Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-10

Even the slcndrrcss. without which o
girls name is Anathcma now To men, Is
mighty apt tO let her husband IN later TOT
doctors bills for ancmia and nervous pros
tration For some iuCxplCahlc reason,
the girl who knows how to cook almost
never knows how to do her hair, or huy
hat. and YOU can count on the hngers oi
one hand all the Young women with the
NJ. AS and Phi d.. after their names
whom Won know, who would never have
a look in ut beauty show
This being the case and poor men hay
ing to make Il choice, more or less he
tween the different types ol women ne
has made the mistake Of picking out
wife that was easy on the eyes lhstcad OF
one whom II would he easy to 1--we WITH
And not only the foolish men have made
this mistake Even the wise mako 1t.
Hence the prevalence of divorce,
For the living picture Is bound to tade
in few wears. and II man gets tircd ol
lookirg at n picture anyway lie wants
somebody to talk to, Somahody who VIII
understand him, and who can sympa-
thizc with HIM. somebody who rs inter-
ested in the subjects that he Is interested
in. and who can wander hand IN hand with
hlIn down the ttt'itSttilt I'tRIiN W 49,
ture and art and music.
\ man Of education and intelligence
must know that he Is gong to want that
sort o( a wife. hut docs he take the trouble
to provide himself with ono whose mind
is on a par with hiS own
lie does not lie marrcs fluffy ruiiles
without two ideas IN herhcad because she 5
pretty. Just pretty The girl doCsn {
fool him She couldnt woman can
camoutiagc good looks with clothes and
cosmetics, hut who cant initiate brains.
and give lifc-likc Illusion of hclug clever
and entertaining il She IS dull and stupid
Now the country is ovcrlowIng with
clever, educated. intelligent girls The
high schools and colleges turn them out
hv the thousands every year And they
+ are mostly sitting NJ home of evenings
reading lbScn while their silly little sis
tcrs. with pretty painted faces and con-
vcrSatioual repertoire that consists OF
rIgglcS and ~ said. and He said and
Amt il fierce. and 1T sure was some
partv. are out ut parties, and theatres,
and jov riding with men who will marry
them. while the female lHtclcrtuals are
/ earning their own bread and butter.
Of course there are a few men who pick
ont their wives fCr something more than
/ their looks. and these marriages are IN
varlahIy happy marriages, for when the
romance that daily life is bound to tear
Ia tattcrS. Is thrown INTO the discard. and
when beauty has fled these people have
sill left comradcshlp. and mutual m
terpst III thousands of different SUBJECTS
And they never get on each other :
nerves because they never bore each
other
F, Mn correspondent IS right Most Of
+ the marriages that are failures 81 on the
rocks because the wife Is not the ntcl-
! lcctual equal Of her husband But i IS
/ the men who pick ont their wives he
] problem i~ up 70 them
And eventually. they stood ~ the
station platform, waiting for the local
that vas almost always lat i was only
10 o'cIock. but Ruth felt rs though She
had lived through q whole day.
You q better lie down and rest when
YOU get back. YOU look tired out her
mother advised
Ruth nodded her head She WAS tired,
( awflilIv tired
The train came in al last. and Ruth
went on board long enough % see b tn
of them settled comfortably in seat Then
she kissed them both goodbye hurTiedlN ,
gI4 tha, the whistle va blowing 50 thu
farewell need not he prolonged
She was tired, and she Was nervous
and she hated walking back alone through
the streets to the empty house
As she turned from the station plat
/ form when the train had gone, It Was
10 find Tim waiting on the Stei m eager
smile on his face.
But vou shoul,lnt bc away from vour
Office. She protested as he walked back
with her.
Oh, the old man wo-t know hc
answered easily And ! know YOU would
feel blue - | hi out and came down %
walk home with YOU.
Tomorrow Riches Refused