El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19

course. the road to somewhere
that every normal girl expects to
~ travel leads TO matrimony.
This being the case. isn't it queer
that so few girls ever take the trouble
10 prepare themselves for the profess
SION they expect to follow? a girl
doesn't expect to get a good place as
a stenographer unless she's quallfleo
herself to hold her position
She wouldn't dream of becoming a
LAWYER. or a doctor. unless she'd studied
law or medicine. She would know that
before she could become a full fedged
actress or opera singer she would nave
20 give to it years Of patient TABOR ana
training
But any little fluffy-headed girl
thinks that all she needs to turn her
into model wife is a trousseau and
wedding ring. and TO have a Few words
said over her by minister she never
thinks of such thing as preparing
herself for not only the biggest and
most important career that any woman
can ever aspire to. but the one that
calls for the most knowledge and Wis
dom. and the greatest diversity of
talent
For 4 woman who does her duty as
a wife has to be a diplomat and
finsncier and a commissary general
and a fascinator and a social secre-
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ana 4 dressmaker and a purchasing
agent all rolled into one
An that's a big order for any woman
to fill. II requires such a lightning
change artist that 1 often wonder that
any girl ever has the nerve to tackle
the contract
What To Do
Now. I'll tell you what I think the
girl should do who is setting out on
the road that leads to matrimony. In
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mind to be satisfied with the kind of a
home that she deliberately picks out
at the end of the road
You'd think A girl crazy who signed
a lease for S22 a month Harlem flat
and then. after she moved into 1t. was
continually berating IL for not being
a $4,000 a year Riverside Drive apart
ne mt
Yet that's what the girl does who
narries a poor man and who is always
complaining because she can't have
limousines and pearl necklaces and
Paris clothes l think that the mean
est and the cruelest thing that any
woman ever does is when she nags and
frets at her husband. who is working
himself TO death to support her. be-
cause he doesn't make more money
Then 1 think that the girl who is
setting out on the domestic road should
make just as much Of an effort to get
along with her husband as those Of US
who work for our bread and butter do
to get along with our employers Hon
estly. when I see the average husband
and wife together I am filled with
Amusement at observing the risk that
the wife takes with her position. Why.
she would lose il in about three
minutes If she could be freed without
the aid of the divorce court and scan
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Those Of US who have good situations
that we don't want 10 lose bite our
tongues off before We answer back
when our employers scold US. We smile
sweetly when superior officers crouch.
and we never. never feel called on to
remind our employers of their little
faults and weaknesses Just try the
same tactics with friend husband when
YOU get him. girls and you will find
that II leads TO the castle Of Domestic
Bliss
And surely the girl who is going TO
travel the road that leads TO the altar
should prepare herself beforehand with