The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-16
HOPE FOR HUBBY OF
GLINGING- VINE TYPE
The Woman in Business Will
Soon Make 1t Possible for
Him to Be Happy.
ACTOR WELCOMES CHANGE
Frank Craven, in "SeVen
Chances" joyful Over Pros
pect of Quiet Life.

The clinging-vine husband is almost
clare himself.
Never heard OF a clinging-vine hus-
band?
OF course, you have, but polite So
Getty has not yet seen fit TO call the
gentlemen by that name. Society calls
them loafers. Largely because the
majority of the better class have been
existing "under the rose" as it were.
But they are about TO come out and
bask unashamed in their homes, pat
ting their Woodworking wives on the
back in approval when they come in
from the office in the evening, run
ming to get for them their soft wrap
per, slippers, and perchance a cigar
cite. and otherwise performing the
touching little duties of the helpmeet.
Tip From Frank Craven.
All of this inside information doesn't
come from a woman, or a male anti,
or a male suffragist, but from one
Frank Craven, actor.
Mr.. Craven made a direct statement
that he would rejoice, be glad, and
otherwise register joy, when the time
came for the husbands who were by
nature clinging vines, to lean back
and become their true selves.
For Mr.. Craven himself, far from
enjoying the distinction of being the
lucky fellow who plays the Seven
Chances" at the BeIasco Theater this
week, is by nature a self-confesscd
clinging vine.
VIII Welcome the Time.
II will welcome the time" he said
yesterday, when 1 will be able to stay
at home all day, potter with the
household affairs, and intrust the
more arduous duties of earning the
living to my wife"
The cause for this statement was a
survey of the remarkable progress of
women in business and professional
fields, and the attempt to prognosti-
cate the results of the new state of
things.
According to Mr.. Craven, the result
will be harmful to more, and an i'm
mense relief to those men who have
for years secretly coveted the soft
position of the woman in the home.
Women viii DO the Work.
In the future home, where the cling
ing-vine husband fourishes, according
to Mr.. Craven, the women will do all
OF the real work. while the tender
husband, tired with endless genera
tions OF unremittinE toll, will at last
enjoy himself openly, Undisturbed by
any condemnation of his fellows.
The picture Mr.. Craven painted was
a glorious one, patheticaIly touching
at times, yet withal tinted with the
rosy glow OF justice.
For those who have seen seven
Chances" we impart the informa-
tion that Frank Craven on the stage
and off are one and the same person.
He has no false hair. teeth, clothes.
or mannerIsms. Everything he wears
on the stage. is his own, including
his disposition.
Has No MannerIsmS.
For those who have not seen Mr..
Craven at all, it may be stated that
he is a young looking man. OF aver
age height, with moderately light
hair here and there on his head.
clean shaver. with a generous mouth
full of fine teeth. evidently his own.
His eyes are rather wide set, and
inclined TO be blue. As said before.
he has no mannerisms. and wears,
If anything, when not smiling. in
addition to his very conservative
clothing. a rather mistreated, hunt
ed. worried look.
When seen u1observed the other
day in a drug store on Fifteenth
street he looked almost like Gov
eminent clerk.
He's A Regular Person.
So you see he is a regular person.
with human mental operations. and
not at all the snobbish actor. in
fected with press agent tempera-
ment. One could almost imagine
him taking an interest in the condi-
tions OF crowded street cars, or the
careIessness OF chauffeurs
or all the more value then. is his
brilliant opinion on the clinginG
vine man and his bright future
While he talked he smiled cheerfuliy
and broadly. evidently happy in the
contemplation Of the utopian time
which he says viii come.
God>end to This Type.
conditions now in the business
world are going to result in ;he
bcttcrmcnt Of at least one type of
man" he said.
The influx OF women into indus
Try and trade and professional life
i SOuScnd 10 the CllnSlnS vine
man.
Think OF the years in which the
man OF home loving and tender dis
position has had to throttle his nat
ural impulses and go out into the
rude world TO battle for livelihood!
Won't Let Him he Happy.
Every time man darcs assert
his true self, and live in the home,
under the influence Of the quiet IN
vironmcnt his nature Graves, it isn't
ten minutes until the
The Gerry society, !
The police force.
Tho women in the n"iGhborhool, /
His own wife.
And all OF his friends unite 20
ruin his happiness.
Business Woman Menace. No!
"Willy nilly. merely because he -
q male, he must hurry out every |
day, on money making bent, and not |
come back at night until he has |
Earnered enough to satisfy the wolf |
like demands of state and home"
NJ. Craven wiped his flushed /
brow. He was SO moved that one I
rpuld irnzp inc he had inst .pm. IL 3