The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-13
Choosing a
Husband
By ELlNOR MARSH

wear. Naturaly ohe
sritors. and she was quite sure tna' o.
% them wished to marry her lhoue'
Iii &c berself and without her
money would not think OF marrying
herself. .;o, ~
She resolved to submit series VI
,,,ost,ons 70 each one Of the halr dozeh
mon who had proposed to her ness
Questions were to be propoundeu aion
rmously the men not knowing lroln
whom they came. This was Tue ioiD
OF her interrogatories
"First.-State what you cOhsluef 'n'
claims of wife on her husband.
"Second.-Do you hold that the nus,
band or the wife should he at inc ne"O
of the household?
Third. What is the object OF Houi
life?
"Fourth.-Do you believe in the pres
~ svctom Of education used IN schools
and colleges?
Fifth. should the mothers or the
fathers views be paramount III Tue
training Of childrent
"Sixtb.-Should the wife be permitted
70 receive the attention of men otner
than her husband?
"Seyenth.-Should the husband be
permitted to pay attention to other
women than his wife!
Eighth. What are your views as 10
the use by husband of money De-
longing to a wife!
Miss Ashurst hoped in the replies to
these questions, selected win some
care. to form an opinion of the inner
selves Of those who replied to them
Had she asked them herself OF her
suitors she knew that she could not
: depend on the sincerity OF the an
swers. She surely had an advantage
!, in not being known.
She was somewhat Disconnected to
, find that all her 'suitors were appl'
: cants for the hand Of this wealthy un-
, known. The replies were all evidently
} well considered and satisfactory to
her, some especially so In certain NUM-
bers. some In others, but altogether
they made up fair average. Yet
there was no one that showed In every
number Just what she wanted Be
: sides. she was miffed that every one OF
the men who had tried to make her be-
ieve he loved her and would be mis-
cradle without her was ready to marry
another girl with fortune. She re-
Z solved to send her list Of questions to
l another half dozen Of her men &C
qualntances.
She received replies in every case.
; Five of these replies were acceptab BILE
> some of them being carefully worded
= and showing that the writer was a
3, thoughtful. well balanced person
while one treated her examination pa
per with contempt, This person was
Bob Clendenin, young fellow whom
Virginia might have considered as one
, she would like for a husband had ht
not been a sort Of free lance, apparent
:. 1y oblivious to the seriousness Of life
. His reply to the number rs to the
!. claims of wife on her husband wa:
: that the fewer claims she had the les!
likely she would be disappointed II,
. averred decidedly that the husband
should be head of the house His oh
ject in life was to get through it will
the least bother. He pronounced tn
:, present system Of education rotten t.
= the core" The fathers views as t
the training of children should be par
amount. but they never would be- n
q father could ever compete with tn
n mother in winning the affection of tn
q children Consequently they woul
}. always be influenced by her instead o
? him. As to wife or husband bein
i permitted to pay attention to othe
g men or women, either might do so a
r lib unless the other objected.
: When 1t came to the last question
5 concerning the use of a wife's none
by husband. the reply was that h
was incompetent to answer it becaus
il he. being poor, would not on any a.
= count marry rich wife. and he kne,
e that such condition would surel
n render the husband subservient to ii
a. wife. and he had no fancy for an
% such serfdom.
I Miss Ashurst. who had started o,
= with one idea, became captivated viii
lie another. She had intended to be gui
II ed as to the sutton she should acce,
Y. by the good, hard sense indicated
N the replies of the applicant. The ma
showing the most depth Of though
ID and feeling In his replies would |
e. favored. But she was much staggert
e. by Mr., Clendenin's examination pane
especially by his reply to her Ia
lie question. In which he declared that
d would not be tied to any rich woma
q, What staggered her was a desire tn
q sprang up in her breast to make hi
s. eat his words.
IN And so 1t was that this human q
,e tribute which Is In both men and wor
lie en- came up to interfere with Mi
W Ashursts very sound and practic
| way of choosing a husband. She ;
"a solved TO win-if she could-the m,
who would likely give her the mo
; trouble. for. with his views concor
a. ing a poor man married TO q II,
lie wife, constant friction was 70 ho :