The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-17
CONFESSIONS
Of A Wife
A MANS OPINION OF THE
MODERN GIRL

1 nutu 4 tltri Ntut Nuutus ME-
Margie." continued the man In his
latter to me. Il was too III to think
OF much except that I was mex.
prcssibly lonely and blue. For n
long while could not work. but I
became acquainted with many peo-
pie.
Men. as well as women. were
very kind 10 me. and as soon ms l
began to get better started TO
writ. a little. And then met one
OF the women who has had the
greatest influence on my life |
was really bowled over for the first
time In my life
My wife. for in spite OF r. n.
I'm spite OF no money on either side.
In spite OF my family. in spite OF
my eogncils OF good sense. mar.
ried her-was very beautiful and
very clever She was the only girl
In the place who could talk any.
thing but sentimental Eush, She
was apparently AS much in love
as l.
'She was year or two older
than I. altho I did not know IL at
the time. II had known II. a.
would have made no difference TO
me. a. years have never counted
with me In my preference for won.
en-in fact. the very young girl has
self.centered. too sure that she In
the ultimate end to which every
young man she sees aspirca
Il think that the average young
girl. my dear Mrs. Margse. In the
most unconsciously sexual animal
In the world. Now. don't look
shocked and throw down this letter
In disgust. Remember ! said 'un.
consciously and her mother. her
cousins and her aunts. the drama.
the novel. her entire education, all
teach toward this end. IL blame
there be. 10 them II should be given.
ITO woman child. love--roman.
tic iove-ls Idealized and taught
until II il made bigger than life
itself From the time a boy can un.
derstand. he II told 10 prepare for
life. From the time girl looks
with understanding into her moth
er's face. she Is told TO prepare for
love
Every beautiful feature OF her
face. every gesture OF her body.
every fashionable within OF her at.
tire IL made the most OF TO attract
the opposite sex.
True. I grant you that this idea
was born In the beginning OF n
man-made world, when woman
was supposed 10 be snbservient to
her lord and master. and her only
hope was to be fair enough to Mt.
tract n man who had more human
than british qualities.
But why keep TO this idea. when
women have not only grown brains
but souls. and some OF them even
that wonderful sixth sense we cali
common Old customs die hard.
however. and we still teach our
daughters that they need only be
physically attractive to attain the
greatest thing IN the world-love.
Sexual attraction In n Law Of ma.
ture that psychologists and phil.
osophers have written reams about
Some have acclaimed II. some have
disclaimed II, but not one has yet
explained II.
Perhaps II remains for me to
say that. with man, sexual attrac-
tlon is an amusement. with woman
n business, altho an English poet
has put II in less blunt fashion
love, OF mans life is a thing apart.
IT'S woman's whole exHtence.'
1 4. .
in spite OF, our friends. the suf.
fragists and the feminists OF today.
the fact remains that. TO the young
girl. romantic love Is the be-all and
the end.all OF existence"
Little book, think the man I'm
this story Is quite right. and the
| fact that nine-tenths OF the men
prepare for life. which includes
love. and the same proportion OF
TO be always a kind OF glorifled
courtship, makes nine-tenths OF the
unhappiness in the world.
The thing that strikes me, little
book, as the most wonderful about
this isosceles triangle OF love that
| has come to me In the shape OF let
ters from a man. n wife and won.
an outside. is It's human quality
quality which is seldom Illus
trated In literature. where human
types, even tho they have passed
thru the mind of genius. are too
often either all good or all bad
ITO Be Continued)
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