Last week he made all us third-class boys write a composishun on what kind of a wife we'd like to have and the girls on what kind of a husband.

He laughed fit to kill when he read them.

This was mine.

I thought youd like to see it.
"'The kind of a wife I'd like to Have.
"'She must have good manners and get my meals on time and do what I tell her and always be very polite to me.

She must be fifteen yers old.