Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-12
HOW TO PICK A WIFE.
Some Suggestions as to Qualifications
That Are Desirable.


That Are Desirable.
Don't advertise for a wife unless you
mean business. Don't advertise unless
you are prepared for rush. Don't, un-
less you are cool-headed, fearless and
strong enough not to allow yourself
to be kidnapped. Little as you may
think it, there are thousands of ladies
left in this country who have never
been married, not to mention the
throng Of widows who never do get
left and who are on the lookout for
No. 2. No. or No. 4, as the case may
be.
Girls are shy and widows are coy;
they are the sought, the courted, the
hunted. They are the timid dears who
run at the rustic OF a leaf; they are
the ones who elude. while the men
must pursue. That Is all very well;
we have been told it all our lives. But
don't believe everything Laura Jean
Libby writes. Many a man has looked
upon a face over which the mantling
blush finished in rosy shyness, has
seen the eyelids droop over eyes like
those of startled fawn, and before he
knew what was happening has found
himself standing up at the altar with
the minister announcing a life SEN
tence.
The dispatches from Delmar state
that John n. Furbush, wealthy far
mer Of near that place, has advertised
for a wife. AS an inducement 1t is
stated that he offered a wedding gift
of 5000 real dollars to the lady of his
choice. Of course, to the woman the
man is the main object, for they Will
marry for true love alone; but the
SIS, 900 is not to be overlooked. Mr..
Furbush, being a man of standing and
substance and a good citizen, was very
desirable in himself, and then there
was the $4,000.
Did he get any replies? Well, the
mail at his postoffice increased so rap
idly that it looked like the day before
Christmas. Letters poured in by the
hundreds-letters from pretty young
girls, from good housekeepers, from
good lockers, from widows who just
know how to conduct husbands, from
dreams Of beauty" They came from
Maine, from California, from the north,
south. east, west and other directions;
from blondes, brunettes and those who
could be either to suit the taste or
| fashion.
Mr.. Furbush has an embarrassment
of riches. His trouble is not to find a
girl, but to decide which girl. Among
| the hundreds he has great difficulty In
deciding. 1t is a serious matter, and
man must take his time to make up
his mind. He can't afford to make
mistake He may have heard that
tender lyric of Richard Carle's:
with a million peaches round me,
l should like to know
How l picked lemon in the Garden
of Love,
Where only peaches grow"
What a man wants in woman Is
somewhat as follows:
She must be a dream of beauty that
will make Maxine Elliot faint and
Cavalieri fade away.
She mu.. be an angel with the smile
Of a seraph and a great mass OF mag
nificent hair. and all her own natural.
She must possess a perfect temper
and never raise her voice save in song.
She must be good cook and always
ready 20 do same.
She must be a splendid housekeeper
and not require any servants.
She must love children and be able
to care for them and raise them by
hand.
She must be fine musician and have
mind stored with all the intellectual
wealth of the ages, but must never get
the Idea that hubby hasn't the supe-
rior intellect and doesn't know 1t all.
She must dress in the latest fashion,
but must spend no money on same.
She must be interesting, elusive,
gay, of a deep religious nature ilveiy'
modest, retiring, self-sacrificing, bril-
liant, fascinating, but lover OF nome
and fireside preferring the society OF
her husband to anything else on earth,
but not worrying when she doesn't get
any of it.
That is all that most men require. 1t
Is little enough, goodness knows. But
even then you may not always get
u.o,,op tbot ayactIy fills the SDecitica
tions Some Of them have their faults,
and even in the center of the Garden
of Love a man must be particular
Baltimore Sun.
III Him-"I-I don't know how to
tell YOU how / love you" Her