The evening world., 1912-02-29
M r.. Edith Ellis Furness Says
II Is the Girl Who Does
the Choosing.
Marguerite MOoers MdvshdH.
WAT hind Of woman shouid .
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Mr.. Furncss has the distinction Of
having assisted seven young women 10
enter the bonds OF wediock-in her
clover play. Seven Sisters" which VIII
asertiy revisit New York IN musical
comedy makeup. Perhaps her succeas
- dramatic dowarcr has led hcr to
underestimate mans par, in the matr-
mc0tal performancc-snd perhaps not
Anyhow. this Is her answer 10 tho
query of the Rockefeller bible class:
"a man really has nothing 70 10
Win b choosing Of hts Wife. h
sAeosss him. And II she 10 clever
sosuGh "a lead him TO the altar.
vAals All the time CivinG him The
Impression that hs 10 leading her..
she 70 also clever enough after
marriage 70 make him quite ~
haypy - he deserves 70 be.
"A bride" Mrs. FurneAs continued
0amiy. always realizes thai she 10 her
hasband's msntai superior. She may
sAmit his ~euhAcai. social. or financial
suprsmacy. MI she knows that his
~ presence beside her 10 positive
Uoof that she has the better brain.
MOI that ne 10 given an mixing of this
fact. The outward attitude OF tho
clever woman toward man In that Of
upiifted eyes. Inwardly she Is generally
thAnkinE. n you wouid only struggle n
ihss harder I'd ave % much morn
fun!'
why dose tho woman need 70 he the
metAve force In bringing to pass a mar
r]AGef because, IN our modern civllixa-
don. there are only two reasons which
would influence any man 30 marry-lf
~ were left alone. He would marry
~ gcod business. n his wife brought
him money or truly valuable assistance
10 his work. And he would marry n Iva
Possessed the paternal instinct.
TT Il were not for women this
srcwth OF charming suburban homes
would not have sprung up about US.
lastsad. city %clubhouses would have
Increased enormously. both In number
and In Size.
Really" sighed Mrs. Turnsss. ''men
are such easy marks that II doesn't
seem sportsmaniike TO bring them
eown. You soc. the American man
pune all the fsht IN him into his busi-
ness. In the evenings he rests and
reisxes M 10 completely on his guard.
AN q woman need do TO win the
gentle creature is simply to take him
seriously"
And does that cover her rcoulsit.
EXAMINATIONS after marriage 40 well A
bsfore7' I asked.
There is one other thing she
shouldn't forget" Mrs. Furness condi.
q She must not he hyper-emo.
tional, The Tired business man doesn't
care for that at all.
I'm AFRAID a good many wives fail
at Just this point. The last nifty year,
ee dction. or. indeed. the entire period
the nrst novel was written, has
e1ered = steady and uninterrupted
0es OF sugar plums to women, A Yirl
rpeSries with an absolutely false idoa
Of She thinks that II con.
sasts OF poetry and moonlight ana
aewery compliments. and that II her
married life - lacking In those con.
Sutuents romance 10 dead
ana all unseen. romance brour<ht
W the hine-hfteen' Mrs. Furness nm
bhsd her quotation, What a woman
V 20 apt not to realize" she continued
-..-..' '"a' business ~ inc real
-. ""'' BUSINESS can DO
49, "'' ou' thatS seldom tho
- '.'ea' "eh nave Tor "A long
'N .a@e '"e romance or their
."sS nave rei' u II they haven't
N"" :" but 10 women II has
."N"o"h'
""S' because the men have
~"uae" us 10 snare. Men In America
s'np'y possessed OF the pedestal
"s"", DerhaTu SHAW observes. IN one
|" MS pays NO wonder American
women prefer 10 I've In Europe It's
n'ore eomtortable than standing all their
ives on an altar to he worshlpped.'
"os perfectly right about IT, On their
wsooing Gay the woman's Psychological
esveiopmsn 10 always ahead OF the
MANS but Fight there II stops and his
goes on.
"3hs avera6s 4 will tell YOU
Nat vhsu hi. vffs Interfere. On ~.
S-.s.... 49,.
80. NV s''"'est hu'-
sSacs On sertn. 30 she probably 10.
bat its his own fault. He hasn't
Aons ANYTHING to mar. h.r a,r.r-
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a very ordinary case, the mid
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