The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-24
present in connection with so important
question. y

trPXy ITICUu9 DTffIIys e u
query, az to my ideal of wife, have sought
the opinions of my many co-Iaborers on this all
important question, and have taken their views
collectively in the following:
In regard to looks, she must be at least at
tractive in general appearance. amiable and un-
Affected She must be willing 10 share without
complaining the husbands Bohemian exist
ance, which his occupation requires, and able
70 sew, cook, wash and iron, so sc to be capable
OF taking the cooks place in camp when in
some far-0f. uninhabftable mountainous conn
Try ne unexpectedly and threateningy says
ne will not cook another victual unless
this here surveying party pays more money!" or
s 70 70 that elect. She must know how
70 make up cots and clean tents, and must not
1901 with tho barometers or the other instru-
Inents in camp, nor BE- too inquisitve in regard
70 their use. Must be willing to board in A log
hut, probably mile or so from her husband.
ana not complain II she only has corn bread and
bacon 10 eat and also willing 20 ride on
moving hnssS day twenty or thirty miles in
Must be perfectly fearles of snakes and
other disagreeable varmints, and never
oner snggastsons as TO better way of running
camp nor give the cook recipes of her mothers
LOT new dishes. She must be able TO harness a
horse and TO saddle and unsaddie an animal
Wnen oesirous OF using one of the government
nagS she must have no musical incinations
ana be free from gossip.ng so | am afraid one
VIII think the United States geological survey
man seeks, as did the 'primeval loids Of crea-
tion, Ior the uuobfafnable, "the ideal woman"
MONEY AND SUBMISSION FOR THE LEGAL BEAU.
al aspiring lawyer writes:
IL would be suicidal for a young man nova
DAYS 10 marry unless he had the income of an
astoF The gilded age In which we live the
demands Tor social supremacy among the
women IS 50 great that man is forced TO seek
mas club and live in apartment houses, which
are dotted all over the city for single gentlemen
women IN the olden times used to love- honor
and obey their husbands. Notwithstanding the
peculiar law that the wife's personal property
became her husbands absolutely Instantly on
marriage. ana her checks, bonds and rents
were ms also when he realized upon them.
Should she complain or become unruly,
she would be brought into submission
Win stick no bigger than his
tnnmo. Then again man had the right to
forbid contemplated visit IRON his mother
in-law. One Old writer explained this b1 saving
''She, the wife, may be very amiable. but her
connections may not be so' With the changes
OF the law making, woman Is freer in thought
than In action. she lost all thai strong, deep
affection for her lord and master, man. The
nineteenth century idea of submission is char
aeteIizeu IN a paragraph recently published in
weekly journal. The wife, after a Irritation
with former lover, was questioned by her
husband as to her forgetting her marriage vows
sne gave at the altar. She replied, son that oc-
caslon she was so nervous she did not know
what she was saving
Man, In his generosity TO make woman more
OF helpmate ana companion, oversteppcd his
mark, and now the laws are very strong on the
Womans side. She now keeps her property and
me husband, on marriage, takes all the debts.
iet man will marry in spite OF ALL and for
r..
whose opinion is not as strong as ..the twelfth
obstinate Juror, and one who does not want
the last word; who Is skilled in stenography
and typewrlting, and who thinks twice before
she speaks, for without these qualifications "the
joinder of husband and vile to the suit, the
error is fatal" JoHy Doz
Attorney at Law.
A VETERAN BEAU ON MARRIAGE.
A gallant veteran whose wide experience
OF garrison life entities his opinions to ser
ious consideration, contributes the follow
ing advice to swell my budget:
Let no young girl, fresh from the restraints of
school, and yet untried in the practical les
sous of life, think to find freedom through a
blind rush into the solemn responsibilities of a
SO diers vile, as so many lair maidens OF wealth
through the bond OF matrmony, all unconsci-
GUS oil the trials that await them and totally
unprepared for the stern realities of the posi-
ton. The most important consideration
truly love her husband with that pure
unselhsh devotion that viii enable her to sacri-
sire to- accommodate herself to circumstances,
and submit with good grace to small quarters
plain tare, early hours, and a monotony of
routine that. after the first novelty of romance
wears off, will surely follow and inevitably
prove the source OF disappointed hopes and
bring weary hours of loneliness that in the
usual dearth OF female compauionship must
surely result. aud unless woman be possessed
OF something beyond mere common place at
fractions, some originality of character and
strength OF mind, she will finally lose heart
and with it all desire to please and retain the
affection of her chosen hero thus sowing the
seeds OF that incompatibilty which at length
seps all conjugal happiness and renders domestic
lie hopeless tangte, only severed by death.
THE WIFE FOR GARRISON LIFE.
Take the word of an old soldier" my
mentor continued, that the true wife for
every army officer is one who is ready and
xrf1 fr, -.
seated in the midst of her household
goods, without regard TO the roughness of
the road, or to journey for miles on the
uncertain seat on the back of an army
mule, one of those much-enduring and
greatly abused animals whose fondness for
kicking backwards is proverbially unpleas-
ant and practically risky. She must learn
the difficult art of keeping her own coun-
sci, and above all avoid the temptation
TO gossip, which TO a greater or less
extent prevails in every small-sized
community, and is especially difficult to
escape in the contracted interests of gar
rison lite: | once dwelt at quiet post in
the far West, where everything was pleas
ant and peaceful, until one day there APP
peared in our midst a newly appointed
paymaster and his gossipy wife, whose
advent was soon followed by most Woe
full change that affected the erstwhile
happy community like a sudden whirl-
wind amid the smooth sands of the desert,
and it was not long before the indiscreet
meddiing OF the new woman set every one
by the ears, and each household at enmity
with the other, while the spirit of good
fellowship and love, in which all had so
long dwelt, had tied forever. A soldiers
wife must understand something of
practical cooking and how TO tidy
room and make il attractive on little or
nothing, in order that an atmosphere of
comfort may prevade her quarters and
thereby tempt her husband to linger in
happy indulgence of the temporary dwell
ing sne has rendered so homelike, set IN
the midst of the wild prairies or more
secure walls OF a fortress. She had best
know something of economy if she values
her own and her famlly's comfort, and
may perhaps cultivate q small poultry
farm 10 exc out the limited supplies of the
larder. but be sure she avoid the fatal mis-
take OF the charming little wife of an old
classmate of mine.
HOW THE SURGEONS WIFE SET THE ROOSTER.
"Dr. Meachen, shortly after graduating,
married lovely young girl from CALI
fornia, who having been reared in one of
the larger cities. knew little or nothing of
farm life, though ready 10 enter cheerfully
into the responsibilities of her position.
The surgeon and his bride accompanied
the regiment TO the interior, and when
comfortably settled in quarters, the ener.
getic little woman determined 10 start
small poultry farm, with the view of rais-
ing stock for her table. After a while
goodly supply Of eggs rewarded her anxious
efforts, and she determined 70 set all of