Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1919 — Cooking Wins Husbands, According to Advice of Friendly Marriage Clerk [ARTICLE]

Cooking Wins Husbands, According to Advice of Friendly Marriage Clerk

The better a woman can cook, the more chances she has of not only getting a husband, but of keeping him. Such is the statement of a Wisconsin marriage clerk, before whom thousands of couples sign the papers required in making them man and wife. The clerk also says a poor cook has much less chances of getting a husband than one who can’t cook but is willing to learn. And he says "all women can cook if they try to.” He bases these conclusions”bn the effects of the culinary art in the game of love on inquiries he has made to thousands of brides-to-be when they appeared before him. "I have asked many future brides if they could cook and In practically every case they stated they could, and when they said they could not, they supplemented it with the statement they were learning,” he said. That many men have been won by good cooking was stated by the Badger state marriage clerk as a common occurrence. "Time after time a man will come for a license to wed his landlady or the one- who has cooked for him. It is no uncommon thing to have them tell me what a good cook they are going to marry and even often invite me to dine with them at their new home. "They say music hath charms in but it does not compare with what a good meal will do to win a man.” *