is, Of course, 10 true man this; he
has not a trace of the sportsman in him,
Would not the pleasure of matrimony
be robbed of half its charm were there
not a few risks?
Would the prospect of a married life
be so delightful if we could see along
the. whole road to a smooth and COM
Portable ending?
The doubter hesitates; at times he
feels that he must propose, get married
and settle down. but he shrinks, the
risks are too terrible, so he glides away
into nothingness, namely a bachelors
existence.
We all know the man who wants too
much; his idea OF a wife is not so much
n woman as on angel; he wants Perfec-
ton in his wife, but he never gets it.
for there is nothing perfect on earth.
not even one single
These are a few types Of men who
want to marry. but cannot, and, doubt
less, you viii be able to c~onjure up a
number of others.