FLIRTING WIVES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19321, 7 May 1926, Page 7

FLIRTING WIVES.

Every girl, when she is engaged, makes herself as pretty as possible, and indulges in little "baby" whims and guiles to tickle the fancy of the man she loves. But when she has been married some time, she lias so much more to do, all the housework, perhaps a young kiddie to look after, and there seems so little time in which to do it. Gradually her conversation becomes restricted to domesticities, and, suddenly realising this, she will make frantic and valiant efforts to discuss her husband's work with him, or the last new book she only heard of vaguely. Her husband, smiles, but it is half-wistfully, with a sigh for the gay, irresponsible days that are gone. But the really wise wife is a little foolish. One day she will prepare a dinner for him that needs little cooking just before the meal, and then she spends a good hour—bathing, with bath salts, slipping into her prettiest "little" frock, with well-groomed hair, and that "touch of perfume behind the ears." This radiant vision confronts her tired lord on his return, with a childish jump and a hug, and flirts with him in her very own style all through dinner. After that she will shelve the washing-up until the morrow, for, once, and curl up on the rug by his knees with a book, while lie settles to his paper as usual. If in three minutes he isn't playing with her hair and calling her all the old sweet names, he is no true Adam! All men love a flirtation, especially when it is unexpected, so when you feel you're getting in a rut, or for mere enjoyment any old time, flirt for all you re worth with your husband and keep Romance young.