The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-14
Mary Gwyn Whiteman

Another fallen idol of the people
is Mary Pickford,
We had clothed her with such vir-
tues. that it came as a distinct shock
to the movie fans TO discover that
she is charged with having been in
collusion with her husband, owen
Moore, to secure a divorce and then
to marry Douglas Fairbanks.
From what we know OF husbands
and divorces it would sound more
natural to say in collision with her
husband. The mistake Mary made
was her mad haste to secure another
husband; and, she can hardly be
blamed for that, for in these days
of the high cost of living a husband
is almost n household necessity.
And having no personal acquaint-
ance with Mr.. Moore, We do not know
what were his qualifications for mat
rimony. He was certainly ornamental
enough for any one-even the fastid-
ious Mary-but whether he is poss-
essed of those little domestic qualif.
cations that make a good husband
desirable acquisition only Mary and
the next door neighbors really know
The duties OF a husband are becom.
ing more intricate every year.
Perhaps, the most cultivated peo.
pie who ever lived were the Greeks
in the age of Pericles. And yet, be.
ing a husband then was compare
lively simple job when compared
with the duties one assumes nova.
days.
The husbands of that day did the
shopping for the family.
No respectable woman ever enter.
ed the Agora or Market Place
Just think how expenses could be
curtailed if that privilege We're given
the men now.
In almost every family there is a
diversity of opinion as to how many
gowns 4 year wife should have and
with the husband as the shopping
agent, this matter would be largely
in his own hands.
OF course choosing the gowns would
he a hazardous job; it might bring
about more divorces and then it
might bring about the old Athemen
custom Of the women never appear.
ing outside their own doors except
during the sacred festivals. Most wo-
men who value their appearance
would be forced TO stay in strict Sc.
clusion if they were compelled to
wear the gowns their husbands Sc.
lected.
In the case of Mr.. Moore one OF
the things TO be urged against him
is his name-Owen Moore.
Nobody has any business having a
name like that when so few salary
checks will last until the end of the
month.
Think Of how embarrassing it made
1t for Mary when she asked her groc-
er or her merchant for credit. Can
you not visualize the unhappy scene"
There is Mary and her curls, shy
and modest before that ogre of a cred
it man, who really should be abol-
ished in the interest of the happi.
ness of the community What does
he know about the movies and who
Nothing; absolutely nothing.
Your name, please he growls, and |
Mary with her bewitching smile re.
plies-"Owen Moore"
Huh?' he grunts.
Owen Moore
OF course it's all up with Mary.
There are admirers of Mr.. Moore
who will insist that he and Mary
should be able to get along on their
combined salaries without asking for
credit.
But who wants to be so old,fash.
ioned as that?
With prices advancing every day
there is no telling to what straits
people may come.
And Mary is an artist and we have
always allowed the artistic tempera.
ment unusual privileges.
Ot course / am not exactly cham.
pioning Mary in her disposal of one
husband and her ready acquisition of
another.
1t doesn't seem fair for her TO be
aDle to secure a husband on such
short notice and with such ease
when there are hundreds of old maids
IN New England who never have had
one at ALL
But that only goes to prove that
Mary was born lucky or unlucky. de.
pending Of course on your secret opip.
ions of husbands.