If
m----il!
Miss Virginia Ashurst was known to
possess a fortune producing $20,000 a
year. Naturally she had no end of
suitors, and she wus quite sure that all
of them wished to marry her money
as well as herself nnd without her
money would not think of marrying
herself.
She resolved to submit a series of
questions to each one of the hnlf dozen
men who had proposed to her. These
questions were to lie propounded anon
ymously, the men not knowing from
whom they came. This was the form
of her interrogatories:
“First.—State what you consider the
claims of a wife on her husband.
“Second.—Do you hold that the hus
band or the wife should be at the head
of the household?
“Third.—What is the object of your
life?
“Fourth.—Do you believe in the pres
ent system of education used in schools
and colleges?
“Fifth.—Should the mother's or the
father’s views be paramount in the
training of children?
"Sixth.—Should the wife be permitted
to receive the attention of men other
than her husband?
"Seventh.—Should the husband be
permitted to pay attention to other
women than his wife?
“Eighth.—What are your views as to
the use by a husband of money be
longing to a wife?"
Miss Ashurst hoped in the replies to
these questions, selected witli some
care, to form an opinion of the inner
Reives 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 disconcerted to
find that all her suitors were appli
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 a 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
lieve he loved her nnd would be mis
erable without her was ready to marry
another girl with a fortune. She re
solved to send her list of questions to
another half dozen of her men ac
quaintances.
She received replies in every case.
Five of these replies were acceptable,
some of them being carefully worded
and showing thnt the writer was a
thoughtful, well balanced person,
while one treated her examination pa
per with contempt. This person was
Bob Clendenin, a young fellow whom
Virginia might have considered as one
she would like for a husband had he
not been a sort of free lance, apparent
ly oblivious to the seriousness of life.
Ills reply to the number as to the
claims of a wife on tier husband was
that the fewer claims she had the less
likely she would be disappointed, ne
averred decidedly thnt the husband
should he head of the house. His ob
ject in life was to get through It with
the least bother. He pronounced the
present system of education “rotten to
the core." The father's views os to
the training of children should he par
amount. but they never would he. No
father could ever compete with the
mother in winning the affection of the
children. Consequently they would
always be Influenced by her instead of
him. As to a wife or husband being
permitted to pay attention to other
men or women, either might do so ad
lib unless the other objected.
When It came to the luRt question,
concerning tlie use of a wife s money
by a husband, the reply was that he
was Incompetent to answer it because
he. being poor, would not on any ac
count marry a rich wife, and he knew
that such a condition would surely
render the husband subservient to the
wife, and he had no fancy for any
such serfdom.
Miss Ashurst. who had started out
with one idea, became captivated with
another. She had intended to be guld
ed as to the suitor she should accept
by the good, hard sense indicated In
the replies of the applicant. The man
showing the most depth of thought
and feeling in his replies would be
favored. But she was much staggered
by Mr. CJendenln's examination paper,
especially by his reply to her last
question, In which he declared that he
would not be tied to any rich woman.
What staggered her was a desire that
sprang up in her brenst to make him
eat his words.
And so it was that this human at
tribute which is in both men and wom
en came up to interfere with Miss
Ashurst’s very sound and practical
way of choosing a husband. She re
solved to win—if she could—the man
who would likely give her the most
trouble, for, with his views concern
ing a poor man married to a rich
wife, constant friction was to be ex
pected.
As to how Miss Ashurst won a hus
band despite his objections to marry
ing money and how it all turned out
after their marriage there Is no room
here. Mr. Clendenln meant what he
said in objecting to be tied to a wife’s
fortune, and Miss Ashurst. after all.
was obliged to call in the little god tc
get him. After getting him she found
him an excellent manager for her es
tate and paid ue attention l<> it herself
A tactful man can pull a stinger
from a bee without getting stung.—G
H. Lorlmer.
MOURNING DOVE
(Zenaldura macroura)
Length, twelve Inches. The dark
spot on the side of the neck distin
guishes this bird from all other native
doves and pigeons except the white
winged dove. The latter has the up
per third of wing white.
Range: Breeds throughout the Unit
ed States and in Mexico, Guatemala,
and southern Canada; winters from
the central United States to Panama.
Habits and economic status: The
food of the mourning dove is prac
tically all vegetable matter (over 99
per cent), principally seeds of plants,
including grain. Wheat, oats, rye,
corn, barley, and buckwheat were
found in 150 out of 237 stomachs, and
constituted 32 per cent of the food.
Three-fourths of this was waste grain
picked up after harvest. The prin
cipal and almost constant diet is weed
seeds, which are eaten throughout
the year and constitute 64 per cent of
the entire food. In one stomach were
found 7,500 seeds of yellow wood sor
rel, in another 6,400 seeds of barn
grass or foxtail, and in a third 2,600
seeds of slender paspalum, 4,820 of
orange hawk-weed, 950 of hoary ver
vain, 120 of Carolina cranesbill, 50 of
yellow wood sorrel, 620 of panic grass,
and 40 of various other weeds. None
of these is useful, and most of them
are troublesome weeds. The dove
does not eat insects or other animal
food. It should be protected in every
possible way.
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