Set a Good Example
Tucson Dating & Marriage Advice Circa 1950

By all means encourage and inspire your wife with a good example. If you can, be the good example yourself. But if you are saving yourself, you can accomplish the same result without stirring from your easy chair. (This easy chair will soon become the focal point of your household, the center of interest and the mecca toward which your wife, and later your whole family will turn for admira­tion, guidance, and encouragement.)

A fine example is the model wife. If you know some real woman whose life can be an inspiration, so much the better. If not, use your imagination.
"Just talking to Joe at the office, Phoeb."
"Oh?"
"Always bragging about his wife. 'Listen,' I said, 'I'll stack my little woman up against yours any day!”
(Always be loyal. Defend your wife hotly at all times.)
"Good for you, Davie."
" 'Absolute genius,' Joe says. 'Ran up a meal for six people last night for a five dollars thirty-seven—and de­licious!' "
"Oh?"
"Just work, he says, matter of kneading and pound­ing—and dear thinking. We'll show him, eh, pet?"
A healthy sense of competition will do wonders for a spirited girl.

BUY COOK BOOKS

Another way to keep her alert and busy is to bring home cook books. Dozens of fine ones are available. Before bringing home each book, it is best to set the stage. For a week or so, eat three or four hamburgers before coming home to dinner. Avoid onions, which may betray you. Sit down hungrily at the table.
"Say, looks good, dear!"
"I hope it will taste good, Davie."
Toy with the food, engage in bright conversation, and smile frequently. However, don't actually eat anything. After about a week of this, bring her a present.
"Oh, Davie, another cook book! Just what I wanted!" "Looks like a dandy. I checked a few good entries. See what you think, eh?"

AVOID TIME KILLERS

Light, amusing occupations such as knitting, darning socks, sewing on buttons, and so on may seem harmless to you, but they can develop into bad habits. The woman who lolls about today in a semi-reclining position patching your pants, say, may very well fritter away two hours tomorrow crocheting a doily or buffing her nails.

Make it clear to her that the efficient woman performs these restful little chores while she is doing something else, such as sitting in the Laundromat or waiting for you at the station. As for daytime television, you have only to glance at homes where it is permitted to see ruined families, cold suppers, men neglected and undernourished, and women who are listless, red-eyed, flabby, and mentally decayed.

However, do not lock the television set. Rely either upon the honor system or, if your wife is lacking in char­acter, quietly remove a tube before leaving in the morning. Allow all the radio listening she wants, but suggest peppy and stirring music. Studies in some of our large industrial plants show that music increases efficiency, stimulates morale, and raises production.

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