The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-28

one Of the troubles with the Wort"
now is that We have got new wo-
man. but we have got I'll" same Ola
man. Consequently, this modern Eve
and prehistoric Adam are naturally UNI
able to hit it Off together.
Hence the falling of in the sale OF
wedding rings. and the prevalence ot
divorce. and the sounds OF mutinN ana
insurrection when two bold young crca-
lures. with different theories OF NE
and opposite viewpoints, ar" rash
enough to adventure forth together on
the stormy sea OF inatrmony.
In the last % years women have
as completely changed In every way
as II the leopard had shed his spots,
The girl Of today is no more like what
her mother was at her age than II
she belonged to different species OF
beings She no more thinks as mother
thought. or holds mothers opinions, or
has aspirations mother had. or dreams
the dreams that mother dreamed d w.,
she wears clothes cut ateF
the fashion that mother wore when she
was n girl The modern girl has de-
veloped natural waist mentally ~
well as physically aud she couldn
compress her ideas into mothers tlght,
ly.laced iS-inCh belt measure even II
she so desired. Which she doesn t.
cerned. have not altered. Grandpa
shoes still fit them, for they stand
nat on the woman question just where
they have always stood. or course
there may he an exception mere ana
there. to this rule. but the great ma
tority' of men have not chahBed ah
iota. ,
Their ideals Of the perfect woman;
their opinion Of what woman should
think and feel. their view OF woman
proper attitude toward the lords OF
creation are precisely those that nave
been handed down from father to son
ever since the dear old cave days,
This brings about a situation that
is tragic for both sexes, 1t Is tragic
for women because men utterly thll
to understand their motives, and their
reasons for wanting to do the things
they are trying to do and II Is doubly
tragic for men because 1t drives them
into making such fatal plumbers.
For instance. men, still true to the
ancient masculine theory that fem
mime brains are only palataple Wnth
they are scrambled fight. shy OF the
clever girl who Is wel-informed, cap
able and independent.
The modern man. like Grandpa IS
still true to the theory that the ideal
wife Is the Clinging vine. 80 he goes
hunting pathctlcalIy. around Tor some
soft, dishraggy maiden, without an
idea in her head, and with no desire
10 do anything but sit at his feet and
ask him what he thinks she thinks
In these days of intelligent. alert
well educated women this species rs
becoming SO rare that the poor dear
man is driven into marrying an idiot
and then he wonders that domestlcity
il so dull and why he can find no
companionship at home.
II men could only get over their
hereditary fear of intelligence in wo~
men, and II they would pick out me
smartest women they can find for wives
IL would do more than any one thing
to take the curse out Of mAtrimony.
The fool among women Is becoming
rare. So Is the woman VINO enjoys ne.
ing parasite. The crying need OF
the day is for a new man who VIII
realize this, and who will be willing
to accept his wife on his own plane
and. deal frankly and honestly with her
as he would with another man. What
the modern woman desires Is nus
band whom she will not have to
Wheedle or CAiole. or work, but VINO
will regard her as his partner. nav.
ing certain rights Of her own, and
equally entitled to share with him in
ali the perquisites OF life as the shares
in its pains,
Another need IL for a new man who
is big enough and brave enough to
break the bonds Of custom and con-
Vention that tie IA woman's hands after
she is married. and force her into
mental labor, no matter how qualified
she is to do the brain work that is
paid so much better
A man feels himself disgraced. and
that 1t advertises him as n failure, II
his wife goes on with her business or
profession after she IL married. The
woman may love her work and be mis-
cradle without II. She may need the
money 1t will bring in. II may sicken
her very soul to leave congenial, high