Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
VAR BRIDES FITTING
into AMER|C AN LIFE
Foreign Women Who Married
Yanks Are Delighted With
New Country.
prcn, Tho New York Tunes

AID MANY diamond combs glistened IN hei
tightly curlod and highly piled raver
locks When she was asked what she
thought of our dressing here IN the iant
of her adoption she shrugged her shoulders
turned up her dainty nose, and rCpiled
Like ten wears ago IN frSnce one WAS
French war bride lately landed on hcl
husbands shores, and left TO wait for hum
Hc may como next week. next month
an, timc Meanwhile She has = chance
Ii look about heI and 10 decric "hcrc 10
ulacr ,is foreigners
Along with her, at the Hostess House
Poriy-hrst street and Lexington avenue
AZ various other French women married
~ American men or unmarried from
American Incn. al too delighted TO tell
4. where We arc right and where We
are wrong. They don want to 20 home
Or no Whatever their opinions and
eheIr experiences, they want 10 stay right
t,nrc. In the first place, they don. wish
tn sunk back and tell the folks at home
shat the brightly vislonod Amcncan eX-
,ror,ence was all mistake They cX-
y,,cted II to he beautiful, and they arc
going ~ DO their parts Ia make Il beautiful
C-vcl though they be called upon 10 face
unforeseen difficulties and hardshlps.
Objection IA our so-CallCd antique
yrvls OF dress docs not exhaust tholr critl-
risn They say they do not icci tree,
that we cramp them with foolish notions
about no dancing on Sunday aud no cAri
y,lsvlng al any time. MS they assure
e.. is all nonsense We, too, IN France,
on of them pouted, are religious ana
e.,,d. and still We do these things on SUN
nsv. We must have good tlmc.
rfev are convinced that all America IS
ayxc this and nothing one can argue to
She contrary Will change their minds on
&hn subject.
When they walk en- the street, they
~ry. >r,ng men made cSIpeucnrcd by a
.ns.snt soiouru oyercas will shout out
y., them. Il Os,k st the frog Nnd they
do nor ike 70 Re called frogs, they
1rtcnt beInc noticrd because 81 thcr IN
rsszral appearance. which they know to hc
a, much better than oirS And these are
1.he,r first irnenc2n nnPtUsaons. WINCH,
~oubtlcSs, will hc modified Is tlmc goes oii.
Nos ii the forCJpn var hridcS and
@s,cv hsvr ,~1rne ~ TINS country WN
esroug havr cyrntu4ly tn y. Irars-
plsnnd - tnc Rca and N1udo NeTi
s.or,o ii 'hcru 81 tp tE. Na'nh au.i err.
NORTH Ia Msirc and tnr NrW ng,lnd
ss4tes 0n!r > smsIl lluanrnn II tA,T
venom hrr- n the yIc.utN 4. Nc" , oth
And u Is iron tim ones dr-t.iCa i'r me
,.ountrv IA, thc r,e tale e. th ra.+ n
z6sptanun ~ Anenra com Nanl
{,rue> thev nav. been asked to ca - the
Lor,nrs of ihcr i,isjund4 parents, and
brrr - where thc trouble hcEus II would
~ IN experience hard enough ior an
Asncrcan eIrl with full know 'edGr 81
sh,, oxIgancles az the case. For ore strange
fo every custom &nd even TO tho language
~ harder
Net when onc considers tho fact that
.ss.,y cf our Anc1oan boys who not so
fr-,c sgn II thc hISt rrrrs ot their fam
7he- ware Polus Or Germans nave had
th ,enl-riy 30 bring hack frEtiu'Ir the
ehlldrcr of crcrly ns'Ioas - thtr bT1ac@,
on --~.ascS to uarvel at snT un1aDp ,ncs5
n b. rcSult 0sn The wh'ic t,e ady'r'
r-e0tS Arc neiaC accomplished h"t II
take tlrne Ard even tir'r VII moi alWSN
r~ire eIcr, thlng cto-s IA como n7"h
4, The Rr5 rvEs klrrau having charc- 81
ts7e wurt trf ruch 81 hlrD nc5e uaH -
calEsC THE c-rs loye TIE mon tacz have
raarrCd and because thoN arc sAf~s,ot.-
rag u r1slinc 81 fhcnsc'voS saflsi ac' ar
ard pleasant wives II spite q al iac
h@ran genes. One wonders Z our EiTis
~ouId hsv5 done So wen had they been
transplanted 10 3 foreign land with IS
h.tle ceremony end preparation.
Mos; of The foreign girls have come u rs
IN the utmost sincerity They love their
Arnerlcsu nus bands snd they arc hound -
xl.ke every effort t. work out the marriage
rp q basis tas. WI he satisfactory To
sverV cnc concerncd 1hey may bc
uSeronrne a. varlo'r stages ol the game
b. olscouragenents thst plie upon tletn.
Lsr- Lhey usually pull OFT with spirit
sast : lttlc los than Inspiring one
Ircrch Cirl rnarried n S Ieyas hoy l2nled
" Scw ork with Inc heaviest crouch
lLat 81 bea.l allowed 20 dlsefcbaIk from
wv O. Lhc bo&ts rom BrJs' Subtle
ss1escrnr tsaed - disclose t1c exact
Ncnfre of thc .r1ubc All SIC w0U-d Say
szs t.ias kcEy W. awful ihsn
Erlly vas surrounded H4th loving Soi'l i
krde bat lP p-as no moro eloquent than
sis vie 1fse burden 81 BIS song was
rI waot Ehaf YOU should talse care OF my
voraan' And i was IN THIS mutual
u.atc al Gloom tn3t they departed Tor
rexas and his home Those who had
worked with the cas. expected ontT that
Mrs. Kelly would presently apply Tor
kelp 10 get OFT of her bargain. Nothing
- the sort. Soon came letter from t-ac
Texas i,lace telling now happy tho hc'iy-
had t,ecoule al ai 2 sadier aftor tncN
st;ied down and asd SHAKER g tac car
Al travel and the burden oi army III,
fhc l.dy of to combination vrote 81 her
once impossible au-nlud
ou Jus, oug,t r. ~ kel'y now vow
souldnt know hIm " - ehtfr4
81 there is nope for Their ending orr
bones and our customs possible after al
The thing thev need most : to De tidrd
pgef tnc h0,uI acgln4Ilg whcn every
lTnC .ooEs uloLg
Whise WAITING ior ttclr husbands 81
sr1ye ~ during ~ d.'fcilt 1aNs when
e. pclui,t.- ri-Dar ScGatrfRng
euuId lor = jnb alter L.- war service
Lires, oreigu el,ls more often 'dan not
plLt n and lglf. q telrn u, GIuy bread
q he l3u.' Ia.v4rt Von4crf'-, needle
wnruaI and tusg = nov luH To COOK
both a~ao0ip1 aucut 81 ialch n DC
ulau1 mar pusSeas0r- ul them u1ec not
be lett 10 Ions ,sth1ut occupation.
There Is nothing lazy Or foolish about the
Esy fbey accept the conditions of thor
Dcu htes ard # their dreams have beon
yor rp-v ttar ~ reality mrsf ,-.cu n
Szl..ei Ia ttet .r, getting 4 good dcal
nor, ou' - E" hal Imgh q thc cese
sqd tie, stased IL home ltt sndur-.-.
.nurt4ss a.l generosity af mar -hIu,r.-
.ln u-haud ar ID TX. th", appreciate
D,rr and nvcr again thtt - tell vo4 81
y, sen,t,slt. II fl tntreaa uu rs
npa -t4 lie ipr IN urI Z. +, h0m ,ue4
a., aea m,ti v.f 1tru glr fails
~ ATT bci husband t..r.llE nd +. IS
au. ,;-ea abused and Iuo>' starved
th,ul z. -til ts9 NOTHING hit praise
gr fFs nu~....rg nom -t4 considers :,