Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
MAKERS OF PEACE PACT
GREAT BY WIVES EFFORT
This Is Assertion of Woman Who
sa Knows Histories of Allied
Councillors.
ENCOURAGE HUSBANDS GIFTS
Mrs. Andrew Jackson Married an
ignorant Man With Political
Talent and Landed Him i'm White
House After Education.
II. BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

The other day a woman was sNeCu-
la,inS on the number OF men at tho
peace conference VINO owe their i'm
portancc 10 the influence o. their
wivcs-past and present And ut first
glance it would seem there were no,
any such about the historic mahogany
IN Paris. But the lady had chapter
and verse 70 prove her contention. ana
ended by checking of quite CON
And tho sectors had 20 confess tina,
among tn" thjrty-third degree Who
Who" n present oCcupNing Paris. 10
the eNclus on Of spring fashions. soy
sral owed 'hc.r orchestral seats amcn:
The mighty To tho continued push OF :,
zwifeiE hand No. J am not going to
k,Quota their names you'll have TO make
the trouble VIII be Wen worth while.
For this miGhtics; game OF chess
ns p ihS TorG mas Nv eNSr seen ho IS pre-
poor observation-disclosures pawns who
became powerful enough 10 crowd the
kings Of the board Il IS 4 pity, how
of the castles before thcy were Kick cd
! out OF tho game
= But it is husbands. not kings or
!'ion at present Well he lady after
siShe had proved hcr point. went on to
discuss husbands in the ,erms OF a
coulash. or even Irish stew.
Please hear u mind that raEou;
and tina, it il w to tho cook whether
u turns out n da inty dish 10 set bo-
fore the king" or an utter failure. Not
always is he wife allowed TO have a
hnEer in the pic---to miN my dishes
3itor. moment-but seven times out of
dozen sne has and n good job sh.
is likely TO make Of Il, 100.
knowing Your Material.
The success Of the undertaking viii
depend upon the wifc's inteliircncc.
Failure awaits her who. declining To
recognize the materials ~ Hand. takes
sthe honest beef, potatoes. onions and
attempts TO turn thom into "A pate a
Apate de foies cras OF lemon pie
= The trick consists OF knowing the
and making the best Of then,-nor in
trying 70 transform them into some
thing they arc not. 1t is all question
of forcing. accounting strengthening
the individuality YOU are admin St err
ing: not in Weakening II by n change.
When Andrew Johnsons wife taught
him TO read and write she recognized
his natural ben; as a politician, and
All hcr guiding was along that limo.
But suppose she had wanted him to
ne portrait painter. or an architect.
very likely his decided gift for politics
would have dwiudlcd under the prts;-
sure Of forcing his energies into an
unconsental channel. As It happened,
Eut YOU may plead in cXteuua lion
OF your attempt 10 make your hus-
band oyer. Il don't like ragout, and
which | am going 10 reply, then YOU
made the mistake OF Your life in having
inc material tor raEout sent home.
You ought TO have made your sclec-
zion elsewhere, and rs long as YOU
have the materials for a rasout in tho
mouse. don't attempt To turn them into
a lemon mcringue because the result
Will he YOU viii have neither one nor
the other.
There is no enterprise into which
people rush with so little forcthouEht
as they do INFO marriage y girl Will
marry man whose little pcculiari-
ties CRATE raspinS before marriage
and she VIII fondly cxpec, some
miracle OF book or hell 10 completely
eliminate these after the ceremony.
She viii marry soap-scornlnr
anarchist. and then feel deeply
agricVed when he declines to wash
his hands for dinner or put on even
ing clothes Wien lie takes her to the
theatcr. Perhaps he will agree TO COM
promise and wash ono hand. or in
stead OF putting on evening clothes
VIII reEale himself III n hectic tic or