Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
MEN MUST TIRE IF WIVES
CEASE To ATTRACT THEM
Woman Must Keep Her HoId IN
Husband by Continuing the
Method Which Won Him.
ny BEATRICE EAIRFA.X.
ny BEATRICE T..

III women made nets instead OF
cages. marriage would have Il better
chance Of being Il happy state of ar
fairs. said great writer OF Il gen
Grafton gone Ivy.
often th!nk Of tina, when | SEQ
tho complaccn, air With which some
women fold their arms and act ~
/ II they had accomplished their destiny
and had nothing more to fear from
!ifc's iitful fever.
Modern love stores don't end: And
so they were married and lived happy
ever after" How can they: For
marriage is a beginning. not an end
inS. The organ plays The Voice
That Brcathed Ger Eden" and the
Edgar and Mildred marci, out Ia a
new life They adjust themselves
TO their partnership. they would build
q home. they found a family. They
arc not concluding something that
has been: they are beg ginning some
thing that is yet I" be.
Men are hunters. Life and bio
logical development have fitted them
tor the chase. And yet. with mar
riagc. they are expected to 81, down
DULY with never thought of what
= Inherent in mans yer: nature \
wife feels that she may be as dull and
d"wdy ani unin3piring as she pIcascs.
but that her husband owes her. never
ihcicsS. the loyalty hc promised at
the altar.
: Lnudnbic Ambition.
II t:dSar * q decent Chap he wants
I" give Mildred ali the undyiui: de-
Notion and unSwcrvinC affection Of
which he dreamed when he decided
that she MAS the girl with whom he
wished to huiid The nest Of home
and family. suppose some ono else
puts forth all the charm which once
Mildred rXcrt"d. will Edgar have the
strength TO fight it out, 10 BE- true
I" his own deals as we'll as to his
VOWS"
If hc's a decent chap hc longs 10
live up TO his own ideal Of love and
1" the girl WHO once meant so much
to him. lf hes Il strong and fine
character he'll probably he able TO
manage i. no matter how little help
he gets from Mildred. Hui even ir
he managed TO remain true in decd
now about his thoughts?
II Mildred naEs. II She wears slop-
ny clothes. If She whincs and com
plains. If She has no sympathy for
EdEars friendship or his ambitions.
ii sh, either keeps a pigs pen sort OF
a house or u dun and st!n place in
which Edgar is afraid to read a pa
per in peacc--ihCn wha; OF tho poor.
hcSct man when temptation comes
along?
y man cant turn on his feelings
as If they wor' a faucet or water.
There arc thing. which compel his
emotions ami th,1Sa which rcpcl
them.
Mildred won him L. iov" and un-
dcrsianding and an irmocont sor, Of
coIuCtr! She bcckonc,! and allurcd.
she cant fore" love just because
shes given Edgar the privilege OF
slipping a plain gold band on her
ring finger and OF paying her bills.
Mildred must Still stimulate the
senses and onchan, tho emotions
which Edgar continues 10 possess.
because "" is man aud incorrieiblc
III his lonGire for romance
:ior,e wives act Is ir it weren't
doccn; To b. captivating ~ they dc
lighted in being when they were
maids. Some auStcrcly demand their
RIG hts some forget all ahou, any
thing but huhby'' great right to pay
TIM hills until some charming new
feminine person c"rucs along and
shows an interest in the head uf tho
mouse" and 50 arcuscs wifciy jcal-
ouSH.
\ clever woman said 10 me not
long ago iha, she'd be- jealous of hcr
husband only under ono condition
and in"u she'd fccl an utter failure.
~ ever Carl hnda woman IN
whom he'd rithc- roniidc than in me-.
II ever i'c discovers woman more
interesting and more stimulating 10
his plans aud ideas than am. ~,
ci,Nsr lie down aud die be .'HuScN i'Vc
los; him. ar III grid myself for line
fray and lead him the widest intel
,ociunl dance YOU ever heard OF.
There's Somctnir- ia tho idea. As
long as = man finds his own wife
lis most stimulating mental ""mpan-
ion and bcst c"niidantc. she has
nothing TO fear. kiss unw"rihilN
rivrn may mari, - mortcnts weak
ness rather than = spirit Of inid"i-
lily. RGt Inc interest aud ""mpan'on-
shin which wife should cherish
may not stray without he losing tn"
,:rc 4 cornerstone from her house al
love and life.
II wives mahc point a. being
interesting and friendly and 'pai'y.
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