Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09

answer to a knock on the front door Of
tho parsonage.
Come around tomorrow. It's too late
to marry you tonight replied the parson.
mo. we are IN a hurry, and have driven
ell the way from Millville to get you to
perform the ceremony" said John II.
Brandriff, son OF Ephraim Brandriff, a
Millville merchant, who had raped at the
door.
Wait a minute said the dominic.
He was soon dressed. and performed
the ceremony, with his wife and laughter
as witnesses. The bride was Mise Nettie
Calkins Of Melville. Before the hanpy
couple drove away they handed the Rev.
Mr., Adams a pink envelope. which felt
through the paper as II It contained a bank
note. TIL minister says he found inside a
piece Of heavy paper containing IA cents
and on the paper was written: This is oil
we can spare now. VIII see you later"
The minister has framed the paper and
coins, and it adorns the wall Of his study.
He added the date and the names Of the
contracting parties-New York Times.
Ideal wives.
Middle-aged bachelors, widowers and
young unmarried men to the number Of
more than 100 who have felt the call Of
springtime, when a young mans fancy
lightly turns TO thoughts OF love-" recently
made frantic appeals for wives-that is,
the Ideal kind-through Rev. d. d..
Vaughan at the Halsted Street Institu-
tional church, Chicago.
The letters of many Of the SWANS, all de-
s%criblng In detail the qualifications Of the
women whom they desired as helpmeets,
were read to an appreciative congregation
by the pastor Of the church, reports the
Chicago Tribune. DR.. Vaughan preached
his rgular Sunday evening sermon on the
subject OF the Ideal Wife" His material
he obtained from the letters which he read.
While the qualifications for wives-to-be
were varied and amusing in many cases,
1t was evident most Of the men who wrote
to the pastor were serious in their re-
quests. Every man wrote that he did not
wish his wife to be a college graduate,
nor a club woman, nor a reformer.
Neither was It considered essential that
she be pretty or talented What every
man wanted was an "old-fashioned girl"
DR.. Vaughan sent out a list Of questions
to several hundred unmarried men TO as
certain the prevailing opinion as to what
the ideal wife should be. He said in his
sermon, however, that most of the men
evidently had mistaken him for a matri-
monial agent" The following were the
questions which inspired the appeals from
the unmarried:
Must she be pretty?
Must she be a good cook and a neat
housekeeper?
Must she be stylish?
Must she be vivacious or quiet?
Must she be a society or a home girl?
Must she be a college girl?
Dc you prefer the new" woman or the
old-fashioned kind?
Must she be a club woman or a reformer
or interested in politics?
Do you want a clinging ivy or a sturdy
oak.
Out Of the 40 men who answered the let
tiers only three wanted pretty wives. All
insisted that the acceptable girl be a good
cook and neat housekeeper. Only two men
wanted a stylish wife. More OF them
wanted her vivacious rather than quiet.
All Of them insisted on her being a home
girl" The prevailing opinion seemed to
be against society women, reformers, or
those interested in politics.
Several men were partial to "clinging
vlnes,' while others though 1t would be a
good idea IL they could get a sturdy oak
"a woman who was amply able to keep
them well in ham
One of the letters which created some
amusement was from a widower In Spo-
kane, Wash.
Il am a widower, 50 years old. he wrote.
That may seem old. but 1 want to tell