The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-09


altar, without a susnicion that they
are wedding tempers that will keep
them cowed the balance Of their
lives
Also. We observe other men dcllh-
erately picking out wives with square
laws, heavy chns and steady eyes with
a Steely CLINT N them and then won
dcring how II was that they happened
to get their uc,ks into the halter
Those Who Take WeaklngS.
By the same ken We see other men
| tying up with pale. irail thin oheStcd,
aencmic little girls, and then consider.
ing themselves cruel victims OF bad
luck because they have to spend the
! utNt thirtyor forty wears Nlaving to pay
doctors and nurses and Santarium bills,
| while other men eSpouse nlnk and white
| baby dolls with rosebud mouths and
calf like ewes, and are disappointed TO
find out that the only furniture in their
wives heads consists OF few ideas
about clothes and the two.Step
Men always excuse the mistakes they
make in marriage by saying that you
cant tell beforehand what sort OF
wife a girl will make Therefore, they
call neither the science OF physlognomy
nor even PLAIN common sense to their
aid when they undertake the trcmen-
douS task of selecting life mate.
| Women Have Little Choice.
! This is a mistake There is some ex-
cuse for woman marrying the wrong
man because she has to take what she
can get She is denied the liberty OF
exercising her own intelligence and
taste in the selection Of hasband, but
a man has no such handicap. He can
pick and choose, and I he gets the
wrong woman as he often does, it is
simply becusc he does not use as much
intelligence in selecting a wife as he
does in buying a horse or an automo-
bile
To begin with. most girls have their
characters written IN their faces so that
he who runs may read. il he will only
look for it, The Smirk Of vanity; the
hardness OF seltiShneSs; the iretiu'
look OF pteyiShneSs and i'll temper; the
smile OF good nature; the tender
warmth OF sympathy; the light of un
derstauding in the eyes--they are al
. there Tor any man to see who isn't al
blind as bat
More than this, very few girls
have the art 10 conceal their real
disposition and character. They give
away what they are and the kind
OF wives they are going TO make at
IN ms Wh ~
take the trouble 10 observe them.
Hence it Is possible for every man
to find out on the safe side Of the
altar Just the sort Of a wife he will
get II he marrieS any particular
maiden.
Take the matter OF extravaganza, Tor
instance Every man would like to
marry a wife who would be a real help
mate to him, who would be thrifty and
economical and willing to save and
hustle until they got good start in the
world How is he to tell whether a
certain girl will make that kind Of a
wife or not2
It's Easy.
Easiest thing in the world Make a
study Of the girls home conditions II
She dresses far in excess OF the iamil,
means; it her father looks old ant
/ hump shoudered and tagged out. b,
sure that the girl is one OF those whr
has got TO have glad raimcnt at an,
band to death to get il with as l,itl,
cost and that she will work her huS
conjunction as she haS her father.
But on the contrary If the girl dress
rs moderately, il she is tender to he
father and especially II she is one q
those girls who have put their owl
shoulders TO the wheel to pull the iami
/ " chariot out OF a rut she will max,
1 the sort OF a ~itc who will booSta mat
| IN the ladder, instead OF being y mill
stone which will pull him down int,
/ thG sea OF failure.
There's DossinesS
| Then there is boSSinesS Most me'
7 cherish a desire to be the head OF thc
( houses and wear the trousers, instea,
7 ot having these prerogatlveS uSurped b.
( their, wives How shall man tel
} whether a girl Is going to make a she
. whp-wu,t be .obeyed auocrat or not,
; Again give the maiden the once Owe
4 ~ her own home. Sec II your adorct
z Er0relinc chances the entire mcthot
OF living OF her family when she come
home from school Observe il he
father ha, a nervous and preoccuplcl
ar m her presence Note IT mother al
Ia ways quoted Eyange'lncS opinions.
|N II you see these signs sticking out
sVgn Ia
marry Evangeline that you, too,
will 90 away back and sit down in
your own home. She will pick out
your neCkties 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 can't eat because
they are bad for your tummy, and
why you must give up smoking.
he average man seems 10 Considt
L a question OF pure luck whether 4
gets a wife who is a ,hrew and a en-
tain lecturer, and who makes ma,f
mony one long scrappi1r match. or
vile who is auiable, good natured MI
reasonable and who makes marriage
long honeymoon
II Isn't Luck.
III II isn't matter OF luck ItS Que
ton Of stupidity on the man, part. /,
temper IS deformily that won.
can no more hide than she can hun
back II girl is irritable and pceyi
every time any little thing yucs wront
u II she gets into tantrums, ii she is lea
onx,'and suSpicions. and II she Is ma
iii row arf oDinionatfd in her vi,v