THE OMAtTA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 18, 1920.
How To Be
Successful
. Wife ;
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By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
Many women would say that the
uccessful wife is the one w,ho has
mastered the art of keeping her
husband's love. (There are other
views of this matter, but I won't
go into them now.)
At all events, it's beyond question
that from the beginning of time
women have wanted to be loved.
and that they want it now no less
. than they ever did.
But nothing that 1 can think of
has more radically changed than the
means employed to achieve this uni
versal desire.
There have been long ages of the
world's history when women bej
lieved that lo.ve was largely de
pendent, on magic. At such times
professional traffickers in love
ji i i . i- j .
inarms nave nounsnea greaiiy, ana
hordes of fortune tellers and their
kind have lived as a smaller num
ber still do at the expense of the
superstitious and the love-sick.
Wives and sweethearts thought
then that a few drops of a liquid
rnnpnf firtn irsllffrt a 1rvi nVii1t.r
dropped in the loved one's drinking
goblet, would kp him thoroughly
enamored. If it didn't work, the
only explanation was that the right
magic hadn't been employed.
At other times women have be
lieved that beauty was the only
means of gaining or of holding a
husband's love. If a woman is thor
oughly converted to thip belief she
never ltts her good looks alone, but
spends so much time and labor in
beautifying and hyper-bcaultfying
herself that her husband is prcroably
very much bored by the artificiality
of the result and unconsciously be
gins fo look about Him for more in
teresting society.
Of late years wives eager to be
loved have had more practical coun
sels They have been urgently ad
vised never to wear curl papers ex
cept in the strictest privacy. Never
to we.ar a wrapper to the breakfast
table. Always to begin to smile :
when they hear their husband's foot I
upon the stairs. And, above all. to
study diligently the art of cooking,
aiid to see that every mcai repre
sents a triumph of this art.
- Wve and a Good Dinner.
A good deal of excellent sense has
beer, conveyed with such advice as
this. .Beauty certainly won't win
love -if it's defaced by curl papers,
and the most devotedly attached
husband won't feel like expressing j
his love for his wife if she allows !
him to go hungry or, worse than I
.hungry, tantalized, "tormented, per-
h.ins even enraeed. bv the sight of ,
food that proves not to be eatable, j I
In this department of lite, above j
all others, all authorities agree that
it's wiser to take no chances. See
that a man is well fed before you
dream of testing his love for you.
Rut this isn't the whole story.
For mv oart. I believe that there's
a modern way of making one's self j
beloved that a a good deal more
effective than all the old ways
IUIICU hit L. V i- . f J
founded on a paradox. I have a no
tion that the, woman is loved most
who tries least to gain love.
A woman who does nothing all
day but wait for her husband to
come hom ami who painstakingly
thinks up ways make "him admire
her after he k there isn't very
liWelyVto hold his love for a lifetime.
' Women whose day's work consists
jn cpld-crcaming their faces, waving
their hair and washing and ironing
"fripjxe'ry to put on in the evening de
feat, their own object. They will
rever inspire or retain any love
worth speaking of.
The truth is that the woman who
holds her husband's love is not only
his wife but his comrade. He feels
safe with her, because he knows she
isn't- straining every nerve to be
witch him. So he is able to confide
i n- t ai.,rv mfin Ignore in mn-
fide, in a woman and you know
hw tightly bound one is to the per
son one has the habit of confiding
in. , He respects her in a sense in
which then haven't always respected
women. And he finds her a better
companion for play or work than
' any man can' be.
"" A Modern Type of Wife.
You know the kind of woman I
mean. They are springing up ev
erywhere in these days of votes for a
rvn.n in4 inhe ( sr .mry-.tv,.i on1 I
(.yjuvii, aim j . i j ivri nuiui.ii, aiiiA.
'above all. of common sense for
Vpmen. The kind of girl that
Ijnows how to do something well
and "does it and gets paid for it.
The " kind that thoroughly likes
men, but is a trusty friend to her
own sex also. The kind that loves
home and children, but loves out
doors, too. and is the best of fun
either' to keep house with or go
oh a vacation with.
'. This is the kind of wife that
doesn't get left behind when her
husband . goes ,on any kind of a
good time, because he knows he
..will,. have, so much better time if
he will- consent to go with him.
."SKt:is a dependable companion on
a', , camping trip, because she isn't
afraid, of anything, ccn of hard
work. And she's the best possible
kind of friend to read a book or
'go to the theater with, or even to
.loaf .with.
' - But she's not at all the kind to
leave behind in the flat, at least
when there are no babies there,
expecting her to put in the time
.embroidering .something or dusting
"something until you come back at
nVht.
She is too full of energy and am
bition -to agree to anything of the
"sort.': Her husband disposed of, and
,her rjomestic responsibilities effi
cient compressed into the short
est time possible, she goes out to
look tip a iob of her own. To put
in' day after day alone in a flat
would seem to her the stupidest
kimf" ' of self-irilprisonment n a
cage. - , , . .
a So she gayly works at her job
while her husband works at his.
Somebody will disapprovingly ask
wfio, in that case, gets the dinner.
According to the approved modem
system, whichever partner gets home
first starts the pot boiling. Then
they finish the preparation together.
-Or-it may be that the idinner ha
"hKeirin. afireless cooker all day and
-that it i$ only necessary to place it
oil 'f he table.
r-An efficient wife who doesn't have
o give too much thought o beauty
and the atj of fascination bethinks
herself of a good many expedients
for making home comfortable.
Des she give no thought at all
to the ancient problem of keeping
her husband in love with her?
It may be thatn these days some
of the love worry has been takni over
by the husband, which would seem
to be only fair. Or it may be that
they understand each other so
thoroughly that they can take each
others love for granted. It's the
happiest arrangement so far con
trived in the world, to my way of
thinking. And I believe that the
women of this sort are the most
successtui wives who have
lived.
ever
Although most Greek girls are
naturally very pretty, they begin to
paint and powder from a very early
age the cheeks bright red, the eye
brows and lashes deepest black, and
veins delicately blue. The result is
that they are withered oldwomen at
40, and thus nowhere are uglier fe
males to be found than beneath the
blue skies of this classic land.
Council Bluffs Society
v Grote-Walker.
The -wedding of Miss Isabclle
Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wyllis Walker, to Howard Grote,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Grote of
this city, took place Tuesday at the
home of the bride's uncle, Reno
Walker of Carson. Rev. G. L. Berge
nian officiating. The bride was at
tended by Miss Helen Hartje. Harry
Olscn of Mineola served as best
man. Miss Helen Grote, sister of
the groom, carried the ring in a
large basket of pink and white sweet
i.cas. The bride wore a gown of
white chiffon Over pink silk. Her
tulle veil was held in place by a
band of pearls. A reception at the
home of the bride's parents followed
the ceremony. After a wedding trip
in the cast the couple will be at home
at Shenandoah.
Double Birthday.
Mrs. T. J. Henry entertained at
her home Wednesday at a miscella
neous birthday shower for Mrs. R.
S. Lewis and Mrs. S. A. Sizcr. Those
present were members of the El
Decn club and Mrs. Howard Martin,
Mrs. Russell Conrad, Mrs. Ernest
;m u Misses Saunders, Ring, Evans,
Kruie Martin. Louise Baily, Dora
Ncda, Alice Mouser, Dorothea and
Louise Sizer. Birthday cakes and
ice cream were served.
Dinner Party.
, Mr. and Mrs. George Van Brunt
entertained at a dinner dance at the
Country club Friday.. Those pres
ent. were Jlr. and Mrs. Charles Han
nan, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hess, Mr.
ar.d Mrs. E.,A. Wicham, Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Dudley, Misses Geral
dine and Gretchen Hess and Marion
Turner and Messrs. Blaine Wilcox,
Wallace Shepherd, Robert Will of
Nider'of
Rotary Dinner.
The Rotarian dinner tpok place
Thursday evening at the Council
Bluffs Country club. There were 70
guests present.
Bridge Party.
Mrs. Edith Beardsley entertained
informally at bridge Thursday after
noon at the Country club. There
were four tables.
Presbyterian Picnic.
The ladies of the September
group of the First Presbyterian
church entertained their families at
a picnic supper at the Country
club Thursday. Forty-five ,were
present.
Hanford, la., and
Mfson City, la.
M. C.
Personal
Miss Mary Wallace will spend the
i ext week at Camp Brewster.
Miss Josephine Klein left Mon
day for a visit in Atchison, Kan.,
and Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. A Callahan of Los Angelea
is visiting at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. John McAtte.
Miss Dorothy Rogers of Chicago
will arrive Monday to he the guest
of Miss Geraldine Hess.
Miss Clair Mclnnerney has re
turned from a two weeks' visit to
Dubuque, Waterloo and Crcsco.
Mrs. W. L
Monday trom a six weeks trip in
Michigan, Indiana and adjoining
states.
Mrs.vW. L. Douglas and daugh
ter, Elizabeth, leave early next week
fcr Sioux City, where they will visit
friends
Mr, and Mrs. Clinton Oldham
Brown left Thursday by motor for
Colorado and Wyoming. They ex
pect to be in Cheyenne for the Fron
tier celebration.
Miss Dorothy Hurd of Council
Bluffs has gone to Washington,
D. C, where she will be the guest
of Miss Virginia Merrit. Miss Hurd
will spend the summer in Washing
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kimball
and Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hendricks
If 1 1 Thursday for Yellowstone park
and other points In the Rockies.
They expect lo spend several days
trout fishing.
Chester Bowers, Lee Huff of Oin
nlia, C. L. Carpen of Lincoln and
Paul Burrliam rvf M on (in in in nn.
Leverett retirnedrtoicd to I'ine Lodge, Wis. last
week. Mr. Walter Homback will
join them soon.
Dr. Van Orden will join his wife
and daughter, Dorothy, a Cornover,
Wis., Monday. The Misses Char
lotte and Bertha Van Orden will
lerve the first of next week to visit
in Appleton, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shugart and
Mr. and Mrs. George Hanthorne
;:nd daughter, Marion, will spend
the week-end in Lincoln, guests of
Mi. and Mrs. Richard Bennett.
.'.s Vera Landstrom and Miss
Esther Hadlund returned Sunday
morning from a three-week vacation
trip to the east. They were dele
gaets to the northern Baptist con
vention held in Buffalo and the B.
Y. P. U. of A. convention held in
Toronto, Canada. They visited rel
atives of Miss Hadlund in Boston
and spent soiiie time sipht-seeing in
Albany. Niagara Falls, Detroit and
Chicago; and several days cruising
on Lakes Ontario and trie.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hiker and
daughter, Frances, and Mr. and Mrs.
Xi'iinpheu Heynctt motored north
to Elbow Park, Wis., this week.
They expect to be gone three weeks
and will return home by way of
Mii.neapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Rose and
son, Howard, will (rave Saturday
t'- r Colorado. They expect to be in
Denver most of the time, making
short trips into the mountains. They
will spend several days at Colorado
Springs.
Mint. Schumann - Heink has
"hanged her plans in regard to :a
European tour and -will continu
her recital engagements in this
cojutry, which have already booked
rapidly for the coming season.
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