The evening world., 1912-01-10
Feminine FLippancy on
PeriYous Subjects and
Inflated Egotisrr Of To-
Day Is Reaction From
Too Much Friday Night
Prayer Meeting of Fifty
Years Ago.
Marguerite MOOers Marshall.

Marguerite MOoers Marshall.
The clubwoman has at last come
into her own. With her p~seudo-culture,
her inflated egotism. her complete lack
OF any genuine and dignined accom-
plishment, sho Is the significant figure
Talker."
The Talker" II that very common
type OF modern woman who vaccinates
her brain with every Idea that comes
along, the result being a continuous
conversational Inflammation.
Yesterday / discussed her interesting
dramatic final" with Miss Fairfax.
In private life. by the way. she Is Mrs.
fully Marshall. wife OF the actor, and
as charming a young woman as ever
turned her pen into a scalpel. Under
q coronet Of sof. brown braids. a pair
Of big brown eyes meet one with an
bordering. and the thin. sensitive lips
are equally ready with . smile or .
gentle sarcasm.
The trouble with the average Ameri-
can woman 10 that she doesn't know
her place." Miss Fairfax began in q
quiet. musical voice.
she Is like Mohammsd's comm.
suspended In the air between heaven
and earth and belonging to neither.
SHE DOES NOTHING TO JUSTIFY
HER EXISTENCE.
1.-THE woman in my play 10 the woman
Of the great middle class, Whose k.us-
band 10 not m never will be rich. but
will for many years earn a good. fair
salary This woman - pretty. viva.
cious. socially attractive, but. 30 far
As I can see. worth absolutely nothing.
/ can't think that she justihes her
istence simply by eating three meals a
day. Yet what else does she do? She
has no commanding social position
where the influence Of sheer beauty and
~graciousness would have Its value Tor
the world. She has no children ant
probably doesn't want any. She nve'
In q flat and doe her housekeeping b.
pressing d button. What's her excuse
for living the worldf"
SHE joins women's olubs." ! sus'
gested.
And what earthly good docs tina,
do.' exclaimed the heretical Miss Fair
fax.
"what have the womsn'S clubs
Of New York really accomplished
besides . nsvsr-ending So OF dis
c~ussionf Its talk, talk, talk, and
svsn II there are no Immediately
tragic consequences, - In my play,
there's such an awful waste Of
energy. II . locomotive spent all
its time blowing Oh steam IL would
never get anywhsrst
And then the kind Of talk! I DON
know whats got into the modern WON
an. 1t has happened that l have at
tended various teas and social gath
erings OF m in me last year o
two, and l have been. not shocked. Blu
utterly astounded at the things tina
were said.
HER CONVERSATION MARKET
BY EXTREME FLlPPANcV.
II suppose It's a reaction from to
much Friday night prayer-meeting Mt
years ago, but hAppancy 10 the sine gu
non of the modern woman's conyerss
ton, though the heavens n all til
gods fall In the process. And yet
know perfectly we'll that every one q
those women l met would be foun
dead rather than In a really compromii
ing situation.
THE woman who has thought out hi
own philosophy Of life. VINO Ia reall
, original and unconventional. 10 not IL
woman who Is always talking radica
ism. Just because she has the couras
, 10 live her own life she has learned III
cost. and she dare not advise othel
< IN amuiata her own eflanC
" have nothing to say against .
volnan who, after carefully consid-
ering her particular problem, solves
=, It In some way which tradition
named unsafe or wrong. Then the
. CONSEQUENCES OF her act speak for
her. II suffering results, she II
the sufferer, n there 10 always
Z hor example. But its h women
who arc afraid to act and who take
II out in talk who are dangsrousI'
= But Is there no salvation for Il
talkers?" asked.
. THE TALKING WOMAN AFTE
y FIFTY A SAD SIGHT.
IF they would take 1t, yes" sa
Miss Fairfax. II they will not. Il
end Is always tragedy. sometimes
. sudden one, as In my play ottener q
l. worse. because more long drawn OF
e tragedy OF an arid old age. The tai
ing woman after fifty is a sad sgf
She has done nothing. and now her Ill
for doing Is past. She has not even a.
ties with the younger generation.
But motherhood Is not the sovereiI
remedy for this woman. II Is s!mp
work. Let her get out and do son
thing. II she and her husband choo
20 bring up hve or six young cltize
her work is often cut Out for her
N home, though l believe that even t
10 mother who has a profession shol
hesitate a 'ong ,ime before giving II |
However. every woman should ma
IA a definite job. II not as "A homemak
or a mother. then in some capacity on
W side the home. Some husbands wol
* object at first. but ! think that a Il
years trial would convince even t
ut husbands. The woman's surplus n
IT vous energy would ind some other oil
let than by way OF her tongue,
;" "As things are now, ! cannot see wi
X the husband gets out OF life with
talking woman" concluded Hiss Ia
FAX.
".WordAL vordn. vords.'" quoted