The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-18
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81 hope. my dear. said Dick,
going back to the subject of di-
yorce. that you are not getting
to be one of those suffragets."
II don't know what you mean,
dear, by suffraget."
"One of those women who feels
that she can run her own affairs
without the aid of her husband
and who flies the coop on the
slightest provocation.
Look at the increase in
divorce. Your grandmother and
my grandmother would have died
at the thought Of leaving their
husbands. In their time a d.
vorced woman was disgrace.
sometimes think that marriages
then were much happier than in
most cases"
Eyes, | think that men were
happier under the old regime,
Dick, for they did just as they
pleased and the wife submitted
simply because she did not know
what she would do to live IL she
separated from her husband. To-
day those women who divorce
their husbands have no such fears.
They know they can earn their
daily bread II necessary. 1 be-
lieve that many woman in your
grandmother's and my grand
mothers time has lived with a
man she hated simply because she
was afraid she would starve with
out him.
81 think women are much hap
pier today than they used to be
simply because they are not de-
pendent upon their husbands.
They live with them as long as
they love them or as long as they
think 1t is their duty SO to do, but
all the time, back in their minds,
Is that feeling that they are free
to live their own lives alone If love
fails them.
Don't misunderstood me,
Dick" fastened to say as he
tried to interrupt. 81 know how
very, very hard II would be for a
woman to live alone who has had
the protection of a mans name
and home. Mrs. Tenney is an il
Illustration of this, but, all the
same. the thought that l am able
to earn my own living, IL neces-
sary, is very sweet to me-"
I'm other words, If l don't be-
have myself" said Dick as he
came over and kissed me, 'you
serve notice that you will leave
me to my own sinful devices?"
No, dear; | probably will do
nothing of the kind. l believe If
thought you cared more for me
than anyone else-if you still
wanted me-still needd me, for
you do need me, Dick, l should
always stay with you, no matter
what you did"
We'll, you bet, old girl, you
can think that. However great a
fool l make of myself, | love and
need you, dear. From the mo-
ment I opened that schoolroom
door and saw you / knew that /
loved and needed you, and / have
never had a doubt of it in the
three years we have been mar
ried."
my! How the time passes,
Dick. I'm getting to be an old
woman"
That's right. In a little while
you will be losing your teeth"
That was Dicks way of giving
me compliment. I think he is
prouder of my white teeth than l.
Come on, dear; let's go to a
show and have a little jamboree
all by ourselves. We haven't had
one in so long that / am afraid
there aren't any more in the
world"
I hurried into a street gown
and off we went to the play, which
was a funny comedy with two or
three pretty little love scenes in
1t.
I put my hand in Dicks while
: they were being acted and he
clasped it just as though we were
not old married folks, and in the
taxi he pulled me over to him and
kissed me. Again I feel that /
belong" and, dear little book,
will confess to you that If heaven
Is the land of belonging l want to
60 there"
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