The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-12

Dear Aflns Grey. I bcg 70 answer
. -workingmAn's" ictter In regard
TO tho question. Does tho coed or
tho maid Of the chorus make the best
wifey' and do not ask his pity. or
do wnnt IL
He says the question IN itself lacks
common sense For everyone knows
IL is n question Of theory w. practical
experiences In life, and that theory
without practical experience Of the
trade or profession In which you In
tend TO make your lies work. u not
worth very much
To my mind Il II he that hacks
real common sense. for II can be seen
no does not understand the real
meaning Of the question.
I am . college graduats myrsh.
and I know had TO got practical
experience in my business before
enjoyed the full bencfits Of my cob
lego education SO IL In with tho
majority of goods, unless they try
to get In touch with the practical
everyday problems OF life. they never
amount to very much as wife.
III say they have theory enough
for half dozen wives. but when IL
comes to good. practical. everyday
management. well. the poor husband
needs all tho sympathy we cnn give
him.
am experienced in having for .
wife n coed. and 1t was TO my sor-
row. Her education brought her
above the highest God given blessing
TO womaA-namely. motherhood
Motherhood was all right for our
mothers and grandmothers, but not
for the emil ghtencd. educated coed OF
today.
AS for cigarcts. I have never smok-
cd them myself. and my friends used
to wonder whom l bought them for,
and I was always ashamed to admit
that they wcrs for my college girl
wife and her educated friends, who
smoked them at their afternoon teas.
and over their bridge tables. or while
they discussed the great social prob
lens of our largo cities
My wife had no moro practical
IDEAS of homo management than the
mouse. the elephant or the mud-hole
that tho "workingman" speaks Of In
his letter. She was continually in
debt, and none OF our help remained
long because Of her utter lack Of
practical knowledge of homo man.
aecmcnt, and home was not the most
pleasant place for me to come
am now married to former
chorus girl She began her career
as Just a plain member Of the chorus.
and thru hard work and study be-
came n principal In some Of the
largest musical comedies, and Will
say. sho has never smoked cigarets,
or has she ever had any soul mates;
but she has good, practical expert
ence. and a true conception OF life.
and knows real men and women when
she comes in contact with them. and
appreciates them. She can cook and
sew and does not have to refer to
books of reference.
Above all. she knows how TO save
and I need never ask. is this bill
paid7"
And when need n real pal.
whether Il Is in sunshine or rain.
she II II, and I am not ashamed OF
her anywhere.
The joke of II all Is. have never
had to put a ban on rouge and make
up, the way the professors OF some
Of our higher educational institutions
have had recently to do.
II ~worlsingman" must condemn
the modern chorus girl, ] am forced
to believe 1t IL because he has never
come In contact with her In actual
life. A man generally finds the level
he seeks. l am not condemning all
of tho college girls. There are many
fine woman among them. and they
make the best OF wives because they
try to be practical as well as theoret.
ical, and It Is because so many col
lege graduates do not become prac-
teal and roll up their sleeves and be
lust plain men and women that so
many Of them are failures, 40 far rs
their education is concerned.
So, finally, In answer to tho ques-
ton. / will say again. give me the
chorus girl in preference to the coed
for n wife. I'll say, from real expert
ence. we have a real homo, and It Ii
indeed n real pleasure for me to come
to 1t after a hard days work.
A PLAIN CITIZEN.
Dear Miss Grey: Let me, as col