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( Who is the Ideal Wife and where
does she dwell?
She’s that “Not Impossible She”
long sought in song and story, of
course —and she dwells safe in the
heart of her husband.
No other niche in life fits or could
comfortably hold such $ rara avis as
the Ideal W 7 ife.
Since her price is above rubies, one 1
naturally does not expect to find her
enshrined in any temple made with
hands. True, she may dwell in a pal
ace, but her real home is in the heart
created for her to fill —that of the man
whose ideal is realized in jthe qualities
that go to make her what she is.
What, says one, is an ideal wife?
How would a man know if he came
across that extraordinary creature?
And the question opens up avenues for
a hundred definitions of ideal wife.
For as there are many men of many
minds, so there are quite as many
men with quite as many hearts. And
quite as varied ideas of what ideal
qualities will be met and molded in
the creature who shall mean all per
fection to them.
Must Have Many Qualities.
The ideal wife is not a type; she is
an individual. One woman may em
body all the qualities of an ideal wife
to one man, and be quite as much of a
mismate to another. It depends alto
gether on such a number of things —
sympathy with a man’s ideals, of his
motives, appreciation of his big and
good points and an infinite charity for
those in which he fails —and all these
go to make up that perfect under
standing in which two souls are held
as one.
A man needs a wife who can work
with him and who can play with him.
Who can point him to the “dream,”
even in the business of everyday liv
ing; who can hold his faith up to the
high ideal of the best and the truest
and put her shoulder gallantly to the
wheel and help him get to it.
An ideal wife should be more than a
figurehead to a man’s house, though
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one hears this expression so often that
So-and-So makes an admirable “head”
for the house of her rich husband.
It always reminds me of the old
head of a woman who used to be put
on most of the vessels at sea. There
are many wives that are “heads of the
house” that occupy positions as far as
real human responsibility goes not
unlike these wooden heads on those
old-time ships.
Can’t Be a Figurehead.
A wife can’t be a figurehead on the
matrimonial ship. If the voyage is to
be a safe, happy and a prosperous one
the captain sees to it that she has real
duties and responsibilities to take
upon her. A first mate is an excel
lent position for such a one. And she
selddm falls down when she assumes
the duties that go with this position.
The pioneer’s wife was the ideal
wife for the man who had to go forth
to face all the danger of frontier life.
Those pioneer women have come down
to us in history, and we see first that
they possessed a great gift of adapt
ability.
For not all of them were hardly
daughters of the soil, inured to face
the dangers that went with forest
hewers at that time. Many were deli
cately reared women, who had never
put their hands to anything more
laborious than fine needlework and ex
quisite tapestry. Yet those accom
plishments were put aside when they
faced new dangers and real work.
They fell to it with a vengeance and
adapted themselves to breech-loading
shotgun practice as readily as in the
old days they played the light games
of the leisure classes in their far-off
homes across the sea.
Played Many Roles.
Again these women, as time went
on, proved themselves quite as adapt
able when conditions again changed.
We have only to retrace the history of
America to read between the lines an
nals of lives of women that match
those of the men of that time in splen
did daring and superb courage. When
times grew better and more prosper
ous we see them again drifting into
the Old World eddy, the Colonial fin-
ery and vanity sitting gracefully upon
them. The other qualities for the
time were quiescent. As ideal wives
they played many roles and did each
part equally well. z
Is this not, then, the most dominant
quality in the ideal wife —her adapta
bility? An actress’ skill is in adjust
ing her make-up to every role she
plays and in keeping the performance
up to a high pitch of interest and al
ways carrying the hearts of those in
the house with her.
When her husband is a clerk with a
small salary she is the one who ac
cepts Harlem with the spirit of the
little queen who played at housekeep
ing up on the heights and makes of it
quite as good a game as the people
down town were doing.
She is the same woman who, when
the lean days are passed, is prepared
to move with her husband, no mat
ter how much finer and fairer his
friends have grown. For she has
moved with him. They are still
keeping step, fine comrades and ideal
mates.
Ready for Anything.
If great good fortune places them
high in political position she is ready
to assume her share of the new pros
perity and to carry it off with grace
and distinction. Just as if the reverse
had come and they had lost all, she’d
be ready to pia on her hat and swing
out independent Os him to make a liv
ing for them both, maybe, until he
should get back on his feet.
Whatever comes, she is ready for
it, for hers is the “anticipatory
glance” that sees the shadow that be
tokens the coming of events before
any one else does. And, being fore-
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warned, she is forearmed, and ready
to meet whatever comes to the house.
The ideal wife doesn’t boast that
she is all things to all men, but she
must be just this much of a composite
creature to her husband.
She is the home woman to him and
the enchantress; the business woman
and the holiday maker; she is the con
fidante and the chum and all these
things besides being the wife of his
bosom, and incidentally very much of
a mother in her maternal feeling to
ward him.
Pretty? some one asks, for the pa
pers give pages on how to keep a hus
band's love, and it is all based on
a physical attraction of good looks.
Certainly, she must be good td look
at, but she is not to cultivate her
outer woman to the neglect of the in
ner one. Beauty has its secret spring
in happiness, you know. All the cold
creams and lotions, bleaches and face
paints in the world fail to compare
with the magic glow that happiness
can paint into a woman’s cheek, or
with which it may illumine her eye.
Inspires Her Husband.
She is more than a “showgirl," and
she is wise when she refuses to let her
husband's interest and his pride in her
rest on a basis as material as this one.
She is his mental stimulus, his inspir
ation and his always sympathetic lis
tener. If he fails, there’s one person
whose understanding he is sure of, and
that is his wife’s. If he succeeds her
applause sounds sweetest in his ears.
Whatever comes, she is ready to share
it with him. For she is the ideal
woman and the ideal wife whose price
is above rubies to her husband, be
cause she is worth infinitely more to
him from a spiritual standpoint than
all the pigeon blood rubies in the
world pawned would bring.
Trouble Brings Opportunity,
The ideal wife’s great opportunity
comes when a man’s lips are “pressed
to the wormwood cup”—whatever it
is. This comes to most men soon
or late, and the wife is the only one
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who can belp him to put it aside —to
see the final good for which he is
working in the midst of all the tor
ment pressing upon him.
Darby and Joan growing old togeth
er are considered by some to' be the
ideal couple. Maybe. History is full
of women who have won their immor
tality by their faithfulness to the mar
riage vows. But it seems to me that
we have a case nearer home that is
too beautiful to omit.
There is the Strauses who went down
to death together. It is a story so
often told that it does not need repe
tition here. But the wife who quietly
stayed by her husband’s side, because
- she felt that with him was to be pre
ferred to life without him, must have
realized all to that husband that any
ideal wife can hope to be.
Such a one takes the fortunes of
her husband whatever they be. The
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two are one, and death shall not di
vide them. Os course this is old
fashioned, but is not the very term
“ideal wife” old fashioned? It belongs
to another generation. Another time
when other ideals swayed the mar
riage game.
Love the Chief Factor.
But the times may have changed
without changing a great part of peo
ple. And however advanced a man
may be in other matters, every man
cherishes a dream that one of these
days he is going to meet the ideal
woman and marry her. He knows what
she will be like, and though he may
look with a certain large-minded in
dulgence on her new-fashioned foibles,
he’ll seek deeper for the foundation
of her real character and to learn
what her real feeling about love is.
There never was an ideal wife who
didn't have very real and deep feel
ing on this point She may be frivo
lous to the limit on the subject of
clothes; she may adore fashion and
be as light-hearted and Irresponsible
as a kitten, and still have some very
rare and fine feelings about the big
gest and most important issue of all
—love; and, having this, the man may
find her, and most often does, the
ideal wife.
For the vanity and the foolishness
pass away; they were but parts of her
joyous youth, leaving the best part
of what it was to grow bigger and
better and to make a corner stone
of the home of which she will be the
guiding spirit.—Rita Reese, in the
New York Press.
SOUGHT TO ROB PRINCESS
Desperado’s Bold Attempt Frustrated
By Courage and Presence of
Mind of Woman.
An ex-sergeant of cavalry, named
Callerani, posing as a police officer,
went to the palace of Princess Herco
lani at ^Bologna and, having obtained
an interview, presented her with a
written demand for SSOO, purporting to
be signed by a black hand society.
The man demanded that she shojild
also hand over her valuable jewelry.
As the princess absolutely refused to
accede to the request, Callerani fired
at her twice with a revolver. Luckily
the aim was bad and the princess es
caped Injury.
The princess struck him a powerful
blow on the chest, and managed to
ring an electric bell for help. Finding
that the game was up, the man rushed
into an adjoining room, but this af
forded him no means of escape, and
the princess kept him at bay until the
arrival of the police.
Callerani expended all his spare
cartridges in a fruitless attempt to
smash the lock of the door, which
offered a means of escape.
When arrested Callerani said that
he was out of work and starving.
After-Dinner Oratory.
After-dinner oratory, which a head
waiter has been criticising, is gener
ally supposed to be at its best in the
United States. Undoubtedly the Amer
icans are able to stand more of it
than we can, for the speeches follow
ing their banquets are commonly pro
longed until long past mignight. Their
toast lists, too, are different from ours
—“The Press —right or wrong; when
right to be kept right; when wrong
to be set right,” or “Truth and trade;
those whom God hath joined together
let no man put asunder.” James Rus
sell Lowell, one of the most success
ful of its exponents, once enumerated
what he called “the ingredients of af
ter-dinner oratory.” “They are,” he
said, “the joke, the quotation and the
platitude; and the successful platitude,
in my judgment, requires a very high
order of genius.”—London Chronicle.
Paragon of Parrots.
Customer —But is he a good bird?
I mean, I hope he doesn’t use- dread
ful language.
Dealer —’Es a saint, lady; sings
’ymns beautiful. I ’ah some parrots
wot used to swear something awful,
but, if you’ll believe me, lady, this
’ere bird converted the lot. —London
Bystander.
Sad Sight.
“Old Mr. Jones is going down hill
fast.”
“You don’t say so. What's the mat
ter with him?”
"I think when I saw him taking
a down grade just now in his auto
that he was mixed up about the
brake.”
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NEW FAN GUARD IS UNIQUE
Precludes Possibility of Any One Get
ting Fingers Dangerous Near
to Blades.
A new type of fan guard, manufac
tured especially for the Electric Shop,
Chicago, consists of concentric circles
of wires close together in front of
the fan blade tips. The fan is thus
inclosed in a veritable network, which
precludes the possibility of the baby
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Unique Fan Guard.
or a careless individual getting the
fingers dangerously close to the
blades. Another feature is the use of
six blades instead of four, a reduction
in the amount of vibration being thus
secured, the fan running almost noise
lessly. Since this fan will be largely
used in residences and offices, the
guard is neatly finished in bell cop
per.
ELECTRICITY TO AGE CHEESE
Industrial Electrician of Rotterdam
Perfects Device After Long
Series of Experiments.
Another use has been found for elec
tricity, that of aging cheese. An indus
trial electrician of Rotterdam, Hol
land, through a long series of experi
ments found that he could take an
absolutely fresh cheese and in one
day actualy “age” it two years. In
other words, by means of electricity
he would make this fresh cheese have
all the consistency, taste and appear
ance of a fine cheese that had been
stored away and carefully aged for
two years.
He takes a fresh cheese and sub
jects it to an alternating current. At
the end of twenty-four hours of con
stant alternating electrical currents
through this cheese it possesses all
the properties of a fine two-year-old
cheese.
LINEMAN TO TRAVEL IN AIR
Aerial Car Is Propelled Along Cable
by Means of Gasoline Engine—
Eliminates Walking.
The future lineman may possibly
travel in an aerial car propelled by a
gasoline engine if the invention of
Henry M. Preacher, Brunson, S. C.,
is put into operation, says the Popular
Electricity. Furthermore, the line
man will not need to climb poles or
do any walking but will be carried
dong near the wires he is caring for
Depending from the cross arms are
rirackets carrying a cable. From this
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Lineman's Aerial Car.
by means of grooved wheels a car is
suspended, the whole being driven by
a sprocket chain connected to the
engine in the car.
SWITCH TO REGULATE HEAT
Recent Invention Makes Lt Possible to
Use Low, Medium and High Elec
trical Temperatures.
Experience has shown that such de
vices as electric water heaters, heat
ing pads, table stoves, chafing dishes,
frying pans and irons are operated
more economically when it is possi
ble to use high, low and medium tem
peratures. Therefore, a manufactur
er has placed on the market a three
circuit switch, which may be attached
to the flexible cord supplying current
to any device at any point desired.
It consists of a small cylindrical brass
shell from which project two push
buttons. The light colored button,
when pushed, gives the low tempera
ture, while the black button operated
alone supplies medium temperature.
If the highest degree of heat is de
sired both buttons are pushed.
INCREASE IN HOME COMFORt
Many Modern Electrical Devices for
Housewife Greatly Lessen Work
in Various Ways.
The traditional halo surrounding
the "comfort of home” has grown in
size and brilliancy by leaps -and
bounds since electricity added conven
ience of attainment to these very
much-in-demand comforts.
The electric lamps, which illumin
ate the entire house —attic, cellar and
closets included —are always in place
and ready at the mere turning of a
switch to do service which could for
merly be had only by striking matches
and carrying lamps from place to
place.
The electric heating pad is another
wonderful device for meeting emer
gencies. The electric heating pad is
such a soft "comfy” article that in en
dears Itself at once to anyone who
has ever had to bother and fuss with
filling a hot water bottle and trying to
keep the water at an even tempera
ture.
The electric pad Is made of soft,
pliable eiderdown and can be kept
at any desired temperature. When
used with a rubber cover it can even
be used for applying wet poultices
and keeping them warm enough to
do their work most effectively. And
all this by simply attaching the pad
to an electric light socket. When it
comes to wanting all these things in
the middle of tlsp afternoon or night
this simple procedure is leagues in
advance of the old method of an es
pecial fire for heating water or cloths
and of running back and forth be
tween stove and patient with the hot
applications.
The electric heating utensils which
are now common would have been a
blessing to grandmother. It is so
easy now to have an afternoon lunch
or the Sunday evening tea. The elec
tric disk stove and an electric tea
kettle have the happy faculty of mak
ing a warm lunch with no more work
involved than is ordinarily the case
with an all cold lunch.
JACK KNIFE IS ATTRACTION
Occupies Full Length of Window and
Is Operated by Means of Small
Electric Motor.
A huge jack knife taking up almost
the full length of a show window is in
itself quite enough to attract atten
tion, but when this large knife slowly
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A Sharp Attraction.
opens and closes its blades, the at
traction seems complete judging from
the number of people who stop to
look. The only suggestion that elec
tricity is pie motive power is the end
of the motor shaft which projects
through the side of the box upo»
which the knife rests.
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A progressive Ohio farmer uses an
electric motor to run a fodder cutter
and a blower to blow the cut fodder
into a silo.
That he has invented a method for
sending pictures by wire in their
natural colors is the claim of an Ital
ian electrician.
The first train control system utiliir
ing telephones in the United Kingdom
recently was put in operation on a
Welsh railroad.
A tank vessel with a capacity of
15,000 tons and driven by oil motors
is building in Germany for an Amer
ican oil company.
Wireless connection between the
principal Catholic churches of Italy,
France and Austria and the Vatican
is being arranged.
More than 4,600 miles of copper
wire will be required for telephones
in a big office building which is being
built at New York.
The electrification of Berlin’s sub
urban railroads at an estimated cost
of $30,000,000 is being considered by
the German government.
A new German electrical device tc
enable a moving train to set a signal
makes use of a slight sinking of a
rail as a train passes over it.
The tower of a tall,church in Swit
zerland has been equipped to receive
the time signals sent out by wireless
from the Eiffel tower in Paris.
The city of Twin Falls, Idaho, claims
to use more electricity for heating and
cooking in proportion to population
than,any other city in the world.
An electrically heated drying form
for newy made hosiery that a Massa
chusetts man has patented correctly
creases stockings as it dries them.
An almost pure white light has been
obtained from mercury vapor lamps
by a German electrician who has add
ed a small portion of cadmium to the
mercury.
The largest direct current generator
for turbine drive and the largest tur
bine driver gear in the world have
been built for a Cleveland electric
I company.
A Memory.
"Caruso’s bones are musical,” aaj
an English doctor; "if you tap one <
his knuckles it gives out a high*
pitched and more resonant tone ths
those of the average person.” Far t
it from a layman’s thought to dispui
the word of an eminent medical a
thority, but from our school days v
have lively recollections of a tap c
the knuckles resulting in tones thi
for high pitch and resonance woul
beat any that Caruso ever uttered.-
New York Sun.
Cures Ivy Poisoning.
For ivy poisoning apply Hanford
Balsam. It is antiseptic and may t
used to kill the poison. Prompt relli
should follow the first applicatlo:
Adv.
The Amateur Gardener.
“A successful garden depends vei
much on the selection of seeds,” sal
the man who was reading a catalogu
"Yes; and still more on the sele
tion of an intelligent and industrioi
hired man.”
DOES YOUR HEAD ACHE!
Try Hicks’ CAPUDTNE. It’s liquid—pies
ant io take—effects Immediate—good to preve
Bick Headaches and Nervous Headaches ala
Your money back if not satisfied. 10c., 2Sc. at
60c. at medicine stores. Adv.
Economy.
F. Irving Fletcher, the advertisir
expert, gave at a Woolworth buildin
dinner in New York a good definitio
of economy.
"Economy,” Mr. Fletcher said, “
away of spending money without ge
ting any fun out of it.”
To Relieve the Pain of a Burn Instantly
and take out all Inflammation in one day, apply t'
wonderful, old reliable DR. PORTER’S ANTISB
TIC HEALING OIL. Relieves pain and heals
the same time. 25c, 60c, 51.00.
Ad Hominem.
Man with the Bulbous Nose —Ob
or two baths a week, I tell you, ai
about all a busy man has time t
take.
Man with the Bulging Brow —Ho
do you know?
Same Thing.
"Johnny, can you repeat the golde
rule?”
"Sure. ‘Don’t knock; boost.’”
For sprains make a thorough appl
cation of Hanford’s Balsam, well rul
bed in. Adv.
Alas for the young man whose onl
claim to distinction is a little stra
lid with a multi-colored band.
For galls use Hanford’s Balsan
Adv.
The whole of human virtue may I
reduced to speaking the truth alwaj
and doing good to others. —Arlian.
Wounds on man or beast should b
healed by Hanford’s Balsam. Adv.
Many a man’s interest in a woma
is confined to wondering what fo<
thing she will do next.
Sold upon merit —Hanford’s Balsan
Adv.
A heavy sermon maketh a light co
lection plate. . -
SPECIAL TO WOMEJ
Do you realize the fact that thousand
of women are now using
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder
as a remedy for muoou^ membrane a
sections, such as sore throat, nasal c
pelvic catarrh, inflammation or ulcen
tion, caused by female ills? Wome
who have been cured say “it is wort
its weight in gold.” Dissolve in wat«
and apply locally. For ten years th
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. ha
recommended Paxtine in their privat
correspondence with women.
For all hygienic and toilet uses it ha
no equal. Only 50c a large box at Dru|
gists or sent postpaid on receipt c
price. The Paxton Toilet Co., Bostoi
Mass.
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