The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-16
BIDS FOR BRIDAL HoNORs.
A Joke That Developed Into Some
thing More Serious.


A Joke That Developed Into Some
thing More Serious
/ From New York World.
/ Atlanta, Gavin an abundance Of
l this worlds goods, Charles W. Haynes
I himself still unmarried. It was not
/ because is is i'll favored, for he is &C
counted q handsome man
Realizing his solitude for the first
time, he decided 70 take unto himself
a wife He had some odd notions
about marriage and one OF them was
/ that the girls Of the present day do
not make as good wives as their moth
ers and grandmOthers did. He held
/ that q woman should be well up in
household duties, in the care and con-
| troll Of servants, in the problem Of hos
/ pitality and should know her duty to
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 eliminate the element Of
/ love from his cOurtship IL he could
| find a perfect housewife. Not exact
/ " that, either for Haynes declared
| he could and would love any gil who
showed herself q competent house
/ wife If she was that, she was low
able, and he would marry her first
and let love come along later
Having some misgivings as to the
standard he had made, he held a con-
l sultatiOn with his friend, Wallace
Kent, OF a local paper, who said that
| girls would not be willing TO marry a
man who wanted the housekeeper first
and the sweetheart afterWard-
| Haynes replied that every woman
who got married ought to be compell-
| ed to take an examination to prove
/ whether or not she was capable Of
being the mistress Of an establish
ment-
| Kent certainly does love a joke, and
/ he published an article stating that
Haynes was in the matrimonial mar
ket, but that he would require all can
/ didates to stand a civil service exami-
| nation and he would accept the one
| making the highest percentage. If
/ she refused him he would go down all
| the way through the list if necessary.
! Kent also published a list of questions.
] The editor and the library board were
to act as judges. The questions to be
| answered 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 a arpet-
| Describe in 80 words how to make
a bed
Do you advocate the use Of pare
Can you bake bread Tell the diff
| ference between salt-rising and yeast
/ bread, and describe how you would
make each.
Tell how you would turn a CARPET.
if your husband unexpectedly brought
home three male guests
Should a wife wear a kimOnO at
| breakfast
Should a wife accept her husbands
religion
How often should a wife ask her
husband to go to church with her?
Should a husband be allowed to
smoke in the parlOr?
| Do you expect your husband to
| dress up for dinner2
Describe briefly the social duties Of
a wife
Tell in 100 words how a wife should
Tel briefly what you would expect
Of your husband.
Give your views on the mother-in-
law question
How shall the children be named ?
Haynes at first was mad clear
through, but finally the humor Of the
thing struck him and he said he would
stand BY it But not so the women.
They boiled A crowd Of them gath
cred at the home Of Miss Toutsey and
agreed among themselves that they
would take the examination and prove
/ to Haynes that they were capable Of
/ fulfilling all the duties OF a housewife.
! Also they vowed, seer city, that they
would reject Haynes If he dared pro-
pose to them. Kent was notified that
/ fifteen manageable women, four wild
ows Zone grass and eleven maidens,
and he printed another story and gave
/ the names.
ClatOn began to get excited The
| day Of the examination was announc-
ed and on the appointed afternoon
the fifteen young WON en- gathered in
the public school, while the president
OF the library board passed out print
ed questions
| The fair ara-ofuaes had said r7ofb-
ing about their agree ment to pass the
/ examination and then jilt Haynes-sO
| the town for the time being took it
for granted that To ey all wanted to
The results OF the examination were
/ posted late in the afternoon, and the
crowd cheered when IL was announced
| that Miss Tatum was the winner Ev-
IerybOdy was pleased except, perhaps,
Miss Tatum and NIr- Haynes, for Miss
/ Tatum confessed to forty-three years,
and IS tall and Cher enemies say) very
/ thin But Haynes was game
/ He called on Miss Tatum that same
I evening and formally proposed mar
\ rage He was rejected, but he de-
/ parted with a light heart; never was
/ there a rejected sutton who departed
| as happy as he. He called on Miss
/ Rouse, who distinctly was possible .
for she was only tWenty-three and
/ pretty and plump and jolly. But she
true TO her vow, rejected Haynes i'm
mediatsly-
The next Few days were busy ones
/ for Haynes Whether he skipped any
| Of the Examines or not IS not known
None Of them dares complain II he did
and each asserts she rejected him
/ The Monday morning after the ex-
| animation CIaton, still laughing. was
astouuue ed to hear OF the engagement
/ OF Nh Haynes to Mrs Belle Brandt
| the pretnest young widow in town
Mrs Brandt had taken the examina-
/ ton, and, II was unofficislly annOunc-
i ed. had finished with a grade OF 81.
She was approached on the subject
and said
Il Just promised to marry Charlie
because I'm just the wife he needs All
ne wanted was to have his own way
and III let him I always did like
I him. anyhow, and III cure him OF all
his fool notions In six months"
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