The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-16

in that gorgeous gown" But that did not nre
vent vent, her finding among the notes. when she
placed his desk in order that afternoon, the note
Enthusiastically in his handwriting:
Woman finding herself with no resource
except to appeal to her possessor's magma
tlon, was coerced into display Of those at.
tributes which would most effectively and
permanently pacate somewhat capricous
master; She acquired the dazzle habit And
as matlng became more competitive she real
lied the advantage Of ornamentation Of add.
ing fictitious value to her person by the
things with which she adorned 1t. Out of this
was born the parade instinct in woman"
She gasped when she discovered the title under
which he gathered this and other self-illuminat-
Ing remarks. 1t THE Woman Barbarous"
What could believe? He said thrs
ne wrote that, and he refused to explain the
1ncongruity. Brooding. she decided that he could
not hot; me differences were irreconclable She
nad married a monster, monster of inconsist.
ency! Verify the Inconsistencies of men are great
and many. while those of women are small and
few!
"The greatest thing in the world is a woman
and you are the greatest of all women" her noet
. spouse might rhapsodize. but of what avail was
that when there struck her as blow from
page surmounted by his name:
The unequivocally great women of re-
corded time could be inscribed on sheet of
paper no bigger than this printed page"
And there appeared neither her name nor any
hint of her In the list that followed.
Man the irresponsible. Every woman loves
goodness. I worship you" But why should Mr.
Strfnger waste valuable breath in such assertions
when in his Irish poems he finishes his verses on
''Wimmin Folk" with this:
For when gerrs love We we'll, my lad,
,r, Iheyre thrue to nayther law letter.
lis wnen they're most disheartenin' bad
Yell learn to love such angels betther"
Mr; stringer grew quite accustomed to hearing
halfsobbing exclamation. ooh, Arthur" after
his wife had cut the leaves OF his latest hool-
or had dipped into his latest magazine article
And having nothing to say, he said it. But next
Day he wrote Who can restrain a poet? Him.
self least of ALL"
1T is because Jobyna persists In staying ON
the stage age was the conjecture of few friends
mined trunks in the striHser household. But long
ago the poet withdrew his objection to his beau.
titul wife's gracing the boards. True. he pre-.
year on the home farm at Cedar Springs Canada
permanent roof. growing family, but this is
an age OF individualism, and he recognized his
wife's righT to develop her individuality
It was that pen of his that runaway nen 4b.t
always outstripped his tongue, that made his
Ire and works a trial balance Sheet crisscrossed
the ways. fe u
She heard him VOW love undying, eternal. and
vat him write rollicking verse inspired by
the cartoon OF a man standing beside a tonoS
stone OF his wife, watch in impatient hand
He lauded her beauty. He told her 1t was q
l gift OF the gods. He said he proud to be
the husband of one of the most beautiful women
in America. But he wrote this:
The beautiful woman begins life wrong.
IL she mas intellect 1t atrophies through mac,
ton, for TO succeed she has only to smile.
t 1 I'll. time e.. very little time. compared
MN MN . me io i stretch OF womans life"
Wretch" through her ct teeth as vicousIy as
did the villain in the theatre where She was
playing. o was
He might eternal fidelity, but of what
avail when he wrote for this newspaper.
Ihe beautiful woman wins a husband The
ugly woman keeps him.
Mrs Stringer had a healthy amb,t,on ,.r
tined success on the stage
Yet her husband wrote.