The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01

Such WIDESPREAD interest was shown
by the readers OF The washington Her
aid in the Man and Superman" letter
writing contest that the number OF In
teresting letters received was far in ex-
cess Of what had been expected and the
Essay Editor regrets that's there were
not more prizes at his disposal to
award.
Many did not comply with the rules oil
the conte Il, which made It necessary to
discard their letters without regard Tor
the merit of the opinions expressed The
first prize of SIS in gold will be awarded
at the end Of the first act of Man and
Superman'' at the Columbia Theater on
Monday night, December 2, to one OF the
fifty winners announced below, to whom
the Essay Editor has awarded each two
orchestra seat tickets to see Robert Lor-
, alne in Bernard Shaw's clever COMEDY
Man and Superman."
The tickets will be sent by mail this
morning, and should be received by the
winners in the early mails of Monday,
IN ample time to make their arrange
ments to enjoy the opening performance
of the play at the Columbia Theater
+ Monday evening.
To Mr.. w. Carson Ryan, IT,, Of the Blu
reau Of Education, the second prize of a
lower box at the Columbia Theater
Monday night, December . has been
awarded. As the box is for six. Mr..
Ryan. jr., will have the pleasure Of en-
tertaining as his guests, five others.
Essay winning second prize:
Sham in society? Certainly, whether
you spell S(s)ociety with big or slip
it over in lower case as evidence of dem
ocracy (also lower case). Everybody Is
trying to deceive everybody else-just a
little; and few are fooled by this pleas
ant deception. There's no particular
harm about it all-unless it becomes eX-
aggerated or some one takes it seriously.
But it's sham, all right. And when you
think OF it. wouldn't it be funny world
without the Christmas sham, the sum-
mer vacation sham, and all the other lit
tie members of the Sham family?
Girls entice men into marriage" ]
hope SO. It's a good sign If they do. for
such a procedure is based on sound So
GEOLOGY. Girls attract men into marriage
because they instinctively prefer mar
riage to singleness, and they have a
bunch they're doing the man a good
turn. too. Single life, if not socially
wrong, is at least socially abnormal.
Shaw isn't the only man who knows
that. American men show a wholesome
willingness to be attracted-Or enticed,
whichever you prefer CShaw says ''en-
ticed'' because it sounds spicier; he hopes
to shock.)
As to the part the mothers play. well,
they generally have precious little to do
with il in these United States. 1t is
probably true that normal mothers are
so anxious to see their daughters hap
PLY married that they don't scrutiRize
the prospective sOn-in-law quite care
fully enough The American mother is
in the habit OF letting daughter have
her own sweet will, though the heavens
fall-and they sometimes do. Mother
usually hesitates when it comes to in
terfering with daughters privilege of Sc
lection. Besides, Shaw's contention Is
justified somewhat by the fact that in
the past mother and daughter alike have
often been serenely ignorant of what
constitutes a desirable husband. II
hasn't made much difference about a
health certificate. if he could show a
meal ticket. It's getting to be different