MARRIAGE QUALITIES
“What are the qualities you desire most in a wife or husband?’’ This question was put to a class in evolution and eugenics at the University of Chicago. Both men and women students preferred good health first in the objects of their choice. Then the men wanted good dispositions, beauty, education, maternity, housekeeping, character, dress, ancestry, and financial standing in tho order named. Thirty-seven women students who replied gave character second place, with disposition, financial standing, education, paternity, appearance, dress, and ancestry following. One student said his potential wife must have money, ho a widow, he gbod looking, a blonde, and, last, but not least, must have an ordinary well-stocked collar..
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 10 April 1922, Page 3
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113MARRIAGE QUALITIES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 10 April 1922, Page 3
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