Show iTHE c THE HUSBAND ND EVERY WO WOMAN N W WANTS I By PRINCESS KROPOTKIN I do not think every woman wants to get married There are of ot course thousands of ot women who for tor a variety of ot reasons do not want husbands husbands' at all Personally 1 I have far more sympathy for the ones who do want them and are willing to risk all the bother trouble and worry real or Imaginary which may ensue for tor the chance of hap hap- Every woman who would like to marry has some kind of ot Ideal of ot a aman aman man tucked away in a corner of ot her mind The hero the flapper dreams about varies according to ht her r age there are flappers of ot 40 and environ environ- ment More 1 often than not what a man has counts for more than what he Is Is' Is not at 40 th though ugh The really young flapper conveniently forgets that the romance of ot a n large motor car is often orten marred by the fact that Its owner so ready to lay laythe laythe laythe the world at her feet is noted not only for ton his large cigars but also for tor the elasticity of ot his heart and his girth Both popular fiction and the movies usually omit these de tie- tails Then there is ta the hero who does things He indiscriminately fights cruel uncles crooks blizzards bUzzards and fires rescues babies outwits police officers who wrongly se seek k to arrest him and in fact conquers oil all the modern equivalents of ot the thicket of ot thorns which surrounds the Sleeping Beauty Extravagant as this type of hero Is h hIs has s he not certain certain tam tain characteristics women have al always always always al- al ways loved Tenacity courage and chivalry virtu virtues s Eve Eva hoped to find In Adam surely and who would not wish for these in a man BELOVED FAILINGS But deep down in her heart every woman knows that there is one homely virtue that she needs more morein moreIn in itt the man she would bind herself herselt to than any other Just kindness No Xo o stern sense of duty In a man no passion or pride can do as much to make a woman happy What but kindness will prompt s a a. aman I man to shrug his shoulders when his hia wife is unreasonable and the I truth is that every woman is somei sometimes some some- i times unreasonable We Ve like to feel we can afford th the luxury of ot being j unreasonable The humdrum or on life Is so much e easier to face after 1 a Turkish bath of unreasonableness And what a difference it makes tobe to tobe tobe be told one looks nice in an old frock No lie is more pro blessed blessed pro provided vided of course it Is not an excuse to avoid giving a new neV one I However much women prate of ot equality at the back of ot our minds stronger than our wills or reason lies the Instinctive belief bellet that we were not meant to fight tight our own battles nor to do the same work as I men So women long for tor appreciation tion and gratitude from their husbands husbands hus bus bands for shouldering their share of ot work or trouble Every woman in her day dreams sees the ideal husband remembering to mark anniversaries anniversaries an an- anI I with trifles that count for more mor than tiaras No human being who is a liar Isa isa is isa a good comrade so most of ot us is hope I for truthfulness in the husband we want But th there re is no rio doubt that in the home a a. cheerful disposition is as valuable as the kind of un unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un- un necessary tr truthfulness which prompts a man to say I 1 cant can't make out why we never have as an asgood asgood c good a a. dinner as the Jones' Jones always c give us But with all the virtues of ot chivalry chiv chiv- aIry alry kindness industry and veracIty veracity veracity ity that every woman would like lIle in a husband there surely could beno be beno beno no greater misery than to h have ve a perfect husband No rock of ot str strength will satisfy any woman unless un un- less she can find a foothold of ot surety in a a. mans man's failings s. s What would life lite be like without those flaws and weaknesses which give her a ch chance nce to say Hes only A a. child and he needs me Cheerfulness kindness energy and sufficient defects what defects what woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man would not marry such a man man man- even the or-es or ones who dont don't think of ot husbands |