Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-15
What a Wife Should Be
(By J. S. Knauss.)


In the first place a wife should be
good looking. This is a paramount
necessity, and it makes no difference
how homely, careless and dilapidated
the husband may grow as the years
go by, the wife should retain the full
bloom and beauty Of youth or else
there is liable to be trouble.
The wife should not only have an
overpowering respect for her hus-
band, but should also regard him as
the greatest intellectual and financial
genius that ever happened. Possibly
he told her during courtship that she
was an angel and that he was to-
tally unworthy of such a charming
and beautiful creature as she, but she
must remember that he may have
been slightly intoxicated at the time,
and that it is her duty to forget all
that he said to her before marriage.
1t may be that she graduated from
high school with a better standing
than the young fellow she afterwards
married, but that cuts no figure
whatever. A man is always vastly
superior to a woman and should be
SO recognized. (, II.
A real good wife-the kind Solo
man tells about-must believe im-
plicitily everything her husband tells
her. Some wives we have known who
disregarded this rule found out a
great deal more than their weak,
frail minds were capable of digesting
besides somewhat lowering the cred
it, Instability and in corruptible
goodness Of said husband.
The wife displaying tendency in
this direction-that is vicious and
unwholesome disbelief in her hus,
bands perfectness, sublime great
ness, unparalleled wisdom and high
authority-should at once be placed
in a very narrow enclosure of barbed
wire, eighteen strands high in or
der to protect her from the baleful
effects and corrupting influences OF
worldly and unspiritual affairs.
A wife must invariably wear fine
clothes and look neat and attractive
but any bills for dresses and mater.
ial should be inspected carefully and
commented upon by the husband anG
Raiah of the household in tone Of
voice calculated to inspire proper ter
ror in the heart of the meek, sub
| missive and inconsequental being
sometimes known as woman.
1t is also the duty Of a wife tt
please her husband in every particu
i lar in dressing neatly, looking pleas
ant on all occasions and never for
getting for a minute the overwhelm
ing Importance Of said husband. H,
may have certain spells ant
"spasms" occasionally, but these ar,
merely an indication Of genius ant
must be treated accordingly. Some
1 times husband may forget for
year or so to mention the particuia
i things he likes or dislikes, and tn
4 wife should know all about 1T any
how without being told
The mighty and ponderous brain .
man is oftimes weighed down by tn
heavy affairs Of business, such a
poker, pool playing and trap-shoot
| ing, and he cannot be expected t
maintain a cheerful countenanc
after these experiences. On the othe
4 hand the wife has nothing whateve
to do but stay at home and dress
wash and look after Ave or six heir
at law, bind up their sore toes an
soothe their sorrows, besides get
| ting ready three meals per day, bal
ing, washing a few dishes, scrubbina
i busting the furniture, making tn
beds, patching seventeen pairs o
/ hose and forty-nine other garments
and employing her time In othe
i light and fantastic recreations, sue
as hoeing the garden and splittin
4 the wood.
] We have known wives who were s