Show a Woma tois jayes IRV IDS bit aci newton NOT A WIFE BUT A KITCHEN MAID from ROM switzerland we nave have a now new way of testing the character of a prospective wife it Is in a dunvant ini geneva the home of tho the league of nations who shares with the young men of today his bis secret for or choosing the right kind of a wife he reveals for them a test by which they can be ba certain of marrying the right girl an infallible protection against those who would wonia not make them good wives ali ah the test Is it for the quality of their love the strength of their backbone the kindliness of their spirit the possession of a brain a sense of beauty or a sense of humer nay nay the test Is one lu in preparing oest if says the swiss savant a girl peels the potato cutting thick rinds she Is extravagant II if she leaves the eyes she Is lazy it if she u uses a a great deal of fat while frying them hem she is greedy and it if she lets them burn bum she Is negligent I 1 it if on the other hand a girl performs the test of peeling a potato 0 without falling into any 11 these r revealing e traps the man should aint marry ry her whether she Is rich 1 or poor ugly or pretty for she will prove a good friend and wife and bring him prosperity and happiness happi I 1 it reminds me of a certain old ladys test of housemaids house maids who applied to her for a place she always left a broom on the floor across their path as aa they entered the door if they fell over the broom they were too stupid to even consider it they stepped over tt it they were too lazy to be worth their salt if they picked tt it up the they 7 were pretty sure to bo be good house maids I 1 but all joking aside if we are to fco accept the standards of the swiss savant who would judge the of a woman and her value as a wife by the way in which she peels a potato demay we may judge the ille character of 0 a man and his eligibility ns as a husband by the way lie he blacks his big boots I 1 and all wrong most girls would prefer men who patronize a bootblack I 1 what you want mr air swiss savant Is not a wife hot but a good kitele maid 10 0 by the pell mell syndicate inc lal |