The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-03
WHY NOT STAY YOUNG AS
LONG AS We POSSIBLE Can

ON folks have a notion that the
IA girl is married, no matter
how Young she may be in years. LOOKS
or feelings, she must at once become
sedate and cancel all youthful enthu-
siasnls or actions. If she doesn't. al
the unmarried girls are mortal!y of-
Tended and all the old ladies deem
, her improper. :,
On the other hand the men, as "a
, rule, think the youthful wife charm
Ing, though the husband OF SAID VIE
expects the rather impossible comnl-
nation Of a wife who is horougnls
tenure, donesitcated, and disnlned
! where all other men are concerned,
while at the same time she reta.is az
her Youthful charm and sprisltllhess
for his own especial benefit. He rath-
or of her acting up
Young in company. =.
These reflections are called TORN ny
| a letter which arrived today
"My dear Miss Wooley," writes II.
L. H., 81 am a married woman stun
i'm my twenties II have not thought
about making an old woman out OIL
! myself. dress as others do, but cam
MOI change my girlish appearance. and
it is just as hard for me 10 assume
! the attitude OF Il settled woman: l
O to play games and all out-of-door
snorts-bas ketball. football. run races,
etc. We have no babies and ! have
n,uch time to spare after my house Is
in apple pie order.
rs it out of place for me to he
Youthful? know I am criticized,
But I am so happy as l n
And why shouldn't a young woman
be youthful. even though married:
Energy and enthusiasm are gifts OF
| the gods. Too many of us are iach-
ing in them and too many or us are
irving to squelch them in others. IN
vnnth or acc they should be treas
| ured.
a married woman needs to play
| inst as much as an unmarried one.
| Basketball, football. and running rae
es are Just as good for a wife as Tor
a, maid. and if more married wonen
would take part in active outdoor
games thcre'd be a happier n
! healthier atmosphere in n great many
homcs-less grunting. fewer head
ache powders. not SO mucn nelsn-
borhood scandal.
The most successful mothers are
! never too old or too settled to play
| games with their children. The best
! wife isn't the one who has the most
immaculate lace curtains or h one
who gets cohwehs in her brain by
limiting herself to discussions OF ba-
hies' dress and the household. h
isn't the one who gets anaenic stay.
ing indoors and cmhrcidering doiljes,
or who broils herself over the cook
stove.
She may do some Of all these things
but she's wise enough to know that
they don't make for companionshIp
with a
Very few men marry Just to get a
housekeepcr or a cook. \ man wants
a chum who Fan talk with him. walk
with him. enjoy II game indoors. or
out. according to mutual liking; whose
outlook is wise but preferably joyous.
whose heart is always young and
whose youthful appearance delights
his eye.
Apropos to etaoitvlM 'esr
Apropos of this, here's a remark
overheard the other day. made by a
m~iddle-aged married man:
I'D give 500 If l could see my
wife enjoy n meal. No. she isn't sick.
Rut she sits around the house or goes
visiting and sits around some other
house. and she never has any appe-
titc. She picks at this and that and
finds fault with everything IN the ia.
bile. I've tried to get her to take
walks with me, or go somewhere 10