The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-19

~Nor Is It enough for a man to bet
charming and Companionable and gen
erouS, for have seen many a man who
was fascinator before marriage turn
INTO dummy after marriage. and more
han one OF my friends is pinching aud
etonomiZing "a pay FOR the presents her
husband lavished on her when he was
counting her
'1t's no particular trick to judge
men, but how can "A girl tell what kind
Of husband a man win make 90
That is the letter Of a young woman
just received
She can't There Is no acid test that
y intallihe that you can apply 10 a
man. ana see what sort Of husband he
Is, for there are good men who are bad
husbands and bad men who are good
husbands. and how n man will react to
Inatrimony Is one OF the mysteries thaj
nobody can solve
Granting however. that girl has let
her fancy fail upon one who is gen
tleman and n regular fellow, there are
several small tests that she may use
Nhich VIII go a long ways toward Civ
ink her his number rs husband.
First let her observe his attitude to-
ward those under him. Let her take
note Of whether he Is genial and kindly
and human toward walters and taXtCah
drivers and street car conductors, and
the others that serve him. or whether
At y hfithhil anu lNNhifNt anu over
bearing with them Nothing will give
her better idea Of how he viii treat
his wife
A sweetheart may be goddess on
a pedestal and worshipped as such, but
ne m'nute she becomes a mans wife
sla climbs down and off and becomes
Il dependent She Ia In his grin. He
cah treat her Pretty much as he plcases
His attitude toward her makes her
happiness or her misery and II she
wants to know whether he will be kind
to her and tender and conslderate she
can find out by seeing how he treats
others who ere In his power.
No man can have a finer testimonial
to his character than TO be adored by
chambermaids and be hero to his
cffice boy. and TO have those who serve
him dc II with smile Nor is there
any condemnation of 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 al
restaurant. Marry nc man who does
not like TO eat because the cooking
stove H. wife's best friend. and she
can coniure moro with a good dinner
than she can with all the arts Of all the
sirens but there is Il difference be-
tween the man who enjoys hts food and
the man whot Is pernickty about It.
II he eats what Is set before him with
n relish and asks no questions You win
have husband who viii be comfortable
and reasonable and easy 10 get along
with, but II he has to have Just some
one particular table where the light Is
Just so and there are no draughts, and
u he fusses over the menu and tells the
waiter exactly how he wants every
thing cooked, and II he gets into a tenn
per II the service isn't perfect and his
evening Is spoiled Il There is grain
ton much or too little OF seasoning in
his sauce, consider We'll before you
marry him He win make the sort Of
q husband who " always batting his
Mifc's cooking and wondering why sha
never leafhs 10 cook, and who snoops
around the iceh0N and censors the
garbage can, and life with him win be
domestic slavery
Thirdly. observe the mans general
outlook on life Take note Of whether
he thinks this L. a pretty good old
world, all thirgs considered, and wheth-
er he is inclined to believe the best of
his fellow creatures, and 10 think that
everything Is bound to turn out pretty
well In the end or whether he lis gloomy
ana gfouchy and pessimlstie, and be-
lieves that all men and all women are
liars and deceivers and Is generally dis
gruntled with life.
Whether married life seems long or
not depends upon whether you get an
optimist or a 2essmist for a hus.
band. For when n woman has ceased
10 be an angel TO man and becomes
lnst another hur 'a1 being he treats
her as he does the balance Of the world
and he smiles upon her, or frowns ON
her, he iollies her along, or knocks her
just as he does others.
In the fourth place, observe a mans
feeling towards his own possessions
There are men who are dslusioned Of
a thing the minute they get It, and who
are never satisfied with anything they
have They are eternally allured by the
other mans horse or mouse or automu-
bile, and see nothing but faults with
their own.
There are other men. of a complacent
nature. who find that their own mere
possession of a thing enhances II with
mystical qualities Of perfection Every
thing they have is ftnwless. BY some
chance they get the best automobile OF
that particular make that was ever
turned out Of the shop Their house Is
marvel OF the builders art. Their
dog has supernatural wisdom.
Marry man who Is disconnected with
his belongings and he will be a fault
finding husband. who viii always be
wandering around looking with covet-
us eyes at other mems wives
But marry the man who likes his own
things and you shall have a faithful
husband who will always admire you
and brag about you 10 others. for the
very fact that you are his wife clothes
sou with every Write and grace.
Oh there are many things In which
a girl can SIZE a man up II she will only
look at the things he does instead Of
listening to the things he says.
Copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler Syn