The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-26
BEAUTIFUL HUSBANDS.


asks, why should not men be beautifui?'
Her intention is good. but II she were
married woman she would not ask the
question A girl likes 20 exhibit to en-
vious friends her possession OF lover
who Is handsome. but a wife can get along
very well with husband who Is not too
attractive 20 other women. Miss Willard
hopefully looks forward TO the growth of
centuries when women shall set stand
ard for men that they win become as
beautiful as women"
+, does not matter whether men are
beautiful or not. In fact. beautiful man
is usually an insunerabIe prig or con-
ceited jackass.
What is more 20 the point, II woman
wants TO exert her influence in any par
ticular direction. is to train boys and girls
so that when they enter upon the long
years Of responsibility as husbands and
wives they shall be better fitted to be
friends and companions. What a woman
needs is not beauty In a man, but Judg-
ment In his selection OF a wife. so that he
and responsiveness, awaken to the knowl-
edge that they are nismated. The knowl-
edge would come TO the wife earlier than
10 the husband. because those marriages
which are brought about by spiritual af-
fnity are very rare. and those OF lifelong
passion form scarcely half Women are
more quick TO note waning interest. 1t
has been said that when passion and habit
lie long in company. habit too often awak-
ems TO find itself alone.
A large proportion OF marriages come
about through mere habits OF pairing
among young people for social purposes.
AS freedom OF association increases, and
1endernesses follow. the habit and the
passion link their lives. Love is blind al
ways, but sometimes his random aim finds
mark he little sought and happy mar
rage follows.
Juliet pleads TO Romeo not 10 swear by
the moon. She spoke OF IL as inconstan..
but had she been married unwiseIy she
would have seen how fifty the orb OF
night might be taken as the emblem. The
fire of youth has died out; its placid sur
face presented TO the world is cover only
for dead. cold heart; It runs its periodi-
cal course OF duty from year to year with
out hope of the future; a patient. silent
satellite. Proud and chaste, It turns its
bright side 20 the inquisitive gaze, and
only as faint shadows are seen at times
the dark crevices which pierce its Utmost
recesses.
Sad and weary TO the mismatched wife
is life; saddest and most pitiful 10 her
whose truth and womanllness school her
10 suffer In patience and fidelity.
Men are better able 10 overcome dis
appointment. and they should be. It Is
usually their own judgment that is at
fault. and when the discovery is made,
can find distractions abroad-in business.
pleasures or even dissipation. A woman's
alternative is forbearance or flight.
one OF the happiest marriages was that
OF Disraeli. the Earl of Beaconsfeld. He
married not for love. but for friendship.
and he found 1t. This may not always
come. but the man who makes allowance
for the eternal mystery OF the sex. and
takes pains TO hold his wife's affections.
can usually accomplish it, He may mst
with occasional rebuGs and disappoint-
ments: he will sometimes marvel that per-
versity can take such unexpected forms.
but as his life's comfort. If not his happi-
ness. depends upon not losing heart. he
Will succeed sufficiently well TO repay him
the effort. How to do this is not easy. a
little attention IS usually construed into
a promise OF a new dress and a particu-
larry affectionste kiss is interpreted 10
mean another bonnet. But these are little
things, after all. and they are valued more
highly If offered than asked for 1t will
be seen that We lay down no recipe for
the entertainment OF angels. We essay
only in humble. tentative way 20 throw
out hints which will find favor with the
gentler sex. and they may he the means
or awakening a few unobservaut husbands
To means OF making things more pleas
ant around the house and become more
beautiful in the eyes Of their wives