Men Who Make Good Husbands

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 10, 7 March 1908, Page 67

Men Who Make Good Husbands

After so much has been written about women and the kind who make the best wives, it is of interest to know what kind of men make the best husbands. An alleged authority on the matter has given his views as to the sort of men who may be looked on as safe ventures in the matrimonial lottery, and among th? really nice ones he classes the angler, the lawyer, and the good all-round journalist, not the one who specialises on any certain subject. The popular doctor does not rouse his enthusiasm, whilst the author or musical genius gives him the shudders. The first-named has so many calls on his time that he is not always satisfactory, whilst the second is so fond of his fine sentences that he is disagreeable when the. baby cries, and often makes himself odius about food and domestic worries, and the musician thinks so much of his art that is wife is often secondary to the priina donna. The journalist claims his first sympathies, as being a bit of a philosopher, likely to bo. practical, willing to make the best of things, and is full of alternatives ami expedients. He forgets, however, to mention that his hours are likely to be erratic and very trying. The lawyer comes a good seoopd. as lie is likely to be alert, a good judge of human nature, a good talker, and quite ns fond of listening a« of hearing his own voice.