The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
What kind Of a man makes the

What kind Of a man makes the
best husband.
This is a conundrum that millions
of women are trying to solve, and,
Judging by the amount Of marital I'M
| happiness we see about us, most la"
dies must be mighty poor guessers.
The choice of husband Is ham
pered by one curious reconstruction,
and that is that the very qualities
that make a man popular abroad
make him unpopular at home. The
things that dazzle the world in a
man, such as beauty, social talent,
, cleverness, wit, genius, are not the
things that fit him for domesticity,
so that the very attributes that at
tracted a woman to man before
marriage are the ones that are her
undoing after marriage.
Therefore, one might well say to a
maiden who was selecting her life
mate. beware of marrying very
handsome man. If you do you will
always present an invidious contrast
to him that your friends will remark
upon. By comparison you will seem
twice as homely and as old as you
are, and people will always wonder
as they look upon you, why he did
it. Moreover, a handsome man never
admires anybody but himself, and in
family, if there is going to be any
bouquet throwing, it should be the
woman who gets the nosegays, in
will pre- empt all the glad raiment
for himself. instead of bestowing it
upon WHEY.
Don't marry a man who is what
is called ladies' man, who is slosh-
ing over with sentiment, and makes
love beautifully and Economically.
Women will run after him, and he
will hold other hands than yours
while he explores the psychology OF
the feminine soul. Besides, the abil-
ity to make love Is an accomplish
ment so rare and fascinating that no
man who possesses it can refrain
from practicing it, any more than a
man with tenor voice can keep from
singing.
Don't Marry a Clever Man.
Don't marry man who has a mis-
sion in the world. All missions lead
away from home, and such a mans
interest and helpfulness are too pre-
cious a commodity for family con-
sumption. So far as the wife enjoy
ing his society is concerned, a man
had as well be addicted to drink as
to causes. Both of them will keep
him out at night and use up his sal
airy. The men who are uplifting hui
1hanity on soapboXes at the corners
of the street are generally letting
their wives bend over the washtub
in the laundry. If charity doesn't be-
gin at home 1t never gets there.
Don't marry a man who is too
clever. Avoid a wit as you would
the plague. The brilliant seldom
scintillate in the family circle, and
a witty husband is apt to find that
a wife makes an admirable butt for
his jokes. He will make her faults,
her foibles. her mistakes, her most
sacred feelings the subject on which
to hang his best stories and there
are few women who have keen
enough sense of humor to enjoy be-
ing made a figure of fun.
Don't marry a superior man. Every
woman is glad to sit at her hus-
bands feet for limited space OF
time and burn a reasonable amount
Of incense before him, but patient
GriZelda left few female descend
ants and most of us have a pretty
conceit of our own opinions and like
to express them now and then. The
days of Sir Oracle are gone out of
fashion, and the hen, as well as the
cock, wants a share in ruling the
roost.
Wife Only "AIso Present"
Don't marry a famous man, be-
cause he belongs to the world and
not to his wife. The most that the
wife of a famous man can hope for
is for an inflnitesimal portion of his
heart, fraction of his time and
slight degree of his interest. His
wife is merely among those "also
present" in his life. She is not the
whole thing, and to read of the ex-
ploits Of your husband and hear the
public applaud him is a poor sub
stitute for having his devotion, his
tenderness, his very thoughts for
yourself.
Don't marry man Of too delicate
sensibilities, for If you do you will
spend the balance of your life trying
to sidestep them, and you will never
succeed in doing so. When you ask
him for money you will jar him with
your materialism. In times of house
hold stress, when the cook leaves and
the beds are unmade and the dishes
aren't washed, the sordidness of do
mesticity will CRATE upon his nerves
and disillusion him. and he will flee
to an affinity who has nothing to do
but manicure her nails and wear pink
negligees.
Unless Devoid Of Jealousy.
Don't marry doctor unless
YOU have searched your system
and find that you have not faint
of the green-eyed monster about you,
and that you can think with pleasure
of your husband holding the hands