The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
CHICAGO GIRLS IDEA
OF A MODEL HUSBAND
Must Swear and Be Able to
Buy the Next Meal-Wins
First Prize.

Chicago, Special: An OMAHA news
paper asked its unmarried women
readers the following question: III
you We're to exercise your leap year
privilege what kind OF a man Would
you propose to-" An astonishing mum
Der OF replies were received. and 1T IL
noteworthy that in q majority of the
cases the man described has yet to be-
born. The prize offered for the best
answer went to Miss Mrytle tSaScoW.
1893 LaSalle ST.. this city.
Here are some of the qualifications
OF Miss BascoEi's ideal man:
He must be a good meal ticket pro-
vidcr.
He must be able TO swear when tho
occasion demands 1t.
He must not stay out too many
nights in the week. But he would not
be forced to tell where he had been.
He must be old enough to know what
life Is. He can't learn this too young.
He must have 8 face that Will at
tract dogs and babies. Beauty is no
object. .
He must have Just money enough, to
know where the next meal is coming
from. and not enough SO that he can
live without working.
He must be an American and d gen
tleman. Foreign noble1nen and Amer
leans of the Thaw class need not ap-
ply.
This ideal is patterned after James
Dahl,nann, the "Cowboy Mayor Of
Omaha. But 1t is not him she wants.
for Jim has been married for Soms
time.
Miss Bascom. who is a pretty blond
Of about-well, she says she is past
1S-explained Why she would choose
such q man. She does not want tho
mayor. for she does not believe in
taking a mar from his vile. but she
does believe that another Just IKE ann
would be a very At companion for tier.
NoA,hov Mavor Her Ideal.
Jim has been my ideal mar for
many years" she said as she sat in
her cosy bachelor girl apartments "He
Is of the honest, frank American type
Tha is the kind for me, don't waft
any man with titles. One just like I
think the rnayor is you'd be better
than a fellow with an unpronounce-
able name and a bunch OF debts"
When she was asked why she in
serted the provision that a man could
use "a big D." as she termed it. she
said that She believed there We're times
when it was almost justitiable.
Besides that" she added, Il would
not try to lay down the law TO a man
whom ] was proposing to. Women
generally make the mistake of telling
their husbands what they shall do.
THAI is What causes SO many. many
divorces.
Man and wife should live together
and each keep in their own sphere
III d man lIieu 10 tSli iic Nta. w
do, and it was none OF his business,
1 might hit him over the head with
a skillet. And he could hit me. too. il
/ mixed up in his business"
Miss Bascom does not think that
beauty should enter into Il marriage
contract. 1t Is all the same whatever
the parties look like il they are suited
with each other. she says.
Il can always tell a nice man when
1 see him going along the street II
a dog Jumps up to lick his hand and
babies cling TO him when he takes
them in his arms then he Is my kind"
she explained.
Wife seekers will find no favor by
trying for the hand of Miss Isascom.
She will pick out her man when she
finds one. The man who comes after
her will get the cold shouider-unless.
But She has never seen that man yet.
she says