Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-04

is just as well for her to take that into
consideration in selecting her life mate
Certainly n mans profession influences
his character to degree. Also II largely
determines the conditions under which
his wife must live. and 1t is as well for
her to consider beforehand whether these
would be to her liking or not
A soulful woman. for instance, might
find a never ending discussion in the
family of salt and fish, and green gro
ceries getting upon her nerves. no matter
how worthy was the husband whose in
terest was bound up in the provision
trade On the other hand, woman
whose mental range never reached
beyond her own kitchen and nursery
would be likely to find the society of a
learned college professor somewhat
heavy. Also the woman who is keen for
money and the good things that money
buys obviously makes a mistake in mar
rying a man who follows the fine arts
and whose reward is mainly plain living
and high thinking.
There are just as many good husbands
in one profession as In another 1t all
depends on the man, but whether a
woman should marry a man following a
certain occupation depends upon the
woman.
Lawyers make excellent husbands, but
no woman who is particularly endowed
with the feminine vice of curiosity should
marry a lawyer because he Is bound to
have secrets from his little WHEY that
she will be dying to know AS class,
women haven't a very high sense of pro-
fesslonal honor. and the ordinary wife
would simply go through grinding tor
ments. knowing that her husband knew
all the inside facts or some thrilling scan
dal that he wouldn't tell her, and she
couldn't see any reason why he should
not tell her. unless he had some dark.
Interior motive. Therefore ] advise my
correspondent to look into her own soul
and see IL she is one of those who al
ways want TO be told everything and II
she is to pass up her lawyer beau.
The woman who is jealous should never
marry a doctor, because her husband is
bound TO spend his time holding the
hands of lovely ladies in pink silk and
lace negligees who have dolled them
selves up especially to be admired by the
doctor. The Doctors business throws him
into a dangerous intimacy with many
fascinating women, and unless his wife
can bring herself to accept the fact that
he is thinking how big fee he can charge
a near invalid as a he gazes into her
lustrous orbs instead Of reflecting how
lovely her eyes are. and how much bigger
and darker than his wifes why she had
best let the physician go by Otherwise
she will ruin both her own and her hus-
bands lives, for jealous wife is a handi.
cap against which no doctor can struggle
successfully.
The woman who is fitted for a preach
er's wife must be that female paragon
who has neither curiosity nor Jealousy
for the clergyman must be the repository
OF as many secrets as lawyer. and must
be as sympathetic with women as the
doctor, and. in addition, custom has made
IL obligatory for him to be a sort OF lady's
pet and openly receive the alteration OF
the women of the congregation in a way
that must be maddening to a wife in
cined to be green-eyed.
Moreover, the preacher is in this per.
petual danger zone-he has to converse
with the sisters of his flock about theil
immortal soul, and women know, If mer
do not, that women have no souls. They
have only hearts, and when they convers,