The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-01
the WORLD OF W0MANKIND
Topics Of Interest to All Members OF
the Gentle Sex.
HEALTH AND HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Carefully Selected Recipes. Suggestions
as to tho Care Of tho Home and
Other Matters Entering Into
Womau's widening sphere.


womau's widening sphere.
The Chicago Times-Herald recently
collected the opinions of some eminent
persons on "The Ideal Wife," Here are
some of them: 1.-THE ideal family"
writes NJ Il. Castle, president of the
Federal Suffrage association of the
United States. lis a co-partnership. in
which the ideal wife is an equal part
ner. she having charge Of department,
the ideal husband having charge of an
other, both being supreme In their de-
partments. and each counseling and
advising with the other on all material
questions. She has no desire to fill his
place and knows she cannot IL he Is
properly fitted to it. and only aims to
fill her own 50 !sely and fully that the
other partner has no desire to inter-
fere.'
Says Judge McConnell "A good and
Intelligent woman who Is fortunate
enough to love and marry u good and
intelligent man, who loves her, Is likely
TO be an ideal wife for that man. Ideal
wives are not in stock. They are de-
veloped after the honeymoon, and the
husband Is the most helpful factor in
this development and must endeavor
quite persistently to make something
ideal of himself"
1--WE need" says Rev. F. w. Gunsau-
lus, "a revival of the old culture that
In love affairs is willing to see that
there is something in mans being
comfortable. / would rather have a
wife who could sew buttons on q gar
ment. when buttons needed to be sewed
on, in one language, than a wife who
could only talk nonsense In seven Ian
guages. A wife has right to demand
the same things of her husband. The
American wife. in particular, must at
tach her children. II she be thus hon
ored, to the home, by means of those
virtues and enthusiasms which alone
may make American thought and i'm
pulse as noble as they ought to be-"
X. NJ. Easley. secretary of Chicago's
Civic Federation. Is OF the belief that
the ideal wife ''is the complement of
her husband. supplying ms deficiencies
only to the point of rounding and fit
ting out his character, toning down his
eXcesses but not obliterating indi-
viduality. She will also see to it that
the 'toning' process Is not altogether
One-slded." In Franklin II. Heads
opinion "she should be sufficiently
NGIStu III tNtHlS " COuN
intelligently with her husband. l think
domestic life should always come first
with the ideal wife. but not to the ex
clusiOn of books and outside affairs.
She should dress well, and. to a reason
able extent, take pleasure in her gowns.
She should be strong and healthy; like
bicycling and out-of- door sports. There
are many happy marriages where the
woman is the mans intellectual su-
..ap.fD lad st,, f,,.l =
out" According to II. c. Selfridge. she
should have above all things sweet
and happy disposition. then her hlls-
band is apt to be IL contented man. An
ideal wife should be cOmpanionable.
and this would necessitate her having
many tastes I'm common with her hus-
band. At the same time. the ideal wo-
man should have plenty of character.
and by character l do not mean what
would be called strong -mindedness. but
the power of independent thought de-
veloped in feminine lines" Finally, in
&C. C.. Bonney's judgment she "is one
who can help her husband in the pecu-
liar work to which he has chosen to
devote his life. This implies that he
should choose his career before he Sc
lects his wife. In selecting the latter
he should especially seek one who will
be safeguard against his own defects
and weaknesses. Mutual dependence
and helpfulness Is the best assurance
of domestic peace and prosperity"
Il Il Il
Before we dismiss the ideal wife. II
may be well to view her from the stand
point Of Arthur II. Jones, of Ardmore
Pa, correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Times. IL believe" says he, that
II wcman's first and only duty lies In
being true to herself and her natural
woman's instinct. If that he high, pure
and noble, with love to mould her life
she cannot fail to become an ideal
wife and mother. Love Is magic
word. and can truly be said to work
wondr0us things. The true woman will
cherish her home and love her husband
above all else. Not 'wishy- -washy,
'namby-pamby' sort of love, but a love
that Is unselfish, ennobling and cap
able Of rising above all Obstacles-sucll
love that places u woman, in the eyes
of her husband. a being sacred and su-
perior to all other women. When the
wife finds the great golden jewel, her
husbands unselfish love and consider
alton Of her good before his own pleas
uie. then and then only can she make
MIN an ideal home. No duty or Obedi-
ence actuates her actions. Duty and
obedience are akin to slavishness and
should never be coupled with man and
WIFE. When women keep well ordered
noMes merely for duty's sake you may
depend upon 1t there is little real affec-
tion Pnl less harmony. The word obey
cofeider a blot on the marriage cere.
mohN When q man takes a wife he is
not supposed to want a servant! How
can Nan be expected to love and re-
spect aservile woman, whose every ac.
tion at thought is governed by the
amouhppf annoyance she would be Civ.
ing her rhusband should she deign tC
nave an opinion of her own. or gc
counter p his fancies? / aver that II
was nevF intended that the husba nd
should d&nand blind submission from
tne wile and that her individuality
should SO merge into his and he be the
lora ana raster of her every thought
anu actlonA l would have none of your
new wom\n' fad either, with he,
bloomers. Platforms, suffrage and suct
rot. but tomanly woman with suf.
neient strerfth of character and in.
oiVlduality y make her presence fell
at all times.
Under the tile of a "Belated Jndus.
try, the Amsican Journal of Sociol-
osy Tor Marchcontains an interestinp
ana timely artfle by Jane Adams on
uomestic labor from the standpoint of
" AAO az OICWoIhluS Ill nOuSenOIQS
Tor wages. Mks Adams finds that
Formerly the domestic servant had the
companionship other. equals; but now,
even eve N household comparatively hum.
PIE. there Is ono alien, one who is
neither loved nT loving, and who.
through the changed Industrial condi.
TONS is doomed N a life of solitude
during her working hours. Miss Adj
dams finds that tbs isolation. of the
Domestic employe IA mainly RESPONSE :
pie for her disconten\ed condition. She
says that she has known the voice of
weeks Of Service" that she could NOT
recognize It when the\glrl returned to