Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-11
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The Perfect Wife

MAN, recently married, has courageously risen and stated for tbs
A benefit of the public the requisites of the perfect wife. Whether
Il y to appreciate them through their absence, he sayeth not But he
ICES say that the perfect wife should have perfect health, common sense hui
Most women when they start OF the matrimonial voyage are anxious
tic be the perfect wife. They want to make a happy home. to spend the
the husband wishes. So for these some suggestive thought may be found
In what the Ia has to say.
the making of the perfect home. If a girl is delicate oil snkly, she had far
better not marry. unless there is plenty of means. oil the husband is a a
not properly cared for. 1t means encouragement and despondency And
though the husband and wife may struggle along against these odds, the
marriage is not by any means going ito yield the happiness 1T might.
Perfect health. on the other hand. enables a woman to meet almost
any difficulty with smiling face. If she has superintendent energy the cook
O her Unexpectedly. but her equanimity will be undsturbed. She feels
equal to handling whatever may come. And this physical capab1ity has q
lot o do with the happiness o a home.
Common sense is likewise a prime requisite. The woman with com-
NOR sense isn't going to keep a maid Just because the rest OF the women
husband to buy n automobile. II their income won't warrant 1t. She
doesn't send her children to a pay school simply for the social advantages.
it herself. regardless Of what neighbors may say or think. She Is able
see clearly which Ia the essential and the non-essenttal In life. and she
has the courage to choose the essential and hold fast to it.
A sense OF humor Is certainly the salt of life, either of the married
variety OF the plain. single existence. 1t certainly helps a wife to laugh of
many a little bruise that otherwise would grow into a fostering sore. To
se the funny side of many of the trivial annoyances of life. at the time
they happen, certainly eases the situation.
Patience and courage and sympathy surely are needed-patence
and courage to go steadfasty forward through dark days. knowing the sun
will shine again, sympathy to enteri into the husbands difficulties or troubles
and make him feel that there is ito stand by him. come what will
The man who made the list al not wrong in the qualities he deemed
necessary for the perfect wife.
But the perfect wife demands the perfect husband. 1t is not fair to
ask a woman to exercise all these virtues in order to build the perfect
home, II the husband is not called upon to contribute his share. To be
sure. a woman who takes upon herself the responsibilities of a wife should
no, endeavor to find In her husbands shortcomings a excuse for her own
Sinking. Even II her husband fails to do his part. II she wants a happy
bone, she will find 1t worth her while to cultivate the virtues OF the per-
feet wife
But the happiest home is built when the twain together meet the trials
and catastrophes that come from the outside world with the good health.
the common sense, the humor' the patience add courage TIL VIII rut
them. 1t should not be necessary for these qualities to be used by the
sto combat the faults of the other.
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