Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-14
nm 4 WIFE

Some lnaniaitiye person in Nev
York has been making Inquiries
among several hundred men as q
their ideals 81 what a wife should be
The result Of these inquiries makes
an interesting little story. But an
analysis IF the answers shows why
marriage is becoming a failure. if such
be the fact
The men who e%lucidated their theo-
rics as 10 what a wife should be are
too particular to be pleased by
human beings in petticoats. In a re-
port Of the result of Tho inquiries. It
IL said:
Two striking things stand out.
First. men seemingly do not look for
beauty in the ideal woman, and. sec
ondly, they do not demand "A sense Of
humor.
Next, the men do not want their
wives TO think their children are the
most wonderful ana beautiful IN the
world.
= She must know said one man,
there are thousands 81 babies as fat,
as nice n az beautiful AS her own
and she must profit by that knowl-
edge. she must be too sensible TO
think her boy is better than an other
children
zone man tn "A rather comprehen-
sive answer specifies the ideal woman
should be French In %neatness Of dress.
Dutch in cleanliness Of person, Welsh
IN warmth OF affections, Irish In
sweetness Of temper, German Ia econ
omy. English IN combination of vir-
tues ana American in cheerfuiness' =
Every m knows that her child
Is the brightest ana most wonderful
baby ever born. To shake her faith
in chat proposition is to remove the
foundation stones from under her
faith and rob motherhood Of It's sweet
ness and JOY The man who expects
his wife to be perfect Is a candidate
for the divorce court or constant doc
nestle turmoil. He is unreasonable
and doomed TO disappointment all the
days OF his married life.
The woman who has lack OF faith
in her boy 10 the very end OF the
chapter is a model woman-a woman
ly. motherly woman-who would be
unit for motherhood if her faith
not just as IT is. The world IS
fun Of trifling. u%o-aceount boys, who
never mount 20 anything worth
But II the mothers OF boys
not see much good in them AN
through their boyhOod days there
be very few men IN the world
worth while IN any degree.
The ideal wife need be no less
womanly than the average woman.
The man who would have her other
is a t|houghtless creature, whose
Is as chaff before the sublimely
Illogical position OF a wife and a
mother The man who ls capable Of
"a small fraction Of the worthy things
wife believes him capable of is a
modern paragon, ana the boy who is
equal 10 "a small portion of what his
mother knows he is equal 10 is born
only a fcw times ln a century.
Womankind in the domestic rela-
tion has never been logical. Il rs
sincerely TO Dee hoped she never viii
II is told of "a college bred girl
thAi she worked hard In her classes Go
cultivate her mind and become well
informed. $40 HAT she might be an in-
telligcut companion for her husband
she should become q wife After
her marriage she told "a girl friend
am her efforts were wasted, for
She never heard anything from her
husband but "lnby talk and cuss
words And She was happy ana
tho normal life of the normal
Vito and mother And h. the truth
known. her normal husband
would not have had her otherwise for
amy consideration.