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Show DOES MODERN CIRL ! MAKE POOR WIFE Anions the romplaints Uunched ' affain?t the crirl of the tA-jntieth eei ' tu y there ia one that she may take to j heart and st jdy seriously. j The question or ipounded ii this: D)es I the modern girl show up bajly wh--nshe I marries? Many c'rities aver that soon J after the "happy day" lias passed her character undergoes a surprising transformation. trans-formation. It is urged that she becomes j arr.ant, imperious, over critical of the man she loves in short, that in her capacity aa wife ehe revels qua'ities thit apparently only matrimony has brought into play. In venturing on such a 'harge the critic is not speaking of a really un-h un-h ippy marriage. No, the accusation s l veled against the wife who in her j heart of hearts is really quite satisfi- d with the man she has chosen. Perhaps it is only a question of pose, after all, ' but there is little doubt that the modern girl, both married and unmarriet., is becoming be-coming too critical in her attitude toward to-ward men. It is the commonest thing nowadays to hear wives discussing their husbands from the view of one who regards man as woman's natural enemy. Again and again it is declared that the busy, practical temperament of tho modern wife often drives out the softer qualitits of tenderness that factor in matrimony that prevents the overcritical attitude. Sentiment and romance flee away before criticism. , There is a tendency to ignore as much a3 possible what some wives scoffingly call tne "heartstone" attitude. The husbind who pay openly declare his opinion that it is a good thing for wives to find most of 'heir happiness in the pi'Lcincts of their own home, is, criticised as hopelessly old-fashioned, r.ith perhaps per-haps the ad ed sneer of "middle class. " Seemingly nearly every modern wife wishes to be distinguished for everything every-thing else save the qualities of home-maker. home-maker. It is true she is sufficiently cleve,r to undertake the management of the house with every degre of .skill, but even a house that may be run on wheels is not necessarily a home in the old sense of the word. Utility and practicability are often the distinguishing traits of the modern wife, and no one could rightly lay to her charge the accusation that she is either helpless or stupid in any form of domestic management. But is it true that, with her splendid powers and capacities, tne young modern mod-ern wife neglects or disdains the more subtle gifts of patience, gentleness, faith and tenderness? One wonders if the very recreations and occupations that have made her healthy in body have so hardened her to the nner th.ngs of the spirit. It is argued that nowadays women are afraid of indulging in sentiment and romance. The modern wife prefers to hi a critical friend rather than a purely ! loving companion who prefers to turn I her eyes away from flaws and shortcomings short-comings in the man she loyes. Her husband is the object of light, banter and chaff, and there is no hesitation in her mind as to whether she shall hide I h.r opinion as to his faults. Real love rules out all criticism that is not born of itself and in the anxiety to ' improve" her husband and bring him up to her superior level, perhaps the young wife may succeed in driving away the real happiness of her married life. |