El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-15
PERFECT BRIDE
GETSPERFECT
HUSBAND
He Is Grandson of the Poet
Longfellow- Wife Is SUI
fraget and Painter.
BOTH AGREE ON
MODES OF LIFE

Boston, Mass, Mass, June 15.-Today
there occurred a perfect wedding ia
Boston The perfect bridegroom IS Ed
mund T. Dana, grandson of the poet
LOngfellOW, and the perfect bride is
jessie Holiday, the pretty little English
portrait painter and suffragist
There was no minister, no brides
maids, ushers or best man. The cere-
mOny was performed by Edmund n
Parker, a well known Boston lawyer
and friend of the family, out in the
open air, under the historical trees o.
the Dana estate.
Dana, the son OF Richard H. Dana.
like his fiancee, is a Socialist He is a
Harvard 'O9 man and assistant in the
department Of philosophy at Harvard
university, and this month will receive
a Phi D.
Health Important.
Il consider health one OF the most
important things in the ideal husband"
the pretty prospective bride said. BY
health don't mean absence OF disease
people have the most miserable
selves in perfest health if they are able
TO get up most days Of the year and
walk round with the aid of stimulanrs
IN the way Of food, drink, tobacco, etc,
ana If they are more or less free from
headaches, colds, bad temper, fits OF
depression and uncontrolled desires
/ imply by health she continued,
the abstinence from tobacco, alcohol
and meat, for these all interfere with
nature.
should Believe in Suffrage.
The ideal husband would believe in
woman Suffrage The Wife's point OF
view should be asked and taken into
consideration On politics as in the home.
II he Is a suffragist he viii regard
his wife as an equal with himself;
mind, do not say the same" she
warned He VIII leave entirely in mis-
W-ife's control heT supreme function OF
observation-disclosures she is not equal,
nj VIZ To las 3.
TO her IN his particular lie work., If
he has one All questions tn do with
sex should be left 10 the lSOmans bet
ter judgment
a good life behind him. The conVen-
tional double standard OF morality for
Len and women is vicious.
Women 'rtst demand more Of men.
Iney- must q. Se-t their fastidiousHasS.
Hitherto Women haV. been stolen.
bought or given away, but civiliza tiOu
Is beginning to realize that woman
must be given absolute freedom to eX-
erclse her faculty of chn.ce. She can
then set her value. Men will become
Just as strong, honorable and 5cautsFul
In Ineir Ives rs sh-- demands.
Il think the ideal husband sAa.sId
love MS wlfe-this sounds like an alb
surd platltUde, but by love don't mean
the usual romantic idealization of A
person which necessarily wears out in
tine L mean absoi1Je syInDathv VITA
a person Complete understanding Of
Ms character, its faults aai Qualities.
coupled with an Intense interest in
helping its develoDuent and watching
its growth.
Must Be Frankness.
There should be grand coopera- !
ton between man and gle, each n-lD-
ing the other TO evolve their highest [
powers Of beauty AMI Utii5ty.
1Een man TO ice an ideai husband
should take real interest II children
and help enthusiastically and thought
IuAE In their whole UDbrInginar ana 1
nurture.
he should regard Woluanhood and I
motherhood as sacred, u1L as tests o.
cOnTeniences.
High Standard 15r Wife.
he should have a nigh standard for
rus Wile to live up TO. He should de-
inslnQ the best from her Of watch she is I
a friend is one who makes I
gs 90 what we can Emers0a saws. I
HuSpand and wife should brf0e- ont 8
each others capabilities 20 the utmost
ABOVE all things they should be friends
and comrades. That all sounds so I
mUch like sermon she laugbed !
that must add that the ideal husband I
mus nave sens Of nuW3r Life and /
-oEe are magnificent responsibilities !
but laughter and the sunny side ~ I
-AlnSs help US to bear them better
and keep US balanced"
Alr- Dana said he believed the ideal I
we should have health. frankness
common sense, humOr, a great colceD- {
non OF the universe and humanftv 1
should be a suffragist sT5 4
.. 55zs courage sympathy and pa I