ON CHOOSING A WIFE.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2022, 7 January 1907, Page 7

ON CHOOSING A WIFE.

"Ancient Tales with Modern Endings'' is the title of an intertaining article in "Pearson's Magazine." The ancient tales are funny to begin with, and the modern endings make them funnier. This is one of the tales : "A young man was in love with three daughters of one family, but he could not tell which he loved best and he could not marry all of them without emigrating to Utah or Turkey. "He managed to get himself invited to tea. " 'Will you have cheese?' he inquired. " 'Are you fond of cheese?' asked Hildegarde. " 'Yes, I like cheesv.' " ' We will have some, then,' said Margaret. " '! will watch how each of them cuts the cheese-rind,' he said to himself ; 'then J "hall know which will make the best housekeeper.' "At the tea table Hildegarde, the eldest, took the cheese, and began to pare off a very thick rind. "Extravagant !' thought the young man. 'She would want a new hat every week.' " ' Oh, how wasteful !' cried Margaret, the second daughter. Hand it to me'—and she pared a rind so thin that it was no paring at all. " 'She would be stingy !' the young man decided, 'and would want me to smoke cheap cigars and wear shilling ties.' " 'To thin !' exclaimed Dorothy, the youngest ; and she took the cheese and pared it just right. " 'She's the one for me!' mentally exulted the young man. "After tea, he led her into the conservatory and proposed. She promptly refused him. " 'Please explain why is this,' he asked, in an agitated voice. " *I will tell you,' replied the fair Dorothy, coldly. 'My sisters and I have heard of the cheese-rind test ever since we were in the nursery, so we understood your artless plan. My sisters cut it thick and thin on purpose to discourage you. I cut it just right, not for the sake of refusing vou but that I might tell you what we all think. This is it : A voung man who does not know which girl he wants for a wife would not make a good husband for anyone. Good evening !' "