The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-16
"How to Educate a Wife"
Letters Are Coming in Fast

HAVE you sent In your essay. on
IL How to Educate a Wife,
Many very interesting ones have
been received. and with the opening
Of the picture at the Coliseum to-
day. many new angles will develop.
DO not take the matter too seri-
oualy.
Elinor Glyn. famous for her many
successes. has a manner OF putting
things before us IN such a realistic
way. Her views on How 20 Edu.
cate wife" may not agree NJ all
with yours. so write 4 200word let
ter 10 Us. either seriously or in. a
comedy vein. and win one OF the
prizes offered by the merchants list.
Ell below.
Should wife be educated before
marriage. and. n 50. what method
Of procedure should DO followed to
obtain this education. The Y. NJ. c.
AS In some eastern cities are Civ.
Ing courses which impart very val
liable Information 70 prospective
husbands. Similar courses should
be arranged for girls about TO be
married. Here's an angle from
which you can write your opinion
and probably win one OF the prizes.
Here are some OF the letters al.
ready received:
Contest Editor: You do not need
20 Educate a Wife" II she has II
In her to be a good wife. she will be
one; and u not. nothing can make
her one. Itsis true. she might get
along better II she knew how to sew
and cook. But there Is many n wife
who knows how TO sew and cook.
ard vii never make a good wife.
a good wife has 10 have II In her
10 give in even II she knows abe
Is right.
Also TO try to keep the worries OF
the home away from her husband.
as he has outside worries and ex.
poets haven OF rest at home"
Such a woman is born. not edu.
Gated. MRS. o. II. BOND.
r. !, Box 1s4. Burlington. wash.
Contest Editor: I thought the sys.
TEN Of Educating Wives" went out
with bustles and hot toddies. But II
they're still doing II. I'D suggest
TACT. 1t goes further and wins
more battles than all the other ef.
forts Of human nature combined.
Our girls OF today. the wives of
tomorrow. stand firmly on their own
feet and look you directly in the eye.
Are morally capable Of making their
own way. Meet men on an equal
basis in the political game. business
world or on the athletic field. They
are pals" and they want neither a
fool nor a brute for a mate, but
MAN.
Let that nan use tact, kindness
and confederation: let him be not
100 proud to coax, instead OF rave
and bully; let him disguise his own
selfish desires; let him treat her as
human being. instead OF either q
queen or chattle. and, given the
average girl Of today for wife"
IN few years he can auction her
off for enough TO settle the war
debt. MRS. J. o. BovEE,
1929 Harvard Ave.
Contest Editor: How to educate a
wife: What the wife OF today needs
Is less education" and more com.
mon sense, in the gentle art OF hus.
band.taming. / believe that half
OF our matrimonial tragedies could
DC avoided by the use OF less propa.
ganda and more good, old.fashIoned
truth.
When our dashing Shlek begins
rushing his Sheba around. does he
ask himself honestly IL she Is girl
VINO will be right there when fel-
Ter needs friend?" Is he honest
with the girl, in giving her an idea
OF his financial limitations? Indeed
not! He says IL with flowers" says
1t with cantg," says II with movies
ana dances" and even says IL with
liquor" The girl who reads poetry
and "darns her own" is left "slttin'
IN a corner" Then. with that sort Of
"cducation," the poor. deluded fellow
fondly hopes that this little flapper
viii be flourishing a mean broom
ana welding Il wicked saucepan, tho
day after the ceremony
Now, why, in the name OF com.
mon sense, don't our flaming
youths' give their girls a little real
education In what will be expected