El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

of a wife you want. take Mr. Rookie
fellers tip and pick out your mother
inlaW first
There are many reasons why a cir
should make the same sort Of a woman
that her mother is. The first natur-
ally, IS heredity, and certainly blood
tells as much in deciding the bent OF q
human beings character as it does III
setting whether a dog shall point
birds, or herd sheep, or be a fighting
bulldog or whether q horse shall pull
drays OF run races.
Like Mother Ike Daughter.
If 1 were a man 1 would look good
and hard at girls mother. and if the
mother was silly ana senseless, If she
was SltrtatiOus, II she was extravagant
and unteeling toward her husband ]
would not marry her daughter II she
were the last woman on earth. I would
know that such a woman had neither
heart nor brains TO beQueath her
daughter, and = would be too much
afraid Of the yellow streak that was all
she had to give her.
1t is true that biologists say that
girls inherit mostly from :heir faith
ers, but did you ever notice the fatal
perslstency with which children take
arte- the wrong side Of the house
anyway. ID take no chances on a girl
with foolish or e vicious mother
Even more important than heredity
Is environment In Its effect on charac-
ter, and this explains why girls are so
much more their mothers daughters
Llan boys ever are their fathers sons.
A boy is early thrown out into the
world. and he is made by the world.
not BY home Influences. A girl stays
at home and she has the home influ-
ence branded into her very soul If
her mother is a noble woman, lofty OF
mind, she grows into a woman with
high ideals If her mOther IS mean and
narrow, and vain and friTilous, she
grows up to be the kind OF q woman
rr~n IN re 20 ~hla mo 10
ries her.
Mamie's Mothers House.
If You want to see what sort of
house Mamie viii keep. all you've got
TO do IS to observe the kind OF a house
that NAMES mother keeps. II it is or
derby, and sanitary, If il is well and
economically managed, and there is an
atmosphere Of thrift and wholesome
ness about It, be sure that you viii
make no mistake If you put Mamie
at the head Of your establishment She
has been brought up to be neat and
industrious, and efficient, and a topsy
survy house would get as much on her
nerves as it would on yours.
But. If NAMES mothers house is dis
orderly. II meals are never on time
and there is waste and mismanagem
everywhere, rest assured that II you
are FOOLISH enough to marry Mamie
that's the sort Of 8 pigstye you viii
have TO live in until YOU take refuge
from her Incompetence in a hotel For
Mamie doesn't know any better. That's
the way mamma managed. and she's
used to- Il, and IL doesn't worry her.
If You want to know how Mamie viii
treat YOU II you marry her, observe
how Nantes mother treats her hus-
band. If NAMES father is cOddied,
and petted, and considered; If Mamie's
mother shows a tender apprecia ton OF
his hard work for her and the children,
and tries to make his home a place of
peace and rest and love. then do you
marry Mamie as soon as you can get
her, because that's the sort of snap
you viii fan into.
When to Flee.
But if NAMES father is one Of those
weary, hump shOuldered discouraged
looking men you often see whose wife
considers him to be nothing but a mon
ay making machine 20 supply her with
good clothes and good times; If she
keeps his nose to the grindstone with
her eXtravag ance, and If she fills his
home with her whining and fretting
because she can't have the things that
richer women have. then flee from
Mamie. no matter how attractive she
IS. nor how much you think you're IN
ove with her, that's the way Mamie
win treat You when you are her hus-
band.
A girls mother is a sign that heav-
IN, in its mercy. vOuchsafed the young
man who is thinking Of getting mar
ried. and its his own fault II he isn't
warned against It