Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30
Mrs. Arthur Stringer at Home as 4
Wife-a Part She Did Not Play
With Success.

what my husband thought. l was a mere
conjugal echo.
MY conception OF marriage at that TINA
was that the woman who was a good wife
was one who had failed or would fail at
all else know that that was a mistake
Ihe woman who keeps house well and
brings up her children as they should he.
is not failure.
IL was an incident regarding a phase
OF the servant question that was the match
That set the fire that burned down tha
structure Of our lives together. Helm wa.
scarce In the community in Canada where
my husband had farm and where we
spent our summers. We had tried IN ret
help and failed. All summer had cooked
ana baked and washed and scrubbed
thoughts that seemed treasonable visited
me- 'A0isoo
II went back to New York and "a.
copied that Winter Garden engagement T
could earn enough to hire an army Of
hi, thought. But / went on scrub
dishes "Au "asnins
one day my husband said he would 70
TO town and make another effort to find
help During the morning a wagon drove
up Gut OF 1t stepped woman of whom
cnHdren, but had waived the ceremony of
marriage i took her about the house and
we mad agreed upon wages. She said. an
an afterthought:
where and when do eat?"
;nt IN answered softly, with smile that
kitchen and whenever 1t suits you"
Don't eat with your" she said.
N-no" I faltered
Where have worked we always ear
together. We wuz one" she said
She drove away Shortly afterwar ~
husband arrived. where's the rirl sent
out?" he asked soAs
Zone" said, and told him the story.
he was furious with me. "You should
nave exercised more tact" he said. Ibnrst
INTO tears Don't pity me too much. Thew
were tears of anger. The spark that
had thought was extinguished had started
another blaze.
i think l will accept that Winter Gar
den engagement" said
AS you like" he answered,
came 70 New York and played that
Summer. Other engagements Followed
Away from the mentor of the hearthstone
impressions of what I had seen and heard
ana read came crowding into my mind.
expressed an opinion or two. No one con.
troverted them. l ventured another A
Ley. lew. persons who were present showed q
slight interest l felt as one who has been
dead and is resurrected. My individuality
that had slept was waking MY ego that
had been dead was resurrected.
For time played supercilious beauties
and dowagers. Gradually. timidly ven
tured into the most intellectual branch Of
stage art, comedy. Fearfully took the
first steps. Had not my husband told me-
/ had no sense of humor? For thirteen
years l had not tried to tell a story. be-
cause on the memorable occasion when I
did try to tell one he said couldn't tell II.
that | was incapable OF seeing the point.
Vet last Spring in Nancy Lee" and this
v Ter in "A Little Journey" was praised
foi ~ comedy. David Belasco has a..
gagged me for a comedy role.
My husband took up residence In n.
troit and divorced me for desertion. The
matrimonial lid is of. would not marry
any man alive; not Gabriel should he de-
my feet. For there is always a d in matri-
mony and every man Is more or less an
expert IN placing It. That matrimonial LID
destroys the gift Of the artist.