THE MOST SUITABLE GIRL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 37

THE MOST SUITABLE GIRL

The simpering, gushing, frivolous girl does not appeal to the average man ~who is thinking 6f taking" a " wife. She appears to be too selfish. There seems to be little ' concern or thought for others - in ' her nature! Of course, there are few men who like .the thordughly and eternally serious girl. She must' bVbrie who can amuse, and who exhibits at times those feminine foibles which make a woman so dear to a man's heart: At the same time she must be capable of deeper, feelings, and the girl who can combine these characteristics has by far the best chance of marrying. Tlve prac-tical-mindtid girl, as well as the serious T min'ded,- -is much sought after by men in search of a 'wife. A man knows a girl has domestic \ qualities when ' he hears} that she makes her- own frocks " and 1 thliinks a thing may be as fashionable if ib is inexpensive "as if it is costly. If she can tell 'how 'a dinner "should be' cooked, • whether she x can cook meals herself- or -not '; if she .knows the value of .ready money, and has a horror of being, in debt ; then 'he knows that, as a wife, she will save money instead of spending it^ lavishly and recklessly. He knows, too, -.beyond the possibility of doubt, that the girl who is the best- sister and daughter will make the best "wife. ' - - ' ~ •