title: Marry Smart: Advice for Finding THE ONE
author:  Susan Patton 
description: Every smart young woman should seriously consider Susan Pattons commonsense advice. Sure, its controversialbut only because its so vital. (--James Taranto, The Wall Street Journal)<br /><br />"Like a trip to the carwash, where the dust of antagonistic feminist doctrine about sex and marriage gets blasted off the windshield so they can see clearly." (--Charlotte Allen, The Wall Street Journal)
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  # A Wife Manufactured to Order
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Alice W. Fuller
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online.
  
  
  http://www.blackmask.com
  
  
  AS I was going down G Street in the city of W — — -a strange sign attracted my
  attention. I stopped, looked, fairly rubbed my eyes to see if they were
  rightly focused; yes, there it was plainly lettered in gilt: "Wives made to
  order! Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Well! well! does some lunatic live here, I wonder? By Jove! I will
  investigate. I had inherited (I suppose from my mother) a bit of curiosity,
  and the truth of the matter was this: now nearing the age of forty, I thought
  it might be advisable to settle down in a home of my own; but alas! to settle
  down to a life of strife and turmoil, that would not be pleasant; and that I
  should have to do, I knew very well, if I should marry any of my numerous lady
  acquaintances — especially Florence Ward, the one I most admired. Sh