Arizona republican., 1910-09-19
KNOW YOURSELVES, YOU
 AMERICAN YOUNG WOMEN

When a man thinks of d woman he thinks of her as she looks in her tai Tor made suit" said Marcel Provost, the the celebrated French author. aca- demician and greatest dissector of the feminine heart" according to Parisian judges
 A man admises a woman in her ball gown, he may find her ravishing in an afternoon costume, but, believe me, when he tries to evoke her picture be- fore his mind, in nine cases out of ten. he thinks of her in a tailor made suit Why? l can not say exactly. There is something frank and open, neat and bUsinesslike, about tailor made which always makes it's appeal to a man. So, young lady, if you would have men think we'll of you, choose your tailor made suit with care" he added with &, smile.
 Marcel Prevost's smile is famous, says Catherine D. Groth in the New York World. It is said to have turned the heads of thousands of French women. Perhaps Marcel Provost is d little too much convinced of it's power. The interviewer would hate to say But it seemed so. After pause, however, the French author continued:
 "Of course, in all countries, at all times, women try to please men
 Not particularly" I couldn't resist interposing. "A great many women believe in living. acting and dressing exactly as they please. If men ap- prove of them, so much the better. If mn { is the attitude of most American wom- en. In France it may be different"
 The great author shrugged his shoulders. It would not be polite for me to say that I don't believe you. However, I want to be truthful, so I say that l doubt your statement But even if it Were true-never having been in America, [ can not express any per sonal opinion about the United States but, as I said, even if it were true that American women do not bother their heads about men, to what reason would you ascribe their attitude?" he asked.
 'TO various reasons. In the first place the American woman usually has some interest in life She takes
 
 go into society. and, before marriage she is so much freer than the French girl"
 Tn other words. you mean" M. Pre- vost interrupted, that if the American woman has less heart-or seems to have less heart-than the French woman, it is due to her interest in other things?"
 "Yes."
 NJ. Provost looked a trifle pitfyingly at his interviewer, as though sympath izing kindly with my lack of observa- ton.
 "I think you are on the wrong track" he remarked You put the cart before the horse. American women do not take up other pursuits because they are not interested in men; they take up other pursuits because Ameri- can men neglect American women"
 American men neglect" I gasped. Why, what does the American man care for if not for his women folks2"
 Again NJ. Provost smiled bit con descendingly.
 I don't know whether you purposely misunderstood me, or whether you do not really see what l mean" he said Tt is an accepted fact that American men are very kind to their mothers, their sisters, their daughters. their sweethearts, their wives Indeed, too much so, we Frenchmen find. But that is another question. The Ameril can man does everything to make his wife happy. He gives her a liberal al- lowance. He gives her a beautiful home and as many automobiles as he can afford But that is all. She is never uppermost in his thoughts. His real love he gives to his business. ToI that he devotes all his energy. all his time The wife gets what is left after business hours.
 And I do not speak of married men only. When scarcely out of col lege, the American man only thinks of getting on in the world. From boyhood almost he is constantly plan hing how he will get on better than the other fellows He wants to get rich, so as to be able to give his l wife. when he marries, the very best | things in life. But while he is trying so hard to get on in business he naturally has -o neglect the social world. He loses. | ,r rather never acquires. the art of women. It is an art. And le doesn't have time to cultivate it. Now, when you come to the point, what sort of a man does a womanl prefer? A man who is away from | Ter all the time, and who hands her