The evening world., 1921-01-21

married twenty yeaB, land
shortly after had married a Califor-
nian' divoCee. Other men have gone
and done likewdse, OF course-'but the
noble heroes In Harold'B novels are
not among them.
Now comes the announcement that
Owen johnson. who also Is on the
best selling" list and who makes
more OF a hit with literary critics than
Harold ever did. has just taken as
his fourth wife Miss Catherine Sayro
Burton, whose tnther lives at No. $40
Park Avenue, whose name Is In tho
Social Register. whose sister is Mrs.
Morgan Wing and whose sister-ih-
law is the daughter Of Sir Ashley and
Lady Sparlos--who, in short, may be
described by that hard working but
Utill useful phrase. New York society
Etr4.- Yet only two years ago Owen
Johnson wrote a book called "Nlr-
,,,o,,a wives" In which he mercilessly
analvzed the New York society gtri
and the sort OF marriage she makes
in fact. he intimated that lasting hap
ninesa With her u we'll nigh impos-
sible,
Mr.. Johnson in hia novel--publlshed
bv IA.tls, Brown q Co.--chnrges' In
e1ect. that the modern society siri is
brourht up TO pursue pleasure instead
Of duty, to crave the admiration OF
crowd Of men rather than the adorA-
tor of her own husband, and to nat
49, he-self that she Is "Wrtuous" be-
cou,e she merely rouses the passions
:, o,hsra and 10 herself too super
oc,aI 20 yield to them or even reel
them .. n,,,-
,.-,,,v consists in delegahng to gov
.-no.Seo and boarding schoolS Sn0
oa,rc.tlon OF the children, while mat
r,,nonv Ia little more than legaAIed
,.o,bod OF circulating In Soo'sty IN
.-Tbe one patent social fact to-day
.D'o injustice to woman In the
sontImentaliEation Of her educA''oh' edu
Az a child she is taught an excessive
-. Of her own preciouSneSS. As
A.t,,tants she Is Displayed with
s.,hor,o luxury In the marts OF SO
80, .nd the crowded years OF scr
vitude 10 pleasure leave her IlreO'
d,A,u,s,oned and restless.
..sbe marrieB, and the acquired
,h,vt for sensations tends naeurally'
Ct, the accident OF motherhood TO
.end her back TO the freedom nom
rs,uong,binues and the need OF ao-
,,,,r,t,op which was her life aS
Young girl In place OF a ooiiSecIS AZ
Ino ideal Of duty. which alone can
.ot,sfv her gplritual longing for hap
pinesa, she is taught at every step 10
conceive OF her privileged existence a.
the pursuit OF pleasure,
I'm this pGTVenW society t"hien
nnds It's reflections in certain Sool@i
sets throughout the country inc
women have created a society Ol
aenAationA never deep or lastlhs-
senAations which must rapidly sue
coed one another and be constantly
intensified
MAN To them,is a multiple animal
tho flat4ery Of the crowd replaces inc
adoration OF the individual. They arc
canable neither Of great passions nor
great vickedneJs, and therefore eatSAIy
convince themselves that, despite luA-
uTy and pleasure, they aro the most
yirtuOus OF wives
rho female censor Af the book voicos
even more emphatichlly the lhulCl-
ment OF the SOclety gari' Ihe SOcA0''
.T dont believe IN the modern
VDornen.-4he women OF our world she
aavg 81 don't believe Ia the way
voIng Rtris are brought up TO iDel that
thev owe nothing % life buA 10 ac'
cent the sacrifices OF others, uoh
l,el5eve in the disOrganiZauOn that
vounK Rirl OF eighteen Is pitchforhed
into Ia what Is called her 'doOutanIe
year
II don't believe in cramming into a
few months all the pleasures Whloh
should come naturally through me
and be enjoyed naturally doh
think bs fair 70 tho giri--or TO tho
man VINO has 70 marry her. l don't
believe in a woman being treSd OF all
resguona bil ilties as wife or a mof her'
existing only 10 enjoy what her mus
band makes without sharing his Wor-
rics or helping in the economy OF his
existence. Moreover, I don't believe
in the modern wife, after year or
t,So. a baby or two, taking up agaiG
the Same Me of flattery and adulation
she has had as a young girl"
Mr.. johnson tnds in -Virtuous
Wives" that thres Developments OF
New York life have been insidously
corrupting tho old institution OF the
home-the telephone, which has lev
elled It's walls; the apartment hotel.
which has torn II from the sol, and
the automobile, which has finally trans-
ferred II TO breathlesB wheels.
THE modern wife finds the privacy
OF her bedUOom invaded by a swarm
OF acquaintances who call her up at all
moments Of the day and night, inter
rupt her conversation, disturb her
Aean summon her from heE tahle HeI