The Washington herald., 1920-06-05
Facts Fiction Fashions and Features OF Interest to Women
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hen-pecked brigade. and following
meekly In wife's wake?
Then why not pass by the snappy
girl who runs everybody and ev-
erything in her vicinity. and whose
parents tremble before her, ana es-
pouse the timid little maiden who
believes all men are oracIes. ana
rule by divine right. and who will
be perfectly happy sitting at your
feet gathering up the pearls Of wis
dom that drop from your lips. And
you will be happy, too. for one un-
questioning admirer Is as much
as any of us get in life.
Suppose you are poor young
fellow with your fortune to make.
To achieve success means that you
must live plainly. and economize
while you are getting a start.
Do you think that you will stay
, long in love with a fashion plate
girl, no matter how stunning she
looks, II she wastes your money,
and keeps you in debt. and thwarts
; your ambitions? The argument Jver
money is a two-edged sword that
can cut the bond between a hus-
band and wife quicker than any
thing else on earth.
But IL you marry a girl who Is
willing to work and economize. and
put every ounce of her own energy
and ambition in your career-who
, thinks Ii fun to build your fortune
/ with you. then you have got a wife
for keeps, for she is business part
ner as well. You will be happy
and contented with such a woman
for there is no stronger tie between
two people than to be vitality inter
ested in the same thing. Nor do
any husband and wife ever bore
each other when they can talk over
! the state Of the stock market or
grocery trade together.
Suppose you have dreams Of be-
ing a great lawyer. or a famous
doctor. or of filling some big polit-
ical ONCE.
Then look beyond the girls pref
| ty face, and try to see what Is in
her head. The time will come when
your wife's brains will mean more
than her complexion to you. Tor
you can camoufiage a complexion,
but there's no known substitute for
good, hard horse sense
Do you think 1t will help you on
as a lawyer to be tied to an am
bitionless woman who weeps and
thinks herself neglected every time
1
instead of holding her hand? VIII
it increase your practice as a doc
tor to have a jealous fool for wife
who imagines you are making love
| to your female patients? Will Ii
help you to win elections to have
Ia tactless blunderer of a wife who
makes enemies where she should
make friends?
Rather not! So IL you wish to be
happy and successful though mar
ried, choose the cleverest, and most
4 ambitious woman you know, no
matter il she is as homely as sin.
in preference to the peach VINO Is
\ content to do nothing but just
hang on the tree.
1 am saying nothing against the
woman without ambition, or the
nervous woman, or the high tenn
pered woman. or the bossy woman
There are men whom they would
just suit. There are easy going
men who don't want a wife who Is
not contented to stay put, Just as
they are. There are men who de-
light in working themselves &c
death so that their wives may be
gorgeously dressed. There are
shiftless men who need a high tenn
pered woman to prod them along
There are even men who like to ne
hen-pecked. It's all a matter OF
taste.
I'm only urging you. son. to find
out in which class you belong be.
fore you marry. and to pick out the
girl accordingly.