Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-24

&$%y All lie gives woman
SX94 6I hard deal Nature
Ell begins by making hei
OF frailure physique
than man, and bestowing upot her an ex-
tra supply of nerves apd temperameut
and making her subject to all the disease
masculine flesh is heIr to with an extra
supply Of her own, and then laying upon
her the biggest job on eaath -child-bear-
ing.
Even the woman who enjoys what IS
called good health for q woman, goes
through more sickness and suffering than
male invalid endures, and every woman
who brings child into the world has
dared danrer as great, and suffers an
agony rs terrible, as any battle-scarr3ed
brav ~ on his breast
So men begin by Bringing TO life the
first and most essential element to have
agood time, which is good health. To this
they also add the next requisite, which is
money. Whether man inherits IL, OF
makes IT, he always has more money thans
his sister. In well-oIf and rich fannie
the boys are given a liberal allowance as q
rnhtter of course, while the girls are given
nevei a Penny of their own. Mother pro-
vi les them NTH such clothes as she thinks
I hoy should have, but they are given no
~ ~ hat they can spend INDEPENDENTLY
cl the kind of pleasures that they enjoy
themselves
ID they so to work, the boys earning
power isgreater than the girls for woman's
work is cheap work the whole world ov or
And. generally, Justly so, because in spite
of all the wonderful things women have
dcne, they always work under handicap,
and the average man is worth more to his
employer than the average female en-
ploye is
Aud the man has more money TO spend
on pleasure than the woman has, not only
because he makes more, but because his
family does not make the same claims upon
his pocketbook that it does upon his sis
ters The mother who takes all of her
daughters earnings to use for the support
Of the household would not dream of treat
ing her son that way. She would think
that he was doirg his full duty If he paid
board, and kept the rest of his money for
his own particular pleasures, but she takes
all of the girls pay envelope without any
thought of how the one who earned it
would like TO spend it.
Men have also Joy Of freedom that no
woman ever knows. It begins with their
emancipation from clothes and looks.
\ maI docs not have to be always agoniz-
ing over new costumes. He can get along
respectfully on couple of suits, and on
FIVE or SIX can achieve the reputation of
being Beau Brimmel Nor do these
have to be changed every season. He
isn't cutting off his trouser legs up to the
knee ono year to make them short, and
adding chiffon ruffies to them next to
lengthen them out, the way woman has
to be doing to her froclzs all the time if
she keeps In telephoning distance of the
mode.
No woman can really have good time
in the world unless she has either an un-
limited shopping ticket, or else is one of
the sloppy creatures who doesn't know
the difference between a grass mat and a
Paris confection.
All the balance of womankind are so
hsrried and worn out getting the proper
clothes for an occasion, that they can't
enjoy the occasion itself
Furthermore, man has better time
than woman, because his looks do not
matter. A woman's pleasures are in a
direct ratio TO her pulchntude. If she is a
peach, she has a peach Of time. IF she is
homely, she has home-stsying time. No
matter what charms of intellect, or grace
of conversation, or beauty OF soul Girl
may have, it avails her nothing if she is
not also easy on the eyes and nimble Of
toes.
No girl who was fat, and red-headed,
and freckle-faced, could by any possibility
be the belle of her set, rushed by all the
men who knew her, the fsvorite partner
at dances, and always IL demand for
every frolc.
Yet that type of man is frequently the
leader IN social circles. popular with al
the girls, and with half dozen Of them
willing to say yes if he pops thequestion.
And convention gives man a right to
have hIs good time at bargain rates, while
woman has always to pay the full score,
and more, for it is eternally true that we
invite the man whom we know to have
sinned TO dinner, while we shut the door
IN the face of the woman whom we only
suspect OF having been indiscreet.
So while he Is young, a man has the
world in a sling It is his to enjoy TO the
uttermost. 1t IS only when age comes that
woman has her innings
For the time does come when the pleas
llres of youth lose their allure, when old
And rheumatic bones dry out for red flannel
and imminet instead Of the dance, when
one has neither teeth nor appetite for the
banquet of life, and all that one can do is
TO SIT ID the chimney corner and wait for the
end.
It's then that the old man is the forlorn-
est figure on earth His hands are empty.
ms days never ending, because al the in
terests he once had are taken away from
him, and the bitterest curse of boredom is |
upon him, because there is nothing left
that he can do.
But the old woman always has some
little niche which she can fit into. She
has her knitting and the small gossip OF the
house, and the children, and the grand |
children and the knowledge that She is
still useful keeps her happy and contented. !
And that's lies $consolation prize to |
woman.