THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE PERFECT WOMAN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 4410, 27 October 1934, Page 4

THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE PERFECT WOMAN.

She never gives you a piece of her mind. She keeps it,for future occasions. She likes to shine —hut not to outshine other women. She has a good digestion, a sense of humour, and the blessed gift of silence. She sings, “Oh, Happy Day!” when the clothes line breaks, and the gale carries the garments over the neighbour’s fence. She can play second fiddle without a dis(h)ord. She realises that though she marries a man, she does not own him. She can charm the dyspeptic. She never borrows. Never, chews. Never whines “I told you so!” She can give the thrill of love plus the steadfastness of friendship She can face a mouse, a microphone, or a mother-in-law with the same equanimity. She rises to great heights—but not by climbing the social ladder. She can make a Paris model from a remnant, and a dinner out of a bone. She is a good sport; and a better loser. She is exactly the right mixture of wit and wisdom, beauty, and brains, tact and tenderness, help-

lessness and helpfulness, culture, and commonsense, playfulness and piety; BUT — She is an illusion. She never has existed. Never will —we fervently hope. This description of the perfect woman originally appeared in “The New Idea,” the 3d weekly paper for women. “The New Idea” is always full of interesting and informative reading matter, and, in addition, there is a free pattern enclosed each week. Now on sale at all news a gents —3 d.