Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12

such classifications are likely to
~ be somewhat one-sided. You res
member the story of the woman
who made pies? She wanted to Label
them so that she could tell what was iil-
side their crisp brown crusts when her
customers came to buy. So she cut ia the
crust of each pie the letters ''T. M
What are those letters?' some one
asked her.
Those, ma'am," said she politely,
tell the kind of filling that is in the
pie. These" and she waved her hand in
one direction. ARE labeled ct. M for
'Tis Mince.' and these she indicated
the rest of the pies, ARE labeled II. NJ
for ''T'aint Mince.'"
So are classifications of women likely
to be.
But the three classificatlons referred to
are the motherly type. the worker type
and the wifely type.
So
Probably you don't belong. exactly, to
any of these groups. You, like most
other women. are probably a combina-
ton of the, three types But still you
could be given your place in one Of the
groups because certain characteristics
predominant which would show that you
belong In that group.
Just because you are a woman of the
worker type does not mean that you cam
not be successful as a wife. Many wives
of the worker type have been ideal wives.
And so with. the other types. Some Of
the most wonderful school teachers in
the world are women of the mother
type.
And many women of the wifely type
hnxrr fxa6 f-.I lnD 1ix-..1 nj
though they have never married. SO. no
matter what group claims you, you can
make a success in any line IL you are
willing to make an effort.
The unmarried woman, If any type, has
not much difficulty In fitting herself into
whatever niche in life she may be called
on to fill.
The married woman, however, often
makes sad failure of life because she
does not adjust herself to her lot in life.
Dolly Madison was a famous example
OF the wifely type. She was interested
In all her husbands interests and made
those interests hers; not, presumably. be-
cause she thought such action would be-
good policy, but because she was ac-
tually DESTROYS of making her husbands
life hers. sa
Just because you belong in the wifely
group, however, does not mean that you
will be successful wife. Dora. in "Da-
vid Copperfeld,' surely belonged In the
wifely group. Yet she was in no wise
a successful wife. Often a little of the
workers qualities and some of the moth
er's, too. go to the making of the best
sort of wife
The married woman, IL she belongs to
the mother type, may think herself for
tunate. But, in reality, she must exer-
else great care If she Is to be success
full wife. 1t is the mother type OF woman
who lets her affection for her husband
manifest itself in the ceaseless darIling
of his socks and the thoughtful and
kindly suggestions that he don his water
flannels when the first frosts come
Well meant attentions, these, and ad-
mirable, no doubt. But such attentions
should be only incidental.
Another sort of woman found in the
mother-type group is the wife who really
loves her children more than she does
her husband-the wife who would not
think of going away from her children.
with her husband, for weekend holf-
day, but who will willingly betake her
self and her children to the seashore
for two months in summer, and leave
her husband to shift for himself at home.
in a closed and musty house. or a stuffy
apartment.
Lots of women pass more time-hours
a day-chasing germs out of baby bot,
discomfort or real unhappiness from en-
tering their long-suffering husbands
heart and spirit.
Yet the germs that might gaze from
afar at the baby, even If little less
care were Bestowed on IT, are not half
so injurious, not half so difficult to routs
as the insidious germ of discontent
which sometimes gets possession of \
man when he realizes that his wife cares
much more for her children than shs
does for him
The worker who is married has her
difficulties too. She is the sort of woman
who cleans her house-the house her hug
hand works for-and then scolds him
when he tracks In bit OF dust. II Is
she who delights in planning economical
menus for the pure JOY or running her
business, which is her housekeeping, on
an economical basis, even though there
Is no need for rigid economy and her
husband Graves beefsteak and grapefruit
as he does affection.
Economy is often necessary, and then
blessed be the wife who can make an
irish stew take the place OF a TURKEYS
But If a man dislikes stew as he does
q bigoted man OF the other political
marty, and If economy is not necessary,
why give him stew?
So. whatever group You belong to. be-
ware Try to combine the good qualities
found in all three types OF women IL you
would be an ideal wife.