Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-08
FRENCH WAR BRIDES
FIND AMERICA SLOW
Girls Who Married Doughboys
Find This Country Too Dull
and Behind Time.

the latest crIticiSm oI fanNi So.
and American habits and CUSTOMS rs
bride. whom our husky hero married and
sent or brought hon g with him at Uncle
Sans exrnse. after he had carried the
hated foe out Of the .helltorn fields OF the
nleasant land of France Yes, indeed.
Not satisfied with winning osir great, big
soldier boys away from the American girls.
10 whom they properly belonged, these
vpnng French girls are now sticking up
their cute Gallo noses at the way IN which
our girls, especially the Down Casters,
dress. laughing Mt the refusal Of the New
Fnelanders 10 dance and drink wine and
plav cards on Sunday. and in general
fou,ing us as mosshacks and way be-
hind the times Aud we had thought we
were so advanced and that the French
we're hack in the Dark Ages OF Jeanne
DArc, with their dinky little railroad
cars and antediluvian engines and narrow,
crooked streets and Colonial farm inn
plemen,s and little pocket hsndkerchiefs
of farms.
Now fhere we have already 5000 Of
them. ain war brides, with many arrondise-
ments vet 10 he heard from Five thousand
good Young American men reared by
hard-working American mothers TO be
husbands OF equally hsrd-working Amer
ican girls. twenty to thirty years Of hard
work p,lt in hv good American women on
these American men and then few weeks
in France and behold ma 'amselle with
high heels, blunt toes, knee-high skirts,
rhinestoned hair combs and plenty of them
in her highly-curIed and tightly-piled
raven locks wins them with wink
American girls he'd full warning of it.
Soon after the arrnistice was signed Lieut..
]. Hixon Kinseln. young officer OF St.
Louis. Mo-. arrived in the u. :. and warn
cd American girls that the French made
moselles were making hits with their
brothers, sweethearts and prospective
husbands in France: that the American.
always slave to his women folks. was
finding the service and oourtship of the
French women, bred to serve men. not
to he served by them, very seductive. and
that If the American girls did not look
out they'd lose some men.
Overlooking the fact that Ilieut. kin-
selis was stating facts and warming them
10 look after their preserves. thc Amer
lean girls wanted TO torture the Hlnd young
officer, to prick him to death wi h hatpins
or something like that. But time has prov
en- that Lieut. kinsella knew whereof he
spoke Over 5000 of the ma aInselles have
already landed in New York. while other
ports have sheltered their share. Most Of
the war brides are yet 10 come, and It Is
sad that many American soldiers OF the
officer rank have come to America solely
to get their recognizances III good order, 10
produce a family social and business stand
ing which will cntitlc them 10 marry
Young Frenchwomen of birth, breeding
and large properties For when IL comes 10
mar wing the French girl Of property. YOU
have got TO show her u; rents or gusrdians
haf hux
the way of tangible property and stand for
something In the business and social life !
Of Your locality. Thousands OF young |
French women were made heiresses bv the /
deaths of their fathers and brothers IN the |
war Many pretty French girls possess
large fortunes.
Scores of desirable young Frenchmen
are buried along the former battle lines
from Nieuport to SwitzerIsnd French girls
must marry some one What better than
3 grand, big Anne ican man, q man brought
up to be SO good tn his wife. to refuse
10 take his regular financial allowance
from her. Oh, 10 le la! It is almost too
good to think about. For the European
husband who m3rries rich girl always
has his hand out for his allowance every
Monday morning, if. indeed. he docs not
assume complete charge of his wifes prop
erty and give himself his own allowances
out of her money end also bX the smount /
Of her allowances out Of her own money. |
Verify, between the rich French wife and /
her h,Isbs nd, What Is Yours is rninc and
what is mines my own works altogether
TO the advantage of Monsieur. When the /
wealthy European woman. marries she
hands over the handbook and checkbook
10 hubby and goes to work 10 rear the
children, supervise the cooking and do the
church going while father launches forth
into the wide. wide world of business, |
spoTt, politics or merely boulevards II
about the i3ois dr BouIogne and Champs
ID Elvsee or sits and sips absinthe and ad-
mires the pretty griscttes or midinettes or
lorettcs rs they float along the Boulevard
DIES Ital,ens All on what used to be her
money.
When 3 French girl marries an Ameri-
3n husband she knows that he will not
touch a cent OF her money, but will insist
upon supporting her and their children.
He has been properly brought up and
trained by good American mother who :
properly trained his father before him.
The American believes that nothing can be
quite So contemptibic as the position of a |
.petticoat pensioner" 10 live on money
gwen him by womsn. The favorite pro
fessioB of All carefully brought-up Euro
l,ean men Is living of Of their wives
money TO make 8 good marriage; that
is, to marry a glr', or woman. with enough
money Is the great object oi lie for Euro
pean nen They do not ask their wives
Tor money or accept money from them .
They Just take over the management OF
madam fortune and consider II their own
Her house, her furniture. which was the
urniture of her grcat-gTeaf-grand
also becomes his. He owns her clothes
bought with her own money. Frenchmen
10 concedc their wives some measure of
equality but Englishmen, Germans and
,ther Europeans do not make any such
concession The man is the whole thing
The wife and the family reflect credit on
lim, # good looking and well dressed. If
hey are not good looking and well dressed
hey get left at homo most of the time or
Produced only, against the grain, at family
eunions.
But when the American man marries
/ European woman of wealth he marries
ler not for her money but for herself. He
cts her understand that she shall keep
Ter own money. put it IN the bank, throw
away, do anything she pleases with II,
ut he VIII attend TO the support OF the
amlly, give her money on which 70 run
ne house, 70 buy her clothes, tic.
Imagine the happy CONSERVATION OF the
rench girl who gets such a man. It's
10 good 10 be true. It Is 8 beautiful but
assing dream. She gets q whale OF big