The evening world., 1911-05-26

WIZ duunltb, He~NeTtnelesS, ina neT !
sovereign city.
She Is Priscilla Knowles. leading wo-
man at the Academy OF Music. dimpled
and pretty and clever. whose friends
know her as Mrs. John w. Bennett.
But do YOU think I can be known as
a married m in New York City,"
she asked me yesterday.
The New York manager has no use
FOR a married actress. and he claims he
merely reflects the attitude of the New
York public.
Husbands Are Barred.
There should be a sign over every
stage door In New York, saying. no
Husbands Allowed For that's prac-
tically what any ingenious actress from
the West finds out II she's married and
wants her husband 20 escort her TO the
theatre and to call for her after the
show. Why. the minute she let's II be
known she has a husband the manage
has a 1T and the box-ofice man has q
violent chill.
THE New York public won't stand
for q married ,ngenue.' they chorus.
and II you're wise-I'm wise now-you
have your husband meet you somewhere
up the block
But do you think New York 10
unique In its point Of view?" I asked.
Certainly II is. I've played In Call
forn!a and through the West for sew
eral years. and everybody knew l was
married.
nut you 80 there are almost
70 mashsrs In the west. We sx-
800 khaNa all "a DPAaAOA
guess. Law Of supply aaa demand,
you know.
conoeIt Of the Washer.
Some one Of you writer's oush. to
get up an article some time Dr. The
Psychology Of the Masher.'
What Is there about the type Of New
Yorker that he thinks he can place
himself above all the laws and conven-
lions Of etiquette? He's not handsome,
he's not clever. Judged from a few let
tors I've had from him. he can't even
spell. Believe me-. there's nothing ra-
tional about his proceedings. He's actu-
ated by sheer crazy conceit.
I've never known any men ~
conositsd - those rye met here"
luss Knowles continued. "Your
WO01vo oXO - oAA yS~
fatuous. Sounds Ike Al cpl
gram, doesn't IT.
But don't think / blame you women
for getting fat. Nv put on SOM" ncsh
myself since I Sans, here. You do have
such surprisingly good things TO cat.
ana women to-day care a great deal
about eating. It's a new trick OF
theirs.
"rhs ola-fashioned woman had
bird-liks appetite, but her grand
daughter has IN appetite for . hot
bird.
Gluttony and Flirting.
But sluttony's a cultivated sin. so
far as women are concerned. There
hardly any woman THAI wouldn't rather
firt than eat. Only New York men love
to eat, and they dom know now TO
firt.
They're too used 10 being battered
TO hearing: oh, how clever OF YOU" or
You've made that so clear' never
understood II before or. What a stun
ming sui. OF clothes! But ! suppose any
thing would look well with your shout
ders.' That's the sort OF thing l meant
when ! said a while 8 that New
York 10 the homo OF the female bluH.
Have you never met herr"
The inquiry was so earnest that had
10 admit I knew her by hundreds.
Il don't know that ! blame the bluT
so much" Miss Knowles added chart
tably. Il mean the girl in business. or
the professions. who applies the meth
DDS OF the harem to the business Office.
She can get along without blufing and
caJolery IL she has stupendous talent.
But now many girls have?
Besides. an ounce OF nattery Is apt to
outweigh a pound OF genius with any
man."