The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-20

] wonder, too
he age part makes no difference"
Two wears. nor five. do not count one
way or another between a man and =
woman Besides, there IS nothing more
absurd than to count age by years
There are women who are Young AT 20.
and others who are old maid, IN their
cradles. and a woman IS as young as
her heart U.s. In other days women aged
faster than men, bu, now women and
/ especially business women. whose lives
are full OF varied interests, keep young
er longer than men, who are apt 10 burn
the candle a, both ends.
This woman need not hesitate 20
marry her Sultor because he IS lew
years younger than she Neither need
she doubt the pcrmanonCy Of her love
for him because It IS half maternal, for
! that peculiar brand Of affection which
has in lt.both the love ot a woman Tor a
/ man and OF woman Tor her child is
| the most lndeStructble passion on
earth 1t viii stand fire and water, and
unia,,hiulucSS and drink. and ShlitleSN-
geSe and neglect, and still live on
+ ] he real problem in this case and
is one OF the ncw stumbling blocks
that the entrance OF women INTO the
working world has Strcwn IN the path
Of matrlmony- the attitude OF the
man, and the way that he feels about
the situation
And truth compels me to state that
while women have gotten a new view
point upon the relation OF husband and
VIE. men look at II from the same old
lord and master angle That IS 10 say,
woman can be perfectly happy IN a
marriage m which ,he doc, the work
and supports the family but man IS
miserable in a marriage IN which he IS
NOT the high cockalorum and rules the
rOoSt
II is absolutely indispensable to the
masculine peace OF mind for a man 70
feel that he is far, lar superior to hi
wife, that she looks up TO him as TO m,
little god who sits up aloit and dis
pen'eS iavorS when properly plaea,ed
Also. he must be the oracle OF the fam
lily circle ,upon whose utterances w
woman he has done the honor to mar,
must hang with hated breath
Now II is difficult. not 10 say impos
Sihlc. to take this attitude toward a
woman who is a better business mar
than he is. who has clearer Judgment
and more initiative, and who pulls down
a farer salary envelope. and for this
reason the relationship between the
clever business woman and her husband
- almost invariably strained Wher
the gray marc is tho better horse her
woke mate lets her pull the load but he
Is never grateful to her for doing IT.
The inhorn passion ot woman is "a
serve and help the man she loves II
seems 10 the woman who is IN business
and who ieelS that she has a peculiar
aptitude for II, that nothing else IN the
world would hc So sweet as to work side
by side with her husband, partners in
business as well az in matrlmony She
may see that she has more financial
talent than he, that she has greater
energy that she has keener CONNER
cial vision than he has
/ This doesn't make her love him less,
nor does II give her any contempt Tor
him or sense OF her own superiority
/ Her only thought is to brace up his
weakness with her strength, to supple
mcnt his intelligence with her own, and
+ To he the woman behind the door OF his
success She has the generosity to give
all but he has not the generosity 'o
receive what she offers lie feSen,> her
every suggestion as an effort to boss
him lie sees a covert criticism IN every
idea she advances and the more she Is
IN the right about financial matters, the
more he hates her for IT,
/ NlSo, the woman who tries to help her
, husband by continuing 10 earn money
after she is married, doe, so at her per
/ II, Tor IN the large majority " cases
the man who finds out that his wife can
support the family, and him. sits calm
, " down and lets her do II. Nor is this
the worst feature OF the case, Tor, s,ung
hy the inward consciousness that they
are not doing a mans part in the world.
those dependent husbands seek 20 as
Scrt their manhood by pretty TYRANNY
IN thSlr own households, and YOU will
find that the most disagreeablc hu,
bands IN the world are the ones whose
wives do the mos, for them
\ Sttoug woman may love a weak
man to the death. hut no weak man long
loves a strong woman after he is MAJ
rlcd tn her There iS that in her which
Shamts his own lack. and as penefa al