The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-07
At Least That's the View Of
Mrs. Alice 'Duer Miller.
Who Has Written a Book
on This Feature Of High
Society / and. Called It
Ladies Must Live The
Pirates Are Women Who
Must Marry Wealth and
Power.
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Fifteen girls on the rich mans trail.
70, heave no. and bottle of musk.
Come hearken. my hearties. to tale
Of piracy on the. high seas of matri-
nony-a fearsome tale told fearlessly
by Mrs. AlicesD&er Miller in Ladies'
Must Live." a new and delightful novel
which it, publishers describe as "a pi-
rate story Of New York high society"
Now. New York society has been de-
scribed so often BY persons who were
on the outside hooking in that 1t liz dis
tlnctly refreshing to come upon book
which one recognizes instantly as what
the police department calls IAN inside
Job" a.
Draw nearer, mates. while I sketch
briefly for you the awful story Of Max
Riatt, for whom two women pirates of
New York contended. Christine Feni-
mer wanted to marry Max because he
was rich and broad -shouldered. Nancy
Almar.. the other pirate. tried to pre-
vent the maa 4,s Re AIM hfS PEIsa
chief plea sure In life was taking men
away from other women. The battle
between the two pirates Is brilliantly
described. No quarter Is given or
asked. and every maneuyer Is vividly
set down. That's why said to the
author OF Ladies' Must Live"
Are You Fair?
"You have given the most detailed
picture Of the game as pirates play 1t
that r-have ever read. 1t is wonderful,
but Is It clubtyy?" FL
And I thought that it is rarely given
to a woman to be slender and blond
ana witty at the same time. but that
Is given to Alice Duer Miller.
II hope" Mrs. Miller answered.
that people won't think Nancy and
Christine are drawn from individuals.
They are studies OF rapidly disap-
pearing type-the woman trained to
demand every luxury. but unable to
get II except by pleasing men. 1t is
tho training of women or rather their
lack OF trimming for work that makes
them pirates. The pirate must marry
There Is nothing else for her to do.
And the rewards OF piracy are still very
great, greater than women can win In
any other profession. perhaps. think
the one redccming trait of my pirates
Is their candor. Christine wants tc
marry a rich man. and she tells him
So"
"Yc.. your heroine believes -franE
pursuit to be; the best policy for pi.
rates." said. .v''She discards absolutely
the Victorian tradition OF waiting to BIZ
pushed by the man."
Man at Hor Mercy.
"oh, that tradition would be Yer.
hampering," Mrs, Miller answered. II
takes a lot OF. brains and patience and
courage to be a good pirate. One thini
the successful pirate realizes is tina
any man would rather marry an,
woman, than refuse her to her face. NJ
Graceful way for man to say no ha
ever been discovered So that puts tn
moor dcfcnsel6ss creatures at the mere.
Of the first woman who proposes t
them.
"rhere are. you know. several gen
.eral types Of PROPOSAL by pirates
There IS the calmly rational in whicl
the pirate explains to the victim tina
she has watched. him FROM boyhoo
and has reached th9 conclusion tina
their tastes, their intellects. their senti
ments. make them suited to each other
then. there is the ,meltingly pathetic !
which tho girl with tears streamin
down her checks admits that she ha
always looked up to him "as a sol
Of god" then there Is the passionat
whirlwind, the dangerously. controlle
or volcano under a sheet of icc.'
Does Piracy Pay?
Chen" I Interrupted, There is II
Nothing matters but You! You!
YouH. viii give M everythir
fgeneraliy she would. have difficulty
itcmizing everything: come fly wit
me to an island In the blue Pacific
And the poor man. terrorized by I,
nero thought Of what would harpt
10 his career II she did manage to NAL
him behave so scandalously and melt
tn n, pasionate pity by her calculate
abaudon. agrees TO marry her. w
wouldn't when given no other choi
than to walk the plank? But serious