Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-20

But the main reason why you should
never marry into a family with which
/ YOU are unRcquaiISted il because ninety.
nine times out OF hundred a man and
woman make Just exactly the same sort
. OF a husband or wife as their parents did.
No matter how different from their fore
bears youth and maiden may seen
when they are young, they are pretty
sure to revert to their type as they grow
older Heredlty. environment, example,
teaching. are too much for them. They
unconsciously turn back to ideals that
were bred In their bones.
For this reason Il il part OF prudence
for every girl who Is contemplating mar
rying young man to get herself invited
to visit I'm his home 10 that she may OBJ
serve his father and how his father
treats his mother.
| II prospective mother-in-law IL tired,
meek, brow-beaten sort OF woman who
doesn't dare to call her soul her own; II
her husband sneers at her opinion; II he
IL always naggtng about the housekeep-
ing. and forever lambasting womens ex-
travagance, let the girl take this as e
warning sent her by her guardian angel,
and break the engagement, no matter
how much she thinks she loves the youth
nor how desirable catch he is.
! He will make exactly the same kind of
a husband as his father. lie has never
seen a woman treated with any gener-
osity or tenderness, and It simply won't
occur to him that a wife has a right to
expect any consideration from her hus-
band.
On the other hand, II father-in-law is
still a lover to his wife, and II mother
| lp.l L. "a n q
who can throw moro real feeling into
celebrating their silver wedding thar
they did their first one; II father-in- law
still bestows upon mother~in-law delicate
little attentions. and considers her pleas
ure In ali things, then let the girl grab
their son by the hand and rush with hin,
to the altar. lest peradventure such a
good thing might get away from her.
The son OF such father win make
husband whose wife will arise and call
him blessed every day of her life. be-
| cause he will follow In his fathers foot
steps
Believe me, son, that even az Mabel is,
mother was at her age. and as mother il.
so will Mabel be when she gets into the
desolate fifties. Mabel will get fat like
mother. MAbeIs brainlessness will be
just as appalling as mothers when she
loses the youth and beauty that excuse
ali other faults in a woman. Mabers
talk will get Just as much upon your
nerves as mothers when you get IL In
forty-year doses. instead OF forty min
utes.
Sec what kind OF wife a gir's mother
makes before you sign up a life contract
with her. young man. IL mother Is ex-
| travagant and works her husband to
death to provide her with flnery. daugh-
ter will expect TO keep your nose TO the
Grindstone also. She's been brought up
to believe that all that a husband is
good for is TO be shopping ticket for his
wife. II mother Is fIrst-class nagger.
consider well II you are OF the breed
Of mon that take kindly to hen-pecking.
II mother Is g Hlatternly houseAeeper, re-
fleet that your fate will be 10 eat out
Of tin cans and deIicatessen bags IL you
marry hen daughter. because she will
have been brought up to no standards
Of cleanliness OF order or good cooking.
But II mother IL a real helpmate to her
husband. II she Is thrifty and industrious
and a good manager; II she is sweet tenn
pered. and sane. and reasonable. and
broad and sympathetic. why. pop the
question before you leave the house.
That kind OF woman raises up the
kind of girls that make good wives.
It's a safe rule to pick out your in
laws first in matrimony.
'"rhe Business Woman No Bar to Mat
\ rimony." will be Dorothy Dix next ar