Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

law l shall begin at once And dld;
l started Blackstone that very week.
''Blackstone?' the name was oppressive
why, yes Blackstone" laughed MRS.
Mcclure. ooh. it makes such interesting
reading / was somewhat bored during
the summer. as was most every coH-
gressional woman who had to stay mere
in Washington. | had read most OF the
books that were worth while. A girl
can't go through college without acqulr-
ing an ambition to read the best. The
light frivolous stuff / had been passing
my time away with was so tresome that
/ gladly began on Blackstone.
Il was delighted. You know, he wrote
so well and SO entertainnsly. | enjoyed
him from the beginning Then l de-
cided to take up course In law TO go
to law school and plod along like the
other students Certainly l mean to take
the bar examination
Mrs Mcclure does not intend practicing
law: nevertheless, she has reasons for
her interest in 1t.
Il can't somehow feel that knowing
considerably more than l ever did be-
fore and being able to talk intelligently
with my husband on matters In winch
he is interested is going to be anything
but a benefit to me- she explained.
friend of mine who rather disapproved
of my going to the university asked me
the other day If I didn't honestly think
/ was being unfeminine in pursuing so
masculine a study. And what, anyhow,
woman?
.Raising a family. replied, promptly
NV friend laughed loud and long. Now
why should such an idea be humorous.
/ cant see that little education units
a woman to be a mother. Nor does
ii take woman away from her home
duties. 1t seems to me that woman
who needs to devote every minute to
the management of one small home is
not a very capable person. And look
at the sons of genius and strength. Are
they not a rule weaklings?"
But what bearing do they have
this case?' the interviewer asked in
surprise.
Mrs. MCGUIRE had ready reply:
Have you noticed that great men
usually marry rather inconsequential
women. They pick out exceedingly
frivolous, light minded women, or else
pied In matters OF business and their
professions that they have little time for
the rearing of their families.
THE education of the sons and the
influencing of their minds, therefore
fall on the mother. Boys always fol-
low their mother. think And the re-
suita The careless training or lack of
training of such easy-going mothers
makes pretty useless sons. Certainly
little broadening of the wornens horizon
would help these mothers develop better
men and better citizens.
Besides all this, Mrs. Mcclure had an
other excellent reason TO. having deiv-
ed into Blackstone She thinks woman
must keep pace with her husband
We really have to- she said. Il
don't want Mr.. MCGUIRE to get too far
ahead OF me. I want to develop along
with him. 1t seems to be rather the
fashion for husbands and wives to drift
far away from each other in their in
terests. Very often. indeed, 1 have fire.
quently noticed it, the interests of a
man and woman are entirely remote.
This sort of q state usually means that
the husband finds most any stranger
with cleverness more entertaining than
his wife. And the woman has the same
experience.
"Since I've been interested in law, Mr..
Mcclure and I now argue cases at meal
times. Oh, it's such fun. ] do relish it
much more than gossip" Mrs. Mcclure
laughed as Though it were all froiic.
II must confess, though. that the very
first instant l have a little trouble with
my maid / talk as fast and as furiously
as | ever did. So much in life depends