The Washington times., 1920-11-18
By Winston Churchill,

0y WluSIou SuuA WILL,
Author OF "Richsrd Carvel!" "The
CrisisD and Many Other Novels
of Worldwide Popularity.
kITO him art was a sacred
thing. and 1t was impos-
sible for me to regard 1t
with equal seriousness. He drew
into himself-ciosed up, as II were
no longer discussed II. was
hurt. And when we came home he
kept on in business-he still had his
fathers AFFAIRS to look after-but
he had q little workroom at the top
of the house where he used to go In
the afternoon.
II was a question which one of
us should be warped-which per-
sonality should be annihilated. SO to
speak, and was the stronger. And
as I look back, Mr.. Holder, what
occurred seems to me absolutely IN
evitable, given the ingredients, as
4! inevita BILE as q chemical process.
7 We were both striving against each
other, and / won--at a tremendous
cost.
"The conflict, one might say, was
subconscious, instintcive rather than
4 deliberate. My attitude forced him
d
Z enough to live on very comfortably,
\ and then the scale of life began to
increase, luxuries formerly un-
! thought of seemed to become neces-
stiles.
"And while it was still afar on
/ saw a great wave rolling toward us.
the wave of that new prosperity
which threatened to submerge us.
and I seized the buoy fate nad
placed in our hands, or. rather. by
suggestion, l induced my husband
to seize this name.
> Il recognized the genius. the
future Of Eldon Parr at a time when
he was not yet independent and
supreme, when association with
Constable meant much to him. MI.
Parr made us, as the saying goes.
Needless to say, money has not
brought happiness, but host or
hard, false ambitions which culmi-
mated in Gertrude's marriage with
Victor Warren. ! set my heart on
the match. helped it in every way.
ana until now nothing but sorrow
mas come of 1t.
But my point is this, I see so
.learly, now that it is too late. that
20 excellent persons may de-
noralNe each other IL they are i'll
.dated. 1t may be possible that
lad the germs of false ambition in
me when | was girl, yet l was
conscious only of the ideal which Is
in most women's hearts.
you must not think that I have
laid my soul bare in the hope OF
hanging your mind in regard to
Gertrude. l recognize clearly now
hat that is impossible. Oh. know
ou do not so misjudge me- she
,dded, reading his quick protest in
lis face.
a"Indeed, cannot analyze my
reasons for telling you something
Of which / have never spoken to
any one else" Mrs. Constable re-
garded him fiXcdly. you are the
strongest reason. You have some
how drawn il out of me.
And | suppose | wish some one to
profit by it. You can, Mr.. Hodder--
feel sure of that.
You may insist now that my
argument against your present con-
fiction of the indissolubility of mar
,iage is mere ,individualism. but L
want you to think Of what i have
told you, not to answer me now. l
know your argument by heart
that Christian character develops
by submission. by suffering: that 1t
is the woman's place to submit. to
cfface herself But the root Of the
matter goes deeper than that.
II am far from deploring sacri-
flce, yet common sense tells us that
our sacrifice should be guided by
Judgment: that foolish sacrifices
are worse than useless. And there
are times when the very limitations
of our individualityvnece linn
itations for us-preSent our sacri-
'nces from counting.
81 was wrong. I grant you, griev-
ously wrong. in the course / took,
even though it were not conscious
~ deliberate. But if my husband
had been an artist I should always