Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-18
Hidden Faults of Many Wives
American Girl Frequently Spoiled Before Marriage,
Makes Husband Unhappy by Foolish Demands Petty
Jealousy of His Relatives and Other Failngs.

create such a HONS and magnetic It
with tho love and enjoyment or good
womans mind is TO prepare an anteroom
fer heaven.
Many man inclined TO stray into for
hidden rolds and to sccl; unwholcsome as
socintions would lingcr in this anteroom
were It provided for him by love and
good seRSc. IN place Of his being forced
into tho unnatural surroundings OF hotels.
Petty jealouses of wives, hampering a
good hearted man in his Impulses towards
relatives and near friends, are Outlines
causes OF divorces. man has been
known TO marry for love Cas men usually
dol and 20 set forth with every intention
OF being a fair and kind and Just hus-
band but before many months she found
his relatives, his mon comrades and even
his books and domestic pets objects OF n
snal-minded womans nRgging jealousy.
And cupid was driven out-of-doors never
to return.
Unreasonable eNtravagance of women
Ia another cause OF disaster TO the marital
association. and this propensity drives
many good-heRrted man whose great
desire Is 70 please his wife into dishon-
osty and double dealing In business mat
terra.
Behind prison doors today men are
serving long sentences who slnnsd
through weakness and over-devotion 20
the whims o. selfish and unthinkinE
wives. The indolent wife. who settles
down lRElly into the comfort OF a good
home, satisfied with the fact that she r.
married 20 n man who loves her and un-
conscious that she must make al effort
TO keep her husband in love. Is another
likely candidate FOR the divorce court,
In our time and ciime ninety men
OF each hundred like to feel proud OF
their wivcs. They enjoy seeing them
look we'll and regret to observe the ef-
feet Of time upon their beauty. The
woman who does not try TO keep herself
attractive. and who allows sclf.indul-
gonee and indolence 20 destroy her figure
and complexion. IL Inviting uhhappiness
to come into her home.
In this busy age, when trains. ships.
telegraphs and telephones keep the whole
world In touch. men are aware OF the
existence OF women who understand. the
art of defying time, who remain attract
I've despite the passing Of years Even In
remote country places mon have ceased
TO regard old age for the matnon as
necessity. They realize there is some
thing lacking in the temperament OF a
woman who lets herself go merely be-
cause she IL wife and mother
Since men view the subject in this light.
the wise woman will not permit her hus-
band 10 feel ashamed of her. She viii
think OF the art OF preservation OF her
charms as one OF her sacred duties. and
she win regard tho gymnasium and the
study OF physical culture and the practice
Of mental calisthenlcs with respect close
to reverence,
In the new life which has come 20
women in the last generation there lies
a danger OF becoming too absorbed in
personal pursuits to keep in touch with
the tastes and ambitions OF the husband
even 20 lose all interest In them.
II Is we'll for husband and wife to have
their separate occupations and to follow
separate tastes and pleasures TO a Ger
tain degree. But that degree must never
lead to dlverging interests, and must
never leave tho husband feel solitary
without the companlonship or sympathy
OF the wife. either In his business or his
amuHaments: nor must the wife be left
to find sympathy or admiration elsewhere
than at home.