Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-23
YOUNG woman writes:

| a YOUNG woman writes:
| ~ Can you tell me any way
n by which girl can tell what
sort of a husband a man will make?
1t is not enough to know that a
man is moral, and upright, and in
dustrious, for 1 have observed that
many men who are models of all
| the virtues as men, are also hor-
rible warnings against what hus-
band should be.
Nor is it enough for a man to
be charming, and companionable, and
generous, for 1 have seen many
man who was a fascinator before
marriage turn into a dummy after
marriage, and more than one of my
friends is pinching and economizing
to pay for the presents her husband
lavished on her when he was court
ing her.
tits no particular trick to judge
men, but how can a girl tell what
kind of a husband a man will make?"
She can't There is no acid test
that is infallible that you can apply
to a man, and see what sort of hus-
band material he is, for there are
good men who are bad husbands,
and bad men who are good husbands,
and how a man will react to matri-
mony is one of the mysteries that
nobody can solve.
Granting, however, that girl has
let her fancy fall upon one who is
gentleman and a regular fellow,
there are several small tests that
she may use which will go a long
ways towards giving her his number
as a husband.
First, let her observe his attitude
towards and those under him. Let
her take note of whether he is
genial, and kindly, and human to-
wards walters, and taxicab drivers,
and street car conductors, and the
others that serve him, or whether
he is arrogant, and insolent, and
overbearing with them. Nothing will
give her better idea Of how ne
will treat his wife.
A sweetheart may be a goddess
on a pedestal and worshipped as
such, but the minute she becomes
a mans wife she climbs down and
off and becomes his dependent. She
is in his grip. He can treat her
pretty much as he p1eases. His at
titude towards her makes her hap
piness or her misery, and If she
wants to know whether he will be
kind to her, and tender, and con-
siderate she can find out by see
ing how he treats others who are
in his power.
No man can have a finer testi-
monia1 to his character than to be
adored by chambermaids, and be a
hero to his office boy, and to have
those who serve him do it with
smile. Nor is there any condemna-
ton Of a man more sweeping than
for him to be hated and feared by
his employees.
Second, observe your man closely
when he takes you out to restau~
rant. Marry no man who does not
like to eat. because the cooking
stove is a wife's best friend, and
she can conjure more with a good
dinner than she can with all the
arts Of all the sirens, but there is
difference between the man who
enjoys his food, and the man who
is perntckity about 1t.
If he eats what is set before him
with relish, and asks no questions.
you will have a husband who will
be comfortable, and reasonable, and
easy to get along with, but if he
, 1lctS W 1letN . JUST SO1ltO OtlS pal LISulcAI
table where the light is just so,
and there are no draughts, and if
he fuses over the menu, and tells
the waiter exactly how he wants
every thing cooked, and if he gets
into a temper if the service isn't
perfect, and his evening is spoiled
if there is a grain too much or
too little Of seasoning in his sauce,
consider we'll before you marry him.