The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-28
THEATRICAL NEWS AND FEATURES OF THE WIIri
81 WANT TO BE LOVED AND LIED TO, In
THE WAY ALL LOVERS LIE," SAYS BLANCHE

~ want 10 be an oldfsshioned
womapi"
Thus Blanche Dates.
~ love the oidfashioned Ideals.
the old.fsshioned virtues. the old
/ fashioned eraees--even the old.
fashioned vices. Oh, why won't
they let me be oldfsshioned7" =.
You'd think. N you saw Blanche
Bates In "Nobody's Widow" At the
Metropolitan this week. that she
loved the modernliy In which she
iivea And you would be wrong.
Just ilsten.
Il want 10 be made love 10 and
lied 20" she told The Star man. 4
want 10 be told that my eyes are
the brightest. my lips the rcdaeat.
my face the faircst. and that | am
the dearest and most loyable WON
an On the world
Il have grown very tired ~ all
these equal rights and single
standards for men aud women. I
want the oidfashioned feminine
right 10 be taken care OF as a hus-
band must care for you. 10 be loved
aud 20 be He'd TO In the way that all
lovers lie
Nature. you know. meant women
for just one thing. and as you bear
children. or as you are sterile. you
are a worthy product or a cumbercr
Of the earth.
u am tired OF everlaatingly deny.
Ing myself chocolate creams and
other daintlez. for fear that I will
grow too fat 20 be able TO get into
M hiplesa gown without shoe
horn.
Il really want 10 wear my own
hair. instead OF paying exorbifant
prices for that which belonged 10
some one else.
II women only knew n. how
much easier aud pleasanter IL would
be for them 10 live ns our grand.
mothers did, accepting piacidly in.
stead OF hitting their heads against
stone wall Of feminine tradition
and mans ideals Of what a woman
should be flor men stlli have those
ideais. you know. aud everlastinly
try 10 change the Inherited ldcns
OF their lords and masters.
How perfectly delightful I'll
would he 10 spend n whole after.
aeon atiiching cross stitch moss
roses upon n pair OF slippers for the
man you love. while all the while
you remembered how he looked
when he raised the glass 10 his llps
the night before and paasionntely
mnrmnred, Drink to me oniy xlth
thine eyes
The Eiri OF today has 10 get
aionE With. Gee. but you are look.
lng SWELL
Itces ever any one see man
eiand bareheaded upon the street
ant more whiie he talks 20 a WON.
an
4 cannot Hnderp;and wis women
should want to be on an equal foot.
ing with men. when they can he
placed upon pedesinls aud wor.
shipped.
Il do not want 20 eat in res,aur.
ants where the woman across from
me drinks a cocktail and befnoann
m" fac, that In this country she Ia
permitted TO smoke In only one
hotel
want 10 ste down 10 my own In.
bic. IN a house which has a Garden
barn and chicken coop. ana
cows. and horses. and dogs. and
plenty OF children running about
wiih their mouths covered with the
berry stains which proclaim that
they have visited a Wild berry patch |
In the meadow.
want To eat the old .fashlonsd |
ioods. cooked without French |
sauce
and ! would Hike 20 enjoy the
oldiaahioncd neighbors--fhe Mind
VINO used 20 come In when one IN
me children vas sick and bring
ossh OF chicken broth or Cruel. who
SAT ND with yon all night when Won
were mourning your dead who sen,
IN towering wedding cake when
your oldest daughter Vas married !"