The Washington herald., 1917-11-05

/, II she dresses far In excess of tbs
family means; II her father looks old
and hump shouldered and tagged out,
| be sure that the girl is one OF those
who has got to have glad raiuent al
any cost and that she will work her
husband to death to get II with as
little compunction as she has her
father.
But on the contrary, II the girl
dresses moderately, IL she is tender to
her father, and especially IL she is
| one Of those girls who have put their
own shoulders to the wheel TO pull
the family chariot out Of the rut. she
will make the sort Of a wife who will
boost a man up the ladder, instead
of being a milestone which will pull
him down into the sea Of failure.
Then there is bossiness. Most men
cherish a desire to be the head OF
| their houses and wear the trousers,
instead of having these prerogatives
usurped by their wives. How shall
man tell whether a girl Is going
to make . she-who-must-be-obe
autocrat or not?
Again. give the maiden the once
over in her own home. See IL your
adored Evangeline changes the entire
method OF living OF her family when
| she comes home from school. OBJ
serve II her father has a nervous and
| preoccupied air in her presence. Note
il mother always quoted Evangeline's
opinions.
II you see these things sticking out
you may be very sure that IL you
marry Evang cline that you, too. will
go a way back and sit down in YOU
own home. She will pick out YOU
ncckties, and decide on the length
Of your hair, and the way you will
vote, and select your friends for you
and tell you the things that you CAM
eat because they are bad for youi
tummy. and why you must give W
smoking
The average man seems to consider
ii a question OF pure luck whether he
gets a wife who is a shrew and q
curtain lecturer, and who makes mat
rimony one long scrapping match, OF
wife who is amiable, good natureo
and reasonable and who makes mar
riage a long honeymoon
! 1t isn't a matter Of luck. It's Q
| question of stupidity on the mans
part, for a temper is a deformity that
a woman can no more hide than she
can a hump back. II a girl is ir'
ritable and peevish every time any
little thing goes wrong; II she gets In
to tantrums, IL she is Jealous and SUI
spicious, and IL she is narrow anc
| opinionated in her views, a man car
count on matrimony raising all of thes,
disagreeable characteristics to Tn,
tenth degree, and that he will be th'
victim on whom all OF her spleen viii
be vented.
| But IL a girl meets all the littl,
vicissitudes of fate with a good ma
tured laugh: IL she is ready always 4
make the best Of everything. and &
tolerant and sympathetic of othe
peoples little weaknesses and faults
man may bank on her making ,
wife who will be a husbands pes
pal and grow dearer and sweeter a
long as she lives.
Finally, a man would like to know
whether a girl will make a wife o
whom he will grow tired or not
She's a perfect dear and a swee
while she is young and pretty but, ol
you long. long years Of domestic life
Millions of marriages go to smash be
cause of boredom, because a man hai
gotten so sick and weary OF the sill!
creature 10 NnoIl ne u Ieu Nlhl h'
has to go out and hunt up amusement
4 on the outside or perish of sheel
1 ennui.
There's no excuse for this. An,
man not feeble minded himself snouiC
be able to gauge a girls mentality
II she has never read anything bet
ter than a six best seller; if she hai
no real thought or ideas, but can onl,
coo and gurgle and ask silly Ques
tions, he can take it for an assured