Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-18
WOn1QnS Life and LOUe
DO Business Girls Make Good Wires?
BY wINIFRED HARPER COOLEY

and perhaps she even was skilled in
bookkeeping or accounting, and so, the
IL. Z. j.. has nothing on her. The but
terffy kind thinks money grows on
trees. and is pceved IL her hubby doesn I
pay bills like lightning calculator.
"Oh. come now You are making the
ex business girl a combination of minis
tering angel and efficiency expert.
guess III advertise in matrimonial
journal. or 60 to n business college and
put in a list of requirements, and have
bunch of applicants for wife sent out
for me to select from. Or. it might
be n good scheme to circularize with a
form letter to 100 Office girls. a ques-
tionnairc. from which | could choose
the one having 9T per cent or over
rating-you make me very weary. Love
is subtle thing. the harmony of souls.
You cant tell why you love person !;
she may be little idiot. yet have a
dimple that just turns your head. You
don't find n wife deliberately by going
to an intelligence Office
NO: ! don't think you would have
any place in an INTELLIGENCE Of
flee Who said one picked out wives
by system? il was you who worked
out all that dope. OF course. folks fall
in love for thousand not-to-be ex-
planned reasons. I am not a 'sex-psy-
chologist' What | was talking about
was what qualifications were satisfac-
tory and lasting, and made you happy
80 that you grew old together gracefully.
and didn't rush to divorce court
because OF trivialities. Rich and idle
people seldom are happily married. II
you are susceptible to the dimpled idiot
type of female. you'd better avoid her
as you would the plague, and associate
with Jeally nice. wise. capable girls
who will be sensible partners. II you
didn't want to we'd an Indian sQuaw. it
would be wise 10 keep away from the
reServntion--for q man never knows
when he will fall for a skirt, most un-
expectedly."
Seriously" We interposed. aren't
there n few things against the business
wife? Docsn' { she get restless at having
to exc out one income for two. when
used 10 good salary all her own :;
or at having to ask man for every
cent: and doesn't she sometimes hate
domestic small tasks that are so un-
remunerative, but take as much physical
labor as a real job?'
well, | suppose there are some such.
and spirited girl who draws tight
wad may wish she were an Garner again
but the gambling chance is with the
practical. trained woman. After a COM
mercial job. houscwork in modern flats
is just child's play. with all the cute
labor saving inventions. Her trained
mind works out housekeeping as part
time job. and she manipulates a vacuum
cleaner or fireless cooker like demon
strator!"
II see you are incorrigible. and I
think Won are about right. Our bache-
lOr frien1 hCre nroha hly bns heen 70
fused by the cashier of his restaurant.
hope he will try again. know
plump secretary who Is n born cook and
loves the suburbs and wears pink
waist. and-oh. il is too good 10 be
true-she has a big dimple! Let's make
a match. and score one for the Business
Girl as opposed TO the Idle Spendcr."
1T doesn't sound so bad know n
female real estate agent that has a
wonderful little bungalow" replied the
bachelor tboughtfully.