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they are pleasingly conspicuous if 

 they exist; shockingly patent if 

 they are absent. 



The housewifely qualifications 

 are of prime importance. No true 

 man of the substantial and success- 

 ful sort loves or wholly respects a 

 girl because of the gaudiriess of 

 her apparel or the brilliancy of her 

 smile. He may admire her, but it 

 is much the same sort of admira 

 tion he lavishes upon a pretty pic- 

 ture or a plate from a fashion mag- 

 azine. He would not want her for 

 his own; in the chosing of a wife 

 he would strike her from the list of 

 eligibles. Her nature would not 

 be of the kind that would be sym- 

 pathetic in times of sorrow; her in- 

 fluence would not be strengthening 

 if he were called upon to meet mis- 

 fortune. Her influence in the home 

 would not conserve that peace, 

 happiness and quietude which 

 makes of home a retreat from the 

 trials and worries of business. 



In preparing for wifehood the 

 girl has a herculean task. She 

 must expect to "love, honor and 



obey" her husband for an average 

 lifetime of thirty years. During 

 this time there are three meals to 

 prepare each day, three hundred 

 and sixty-five times each year, for 

 the individual whose stomach if 

 not- filled or his palate gratified, 

 refuses to be happy or congenial. 

 Added to. this are the daily duties 

 of the house, the bearing and 

 bringing up of children and the de- 

 mands of society to be met. It is 

 a task which in its total is appall- 

 ing, and for which careful prepara- 

 tion should be made. It is a task 

 which the frivilously inclined do 

 not accomplish and the intelligent 

 man realizes that the possession of 

 housewifely qualifications is a true 

 indication of sterling worth and 

 good quality. 



With the acquirement of the vir- 

 tues herein enumerated any girl of 

 sound mind can fit he'rself for and 

 rise to the choicest position in the 

 world that of the wife of an hon- 

 est, loving, discriminating man 

 She must either do this or become 

 a second or third choice. 



