The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-07
Ten Qualities.
To Look For
I'm Mate
! BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on the Problems OF
! Love and Marriage

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! we read and hear much now
adays about choosing q husband
wisely. Might it not be well to
consider for change, how to
choose a wife?
On a mans choice of his wife
depends most of his success, pros.
perity, happiness, health and
wealth-and hers as well.
Authorities agree that marriage
Is the most important event in
life. except birth and death. But
while a man cannot control his
birth and death, he has only him
self to congratulate or blame for
his marriage.
Men and women want marriage
e--the loyal, lasting union Of one
man and one woman.
The jewel of the engagement
ring, with its clear brillfance and
flashes of light, signifies this per-
manent, steadfast love of a man
and maid. Divorce and wretchedIy
discordant married life disiIlusion,
embitter and harden. leaving scars
of the spirit which seldom en-
tirely heal. So marry wisely, then
devote all your strength, wisdom
and tender love to making your
marriage a permanent, happy
success.
Never mind though you have
not a great deal OF this worlds
goods, provided you are eager to
work, healthy and capable Of
making an honest living for a
family. A girl who claims to love
you. but cannot or will not begin
at the bottom OF the ladder with
you and slowly, contentedly climb
up. is not the wife for you.
A prominent club woman is re-
eponsible for the statement that
not more than 80 per cent of
modern girls are capable Of max
ing good wives. The remaining
20 per cent, she claims, will prove
hght-headed. irresponsible Jazz
fiends or petting baby dolls,
mere household drudges or else
the nagging type. Is there truth
In this charge, girls?
When it comes to marriage,
most men are incurably romantic.
Dick has dream of a little home
in the country, a simple dinner,
about the table, a pipe beside the
open fire in the living room,
wife who thinks him wonderful
darling, even though he himself
knows better.
Are there such wives to be had?
Yes, Dick. there are, Il you will
but look for them and wait until
you find your Golden Girl. OF
course, If meantime you allow
yourself to be lured TO the altar
by a siren whom you despise in
your heart, YOU cannot complain
when you find yourself joining
the ranks of alimony husbands.
What qualities should a man
look for in a wife?
May suggest the following:
Good hunor; wholesome good
looks; honest; goodness; kindness;
compatibility; prac tic al home
making efficiency; ability to econ.
ornize; good health; personal dain.
tiness and neatness; fon6ness for
home and children.
What do you think of this list,
to read this column? Can you sug-
gest a better? If 50 will you not
let US hear from you?
How and where are we to
meet girls with qualities enabling
them to be successful wives?"
am asking this question, in
substance. by countless young
men.
Nice girls, sensible girls, lovable,
modest girls-girIs who are not
anemic and sallow under scarlet
lipstick and permanent bushes
because of late hours, under.nour.
ishment and over stimulation
are about you everywhere. But
you will have to cultivate discern.
ment to recognize them and estab-
lish friendship patiently, rather
than rush into hectic, cheap love-
making.
The safest, happIest marriages,
perhaps, are those between young
people who PLAYED together as
youngsters and grew up as friends,
liking and understanding each
other.
Cultivate the friendship of many
girls who seem sincere and worth
while. Study them; make sure
they are not bluffs. Choose for
your own girl who is depend
able, able to see and take a joke,
wholesome. kind. companionable.
Make yourself the kind of man
whom the girl of your heart can
like and love and trust.
All success to you In your quest.
May you WOO, win and we'd your
Golden Girl and. after years of
happy married life, celebrate with
her your golden wedding anniver.
ssry!