El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
X Grace Darling Talks to Girls X
No. 6-The Sort of Girl to Marry.
By Grace Darling,
Whose Talent and Beauty Have Won
for Her an Enviable Place in the
Moving Picture World

a YOUNG man know told me the
~ other day that be was going to
be married
i hope you viii be very happy"
said as i congratulated him.
-Oh, I'm sure TO. I'm taking no
ohances on that" be replied confident
~. for I am marrying my little office
partner We've worked together for
four years. and we know all OF each
Diners little faults and peculiarities
and how TO get around them.
when she comes down Of a morning
Gross, and jumpy with nerves I send
her out on some errand that will take
her into the fresh air, and tell her not
to come back for two or three hours
And when I'm grumpy. she just says
TO me, BearH and makes a face at me,
and goes off and leaves me until I
have worked off my crouch. instead
OF bursting into tears and having hys-
terics because I'm cross.
You see she knows how to deal
With an overworked man, which Is
something that few domestic women
comprehend.
Furthermore. know about eleven
million things more about getting along
with women, from having worked with
them, than the man does who has never
seen any woman at close range except
his mother and sisters. and he isn't
much acquainted with them.
you never hear of any man getting
q divorce who has married his steno-
grRpher. or office assistant or even
business woman" added my friend, tri-
umphaatly.
some Of the Reasons.
don't believe I ever did.
OF course, there are a great many
reasons why the business girl should
make the best sort OF a matrimonial
risk. One thing Re that the training in
an office corrects many OF the essen
TALLY feminine faults. II teaches a girl
70 be prompt, orderly and decisive. She
must do things on time: she must do
them properly. and she must make up
her mind on the spur OF the moment
without any Bhilly shallying and filling
back and forth between I will" and
I won't"
Then. having earned money herself,
makes a woman careful OF how she
spends it She knows every dollar
comes through WEAKNESS and anxiety,
and Ia bought with just that much Of
lie and blood; and abe doesn't throw
Il away with the sublime carelessness
Of the woman who seems to think that
checks grow on trees.
The business life teaches q girl an
iron self-control No matter what she
does. she has to learn to keep her
temper. and her tongue. and to take
criticism Of her work and her opinions
fmpersoually, instead OF considering
them deadly insults. She has to learn
to keep her precious little feelings to
over the place and bowling whenever
anybody steps on them.
But the chief reason that the buBi-
ness girl makes an ideal wife is be-
cause having worked herself, she has
a sympathy for her husband, and a
comprehension OF what he does that no
housekeeping woman can possibly have
The average woman regards a mans
going downtown Of a morning in the
nature Of a lark. She thinks II would
just be fun to spend the day with a lot
Of other people in a nice office OF
store. seeing fresh faces. and hearing
new stories all day long. and she thinks
- all pretense when her husband says
he is too tired to 60 out OF an evening,
or even to talk.
She Knows Better.
The girl who has been in business
knows the frightful strain Of getting
up every morning and going to work at
a certain time, whether you are weary
or rested. or sick or we'll She knows
that no battlefield was ever the scene
OF a greater conflict than goes on every
hour OF the day In store or counting