Finding that he had a comfortable home and everything else excepting a wife, a young Chinese gentleman of the modern school approached one of his friends, asking him to find a lady who would make a good wife. The obliging friend made inquiries and found a certain Miss Without stopping to make his own inquiries about the girl and taking his friend's word for granted, the young man made elaborate preparations for the great day. At a certain hour the bride was brought to her now home. As soon as she stepped out of her gorgeously decked sedan chair, the bridegroom made—off and could not be found. After a long search, his friends found him in a cheap tea-house and asked him why he disappeared just as the bride alighted from the sedan chair. And this, according to the Chinese Press, is the poor '"'mod-om" young man's reply "When she left her chair, I saw she had small fect. I thought then she was old-fashioned and would not make a good match for me so I quitted. What I want is a nice, fashionable young lady."
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