Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

should have a cold, dry hand. Don't say
Yes till you've seen him out of trousers,
in riding dress or court dress. Look at the
shape of his legs-a good. well-shaped leg,
eh, Peggie? And take care 1t is his legl
See that he's well-knit, and little lean,
not flabby doesn't squirt; don't stammer;
hasn't got any nervous tricks or twitch-
ings
Don't marry q bald mani They say we
shall all be bald in ten generations. Wait
ten generations. Peggie, and then don't
marry bald mani Can you remember all
this, dear7 Watch his walk See that he
has a good, springy step, and feet made of
elastic-can do his four or Ave miles an
hour without turning a hair Don't have
him II he has a cough in the winter or the
spring.
young men ought never to have
cough. And be sure he can laugh well and
heartily-not a Singer, or a wheeze, or a
caclSle, but good, deep, hearty laugh right
down from the bottom Of his chest. And If
he has little money, or even a good BIT
so much the betterl There nowl You choose
a man like that Peggie, and won't prom
Use you that you'll be happy, but II you're
not it won't be your fault. and it won't be
his, and it won't be MINER
Your Husbands Business Friends.
A man who has business friends must
entertain them somehow. II he can enter
tain them pleasantly at home, so much the
better for him and for you and for every
body concerned. One never knows when a
business friends help may come In use
full" Many a wife has helped to make
or mar her husbands business career.
Even though she knows nothing of his
affairs, and he is disinclined to take her
into his confidence regarding Them says
the St. Louis Republic. she may do much
to mold his business future without step
ping outside her own home sphere.
A wife can often make her social gifts
contribute largely to the much desired
end, and in this way can often give her
husband assistance which is simply invai-
liable TO him. Especially should she be
prepared to entertain his business friends
Whether he be an employer or whether
he be a clerk there are few things more
important to a man than to cultivate a
wide circle of business acquaintance; for
IN the one case Il means increase Of busi-
ness, and in the other much greater GER
tainty of employment
How many men there are who, when
they reach middle age, lose their situa-
lions and do not know where to look to
find another berth.
They know nobody who has any infu-
ence in business houses, and all they can
do is to turn to the heartbreaking task OF
answering advertisements; and, as their
merits are unknown TO the advertisers
younger men are generally preferred.
Moreover, It is one OF the secrets Of
keeping a post to cultivate friendships
with ones fellow employees
have to be cut down. ana somebody has to
go, it is other things being equal. gener-
ally the man who has not troubled to
make himself personally popular ana is
regarded by the others as an outsider who
Is the selected victim.
DO not. therefore. discourage your hus-
band from bringing home his business
friends. even though you do not hnd much
pleasure in their society. They may not
interest you at all; they may not be quite
the class OF people with wnom you have
been accustomed to mix, for II by no
means follows that man who can bestow
on your husband a remunerative agency
Is much Of a social acquisition.
IL would be thousand pities 10 let any
such consideration stand IN the way OF
what is really an important matter.
The wife, however, is often not the only
or even the chief-one to blame when
this duty is shelved Very likely her hus-
band has never thoroughly explained to
her that he invites his city friends. not
from choice, but for serious business rea-
sons
Unless he does that he must not be sur
prised II his wife Is reluctant TO entertain
people who are not conEenial 20 her II
Is very often. however. just because he Is
a good fellow and unwilling 10 urge on his
wife anything that seems distasteful to her
that he fails 70 speak OUT, and yields his
point II he inds the slightest opposition on
her part.
wife who is worthy OF condolences. but
whose husband does not place confidence