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The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
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What's the Matter With Matrimony?
BY DOROTHY DIX
THE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER

little ways and personal peculiar
ites, as they do of their husbands
and wives. But they don't have to
be perpetually with their relations,
parents and friends. They have the
RELIEF of absence and so are saved
from hating them. When we ac-
quire sufficient wisdom to introduce
tudicious separations from our hus-
/ bands and wives we shall take the
curse off OF matrimony.
Marriage Is q failure because we
are all selfish. Husbands and wives
are intent on getting the best of the
bargain for themselves. and pursu-
ing their own happiness instead of
| seeking the happiness of the party
/ OF the other part The man feels
that the woman should have no
thought but for his pleasure, and
spend her life kowtowins before
| him. The woman feels that the man
should be nothing but a slave, toll
ing to dixie her out in fne raiment
and to permit her to spend her time
in the pursuit of amusement.
| Matrimony is failure because
| people are not willing to make the
sacrifices 1t demands. They think
that they can have their cake and
eat 1t too. that they can enjoy all
| OF the advantages of married life
and still keep the freedom Of the
unmarried.
A man wants his little home, his
devoted wife and his children and
yet he wants TO run around with the
! boys and have little love affairs on
| the side. The woman wants a hus-
band to protect her. to support her,
and home to shelter her, and yet
she wants to go out to parties and
dances and restaurants, as q debu-
| tante does and not to be burdened
with the actual work OF making a
home, or taking care of babies.
| And nobody makes a success of
anything that they go at half
heartedly. and in which they do not
put their whole interest and for
which they are not willing to pay
the price of success.
Matrimony is failure because II
Is problem TO whose solution peo-
pie bring less real intelligence than
they do to any other problem on
earth. They don't even try to solve
1t. When they find that it is a rid
die, compared to which the riddle OF
the Sphinx Is easy guessing. they
just throw up their hands and quit
Yet there are very few marriages
that could not be made happy II the
man and woman. who have sworn
TO take each other for better OF
worse. would make an honest effort
to try to get along together. A few
concessions on either side, a little
of the ordinary politeness we show
any stranger, a little jollying. g
careful keeping of OF the grass OF
each others pet prejudices would
enable almost every couple to keeI
out of the divorce court.
Finally. matrimony Is a failure
because people do not love enough
Most of us never really love anyon.
but ourselves, and self love never
brings happiness. Whenever you
find a man and woman who love
each other better than they do them
selves. there you will find a mar
riage that is not a failure. II is q
u grand and glorious success.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Can you imagine what would have
been the effect if a dressmaker some
ten or fifteen or twenty years ago
had produced a sketch somewhat
like the one that we have for you
today, with the suggestion that a
very attractive afternoon frock
could be made from it? II you by
chance are not so young but that
you were ordering .frocks at the
dressmaker's in the days of 1909 or
mayhap 1882, can't you just figure
what you would have said had
your dressmaker suggested that you
should have your new reception
gown made in this way?
OF course, you would have regard
ed the suggestion as absurd: you
would have thought the dressmaker
had taken leave of her senses. and
of course you would have regarded
the design as a suggestion from one
of those freakish dress reform or
ganizations that disregarded the
mode for the sake of hygiene and
comfort. For here are all the things
that the dress reformers were ever
eager Uncomfortable collar line.
sane skirt length, and a loose waist
line. Well, any sketches that the
reformers submitted we spoke of as
meal bags. and Of course we would
have regarded the sort of dress that
We show here as also a meal bag.
The dress reformers couldn't put
il over. But when this type of frock
became the mode we took to it
eagerly and joyfully and look back
with something near to horror at
the tight-waisted, tiGht-collared. be-
trained frocks that We used to wear
and torment ourselves with in the
name of fashion.
Now this simple little frock that
might once have looked like a dress
reform suggestion. so comfortable Is
il, but which now bears earmarks of
the seasons latest mode. is made of
Pekin blue Georgette decorated with
beads of the same color. It has "a
very lOng-waisted effect, given by
the tunic which is attached to the
bodice well below the hip line. The
sleeves are ell-shaped-thereby add
ing another note of comfort to the
frock. The foundation of the frock is
plain and is made of Georgette, max
ing the whole very light and quite
suitable for wear when spring days
grow warmer.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

ising for general business enterprises
that do not concern women
During this conngurstion there may
he some sort Of agitation regarding
women in politics and events tending
toward delay in certain plans
Applications OF sn sorts should meet
with success while this planetary rule
prevails. II is especially helpful to
cal positions.
Under this sway the counsel Of the
aged should be needed. for they are
supposed to have wisdom that guides
TO success.
Western states should benefit
through new mineral discoveries. OF
wells and copper prospects should
bring wealth where previously there
was supposed to be q desrth OF re
sources in the earth.
For many months astrologers have
foretold an awakening to art here In
America and now they prophesy the
placing Of many fine buildings and
memorials that will become famous
with the passing OF time.
Until the autumn has far advanced
there may be a continuance OF the
reign of extremes, SO that in contrast
TO an increase in spiritual vision and
lofty aspiration there may be much
crime Of the most revolving types
To the prophets with keenest vision
the future appears remarkably bright
for IL will endow men with great
blessings and extraordinary powers.
Through many tribulsuons. the
seers declare the ideals OF universal
brotherhood viii be realized.
Persons whose bfrthdste it is have
tho forecast OF an active year. They
should safeguard the health.
Children born on this day VIII be
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
CHURCH, TURNED INTO CAFE.
TRIUMPH FOR D. C.. ARCHITECT
Old Building at oI3 Fifteenth Street Will Be
Modern Restaurant; Will Open
Wednesday Night.

Is hidden behind the garden walls. but
reflects against the blue sky, throwing
out a blue light.
There are two splendid things about
this room besides its beauty. There
are no signs of kitchens or service
and the ventilation Is splendid. The
ceiling OF the church towers high
above the canopy (sn't to be seen.
of coursel, and makes a huge air
chamber.
The tables line the walls while the
dancing takes place in the center
of the room. Meyer Davis will fur
nish the music. After Wednesday
night, the Cafe st. Mark will be
open from noon until one in the
morning. Luncheon, tea and dinner
will be served. with supper dances
every night from s:S until one a.
m. Tea dances will be given there
every Thursday and Saturday after
noon after the matinees. Attractive
souvenirs will be given the guests on
the opening night.
The head waiter is Robert hehl.
just released from service with the
army, but with the Shoreham and the
Willard before he went to war. The
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
| GYThe
Wrlrppl(Q
~ .DoUG" HART.

Figure this out on your adding
machine: VIM. Gibbs McAdoo. Sec
retary OF the Treasury of the United
States. salary $4,000 per annum-
VIM. Gibbs McAdoo, special coun-
sci for Mary-Doug-Bill-a Charlie,
salary, 100000 per. What's the
an"wer?
Gosh. suppose they should bid in
the President!
And while you're figuring dope
this one. If Charlie Chaplin
makes a million year with his two
slew feet. how much would he turn
If he'd been a centipede? ] quit
And here's q boy that is getting
in a class with Mac and Charlie.
I'm speaking of Meyer Emanuel.
After two weeks as treasurer Of the
nef Film Club he resigns and buys
the Truxton Theater. Whsttayuh-
mean lightnin' change" artist7
Saw Freddie Klein this morning
he didn't stop to speak. / saw
him first.
4. p. Hoover, chief OF the posters
around Paramount way. IS the new
treasurer of the Film Club. Hope
A. p Is as successful as Meyer.
Benny Greenfield says he has a
couple of big things" coming along
at his virginias on Ninth street.
He wouldn't say Just what they
were but leave It to Benny they'll
be good.
We're just about 10 find out what
to do with him. Him happens TO
be the defunct Kaiser and IL Woody
can find time TO get back from the
conference long enough TO go to the
Knickerbocker this afternoon he'll
get all the dope.
The proceeds will go TO the boys
out at Walter Reed. It's quite some
show and you'd better drop around.
The fireworks start at 2:s0 and 4 $50.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

A man wants to know what is the
matter with matrimony.
.why is marriage SO generally .
failure, and why do so few people nnd
any happiness in the holy sstate?" he
asks.
Marriage il a failure because men
and women enter into the most
binding OF all contracts with less
thought and consideration than they
give to buying a new hat.
II they were going to buy a house
they would hire q lawyer to look up
its title, but they marry people with
out even Investigating what sort OF
mortgages rest on their past lives. II
they were going to pay as much as
twenty-five dollars for dog, they
would be careful about its pedigree,
but they do not bother to find out
what rotten. strains OF blood may flow
in the veins OF the men and women
they marry and that they Will In
fict on their children.
No other enterprise in which people
engage in which they exercise as little
forethought as they do in marriage
would turn oht any better than mar
rage does.
Marriage Is a failure because people
deliberately pick out one kind Of hus-
band or wife when they want another,
expecting the marriage service to
work some sort of miracle that will
change the individual they have
chosen for q life mate into something
entirely dinerent. The man who de-
sires an Industrious, thrifty. economi-
cal wife doesn't marry a domestic girl
In l,Aa Hxtr --th IN
bread making. He picks out a little
fluffy ruffles whose idea Of heaven
is to live In smart hotel and look
like a fashion plate.
The girl who years to ride in a
limousine and wear Paris frocks,
and have a box at the opera doesn't
pick out for a husband a business
man who thinks in dollars and cents
and who has the gift OF gathering
dollars. She selects a dreamy poet
or an up-in-the-air idealist who
will never be more than one lap
ahead of the sheriff.
And because fluffy ruffles can't
cook and won't cook and the dream
er will never learn how 20 make
money, the man and the woman are
disgruntled and discontented and
bat matrimony. Yet their position
is no more unreasonable than II
would be II they had bought a
bunch of violets that took their eye
and appealed to their taste, and then
found 1T wasn't beefsteak when they
got il home.
Matrimony is a failure because
human nature lacks adaptability
When you think of a man and wom-
an who come of different heredity
who have had a different environ
ment and a different education, who
have different ideals and different
tastes, undertaking to live together
in the intimacy of the home circle
1t is not strange that they get or
each others nerves. The wonder
would be If they did not fight over
everything from politics to pie.
People get just as tired OF their
parents. their friends. their brothers
and sisters, their business partners
and just as much irritated by their
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

For one who is conventional in
fashions the coat for spring is of more
interest than the dolman. Trench
models in velour and lightweight bo-
livia cloth are quite the smartest
thing and especially practical. Anoth-
er material most acceptable for this
garment is wool jersey.
At Schwab's l saw a coat in biege
color suitable for sports or street
wear. The belt furnished the swagger
military note.
An unuHlaI suit model that I saw
there had one of the new blouse backs
held in place by a corded belt. The
soft shawl collar was chosen for two
tiny pockets. The skirt was a wrap
around" which might be fitted to SUIT
the wearer's fancy.
A suit of tricotine. a straight-Iine
model. had a coat sleeve buttoning
tightly on the inside of the arm. 1t Is
variation of the fashion introduced
by Lucille.
Box-suit coats are longer than those
shown in the early spring. Many of
them have detachable belts. The coats
tie instead OF fastening with buttons.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

chef WAS with both the Palace and
Fairmont Hotels in San Francisco
and the shenley Hotel in Pittsburgh.
A few years ago he went on the IA
nous yachting trip around the world
with Jacob Schiff and forty bank
ere. with their families. He was also
once with Mrs. Phoebe Hea~t. The
kitchen is a model in every way; is
a marvel, in fact. 1t is on the first
floor but out of both eyesiaht and
earshot of the grill room. The serv-
ice is mostly OF handsome Sheffield
plate. the real thing.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
AT the Theaters Tonight.

NATIONAL
"Hitchy koo." IoI
sHUBERT-GARRICK-
The Girl in statsroon b
POLLS
Experience
sHUBERT-BELAsco-
"A Burgumares Of Belgium.
KEITHs-
NsnderiIls
GAYETY-
The Golden CIooI
COSMOS
Vaudeville.
LOEw's PALACE
DorOthy Dalton in ''Extr.'sg.nce
nooRE's STRAND
Nszimors in out q the Fos
MooRE's RIALTo-
Anita stewart in "a Midnight Romance" "
LoEw's COLUMBIA
Kitty Gordon IN The UnTeihnI Hand"
MooRE's GARDEN
Elliott Dexter in Don't Change Your HusbsnS'
CRANDALL's METROPOLITAN
Alice Brady in The World to Lire In
NoORE'S PLAZA
Geraldine Fsrrar In ''Trmptstion"
PALACE-Ninth. year th. Avenue
NE Man. Tbester. Smok. Il you IKE,
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Attend Meeting Tomorrow,
Learn Use of Patterns

the Use OF Commercial Patterns
Cutting and Fitting will be the sub
,ect OF a talk IN the series, ''-'Clothing
Tor the Household" IN Room s.. Arts
and Industries Building COld Museum,
Ninth and B streets southwest. tor1o,-
row afternoon al 80 O'Clock
There are many women who coUff
reduce the cost OF clothing by maxim
garments al home II they had sar'-
cient knowledge OF patterns 70 use
them irtelhsently. Those who are ir-
terested in this subject are invited 20
thts lecture.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Rep. Foss Will Sneak
At Arts Club Dinner

George Julian Zolnay will serve
as chairman Nof the dinner to be
given Thursday evening by the Arts
Club of Washington, at their club
home. 2O17 Eye street northwest.
Mrs. A. p. Gaynor will act as
hostess.
John Barrett, director of the Pan
American Union, will speak on
The New South America" Songs
VIII be given by Miss Katherine
Foss, daughter of Represents tive
Foss, of Illinois.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Once a church, now a cafe. destined
to be the rendezvous Of Washington
society-such is the fate of the old
building at s13 Fifteenth street. op-
posite Mcpherson Square. Three So
ciety men, Joseph Thompson. II.
Rozier Dulany, jr., and George Mimi
gerode, bought the old church and
have had 1t remodeled. with Clark
Waggaman, as architect, until its own
mother would not recognize It 1t is
called the Cafe St Mark and Is TO be
formally opened Wednesday night.
with a dinner dance in the Italian
garden. A number of people prom
inent socially have already engaged
tables, among them: Mrs. George
Vanderbilt, Clark Waggaman, Mrs.
Harry Thayer, DR.. Louis Lehr, Nal.
w. II. Parker, Allen Walker, John
Edwards, Alexander Britton and Mrs.
Luke McNsmee.
Outside the building still resembles
a church. But when one once enters
the place it's ecclesiastica past is
speedily forgotten. The entrance hall
Is quite pretty and of stone, with
spacious and attractively equipped
rooms tucked away on either side.
Beyond is the grill room. looking for
all the world like wide, spacious
veranda of a house covered with wide
weather boarding and many windows.
real glass windows, with dark shut
italian garden above are both sug-
gestive of the out-of- doors.
An Artistic Garden.
The short. wide stairway, heavily
IL. 20 t,-fI 10 @r,-i-
dor, lined on one side with long, ar
tistic windows. From there the gar
den suddenly bursts into view and is
really beautiful. The whole is an
artistic blending of the intense orange
and deep blues used by Maxheld Par
rish.
The garden walls are Of crushed
pebbles, a process patented by the
sculptor. John ]. Early, and only used
in two other places In town. 1t gives
the appearance of a stone that is
widely used in Rome. The wall is
topped with urns, large and graceful,
fashioned after the urns I'm the Villa
Pia in the Vatican gardens. Their
simple, graceful lines silhouette pref
'tily against the background beyond
the walls. which is a blue that gives
the effect of a sky on a brilliant
moonlight night. The walls end i'm
short unconventional cypress hedges,
which can also be seen in perspective,
fading away in the distance through
an arch at the end Of the room, still
appearing to line a garden path.
Overhead is large canopy OF the
sand color of the stone walls, which
entirely shades the garden. The ropes
holding the canopy are of orange
color. as is also the fringe that edges
it. The chairs and tables are OF a
duh, dark blue, with tan cushions on
the chairs. The tail pillars that out
line the center of the floor where the
dancing will take place are checked
in orange and dark blue in medieval
style. The carpet is soft and heavy,
of the dark green color of the cypress
hedge.
MsdeI Kitchen.
Even the lighting effect is oranee
and blue wonderfully blended. Frorn
the canopy hang few italian lamps.
shaped like old-fashioned street
lamps. squzre. but bigger at the top
than at the bottom. They are of
orange color. All the other lighting
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
Tuesday, March IL, 1913.

1uesuay, March IL, 1els.
The Sun rules strongly for good to-
day, according TO astroloGy. Saturn
is mildly benefc in aspect
While the predominating influences
are favorable TO the activities Of men
and women. the theater. concerts and
entertainments are subject TO unlucky
direction.
1t is not an auspicious day for love
affairs, but should be especially prom
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

intelligent and industrious, in all
probab!lit,-. These subjects OF Plsces
are sometimes high strung and gusr-
relsome.
tCopJHEki 1871
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
NOTICE.

Confessions of War Bride
appears on the Editorial Page
this morning.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Many of the new cotton and SIX
blouses have sleeves OF thrse-qusr-
ter length. with wide cuffs.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
HOROSCOPE.

The star. incline, but do not compel" {"
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Mrs. Edward Rowland has gone TO
Atlantic City for an extended stay.
She was accompanied by her children.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Mrs. Norman Williams will be hos
tess at musicale this afternoon.
when her guests are asked to hear
the tenor, LazZarO, OF the Metropoli-
tan Opera, and Mile. de TreYille.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Sir Grimwood Mears. who came to
this country with the British Ambas-
sador, Lord Reading. on his return to
and is attached to Lord
Readings stan, has taken apartments
at the Grafton Hotel.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Mrs. Murray Cobb has left Wash
ington on her way to France. She has
received word that her husband, Capt.
Cobb, L. S. A, who is with the Amer
lean Expeditionsry Force, is seriously
i'll and has been granted special per-
mission to join him.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Mrs. John Walker Holcombe will en-
tertain at a card party today, when
Mrs Moore. of Indiana, who is visit
ing Mrs. Russell Harrison. will be the
honor guest
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Capt. Tseisanu. OF the Rumsnian
Legation, and his bride. formerly
Miss Huntington. Of Philadelphia, are
at the Shoreham. having just re-
turned to Washington after spending
several months in Paris.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
MSdeI Kitchen.

Even the lighting effect is oranee
and blue wonderfully blended. Frorn
the canopy hang p few italian lamps.
shaped like old-fashioned street
lamps, Square. but bigger at the top
than at the bottom They are of
orange color. All the other lighting
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

DIT. Collier. president OF George
Washington University, and Mrs. Col
lier entertained at a reception yes
terday. Among the guests was John
Galsvorthy, wro made a short ad-
dress.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Mrs. Frederick Harris will come
to Washington today from Philadel-
phia for an extnnded visit.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-11

Mrs. Victor KaufTmann will be at
home Thursday afternoon and the fol-
lowing Thursdays in March.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

are the high cost of living, the cost
of labor and the cost Of material.
First. the workmen find the cost
OF living so high that they demand
higher wages which they get by SOME
means or other. The manufacturers
of various materials are then forced
to increase their prices on their finish
ed product 20 make up for the extra
cost of labor. Then 1t works back
around so that 1t costs more to pro-
duce food products and up
again goes the high cost OF living.
after wrangling among them
selves. the three factions find them
selves in exactly the same situation
as before. and 60 through the whole
process again, with the result that
prices OF everything from a tooth
pick to locomotive are going up.
Tt was anticipated by many that
after the war prices OF motor trucks
would decline, but much to their sur
prise there was no drop. nor do be-
lteve there viii be. II there Il any
change at all II will so up rather than
down. and IL the Eternal Triangle
keeps M with fits wrangling there is
no doubt but that truck prices must
20 UP. for there are two determining
factors which set the price of motor
trucks, ana they are the cost OF ma
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-17

Always on the lookout for new and
progressive Autornotive activities, the
winter recently witnessed the signing
OF the first commercial aviation con-
tract between Julius M. Meirick. the
first man in America to make COM
mercial aviation profession, Chester
A. Brown. OF L. 8. Plaut and company,
the largest department store In New
ark, n. j., and Paul Witteman OF the
Witteman Lewis Aircraft corporation.
Through the fundamentally OF Mr..
Meirick, the Piaut company, arranged
for an aerial delivery system from
their Newark store to the Jersey
summer resorts on the Atlantic coast,
They are the first business house in
the world. to actually employ the air
plane for strictly unitarian purposes.
the delivery Of merchandise from
store-to-customer.
The plans used have special ar
rangements and facilities for carry
ing parcels. In the fore cockpit. is
ample space for about 900 pounds OF
merchandise. safely slowed and pro-
tected from the elements. Trips are
made on regular schedule every week.
Two airplanes and four pilots are al
waye available.
They also carry air-mail from
Newark to Asbury park. 1t is the
first private business enterprise to