The Daily Record

The
Worry
Clinic
By Dr. GEORGE W. CRANE

Men, use "horse sense" when
you pick a wife. Don't foolishly
grab the first pretty face and
figure that you see. Remember,
too, since a kiss is intoxicating,
kiss more than one woman, so
you can grow sufficiently im-
mune to appraise the relative
merits of several. Then pick the
one that has the most virtues.
You can learn to love her.

Case F-325: Howard L., aged 37,
has been married and
divorced
four times.

"Dr. Crane, I have had tough
luck in marriage," he ruefully con-
fessed.

"Something
is
wrong
somewhere.

"After four successive failures,
I guess maybe I must be at fault.
How can a man make sure his mar-
riage will not fail?"

MARRIAGE STRATEGY
Pick quality merchandise to start
with! Don't expect an habitue of
a tavern to become a virtuous, tal-
ented wife and mother.

Play the batting averages! Se-
lect a woman who has had a good
moral upbringing and who is active
in a church.

A successful wife must know
how to rear children wisely, oper-
ate a home on a budget, encourage
spiritual and cultural pursuits, and
get along agreeably with people.

While there are some hypocrites
in the church and some honorable
people in taverns, the batting aver-
ages favor the churches, so act
accordingly.

If a girl indulges in liquor, then
she can become the prey of any
designing male who flatters her
vanity and meanwhile coaxes her
into taking an extra drink.

When you're away from home on
your travels, and she grows lonely,
she will tend to go back to her
habitual pleasure haunts. If these
were the church, you are usually
safe.

If a tavern, she may spend the
night with another man, especial-
ly if she is sufficiently pretty to
arouse his interest.

Remember, a drinking woman's
virtue is always in the custody of
her companions! So use your brains
when you pick a wife.

PREVENT DIVORCE
After you have wisely selected
a
wife, then you must satisfy
her five basic hungers.

The first is gastric, meaning
food, clothing and shelter, or the
so-called self-preservation instinct.

The second is love, including
sexual enjoyment. Women are far
less passionate than men, but they
do have some sex desire.

The average husband hasn't
been taught enough about marital
technique to satisfy a wife.

Remember, the anatomical design
of the two sexes is not suited for
satisfaction in the marital rela-
tion, so you must add a psycholo-
gical technique devised by the hu-
man brain.

The third basic hunger is par-
ental, or maternal in your wife's
case. If she cannot have children
of her own, then let her adopt a
couple.

You can grow just as devoted to
foster youngsters as to your own
flesh and blood.

In lieu of children, real or adopt-
ed, give her substitute love objects
like a cat, or dog, or sublimate
her interest via work for the Red
Cross or the teaching of a Sunday
school class or Girl Scout activity.

FIVE HUNGERS
The fourth essential hunger of
wives is for social esteem. They
like friends and enjoy going out
in crowds.

Don't be a jealous, sex inferi-
ority complexer, who "hoards" his
wife at home and will not permit
her even to attend church, lest
some other man win her away.

The fifth hunger is for spiritual
and cultural expression. Women
like to sacrifice for worthy causes.
They gain a thrill in planting roses
where thistles grew before.

No wife can be truly happy frit-
tering away her time as a painted
doll or bridge addict. The human
soul craves expression in construc-
tive social service. Encourage your
wife to invest her life accordingly.

Then remember that women
want words! Especially honeyed,
complimentary ones.

Then no man can ever break up
your home. It will be as stable as
the famous Biblical house that was
builded on a rock.

Send for my 200-point "TESTS
FOR HUSBANDS AND WIVES,"
enclosing a stamped return envel-
lope plus a dime.

Rate your date thereon before
you pick her for your mate.

(Always write to Dr. Crane
in care of this newspaper, en-
closing a long 3c stamped, ad-
dressed envelope and a dime to
cover typing and printing costs
when you send for one of his
psychological charts.)

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