The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

never to marry millionaire have right to give that advice, because I married two of 'em.
 Here is the philosophy of it all. If you marry a poor man you are the whole thing in his life--when the days work is over he comes home to you; he has noth- ing else to share his time, his affections and his amusements with. But if you marry millionaire you are only one toy among his many playthings-you are in competition with his yacht, his automobile, his club, his horses, his hunting and his gay friends.
 They say lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. but this millionaire lightning struck me twice. I thought that my first unhappy experience as the wife of rich man was only an accident but when my second experience proved equally unhappy, l began to analyze things.
 Cupid hates millionaire. I know that isn't original. But there isn't much that is original these days. l am sure that nine tenths of the girls who have married for money are unhappy. Whoever said that Cupid hated a millionaire didn't go far enough. Cupid seems to hate the wife of a millionaire more than anything else
 Because am young-I will not be twenty-two until next month"; suppose some will think l don't know what I am talking about, and can almost hear others say, Oh, Peggy Hopkins is talking non- sense But if the girls who say these un- kind things will only stop minute and think am sure they will realize my situa- tion better. Do you think young woman would give up high social position and her own beautiful motor cars and beautiful home, and all the gowns and jewels money can buy to work for living unless she was really and truly unhappy as the wife of millonaire?
 "That is exactly what I have done I have left a handsome husband-he has gone down into Central America now, to avoid heartbreaking scenes-I have left a very high social position in Washington. left my motor cars, my beautiful pedigreed dogs, my wonderful riding horses, my ex- quisite gowns and jewels, and come here, a stranger to New York, simply because, as the wife of a millionaire, my heart was breaking and 1 determined to be inde- pendent.
 Perhaps girls will go on marrying rich men just because they are rich, but 1t seems to me they will become wiser in the next generation and realize, before it is too late, that they want husband, an honest faithful, loving man, for a mate, not money-spoiled clubman, whose wealth and early environment has given him an entirely wrong idea of women. Don't say, Why shouldn't I marry rich man? He can give me everything want That isn't true.
 Let me tell you, little girl, whoever you may be, if you are thinking of marrying a millionaire-if you have one tagging at your heels (and how they can hang onD- don't marry him. Millionaires are not cut out for husbands in the true sense of the word They think they fall in love with you, but it isn't long before they get back to their old habits. These habits are too strong for them to break, even for the sake of trusting girl. They go back to their clubs and their theatre friends and their sports and neglect their wives
 ITO millionaire woman is, as Kip ling said, only a woman. She is 8 small incident in his life. After they have mar ried you and the honeymoon has waned, they neglect you. They expect you to re- main tied down, to look neither to the right nor the left, while their liberties