Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1912 — Deciding on Right Kind of Husband [ARTICLE]

Deciding on Right Kind of Husband

By Mrs. Harold Sanford

Whom shall the girl marry—the young man with muscle or the old man with money ? ' ' . The question involves the matter of temperament. There is the woman who has little more emotion in her makeup than the average sack of flour. She lives for her personal well being, aided and brought about by material comforts. To her marriage is little more than .the entering into a contract whereby she will gain more of the world’s goods than at present she is blessed with. The. fact that it en-

J. tails the performance of a few unpleasant duties is the only fly in the ointment, and in view of the benefits to accrue, she considers the payment slight and strikes a good bargain accordingly. But the woman of primitive instincts, whose emotions have not been dulled by civilization’s edge, the idea of marriage with a man whom she does not love is an impossible issue. < Every fiber of her being rebels at the barter; she has no choice in the matter. • Money to her is a very insignificant part of the formula for happiness, and not to be reckoned in conjunction with the big primal forces that go to make up her existence. I She scorns to hawk her wares from one prospective buyer to another, btit reserves for herself the right to win her own happiness, and gives herself with the splendid generosity of a great nature. 1 Of such are the real mothers of the race.