The Washington times., 1915-11-08
Relation Of
Grdnn1QrtO
Marriage
Lack of Smaller Perceptions
Indication Of Mental Atti-
tude That May Mar Life
Happiness-.Tact An ES-
sential.
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

A MAN sued for divorce out West
~ the other day because his wife
n objected to his grammar.
1T Amt no use. Judge said
the man. that woman amt never roin'
TO let me have no peace. She lest nags
me night and day because she says
don't talk right. And I ain't goIn' for
10 stand II another mint
The Judge refused the divorce. He
said there we're not sufficient grounds
for an action. But the woman In the
case did not 30 home with her husband
as tho. judge advised her to do. She
went home to mother.
And I'm going to stay there. too. I"
she said. I'm going to live the rest OF
my life with people who have sense
enough to speak correctly. whether they
have anything TO say or not"
It All Depends.
wish I could have had a talk with
that woman. would have liked to ask
her what she thought OF the man =
grammar or lack Of 1t when she married
him.
Perhaps she hoped she could teach
him.
Which do you .ympathize with in this
case. the man or the woman?
- octhS " ~ All utUeUus.
One Of the wisest. cleverest. and kind
est creatures I ever knew couldn't speax
a sentence correctly to save his life. and
I'd 60 across a continent to help him or
any Of his out Of trouble any day Of the
week.
I'd rejoice Wit: him or weep with him
Id hate his enemies and love his friends.
but ] would never. never marry into his
1amily.
Not because l think myself one-half
MS equal. but . because Pee ! know i could
ing in the smaller perceptions that he
mas not yet been able to learn that two
noes mean yes" even when you're
talking dialect.
Grammar and Marriage.
1t isn't what woman does or does
not do that makes It impossible for a
certain type OF man to live with her in
peace. 1t is the quality within that
makes her do or not do these certain
things.
man who goes to public school.
transacts business with educated people,
lnarries an educated woman and still
may be saint. and shrewd saint at
that. but there's something lacking.
somewhere. as the COW Duncher sa'H of
the man who had been raised In the
eauuiS anu tcit puChlnS
bronco from cavalry mount Just by
the looks of him.
1 know n woman who says "hain't"
when she should say isn't.
A Shrewd Observation.
DO you think ! would trust that
woman with a delicate piece Of di-
plomacy or a difficult matter of busi-
ness?
| would not
No woman with sense enough to tell
whether a check must be certified OF
not to be OF any good would say
''hain't" and go on saying II to the end
of time. no matter how many people
she heard saying isn't"
a very shrewd observer told me once
never to entirely trust a man who wore
his hat on one side.
There's something the matter with
him or he wouldn't do it." said the
shrewd observer. Either his head &
one.sidsd. on the outside. or his brain
I've often wondered II there is any
truth in what the shrewd observer
thought he had observed.
What Is Indicated.
\ girl came to me not long ago to
talk about taking up newspaper work
rs a profession.
She was a pretty girl. well dressed
and Of very pleasing manners.
I'm just crazy about newspa per
work." she said. meeting all the diff
Ierent people. and all-it must be so ex-
citing. I'm going to be a newspaper
woman. | don't care wnat anybody
says. or course. my people are awfully
against It, My mother can't even bear
TO hear me mention it, and all the fam
,ly would be shocked to death. but
don't care-l'm going to be one. II
am never asked to another party as
long as live"
You will never be one" said I.
why not?" said the girl.
because Nou have no tact" said |.
and'I suppose that girl Is wondering yet
whatever gave me such an absurd i'm
preston.
Fancy a person who has no more Ia ct
than to talk to newspaper woman
about her shocking profession" going
to interview a murderer in the morn
ing. a college president in the afternoon
and ballet dancer at night. and max.
ing herself at least tolerable to each.
The Trouble With Her.
Now. what was the matter with that
girl was not what she said. but the
fact that she meant 1t when she said It.
The thing that keeps the man who
says. 'hain,t out OF a Job isn't the
word "hain't." but the fact he isn't am
bilious enough or observing enough or
determined enough to keep himself from
saying II.
The woman who has gone home to
mother because her husband would in
sist on using atrocious grammar, I won
der what her next mistake will be?
viii she marry a school teacher who
viii make her support him while he
writes a text book on the double mega
tive and its use In the dialect poem?
Probably the same trait that made her
choose the wrong man this time will be
.pt to go right on working as long a,
she lives.
Why He Did 1t.