Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
WIVES
IN SEVERAL CLASSES
Stupid, Foolish, Unruly, Saga
cious and Good-Latter Is
the Ideal.

When 1T comes to the wife question
the Japanese have their own standard.
says the Oriental Review. Kaiseki
Matsumura, widely known in Japan as
an essayist. presents the Japanese view
the Toxic magazines.
He says that Il wife comes within
one of the following five classes: O)
the stupid wife. CD the foolish wife.
(3) the uEruly wife, (4) the sagacious
wife. and (5) the good wife. BY a
stupid wife he explains that he means
one neither a slOven nor q shrew.
She is u stupid woman by birth"
ne says. She does not know that
when there is Il visitor she ought in
accordance with Japanese etiquette
meal time to invite the visitor to par
take of God She is never punctual,
md will keep her friends waiting at
aer door While she is ~leisurely putting
more paint on her face. These are her
salient features.
Foolish Wife Has Bad Nature.
"A foolish wife is n who is use
sessly secretive n laxative by turns.
tf you think her good natured you are
mistaken. At times she will be found
taxing her feeble mind with some SLY
thoughts. She can not be taught. She
IAN not remember. She may rouse
herself, but for no longer u period than
two or three days.
AN unruly wife is neither stupid nor
foolish. She may be educated. intelli-
gent n generally capable. She may be
popular with her visitors and neigh
bors, but she is capricious, hayward
and moody. She gives with the utmost
freedom to one she likes, and yet
grudges even to move a finger for one
.Io <3fC1ilyoc C1n~ A,,, l> II. -. -
Jury at a moments notice. When she
Is happy she will babble endlessly.
When She is sullen she will not ever
respond to your call.
One morning she will rise carly and
next day She will sleep till noon. She
she shall place her husband in an awk-
ward or embarrassing position with his
friends or relatives. If he frets, she
frets the more. If he goes to his club
she would go to the theaters. If he
spends money she will decide to spend
more. Quarrels and a divorce is the
old story of such a union
"A sagacious wife is neither foolish
o forward. She is shrewd and cap
able, knows how to manag other peo-
pie and has her w opinions. She is
respected by her friends and admired
by people generally. She is methodical
in her work and knows what is wanted
before she is asked.
Thoughtful One Helps Husband.
People may say that a man would
be of but little use in the world save
for such a wife. but the truth is that
while such a wife is indispensable for
an incapable man h may prove only
an obstruction to q man who is ADLER
and more experienced than she is. Her
conceit will make her believe that
without her advice her husband can but
blunder. !,
"The ideal wife is the good wife. She
is. of course, not stupid, having in
reality more wisdom than the ~sagacious
wife. but she makes no attempt to dis
play her cleverness. She may be edu-
Gated, but She is not the sort that is
determined to impress the b%ystander
with her education. She has her own
opinions, but is chary Of expressing
them unless there is a sound reason for
doing SO.
She knows that love ev-
erything and that only good can re-
suit from loving her husband. so that
even in matters OF which She more or
and encouraging. In this respect she
is a sort of philosopher, and in such
a marriage it is the husband who seeks
her advice, because he can be sure Of
help and sympathy no matter whether
he accepts her advice or not.
Such a wife makes even a stupid
husband seem wise in the ayes of the
world. People will not say that he
would be of little account save for his
wife. No doubt she has great ability,
but 1t is invisibly cloaked beneath her
womanly virtues"