The evening world., 1912-03-07
Girl Who Studies
Her Arithmetic Is the
Right Kind for a Wife
Mrs.. N. Archibald Shaw
Says So Because Mathe-
MATES Teach Truth and
a Man Should Select a
Bride Who Cannot Tell
L Unnecessarily.
Marguerite Mooers Marshall.
Whs4 HAD Of Q WOMAN should q

marguerite MOOers Mdrsh0N.
Whse Hina Of . should .
0aA AAsfy3
Probably no one has wider. deeper
uD1srstAnding Of the young woman Of
masrSAssabis age than the principal Of
> ssris soAeoi. Il that vvtnospai 70 her
1T - ints,ngsoe end sympathetic
Wvoaa. ~ - . mother WITH SCORES
se lsnsAesrs. tnsessd Of two or three.
- esast, ''mst0ssr'' - sAs title proudly
eas1msd ~ Nh. n. Archibald Shaw OF
~ dzAmiftou Inssseuts for Girls, one Of
ERE esst known Anlshins schools In the
~! Therefore,, I went to Mrs. Shaw
Tor ths final chapter Of advice TO the
yoang man seeking . wife.
4 en- afrasd thAt the average young
maA doea'A stop I cake any ones
counsel n this mAttsr.' began Mrs.
Uhaw. frAnhiy. But 0uch . discussion
Is en sxssitsaa ching for h siris.
"N~lnsty.nAns cut Of . hundred
people Wk1 tsll you Shst . woman
Wss pat hte he world TO 10 . wife
Nd metAsr. Tel, WAIST p~sspaxsdsn
does the average fri receive for
tAsse ~s1osslinSiy arduous profss-
s1onsS me 10 usually seiA tAat II
lGnr sAol1ooto' q think OF All
Shout AeS future HUSBAND and ohil-
Asoa.
But what virtues and qualities will
thsy require Of herr Most frequently
beaUty seems to be the determining fac
l tor IN a young mans choice Of q wife.
Vie - not consciously planning to marry.
: IN many Instances.
YOUNG MEN etaivER At THE
THOUGHT OF MATRiMoNv.
Remainder tina SO a week II the
avsrAea wage for I'VE the college srad-
uate during his frat years Of work.
BudA . man 10 frequently shiverins
witt a~pprShenslcu iest ne b caught IN
he coils OF mAtrimony. For instance. q
young man living outside New York re-
eenkly became acquainted with q girl
here. He told her. with no Mttls en-
sarvassmsnt. Really. I shouid like %
muoh to call On you sundays when I
I'm IN town. but II I come on that day
woa't your people thtok that my inten.
lions are ser4ous7'
The girl told him that neither she mol
her people would be under any appre-
hsnsion." added Mrs. Shaw with . smile
d quiet amusement, but It shows the
poor young mans state Of mind.
"A man. then, Is apt to marry a
oma for no other reason than his
overwhelming delight in her beauty.
especially II the beauty II new to him.
They say that marriage should be based
- 0>-- At~o1hln To N.-p u. l--ss
marry the boys who go to schooi with
- end take US Z our nrst dancing par-
ties. They seldom view US in q ro-
mantle light. It 10 the girl who comes
10 town Just Cor a week who becomes
Engaged to the boy we rave known ali
our lives"
But as to beauty. do you think that
10 the only quality q man should seek
In his wife?" 1 asked.
Certainly not" Mrs. Shaw replied.
In tact. the girl VINO has always been
4 beauty Is apt to be SO petted and
spoilsd hat she never attempts to pu,
anything on the inside Of her pretty lit
\ t,s head.
~ '.As An English novelist has said
ibout his hero. her merry laugh re-
sounds through the hollow q her
Eatn." I suggested.
"Exaetiy." nodded Mrs. Shaw. but
haven't yet said what 1 consider de-
slrseie wifely qualities. have II
we'll. II I had a son and could tel
PIN about tho kind Of girl 1 should like
70 ~ him choose for q vito. my FIRST
requisite would be individuality. I be-
levs that . m ought to be un-
,elneh; I believe that a great deal OF
p~nhsppiness In marriage comes from
he wifs's efforts to take all and give
AothinE. But one completely unselish
woman will ruin not only her husband
but her whole family. Taey will learn
10 take advantage = her. to trampls
N her in every possible way. and they
sill become selfish. ruthless human be-
hgs. BsE!des the harm done to their