Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-24

photoplay wOrld-always shows us the
hero and heroine blisSfully happy. be-
cause they are to be welded. If bum
galow is shown, we are to suppose no
possible worry or sorrow ever can come
to them in it, in the future.
Experienced and materialistic persons
inquire. however, whether the hero has
nice salary. or bank account, or
who IS to pay the rent, and if the
H. e. l.. will sour their natures and
interfere with their eternal bliss.
On the other hand, sentimentalists
proclaim that love is the only ameIiAtor
Of the troubles and evils of this sorry
world, and that with love on our side
we may endure any calamIti"5 with
fOrtitude.
Theories aside. what are the facts
The girl is sensible and brave. and
decides to marry poor man. She has
visions Of doll kitchen and white
enamel pots and pans. and herself in
ten by twelve inch apron, serving
meals from a chating dish. rose .
EMPOWERED bungalow, such as the real
estate companies picture in brilliant
Colors in street-Car cards, lures on" to
tiny suburban home. where the vcgc-
| ation is as tropical as that of South
America.
The first blow is the amount neccs-
sary for rent. In great cities, the
choice is between decent amount OF
space and light and air with the hor-
rors of committing long distances in
rush hours, which means exhaustion
! for the bread winner. and isolation tor
the wife at home in remote com
munity-Or crowded city Hat, with
commercial surroundings and physical
discOmfOrts.
II the larger and more remote home
IA chosen. the girl bride finds herself
far IRON the distractions Of city activ-
ity, perhaps with narrow, gosSipinl
nPighbors. of few interests, where she il
likely to be very lonely all day. Away
from her husband, she has time to brood
over whether he loves her as demon
Stratively as he did five weeks ago. anc
to contrast her girhood's rather Sump-
tuOus home, with father paying all the
/ bills she ran up, with her present
straitcned circumstances. Also. she ha'
TO do considerable physical drudgery, a
servants are impossible to get IN III,
country. and expensive, II gettable. BY
he sometimes finds her in mood o.
despondency or cynicism, and very
possibly, she has not prepared very
alluring meal.
If he criticizes, it precipitntes tears
and reproaches. and discussion aS Il
why he brought her away out there II
the wilderness anyway, when she Wa'
used to a residential street in the heart
Of the metropolis, with theatres. din
ners and dances. evenings.
In novels, he clasps her in his arm
and murmurs, MY poor little girl yoN
have had hard time out here. ono
have been brave and wonderful
Now, | have Il surprise for you; yol
will not have to live out here any more
Today. | had a raise !! The presiden
of our company called me in and cx
pressed his delight in my progress
Now, we can have a car, and maid
and the firm may send me over to Eu
rope this summer.
"Jack, you darling eXclaims tn
heroine, drying her tears on his lapel
, ns II he were any more darling bccaus
he hapuened to have the good luck t
make more money!
3 In real life, young husband probabl
feels cross and peeved that he come
/ home to Respondent or sColding wife
after q hard day in an office. and re
! torts that he is wreck, and at leas
expected to find good dinner an
g cheerful wife awaiting him. And Sc
/, the old quarrel and clash of tempera
: ments.
! Lest the suburban realty companie