New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
Books
By Heywood Broun


r. advanced feminine war cries" wr;te,
Marie Corelh, in "My Little Bit,p
fDoran), when every one with a grain OF
common sense knows there is and can be m
such equality. Natures law forbids Nafnra
insists on contrasts; the small and the prea;
the weak and the strong, the light and the
dark. And women knoes well enough tha4
their calling and election are superior to
those of men they are the makers Of tho
race and the ordainers Of The future but
their strength is not on the hustings or N
the polling booth-it is in the sweetness and
silence Of Home"
Any woman VINO follows Miss Corelli's ad-
vice and dcvotes herself exclusively to max
ing the race and ordainng the future NAV
find her home sweet but I'm best If sren
find it silent.
1t has remained for Miss Margare. Mayo
in her amusing little book Grouping FOR he
Troops" Doran) to ascertain the true in
wardness Of tout de suite" Il have dis
covered" she writes. that the Spanish
'manyana' and the French tout de suite ar
rive at about the same time"
"You seem to rid .1le the author o,
'Sorcery," writes James Albert Vale. -be
cause he speaks Of mans obirctinn to hz
wfe's smoking as an ideal |. IS rav Oh
servation that the number of racn pto-e
ideals cause them to regret ani condemn
smoking by women is growing. ! am proud
to be among them
Personally, feel much 50 Nr ws,s.
does, but the question is conrounae1ly CON-
plicated by the coupons. For several vssrs
I attempted to shoulder all the smoking
for the family but try as Z would could
never lay by enough certificates for the cut
glass fruit bowl upon which had set her
heart. There were times whom The cosl
seemed TO be in sight "We need only 20
moro Of the green ones and a thousand vs'-
low ones I would remark chcertafy. a-
l began doggedly upon a. evening stIrt o,
cigarettes. But whom there sas ro re-a.e
and only low s.sh realized tha' .h. rai
been obliged once again - clt In-. Cur
slender store Of saving
She did her best God knows. hat -fe NJ
cessant demand for shoes ard ice aye r.so-
lene was too much for Us However. soard
in my mouth and smoking before hfs .-s.t
it was possible 10 gain a h.ne Couoon -
coupon We fought our way up .n spite ~ -rs
terrific raids upon the treasury. And them
there came fatal day when paid oF the
landlord IN green certificates under the mis-
taken impression tina. they were ten-deIiar
bills. Nobody can ever convince me tf.t
he did not know, but he pocsetcd his cou-
pons without word and Went on his way.
From that blow we never recovered.
Things came to such a pass that / was
eventually forced to the coupons 20 plsr-
chase more tobacco, and or Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays 7 smoked up 10
gains l had made on Saturdays. Tuesdays
and Thursdays. | was a treadmii with
no hope of escape until L came 70 me vi.h
tears in her eyes and offered 10 DO her
share. Her Bit" as she eloquently phrascd
1t. had not the courage to refuse sac
rficed my ideals for mess OF coupons
To be sure, since that day we have bcen
able to lift a corner Of the mortgage. PIT
aside few certificates for rainy day and
ease the declining years Of our grand
parents. And we have the cut glass fruit
bowl We use it for ash receiver.
l cannot say that have no regrets Only
the other day I had to work to keep from
breaking down when r after gazing a. IT,
third, for several minutes looked up to ask
me if thought there was really anything
in the theory that cigarette smoking stunt
ed children.