The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

"a surly. ADVANTAGEOUS. disagreeable
husband because he has been brought
Up TO think that a man has a perfect
right to behave that way at home. The
man who has tightwad father makes
a tightwad husband because he has
been taught that a wife is nothing out
an upper servant who should work
for her board and clothes. and that
she has no right to handle any money.
The man who has q father who insults
his wife and neglects her will insult
and neglect his own wife, because he
has never been taught to treat women
with respect and chivalry.
"On the other hand. the man wBo
has had a father who was charming
in his home. who was tender. loving
and considerate TO his wife Will make
the same sort OF a husband to his
wife because he has had that ideal OF
mans duty TO his wife taught him
from his cradle. He has always seen
his mother on a pedestal with his
father worshipping before her and it
simply would never occur TO him that
he could kick HIS wife into the gutter,
metaphorically speaking.
80 get a picture Of your mother-in-
law, girls, and see whether you'd like
TO wear her expression thirty years
hence before you give your FINAL an
| swer to your best beau.
There is, however. this one point
to take into consideration before you
finally say No to the son OF the
| grOuchy man Get sons attitude to-
wards fathers conduct. II son thinlIf
it is the right One,i IL he admires father
and doesn't see why things haven't
broken well enough for mother be-
cause she has always had enough 70
eat, a roof over her head and such
clothes as father thought suitable Nr
his position in the world. why, then
don't marry that man even IL he Ia
your last call to the dining car.
But sometimes there Is a reaction.
| Sometimes the son OF q man who has
been a hard. cold. mean husband re-
bells against the way his mother hEs
been treated and becomes a throbbinE
pang Of sympathy for her and for all
other women. These men make che
best, and tenderest, and most gener-
Gus husbands in the world. They try
to make up TO their own wives for the
indignities that they have seen their
about poor mother grab him, girls.
and rush with him TO the minister.
He is a pearl above price.
'In judging what sort OF q husband
a man Will make a woman should
study his father but in judging whist
sort Of a wife a woman would make, .
man should observe the girl herself IN
her own home circle. It's when you
get a girl silhouetted sharply against
her own background that her faults
and virtues stand forth plainest
Hence. ! advise eevry young man
in love TO visit girl in her own home
before he pops the question. and 0b-
serve how she reacts towards the
family circle.
observe II she bosses the family.
and mother and father stand in awe
OF her and reflect that such a one =
husband is invariably henpecked. No
tice IL she dresses beyond her means.
So shall her husband grow hump
shouldered buying her finery. See if
she lets her mother do the housework
while she reads novels and remember
that matrimony is no cure for lsZiness
and selfishness.
But IL she is helpful. ~ her little
brothers and sisters hang on her, and
II she is sunshine in the home. she
shall be the light OF her husbands
home.
/. These tests are infallible for pick
ing out the right husband or wife"
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