The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-24
Mrs. Arthur Stringer at ono a. a
Wife-a Part She Did n Play
With Success.

what my husband thought. Tvs a mere
coptussl echo.
ny conception Of marriage atat time
was that the woman who was ADD vito
was one who had failed or wou.fail at
all else. know that that was a'stsxe. o..
The woman who keeps house y and
brings up her children q they shG bs
is not failure. E..
1t was an incident regarding t.se
OF the servant question that was the Itch
that set the IRE that burned DOWN.
structure Of our liver together Help,
scarce in the community in Canada We.
my husband had farm and Hhere.o
spent our summers. We had tried to Il
help and failed. AllEummer had cooh
and baked and washed and scrubbI
Thoughts that seemed reasonable visit
me.
IT went back o New York. and a.
cepted that Winter Garden engaSement
could earn enough to hire an army o.
maids" I thought. But I went on. scrub
bling and busting aid baking and washing
dishes.
One day my husand said he would 10
to town and make another effort to ind
help. During the forming q wagon, drove
up. Out Of It STEPPED a woman Of whom
had heard. She Fas the mother of two
children, but had Hived the ceremony Of
marriage took M about the house and
we had agreed upo wages. She said, a.
an afterthought:
Where and whe; do eatfs
answered softly with smile that
intended should b engaging, I'm tina
kitchen and whenev: It suits you"
Don't I eat with our" she said.
"N-no," I faltered.
''Where ! have wted We always eat
together. We wuz O." she said.
She drove away. sortly sfterwsrd my
husband arrived. WIRES the Giri ! sent
out?" he asked. "
Gone" said, and ID him the story.
He was furious wttme. "You should
have exercised more u" he said. burt
into tears:> Don't pity ! too much. They
were tears Of anger. he shark that I
had thought was extinhhed had ytartsd
another blaze.
Il think I Will accepAst Winter Gar
den engagement" said
"As you like" he ansEed.
I came to New rorkod played that
Summer. Other engaetents followed.
Away from the mentor ole hearthstoue
impressions Of what had Zen and heard
and read came crowding i nv mind. /
expressed an opinion or tw No one con.
troverted them. yentur another. A
few persons who were preat showed q
slight interest. felt as oneho has boen
dead and Is resurrected. Individuality
t that had slept was waking y eSo that
had been dead was resurrect
For time played superciAs beauties
and dowagers, Gradually, tniy, ! ven.
tured into the most intenectutranch Of
, stage art, comedy. Fearfnlly took tho
. first steps. Had not my husbs told mo
, had no sense Of humor? Thirteen
years I had not tried to tan eory, De-
cause on the memorable occaSLwhen !
did try to tell one he said coult tell Il,
that l was incapable Of seeing point.
Yet last Spring. in Nancy Lee. d this
Winter in "A Little Journey" waaised
, for my comedy. David BelaSeei en-.
!, gagged me for . comedy role
My husband took up . residences De.
. troit and divorced mo for desertioArho
matrimonial lid is OF. would not M
any man alive; not Gabriel should He.
scend from Heaven and cast himstat
I INV feet, For there Is always ] ID In Il.
5 mony and every man Is moro or les d
{ eIpert IN placing It. That natrmonia1
8 destroys the gift Of tho artist.