Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-27
men DON'T PROPOSE;
JUST THINK THEY Do"
Frances Nordstrom, Author Of
Broadway Hits, Gives Few Point
ers on Wooing.

New York, Jan. 26.--After = fellow
has called on a girl three times it's al
right to sneak few kisses and pro
pose, because probably that's what was
on her mind in asking him to call.
For the benefit of the bashful fellow,
who spends his evenings on the north
end of the sofa, wasting lot OF good
hugging on the sofa cushions, and stam-
mering about the price of things, Miss
Frances Nordstrom, author of the sea-
sons hit on Broadway, "a Ruined
Lady," today modernized the code of
courtship.
Miss Nordstrom wrote the play which
took a running Jump and landed smack
in the middle of tea table topics. 1t
portrays the plight of an affectionate
girl waiting IL years for a stolid suitor
TO aclick." Women crowd the play
house TO sympathizc with Grace George
in the role of Ann, and laugh at the
harsh things said about men in general.
Men don't seem TO enjoy the play.
''Men must be awfully stupid not to
realize that girls make themselves pretty
Just to please them," WAS her first punch
OF the interview. sWhy can't they see
that the purest and best of women want
10 be admired-to receive and give affec-
ton? This instinct does not die after
marriage, and many unhappy matches
could be frightened If husbands would
only realize that women want to be
sweethearts always. But no; man cam
not understand. He Is like cat; let
MIN get comfortably settled and he will
not stir He quits sending flowers and
candy, ceases to tell his wife what she
will never tire of hearing-that she is
the prettiest girl in the world. These
omissions pain her like thrus's of =
stiletto, but she cannot speak of them,
so they rankle in the heart of her.
There is the type of bachelor who
claims to consider himself unworthy of q
nice girl. He hesitates to place such
a precious jewel in the pig-iron setting
that his limited income would afford
TO hear him tell it. Such excuses for
not popping the question are rubbish.
Give the precious jewel chance to
shine in that pig-iron.
''As matter of fact such men are
80 frightfully vain that they refrain
from proposing through fear of being
turned down. It's little bit Of gam
BILE, ! suppose. Yet / never knew a
man who would admit being a poor
loser. They're all willing to match
quarters or bet on a prize fight. Why
Is tneu pIlue so precious!
Miss Nordstrom advises young men to
discount ''Bill'' and Charlie" and some
of the other suitors that the best little
girl in the world Is likely TO mention
casually As q rule, she says, q girl
is lucky to have one boy calling on her,
and she is probably just as anxious to
land him for husband as he is TO win
her for his bride. But she throws in oc-
casional mention of other acquaintance
Just to fan the competitive spirit.
What proves the stupidity of men,
she said, not relenting for an instant,
lis that husbands always fancy they
did the proposing. Pin them down and
hey can't remember what they said.
IL seems to have happened in a fog.
They don't know what all girls know
that the woman proposes by making the
man say the words"
Miss Nordstrom is tall and pretty,
and IN her apartments affects a pink
kimona 1t was noticeable too, from the
pink fringe around her ankles that shA
IS addicted to pantalettes-if that's what
they call them.
''Oh, I'm very proud of my SEX" she
concluded, "and I'm glad to be worn-
An Which is just as well, considering
that it's too late to regret it,