ADVICE TO BACHELORS

New Zealand Tablet, 13 September 1906, Page 37

ADVICE TO BACHELORS

The following description of t-he perfect^ wife is* from a book by the late Max O'Rell :—--•.. - ' Marry a woman,' be writes, 'smaller than your- - self. Do not marry a woman whose v laugh is forced wn& does not spring from the heart, but marry a , woman who enjoys a joke and looks at the bright _, side of everything. - -. •„ . -- ° - 'Marry -a girl who is a bit of a philosopher 4 If you take, a girl to the theatre, and on hearing there are no seats in- - the stalls or circle, she gaily - exclaims : " Never ~ mind, let us go into the gallery '•' marry her. It will be easy to live happily' with a garl willing to sit even . on the back' ibenches with her husbaffd. . - 'Do not marry a woman who has the fast ways of what is called "smart society." If you go to pay a visit and must wait half an hour while she finishes her toilet, do" not marry her. But if she comes, to you* immediately, her hair , put up in a hurry hut neatly and simply dressed, she is a girl of common * sense. Marry her, especially if she. is not too prolix in her excuses for appearing negligee. . . . ' 'Marry a girl who cares a lot for her father who won't let. him go out without seeing that his- -clothes are immaculate, 'who, when at -length satisfied with papa's appearance, kisses' him before he goes off— that . girl will. make a model wife.' . , .. - - ) r-