The Washington times., 1920-05-07

7. INLN|NG APART
Miss Hurst's Husband Says He
''Wriggles" Under Sollcitude
Of ':.UpTft Ladies" ,#

NEW YORK, May T.-Jseques 8.
DanIeison, husbapd OF Fannie Hurst.
today Issued the following statement;
I'm face OF ths deiuge OF comment
aroused by Miss Hurst's and my mar
risge announcement. am con-
strained TO make the inclosed state
ment. TO avoid growing misconcep-
tion on the part Of public appar-
emily eager TO stamp our undertaking
experiment with sensationalism;
quite a shiver seems 10 have rip
piled along the spine OF the pubic
conscience over the fact that Miss
Hurst and are occupying separate
apartments during this period OF
housing shortage. There are worse
economic crimes being committed day
after day in the average home or
venture the assumption, fairly secure
in my statement. that in proportion
| TO our respective incomes. our COM
| bined rents and scale OF livinE
amounts TO less than they would
otherwise.
Isterests Unsi~inishes.
Free from the strain OF a marriage
that has narrowed down the woman's
! scope so that creature comforts come
Ito assume unduly large proportions.
! we find ourselves. with our multitude
OF outside interests undiminished,
contept to ike ON. scales. that con-
fess are below the power OF our re-
spective incomes.
| Miss Hurst employs one maid In
her studio. have merely the blythe
hour services of q visiting maid. For
those who seem to think that am
being cheated of the carpet slipper.
| hreside aspect of domesticity, i wish
further to make the statement that
whenever ! fnd the ache beginning q
to set In fer the comfortable sag OF
the patent rocker need only to drop
In at Miss Hursts for. one of the de-
llcious home-mad dinners her maid of
five years pdrmanency knows so well
how to- prepare and the deep repose of
her studio. which for quiet and COM
fort is equaIed only to the similar
nominees of mine own.
| Il am grateful to the uplift ladies
| for their kindly sohcitude as to my
lonely state, but, like the small boy
under the patronage of the well-mean-
ing old LADY, wriggie. The worst of
| this matrimonial alliance Of mine Is
that 1 like It, The gracious woman
barrister who commiserated my pos
sible state of forlorn neglect upon
the occasion Of ill-health. ETC.. need
| feel no concern.
~Dew Vhlek On the HoSeo.
During the one or two illnesses
that have occurred during these last
Ave years have never felt for one in
slant the lack OF either garden va
riety wifely interest or solicitude, and
IL may enlarge upon Miss Hurst's
graceful expression of the matter,
the dew is thick upon the roses Of
that garden.
The popular Interpretation Seems
to be that life for US is one long rem
dexvous with alien interests. AZ .
matter of fact Miss Hurst probably
spends more time in her home than
the average woman. She is at her
desk for six hours q day. She enter
tains friends at her own table three
or four times q week, and spends as
many as three or four months q year
with her parents in st. Louis.
I'VE are both workers. and must
devote long evenings to study and
reading and practice SO, all in all. /
hardly think we can be classified a. q
psir that has thrown or the respons-
Utilities Of the usual marriage ties in
order that We may play promis-
cuously.
Rather, as 1t has worked out, We
have thrown OF the rusty shackles of
some Of the outworn matrimonial i'm
positions in order that we may have
more liberty to live up to more of
the responsibilities of our lives and
our work"