The evening world., 1913-04-26

NxO&AsEAN VIII be femem-
bered, melted thirty Of her numerous
pounds by exercise and Q stern diet
that forbade muffins and cream
gravy. She wished to reduce herself
to the shape and sise her ideal man
had carried In his memory when he
left her native town and then. after
oil her trouble. when the ideal man
came back 70 claim her. he was % fat
she married somebody else.
In the interest Of all those women
who haven't succeeded In starving
themselves into exclamation points. !
sought Miss DAviess At the Martha
Washington Hotel to ask her why and
bow she had dared to defy public taste
BY the creation Of two fat or. at any
rate. two plump hsroines. I wanted to
know aloo how an unmarried woman
nike hsrsslf. who had never experienced
The process Of falling In love. could un-
Asrstand and picture such caramel
women a. Molly. and Phoebe. the hero
Inc Of Andrew the 0lad.s
eHoWINo THERE ARE eEvERAl
WAYS OF MELTING.
why have you never mslted?"
aslred the blue-sysd young woman from
TENNESSEE who. like her hsroines. 10 OF
q pleasing but unfashionabds roundnoss
Of contour.
''But have melted-pounds and
pounds and pounds" Miss Davess an
swered smilingly.
explained that my inquiry had not
referred 10 merely physical liQuefact!on;
that with such . sympathetic under
standing Of love many persons had ex-
Stressed astonishment that the creator
Of Molly. softest and most feminine Of
creatures. had never meksd senu-
mentally.
II don't know why haven't melted
that way. II I did understand II I am
sure ] should begin to melt ct once"
Miss Davies answered.
"Nut Z havs . singular Sssulty
q tnspar1AG ne eoaAAsAes o. every.
beAy know whsA they ars n the
melting psooeos. seem 70 ~ .
sort Of receiving 0toe1o0 for the
Susstioas s1A moods aaa Doubts
q every one Of NJ friends who
falls n love.
You say there are not many women
Of the old-fashioned Molly type In New
York. women who love their men de-
votedly and are wrapped up in their
children. who 90 to church and send
their children to sunday school a. .
matter Of course. Well. we have plenty
Of Mobiles down South. l think Molly
ID the typical Southern woman. And
you will all have to get back to that
life and that point Of view eventually.
It Is the only sane one. I don't care
II there are a great many persons here
In New York questioning the existence
Of God and rejecting the old simple
values and duties, you will all have to
set back to them. Whenever ! come
up here I am introduced to some new
religion with a new God in II, but al
ways seem to recognise Him as the
Methodist Jehovah of my foremothers.
that l have always believed In. In the
South hfe II as simple and wholesome
q have tried to picture It In my
books.
Ths men ana women marry on
corn bread ana Kisses. There 10
not mach talk OF the high cost Of
living OF the minimum income on
which TO take Q wife. The women
have lots Of babies ana the men
love their wives ana are devoted
70 thsa1 children.
In q Southern town when q man gets
through his work there Is nothing for
him to do except go home and sit on
the porch with his family. and that In
what no wants most to do anyhow.
SOUTHERN MEN NEVER HAVE
FOUGHT WOMEN.
II think the attitude OF the Southern
man on the suffrage question Ia typi.
cal OF his whole relation to women.
They are simply rushing to Join U.s.
They offer us their halls for our meet
ings and ! have heard hundreds OF men
say. We have never fought our women
and We never will. What they want
they can have"