The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-16
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WHEN a WOMAN IS LONELY
Copyright. 1915. by the Newspaper
Enterprise Associstion.)


Mrs. Tenney dropped IN last
evening and ! did wish when saw
her that Bill would come while she
was with us--she looked 80 pretty.
Before | could say n word she
began: "Margie. stand everything
tefore you get a divorce from a
man. tell you there IL nothing In
the world so pathetic M n divorced
woman. You do not understand
how terrible II II TO be alone. and
to be alone without the sympathy
that comes 10 you II ron iovo your
husband II death by hourly torture.
We women always look 10 the
other ser for all our good times,
We get used 10 having men spend
their money on our amusements and
we accept these attentions as a
matter OF course. We do not enter
into pleasure with our own ser as
men do. Men can have fine times
Nth each other and never miss us.
but TO be perfectly happy We won.
On must have a man around. The
other evening | took a party OF
women friends 10 tho theatre and
then TO supper after the play. We
did not have much 10 eat but the
bin was $50. | didn't mind the
money. for you know Blu pays me
n splendid alimony. but / was sur
prised at the cost OF an evening"
entertainment. BESIDES felt 20
foolish going around without a man.
For the first time in my life |
realized how the little bills that a
man pays for tho fleeing moments
OF pleasure count up. Few women
realize this and often | am sure
have counted man as stingy when.
poor thing. ne was probably spend,
ing more than he was able.
When | was n girl would never
carry my own suitcase because I
had feeling that woman who did
that told the passerby. as loudly
as though she shouted II. that she
was poverty-stricken in both money
and admirers. that she could not af.
ford to have Il carried and did not
have any man who loved her
enough 10 carry II for her. Margle.
I've carried my suitcase many times
since left VIII and ! have always
cried when I did II.
Il thought you we're going to
marry that other man who has been
so attentive to You"
Il couldn't do Il. Margie. You see
! was always comparing him with
VIII and you know there II no more
delightful man In the world than
van Tenney when he Is with a
woman"
That's the trouble. my dear Mrs.
Tenney: Il IL A woman with Bill.
you can always be sure. and not
THE woman"
"Well. I have almost come 10 The
conclusion that would be satisfied
To be A woman 70 the man was
with n the man was as nice rs WIN
can be"
MY dear Mrs. Tenney, I believe
you want your husband back again -
II am not sure. Margie. ain not
sure. but do know that when a
woman gets my age she Is a very
forlorn creature II ahe has not got
ten manat least some man all
ner own. Liberty 10 woman
means nothing II she has no one 70
share r. with her"
Evidently. Mrs. Tenney. you are
not one OF those women who want
70 live their own lives"
That was the trouble wanted
to live my own life but I was not
satisfied TO let Bill live his. ! not
only wanted him TO carry my suit.
case but | seriously objected to his
carrying a suitcase of anybody else.
even for the leastest littleat' way
Margie. the most OF us are fools
wo marry men and then are un-
happy because they are not angels,
forgetting that they are probably
Just Ms disappointed I'm US.
IT'S all right for you 10 try and
live up to your own Ideals, but all
the martyrs the world has ever
known have been made by trying
TO make other people live up to
ideals that we're not theirs but those
of someone else"
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow