Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
THE FOUR SIS.

THE FOUR SIS.
uA xo,ng man 70 me the other day:
.rWhat l am looking for Is o gifi VINO
u,.'sscs tho -four SIS. and when find her,
I'm going TO camp on her doorstep uhtii
.be narrics me or has me arrested ioi
nh.tructing traffic in her vicinity. :,
asNhat are the four SIS? They are the
four cardinal virtues IN woman i'eS ''e
Strength.
Suusreness.
Sincerity.
Sweetness.
az want a wife who ia strong IN mlnn
And body. Ii is to laugh, ism 7 1t, 10 reeaii
that in our mothers time it was an aspei-
.ion ON a womans character 70 eau hei
sstronc-minded, and men fouSnt snS VI
her unless she could ppnve an ailoi oy ac1-
ing like ninny, and that IN our e'aipuI
mothers time it was thought ooa,se atlu
,,,Igsr for a girl to be strong and healthy
snd have a good appetite, and a perfect
iadv was ALWAYS ready to pull of fant
ST the slightest provocationf !,
"WeIl | don't want any swoonlngy all
;,c yoruan about me- whose nerves Will
aIsavs have TO be considering, and VINO
a,,ll ragale me with a list of her symptoms
} when | come home tired at night.
III IN health comes 10 the woman |
v,o-rv | hone that shall be enough OF
-, and n gentleman to show my wite
+ sver, tenderness. and courtesy and con
+ sideu,tion, but I'm not going to dehoerateI
IL csDouse IA weak. ncurotlc creature, anu
L., myself in for lifetime of doctor oiiis'
Nv ideal woman Is one VINO IS hushif
enough to work shoulder to shouider WIN
sman and play with hm like another man
And the wife | want must ne stroi't
hofN- dolls with
never an idea in their sawdust heaf' toi
want II wife who will be a real COM
Danion One who reads and studies ana
links and has opinions OF her OWL
,,nt !, wife with whom can talk over my
business and who will bring to my AID the
lion feminine intuition that often amounts
~ yenirs | want wife with Judgment,
sr3 ,ni-ativc. who will he able to take
r.rr nf herself in a pinch, and who wont
r,ake the thought Of death a terror to me
brr,t,se she would be 81 helpless alone
Tben my ideal woman must he square
She must be honest. and honorable, ana
shove board know men who thlnk it a
cunning feminine tuck for their wives 70 60
tbr,urh their pockets at night ana get
.Ntr4, money bN having II camouhaged as
canned goods on the grocery hili ana VINO
take everything their wives tell them Win
y gram oi salt L;.s
Fl should hate a wife who was a thief
and a liar could never look ~ her win
n5t .lch j contempt for her hat couldn
oT5,r, Lrr society n single dav Oh. /
know that manv q woman who is guilty o.
prttv larceny i driven to Il ny her hus-
Ind : stinglness But they need the
...,ney' /. the excuse that everybody who
.t,.4l- makes. and IN these davs when any
woman can make her own living, Il seems
4, me- that really square woman would
ger alt and earn money before she would
sn,,k II in undcrhanded ways from her
husband
And I must know thst my wife is so
sn,lsr, that there can be no place for
,,,lo,sy in nv scheme OF life. None of the
lar,rn stuff for me / want my wife to 60
about. TO be admired. To enjoy the socIctv
~ interesting men, and must know her
10 be so straight, 50 loyal, 50 true, that Il
would be as impossible thing for her 70
betrav me. or TO do anything 10 bring n
smirch on the name have gwen her, as II
would be for fire 20 turn to ice
"And nv ideal girl must be sincere
Ih.te pose and pretense as the devil hates
holy water don't want 70 be lollled and
cajoled, and worked.
like a girl who doeen' pretend TO have
ncad books that she has never heard Of. or
10 have a passion for classical music when
hcr real taste Is for jazz,and who makes out
that she Is domestic, when she couldn
holl water without burning L
And | doubly hate the kind OF women
Who have long scratchy claws concealed
in their nice little soft paws, and who are
slyyavs giving YOU a scratch when YOU
last expect il. You know what | mean
the kind of women who glsh, and gush.
and e1i-Cle. and tell YOU how wonderful
YOU are. and then say sonnet hing mcancl
about YOU than YOUR worst enemy woulc
have invented That kind Of a glrl makes
-he sort OF a wife who sucks 70 maj
lust as long as ms money-nakIng ucl
holds out. and then suddenly finds SOM
par, of an excuse that entities her 70 {
divorce from him
Il want eIri who Is sincere, whose Wort
can depend on, whose character Is 81
WOOL and a ward wide, and Just what !
sppears 20 be, and whose kisses are not 70
sale not even 70 her husband
And nv IDEAL woman must have sweet
ness Without that. all the other charm
of woman are as the cracking of tho1n
under a pot Sound and fury, slgnlfylnl
nothing
The wife want must be gentle with 6
low sOft voice and quiet movements. 6h
must have a sympathy that never fails
She must have tenderness and under
,tandIng, and a compassion like the mere.
Of God. She must be all that we meaI
when we say Of woman that she it des
and a sweet
'aOf course. l don't know what any gI1
who possesses the four SIS will want with
poor blunderIng thing like me, but womel
do lots Of foolish things, and maybe one Q
them Will be silly enough To throw hersel
awsyon me Any nyway, Tnhave Try st II.
THE GIRL ON THE JOB.