The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
(Ry MIS-. M. R.


AZ ONTANA women, like women
Ns the world over, are interested
Az in all that pertains to matri-
mOny, inclusive of the initial stage
of courtship. They are either mar
ried, or hope to be, unless they have
taken vows of -spinsterhOod. Being,
according to Bernard Shaw, and 9TH
er reliable observes, rhet pursuer,
it is but naturally that a mowan is de-
sirOUs of knowing the likes and dis
likes of her destined prey, and what
kind of a woman a man favors, or
fancies he does.
1t is not difficult to learu what one
man believes to be the ideal wife, but
MANY men, many minds and tastes
therefore vary. What is the standard Of
feminine virtues held by the majority ?
This must be known to the huntress, that
she may regulate her tactics accordingly.
To gain this knowledge Of masculine
tastes in an 0uthOrttive form, one Of
our wOmenS journals has sent out a
QUESTIONABLE to the graduates of ten uni
verSiticS, and from the answers received
has learned what these intellectual fledg-
iin@s require in a wife,
She must be "a hOme-bOdy, who will
have at least two children; a woman with
less education than her husband, one who
does not want a business career Of her
own. who does not smoke, drink or pet.
f -0E HNN@ 'Eo -
the time Of marriage is between twenty
five or thirty
Here is the whole thing in a nut shell
but is IL safe for our girls TO take this
expressed opinion as conclusive? l fear
not II is but necessary to discover who
Us the most popular girl with the opposite
sex. Is il the quiet, hOme-bOdy with do
nestle tastes, or the one endowed with
unlimited pep who leads her victim to
the altar? 1t is undoubtedly true that men
OF small intellectual caliber like to cherish
Hhn- NraaA NhnE fhnH umAWr nnn Nhn.
their wives. Recognizing this masculine
trait, l once heard a wise. elderly French
woman advise her daughter: Never let a
man think you know more than he"
As most men have mediocre minds,
women who would marry should make note
Of the fact and conduct themselves ac-
cOrdingly until the game is safely bagged,
/ am not so sure about the business career
being an impeachment to matrimOny. AT
least one instance has come to my knOwl-
edge Of an engagement being broken, be-
cause the prospective bride planned to
give mp her job when she married. Does
she think I'm going to pay our living
expenses, or use my money to furnish q
flatE Not on your Bfe!' and there was
another blighted romance.
Concerning the necessity Of a wOman'S
being religious, no special faith is in
sisted upon. She can he anything from
a voodoo addict to a Holy Roller, it is
apparently all the same to the man in
search of a wife. Her faStidiOuSnesS is
another thing. Would she marry at all il
she possessed this trait, or. to be more
explicit. would she marry him, who de
mands this p%re-nuptial qualification?
trow not. Pctting also in the discard
seems to be the price paid by the modern
Girl for any attention shown her by
young mon. One who ventures to Objec
TO il is at once rated as enid Victorian.
There remains the age limit. Fortunately
thiS is no longer sweet sixteen. on the on,
hand, and twenty-five on the other. Their
is now hope for the unmarried woman o
twenty-five six, seven, eight and nine
but no applicants will be considered afte,
thirty years are reached. They are ex
pected to follow Hamlet's command, zee
thee to a nUnnery,' Or it's equivalent.
With all this in mind the editor of tn
WOman's Home Companion, adds to it
report of the answers to it's QUESTIONABLE
Lets make a note to follow up thes
same young men ten years hence and fin
out how many of them got that kind o
wife; and il not, why not" Meanwhile
the girl Of today who would marry, an
her mother who would bring about he
marriage, should not be guided altOgethe
by what these young men said, but lie