THE IDEAL WIFE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 265, 1 August 1908, Page 11

THE IDEAL WIFE.

Somo English, papers. havo lately, invited discussions in their columns upon tho question of what, makes an ideal wife. Tho opinions expressed and requirements'.wished for mako curious reading. Whether the women of to-day fall short of tho standards set before them or no, is an interesting question. Probably thoy do when tho man says of his ideal:— "Sho must ho willing to make breakfast a moveable feast ranging anywhero between 7.30 a.m. . and 2.30 p.m., and sho must be able to secure and keen sen-ants who will minister to, his wants "under those conditions. "Abovo all things she must bo ablo to keep his study spotlessly clean without moving a book or a paper by oven so much as a hair's-brcadth and without, ever being discovered in the act of dusting. "Sho must be prepared to bo wife, mother,' sister, and aunt .to a being, who, with the best intentions in the world, is two parts irritable man and the other part baby. "Should sho have money? Yes, emphatically yes. Liko Robert Louis Stevenson, '1 sigh for an income.' Should she bo literary herself? Under no circumstances whatsoever. ' I have' had experience of friends with, literary wives or relations, and it was not altogether cheering. The artistic temperament .is- tho most appalling in the world to live with, and ono cursed with-it is quito enough in a family.