The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
Hubbies Tire
When Vices
Get FrO7USy
RY Martha Lee


When a wife starts to notice q
waning interest on the part of her
husband, it is time she began taking
stock Of herself.
Granting that the man married
here because he loved her above all
other women, because he thought
her most capable of making him
happy, because he wanted a home,
it is ten to one the beginning of his
unrest and disinterest in her lies
within herself.
Men are more infinitely bound to
convention than women. Most of
them feel definitely the duties i'm
posed upon them by matrimony and
~fatherhood. How else car the fact
that they work u%ntiringly for their
wives and families be explained?
Now, when a husband of this type
starts giving second glances at other
women, it usually is because his
wife gives him no good reason to
feel that his esthetic senses will be
gratified by combining his admiring
glances to the native hearth.
The Fights Not Over
Too many wome have the idea
that once they have gotten the man
to the altar their struggles to keep
themselves attractive and we'll
groomed are over. That is a terri
BILE mistake for any woman to make.
If she has not particular desire to
retain her attractiveneSS for her
own good, she must realize that
every man wants to be proud of his
wife. He wants her to be charming
and we'll liked.
For in spite of all the talk about
clothes not making the man, they
are pretty sure indications of char
acter on first acquaintance. Look
at the woman who goes about her
home all day in an old dressing
sacque and you will see a woman
who sweeps the dust under the COR
nerS Of the rug.
A wife is a mans reminder of
what he has been worthy of in life.
If she turns out to be a drab, care
less, slovenly woman, he can not
help but feel that he has been
cheated or that he was not worthy
of anything better. And both are
extremely detrimental.
Dear Miss Lee-I have been married ten
years and I am Just about ready to give
UP. When I married my wife she was
very attractive and seemed interested in
everything. I was proud to be seen with
her.
I am not a wealthy man. but we have
a very comfort-home and a good income.
I am not stingy with her. In fact. I ask
her to go downtown and buy herself some
nice clothes.
But here's the point. She seems to have
lost interest in herself. = We have two
children. She says she can't be fixing her
self up all the time n take care of the
children. too. But. Miss Lee. our best
friends. a married couple. have three
children. and she always looks very at
t~ractive. Her home always looks nice and
clean. so do her children. and still she
seems to find time to dress well and look
neat.
MY wife goes about the house in such
ragged looking house dresses I could not
think of bringing anyone home without
warning her first. NY friend often takes
frinds home to dinner without warning
his wife. and she always is ~presentable
and hoSpitable.
I am getting so I am ashamed Of my
wife. I hardly can stand it any longer.
it gets on my nerves SO. When I talk to
her about 1t. she say she is a good wife
and mother. and I can't expect her to be
a fashion plate. too. is there anything I
can do to make her care more about her
appearance. If not for her sake, then for
mine? A HUSBAND.
There are hundreds of wives who
have larger families and fewer
means, who manage to keep them
selves and their homes attractive
to their husbands. Your wife mere
ly is lazy.
Give Vanity a play"
1t is discouraging to be met at
the door at night by a frowsy wom-
an in a dirty house dress. Some
thing has to be done to snap her
out of it. Her pride must be pricked.
If she is stubborn, it will do no
good to compare her, aloud, to your
friends wife, but it might do a great
deal of good to mention how proud
you used to be to walk down the
street with her when she wore that
stunning brown outfit she had be-
fore you were married. Give the
old vanity a "big play."' 1t never
fails.