Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-07
Outside Point of Wen

The following, taken from an Eldora
paper, under the headline of Her Ideal
Husband is OF more than ordinary in
terest:
Mrs. Carpenter tells the kind of man
she would have around.
Eldora women perhaps all cherish
picture of the ideal man. Mrs. y. S.
Carpenter. of that city, in a recent COM
m unication to the Chicago Tribune, de-
scribes hers as fellows:
My ideal man should be we'll pro-
portioned and of about 200 pound
weight: like work for works sake: be
a college graduate: be free from all
bad ha bits and a total abstainer from
the use of all narcotics; be of the
ability and disposition to give correct
information and unerring advice upon
any and all questions. when asked:
maintain a good home for his wife and
family. but should live elsewhere, and
never appear in sight or hearing of his
wife or family except when command
I'd by his wife: maintain an ample
bank account against which his wife
should have the right to draw without
stint or question.
MRS. y. S. CARPENTER.
''Eldora, Iowa..
Now this writer has more than 2 s'!s-
picicn that the above. like one OF Ar
teras Wards famous articles should
be. as he instructed the composiror
marked this is sarcasm but just the
same. it contains after all the ideal
Of the American woman of today. Some
OF our young men can get more than
ore pointer out of Il. OF course the
requisite 200 pounds weight wouldn't
De possible in all cases and added on
to some of short stature. would knock
the ideal.ty to smithereens. but one
could pretend 10 like work for works
sake. To be "a college graduate IS
only the good fortune Of favored few.
and Why this appeals 20 the average
woman, no felisc can find out" hut it
does. Then that narcotic" business.
Its q dead open and shut proposition.
No living woman. young or OLD. cares
to have her husband drink Intoxicating
liquors. she NAV not object TO his
drinking the small alcoholic liquors.
may drink a glass Of beer or wine him
self, but no woman is anxious for AMI
desires her husband 10 indulge in the
practice OF drinking intoxicating
:
anu une-ring advice" That's easy. ANY
OF US can do that. And some Of us
could maintain a good hcne for wife
and family" and Tive elsewhere" In
fact, there is quite general practice,
Senator Lorimer excepted. He is al
ways at home evenings and Sundays,
unless attending church or Sunday
school. Never appear in sight or hear
ing of his family except when COM
manded'-notice the word. Now there
is an original idea. The average man
is a nuisance in the house. In these
degenerate days of gas stoves and fur
mace heated houses, the latter now at
tended to by some man at SO much
per month there is no need Of man
to get up in the worning to build the
kitchen fire, all of the family supplies
can be ordered by telephone, and as for
burglars under the bed, why the up-to-
date woman would command" the
burglar to come out of there and he'd
come.
And like all wonlen's written words
the posts cript contains the gist of the
whole ideelity. There should be a L.
B. before the last sentence. maintain
an an pie bank account" and no cues
tions asked when drawn upon. When
it gets low command" the head OF the
house to deposit more money. This
plan would save any number Of family
jars. Keeping the husband cut of sight.
and keeping the credit side of the
bank account always large would Go
more TO destroy the necessity Of di-
vorce trials than all the newspaper and
preachers talk on the divorce evil.
Why, half the troubles Of man and wife
come from these two reasons. A man.
even q husband prevents liberty Of ac-
ton on the part Of the would be en-
franchised woman. Get the man of
the premises and only allow him in the
house when commanded think Of the
possibilities. Then, too. bank account
is not able to be overdrawn. leaves
woman with unlimited time for society
duties and self culture. Why. it would
he possible for sorne women to join one
or two more clubs What pity that
some ENLISTMENT over here to study
the American people, then to go home
and write a book on Society as
Found it in the United States" did not
chance to read Mrs. Carpenters ideal
before the proof sheets reached him.
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