The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-21
Ny OFFICE FRIENDS AND 1
DiSCt ~ WARS EFFECT
On Mi1RIM0NN

"Hyatrria and nerves are mostly
plain Kriflshnesr. Jane Lorimsr. "
sald myself "a myself Evidently
what you need D. 90 rtnp an this
silly thinking about your own hurts
ana your ideals and your miHfakea
You need 10 set right down ,p real
busincaa- And 20. having con
fesaed my sina 20 myself just TO fin.
lsh of the old year ariisiiealiy.
went back 90 my drsk in the Lori.
mer office with a genuine ratsfac.
tlun ia owning q nice ittio SOB.
Some q the girls ln The office are
letting inc get acquainted with them
AZ mHt. and : feel grateful Tor their
Kindness am 40 glad We have got
over tho nnobhiHhness with which
women who are unacqaaintcd meet
each other. whether they como TO
Eoihrr in the henr. society or tn
business world
am particularly glad 20 have this
girls take me up. because. altha the
var has ended. nf. continues to h.
nm interesting confusion o. human
idras and ideals And the women
who arc employed reflect the effects
~ the war ln some uew way each
day. like a Kaleidoscope which is
constantly shaken.
Some girls are afraid they will
lose their Jobs. and some are afraid
they can't A few are afraid thry viii
have 20 marry and some are afraid
they wlll never have q chance.
And somebody In our office gets
terribly excited about once q DAY
over the effect - the war on mairi.
mony Lately Dolly Bennett had
letter from her brother in France
saying that he had married
Parisicnnc-rf FOR my first WIFE" be-
wrote
How many wives does Joe expect
20 havoY' Dolly asked Indignantly
There are no Mormons in our fam.
ily. he'd better remember
hut I've read that lolygamy is
going 20 De- ail the fashion In Europe
for years TO come. remarked Miss
Johnson. who ~ forever Raging
Dolly.
''Polygamy ia unthinkshle." Dolly
protested vchcmeutly. Women will
never bc party 20 10. over there any
m0re thAn over here ANY decent
giri knows che can't love two men az
time. 90 why should she throw
herself away on man who thinks
he can love two or more women az
timer
But man, You know. has q most
accommodating heart. sang ont Miss
Manning. who WAS monopoiizlnE the
mirror ass she powdered her nose.
You sure ought Co know.
purrcd the independent johnson girl
Anyway. woman's exclusive
heart has never kept her from low.
ing any number OF men in success.
sion" came back a provoking voice
from the CORNER. nor from being
third wife-or thlrteenth--or "a
thirticth II she had the chance"
You're only saying that women
marry TO be supported. Dolly re-
piled to this taunt Maybe she has
ia tho past. but the war has put her 10
work and made her perfectly indie
pendent Of mans poCkctbook.
both here ana abroad / think it's
perfectly stupid 90 say that the war
has imposed poiyRnmy on any class
81 women anywhere In the world.
Instead. war has set women free
from all kinds OF sex slavery for.
ever she finished trimphantly
wen. ia be mighty slow to swap
my present Independence for even
one marriage license said Miss
Johnson. who Is reported to have
loved her married employer once
upon "a time. She's a beauty too, so
there was a point to her next re-
mark II certainly couldn't see
polyEamist who takes out his mar.
rlage licenses by the dozen"
But what II sou lost your good
ioby' inquired Miss IIorncr OF the
corner.
Then ia get another. you goose
not a husband came the quick
reply. then, In softer voice. III
there happened not to be- man left
IN tho world worth loving"