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to pose for a wronged wife and little
preoarious alimony. All or mono il her
motto. Better no husband at all, than
half or three-quartens interest in one. !.
Yet there probably isn't married
woman alive who hasn't had timss and
seasons when she didn't feel that being n
wife was u syndicate job instead of n career
for ono poor lone female creature. For 1T
would take bevy Of women, endowed
with every known charm and virtue, to fill
any average mans ideal OF the kind OF
wife to which he is entitled.
For instance, every man thinks that it is
no more than his due that he should have
wife who lis pcrpetually easy on the eyes,
and who is always young, and beautiful,
and oharmingly dressed. Inasmuch as no.
body has yet discovered tho fountain of
perpetual youth, and the year. take their
devastating toll of every woman's looks,
it il an impossibility for anyone to keep
herself n living picture, no matter how
much time and work she betsows on
touching up her handmade complexion
and trying to maintain her glrlish figure.
Every man thinks that he should have
wife who is a good cook, and housokeeper,
and wizard who can work miracles with
pennies, and make them do the work of
dollars. He expects, when he comes home
at nights, to find an orderly house, a good
dinner, and children who have been
washed and dressed, and disciplined into
the likelihood of little angels. But he
hates wife who smells of the kitchen, who
is frowsy and untidy, and who is tired and
cross, and nervous and irritable.
Every man wants wife w no is his chum
who reads the things he reads, and keeps
abreast of the times, nd is vivacious, and
bright, and entert aiming company, so that
an evening at h ONE is q stimulating ex-
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her SO that she will get up and follow him
to tho ends of the earth.
OF course when it's just half Of a mar
riage certificate that no flashes before her
dazzled eyes she may not be quite 30 far-
cinated by it, but the mans plan for
marrying cook and a lauudress because
he can't hire them. and it saves their price
anyway, is practical solution of tho great
servant problem. Thousands of men can
testify that they have tried it, and that
the results were entirely satisfactory.
Why, tho reason that widowers almost
invariably re-marry as soon rs they de-
Gently can. is because they find that n
wife s money in their pockets. BY the
time poor man has paid an army of
women TO do his cooking, and marketing,
and washing, and sewing, and mending
and baby-tending, and all the thousand
other things that his wife did as a mere
matter of course, he is bankrupt.
Leaving aside, though, the practical and
economic advantage of mans having
one wife, to say nothing of two of them
who are willing to work for their board
and clothes, and precious little of either,
we can speculate upon certain other as
poets Of the subject.
For one thing. it makes us wonder if
matrimony is still, as it was In the be-
ginning, female partnership instead of
q one-woman job.
OF course, the modern woman is strong
for the domestic monopoly Like tho
jealous Turk, she can bear no rival near
the throne She cannot G ldure TO think
of any other woman sharing in her hus-
bands affection, or taking up any of his
thoughts and interests, or dipping into his
pocketbook, and when she finds that there
is such a one, she halls him into the di-
vorce court and trades him off for the right
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perience instead of being n sure-curo for
insomnia. He wants wife who is Rad y
to drop things and go off to the golf links
with him, or automobiling, or on any
little iaunt that strikes his fancy he is
bored to death by the woman whose
conversational repertoire only rcaches
from the kitchen to the nursery and back
again, and who is more interesting in new
recipe for cgglcss cake than she is in
HardinR's policies, and who interrupts the
most thrilling passage in play to ask him
in hoarse whisper if he supposos the baby
has got its feet uncovered.
It's the impossibility of combining all of
the different kinds of wives that a man
wants in her own propria persona that dis
courages the average wife, and makes her
slack on her job She could be either Of his
ideals, but she can't be them all, and in
her moments of despair she would be al
most willing to assist the contract 10
various and sund ry of her sisters, instead
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-21
EVERY EvENlNo-wLMNoroN DELAWARE FRIDAY. JANUARY H.

Of trying to fill tho whole bill Of being n
parlor ornament, cook stove, Century
dictionary, and a compendium OF sports.
And 10 il because no man is really satis-
fed with either the coo !, or the beauty or
the blue stocking, but wants them oil
punched in one, that men find marriage
failure. Perhaps after oil, ss Mr.. Howell
said long ago, even after centuries Of
civilization man is still impcrfectly monog-
anus, and the only time he is ever truly
thankful that he Is only the husband Of
one wife, is when the bills come in around
the first Of the month
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also believes that nothing would stimulate
the k-to-the-land movement like polyg-
amy, and that with the boom that this
would give our infant industry we should
no longer have to import farm labor from
Europe. We should raise 1t on the prem
iees.
OF the practicality of the plan there can
be no doubt. The Mormons tried it out
a good many years ago, and it worked
beautifully. Much of their prosperity Is
due TO the fact that every married man
had an assortment of faithful and indus
trious wives working for him without pay
Nor can anyone say that those times
arc past, and that a man cannot hire
woman with wedding ring to do the
thing she couldn't be persuaded TO do
for money, for we see women making that
sort of curious and lop-sided every day OF
our lives Let man wave q marriage
certificate Mt woman, and it hypaotIzes
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-21
Church Men Hear Of Investments.

Investment, versus, Speculation" was
the subject Of All address by T.. ID. Prince
assistant secretary Of the Equitable Trust
Company to the members II the Mems
Association of Grace NJ T.. Church in
the Church House last night. lie explain
ed that 1t wns the conservative investor
who was content TO invest his money 10
safe securities that accumulated con
siderable estate while The wild cat specuia-
tor seldom had anything 70 show for his
speculntions.
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ADouBLE ORDER OF WIVES.

A man in Colorado
is trying to get a law
passed to permit far
mers to have two
wives. He says that it
takes two women to do
the work properly on a
farm, and inssmuch as
it is impossible for n
man to hire female help
in the country he
should be permitted to
marry it.
This rural statesman
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The English language ls called the mother
tongue because father never 0efs n chance
to use it.-~fartoOns Magazine
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS.

worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Copyright. 1920. by the Wheeler syn
dtcate. 1nc.l
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This couch is covered In brown Spanish
leatherette. Full length and width. Has
plain pillow trimmed with ruHled edge Bed
Of couch is supported by 2l tempered coll
springs Considerins construction. material
used and general appearance. this particular
pattern could not be duplicated for less
than $50.
SOLD ON EASY TERMS.
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The above bed has heavy two-inch
material in posts. cross pisces and all
ers. It 10 very massive aud can he had
in fun size only.
SILK FLOSS SPECIAL
We are showing a silk floss mat tress
and considering quality and price, we
are very proud OF IL. An opportunity
10 demonstrate to you it's many excep-
iional features would greatly be appre-
cia ted
The Washington times., 1921-10-03

season, but the Yanks can make more
runs for Carl than any other pitcher
on the Yankee staff. viii that good
luck follow the burly blond into the
world series? Mays was brilliant in
the 1918 world series. and in his last
game against the Cubs he let them
down with three hits. However. this
year opponents usually hit into double
figures against Carl.
Comparing the two teams man for
man, we find little advantage for
either New York club. Weakness in
one position is balanced by strength in
another. Ruth, of course, overtowers
Irish" Meusel in left field. While
frankie Frisch would have a big bat.
ting edge on Mike McNally at third.
Should Baker play third for the Yanks
Frisch would enjoy the advantage de.
fensively.
At first base George Kelly has IL
over Pipp both at bat and in the field,
and Aaron Ward leads Johnny Raw
lings by about the same margain at
second. Peck and Bancroft are even
on the defensive, with Bancroft show
ing up slightly better at bat.
Though a splendid player. Emil
Meusel must bow to Babe Ruth in
left. In center we rate Elmer Miller
as high as Burns, as Miller's remark,
able fielding has been a feature ever
| since he WIS repurchased by the New
York Americans.
Young IL considerably ahead OF Bob
Meusel as a defensive right fielder,
though the Yank player has improved
On the offensive Bob gets the advan.
tage by a shade. Both hit about the
same. but Meusel's terrific smuggling
ability more than offsets Young's
speed on the bases.
We prefer McGraw's catching com.
bination OF Earl Smith and Frank
Snyder to Schang, though Wally 10 q
plugger and is playing much better in
the latter half of the season than he
did in the first.
For managers we have John Mo.
Graw with the ink OF the old Orioles
behind him leading the Giants, op-
posed to the quiet little Higgins, OF
the Yankees, a baseball student with
little personal magnetism. World
| series warfare Ia an old story for Nc.
Graw; for higgins It is a new adyen.
ture.
Well, let's SO.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
NJ BRIDE SMEN
|NFOURTH HOLE
bEH|NDbROWNS
Halt a Game Separates WASH
ington and st. Louis as Cur
tain Comes Down.

George McBride's first year as man.
ager Of the Griffmen has been signal.
ICED by q first division berth. a gain
Of two places over 1920. Further.
more, the Griffs, through a brilliant
squirt during the waning days OF the
campaign that gave them eleven out
Of twelve victories, finished half a
game behind the st. Louis Browns.
The MILAN Day" celebration at.
tracted some 1000 fans who cheered
the veteran outfielder as Colonel Kutz
presented him on behalf Of the fans
with a watch fob and large sum OF
money. Then Zeb singled, breaking
all the rules of presentation cero.
monies.
Connie Mack failed to come over for
the final game of the season, and his
players failed to take things seriously,
once the Griffs hoped into a three.
run lead behind Walter johnson.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
Jesse Guiford's Win
Boosts Smuggling
Among Golfers

Just at a time when golf ex-
perts are warning players against
the perils of the long game, along
comes Jesse Guilford, the longest
driver among the amateurs, to
knock all their arguments sky
high.
The golf doctors have been say
ing that this epidemic for a long
ball is detrimental to the short
game and to accuracy.
Guilford proved in winning the
championship at st. Louis that the
long game can be played just as
the shorter game-when one
knows how to do it.
Guilford has joined the ranks
Of the walloping fraternity of
champions, which includes Bill
Tilden, Babe Ruth, and Jack
Dempsey. They are all Knights
Of the Grand Slam.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
ELkS ARE BEST
IN. SERIES FOR
DISTRICT FLAG
TituIar Honors Won by Men,
meyers Tribe From Gibraltar
&C. in Three Games.

The Elks Club IL District baseball
champion today. The famous orsani.
ration collected back in the early days
of spring by Ed Neumeyer, has
grabbed off about all the titles that
are worth while on the sandlots this
summer.
Aside from the championship strike
maintained by the Elks since the start
Of the season they have won some
thing like thirty-five straight games.
Set back in the opener by the knick-
erbockers and by the Griffmen In an
early game the Elks began q winning
streak.
The Elks won the Fraternal League
title without much trouble. They won
the Section A engagements in the Dis.
trict Baseball Association series, and
the final series from Southern Rail
way and Navy Yard.
Yesterday against the Gibrsltsrs the
Eiks won their third straight battle
in the series. Saturday the Gibbs were
hsndily defeated while yesterday the
Elks won q double bill by 10 to and
~ to 1. In three games the Elks col.
lected thirty.five runs from fifty hits.
The Gibs got eight runs from twelve
hits in the three games.
The Elks have won the Fraternal
League trophy, the Garrison Cup, and
the Washington Post Cup in their
journey toward the District title.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
KN|CKS WOULD
GET CRACK At
ELkS PLAYERS
knicxerbocker A. c. Manager
Claims He Has Club Which
r. VIII Win Title.

Manager Joe Kearney, Of the Kniek.
erbockers, wants another crack at the
Elks and will challenge for the District
title now held by the antlered tribe.
We defeated the Elks In the first
game Of the year and they beat US
later" said Kearney. I'VE want an
other game to decide the supremacy
and am seeking the meeting at the
earliest possible opportunity.
"Of late the Knickerbockers have
been going at a good clip. In the past
seventeen games we have been return.
ed winner and are looking for another
engagement with the Elks for the
District title"
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
CHICAGO WILL ENJOY ITS
cuBS-WHITE sox SERIES

CHICAGO, Oct. 3.--while the pen
nant winning Yankees and Giants are
tuning up for the world series in
New York, the Cubs and the White
sox today were preparing for the
first city series Chicago has had since
1915. The series will start Wednesday
and will continue until one team has
won five victories. ...
The Cubs closed their season yes
terday with = double victory over Gin.
cinnati. The Sox trimmed the Cleve.
land Indians in their final contest.
Each team holds seventh place in the
standings OF their respective leagues.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
Thinks Punishment Is
. Prominent Part
In Mat Game

Nat Pendleton, the former anna
teur wrestler, believes that pun
ishment is as much q part Of
wrestling as it is a part Of boxing,
and questions the advisability Of
the embargo that the New York
State Athletic Commission has
placed on the mat game.
In barring head locks, toe and
scissors holds Pendleton says the
commission has given the referee
and impossible task-that Of de-
termining where punishment be-
gins and wrestling stops.
Pendleton is among those who
believe that the popularity Of
wrestling will suffer because Of
the new restrictions.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
HARRIS AND MAcKERT IN
LINE TO PLAY WITH PROS

The appearance Of two stars, Harry
Harris, today, and Rock Mackert. to-
morrow, at American League Park, in
bali club, will put plenty OF spirit in
the work and give the candidates an
idea Of the kind Of football players
who viii become regulars on the pro
eleven.
There are several men who hereto
fore have not turned in extraordinary
performances on the gridiron. but now
show enough ability to make 1t safe
to predict that they will be crack
players this year. These men are all
former Rex. A. c. piayers-"Reds'
Litkus, George Beyers, Perry Dow.
rick, and Patterson. They have
worked hard lately and please Coach
Hegarty with their showing.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03


Friday Cleveland closed the gap
by half a game and the situation
grew tense and was In doubt again
Saturday. With the Athletics lead.
ing by two runs, the gritty bunch OF
Yankee sluggers went In and got
four runs and won the game. II
was that game, the first of Satur.
days double-header. that finally
clinched the title and the only thing
did was walk and pop up three
times.
So with all this bunk about the
Yankees being a "one man team, IL
so happens that in the two criucsi
games--that definitely won the nag
nv hitting was not needed. My
home runs may have helped a lot
all season, but when the final punch
was necessary, when the big test was
put up to the boys as q team. they
delivered without any assistance
from me. I'm tickled to death be.
cause l want to belong to q club thst
is a champion all the way through.
win Take the Series.
I have already said We would win
the worlds series from the Giants
The day before the opening game I
will give some OF my pet reasons
and what the other members OF the
Yankees think. But in the meantime
do your figuring on the basis OF big
guns VS.. sharpshooting. We Will out
hit the Giants and do 10 At the
critical moments. That's now we
won the American League pennant.
Look at the batting averages OF De'
troit, S. Louis, or Cleveland. On
naper they are stronger than Hug
gins lineup, but the Yankees have
hit at the critical moments.
Well 20 after the pride OF John
McGraw's pitching staff like Connie
Mack did of old. Theren be no
.waiting 'em out" or fussing around
for the breaks. Six months OF bat
ting practice against Shocksr. Kerr,
Faber. Bush and Johnson has put
the American League champions
where they are.
He Sees No FIuke.
There has been no fiuke in our
pennant victory. We are at the
top by proving ourselves q better
club than Cleveland, until yesterday
the champions Of the world. II the
Indians had been the only team in
the league we would have captured
the pennant on games won and lost
from them alone.
The best team won. Figures and
performances prove Il and it's unfair
to figure otherwise. Cleveland was
game team and q great one, but
couldn't stand the long grind.
Timely hitting and the best bal.
anced pitching staff won the Ameri-
can League pennant for the Yankees
and will win the honors from the
Giants.
Copyright 1871, BY the chrihty walsh
syndicats).
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
TAGGING ALL THE BASES

Babe Ruth hammered out his fiji
ty-ninth home run against the Red
Sox, thus winding up his 1921 cam
paign five to the good. The Yanks
nosed Boston out.
Two victories over the Reds was
the lot Of Cubs In winding UP their
schedules. Both managers used re.
cruit players.
The broken Indians. lost another to
the White Sox when Gleason's men
got to Henderson in the second in.
ming.
The Braves cinched third place by
whipping the Tigers
McGraw used twenty players in q
world series workout in which the
Dodgers emerged with the most runs.
Grimes was the winning pitcher.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03

The American League, Of course,
enjoys the upper hand in world series
warfare by q pronounced margin. In
the twelve series since 1909, the Ma
tional League has won only two series
and one of them was the series Of
1919, thrown to the Reds by the crooks
Of the Chicago White Sox.
There seems no reason why the
American League should have such
big edge on the National in world
series competition. On the whole, the
hating is superior in the American
League, but the pitching is better In
the parent major league. Both leagues
have the same recruiting grounds and
obtain their players in the same way,
Are Greatly Alike.
The two New York clubs are greatly
alike in many respects. I would call
neither the Yanks nor the Giants a
lighting, aggressive club. The Giants
are more aggressive than their Amer
lean League brethren, but the present
New York Nationals are by no means
such a fighting aggregation as were
some Of McGraw's champions Of the
past.
: Both Yankees and Giants have a
powerful punch. The Yankees can
outslug the National Leaguers, while
the Giants are better base runners and
have a more resourceful attack. The
Yankee attack consists almost entire
ly Of hitting II out" and playing for
clusters OF runs.
THE Yonks, of course, will take into
tho series the most powerful scoring
machine that the game ever has
known In Babe Ruth. Ruth unques-
tionably will get many passes, but
passing Ruth to get at Meusel 10
monkeying with a buzz saw.
Ruth personally does not think
he'll get many chances to hit in the
series, and says he will not be sur
prised IL several players got more
home runs than he in the series.
II tho passing Of Ruth becomes too
persistent we should not be surprised
to see Higgins put Frank Baker back
at third base and get the value OF
Bakers home.run bat. In a short
series Bakers greater batting ability
would be moro of an asset than Nc
Naliy's superior fielding.
However, in the last analysis the
result of a world series hinges on
pitching. Were Shawkey in his old.
a slisht edge in pitching. though
neither side can boast OF anything re.
1narkable in the way of twirling dc.
partment.
Shawkey, however. has been OF
practically no value to the Yankees In
their last September campaign, and
Shawkey.s collapse almost carried the
New York team under with him. II
Shawkey Ia unable to flash his old.
time stuff in the series the pitching
advantage lies with the Giants, as
Nehf, Douglas, and Toney stack up
better than Mays, Hoyt, and Harper.
The pitchers who bother the
Yankees most are good left.handers
and good spitballers. Kerr, Fsber, and
Shocker arc three OF the most effective
pitchers against the Yanks. Kerr
pitches a great deal like Nehf, and
Douglas and Shocker have "a some.
what similar spitball delivery.
On the whole, the Yanks murder
rirbt-handed fast.ball pitchers with
deliveries such as Toney and Barnes.
Mays has made great record this
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
Even Money Rules AS
World Series
Draws Nigh

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-With
the first game of the world series
in the offing betting among par
tisans of the rival teams grew
brisk. Even money was the or
der except in cases where a
rabid Giant or Yankee fan
offered odds ranging from 2
to l to 6 to 5.
Judge Lands, presidents Ban
johnson and John Heydler, Of
the American and National
leagues, and the Baseball
Writer'S Association have estab-
lished headquarters at the Hotel
Commodore.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
Alsxandrians Oh allense.

Triangle Sport Club, Of Alexandria,
wants football games with Washing.
ton teams averaging los pounds. 70 be
played on Sundays. Normal Lewfer,
Of 1871 King street, Alexandria, IL the
manager.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
Would Wager Again
On Bet Won On
1921 Series

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Oct.
3.-Havine won 100000 on his
wager made months ago that the
Yanks and Giants would meet in
a world series, James O'Brien,
New York stock broker, was will
ing to wager further cash today
that the Yanks would take the
series.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
NINE-oAME BATTING
BEE STOPPED BY ZACHARY

Harry Heilmann, Of the Tigers end
cd a batting streak Of nine games by
going hit1ess before Jez Zachary on
September rs. During his stretch Of
hitting Harry clouted Is safe one in
80 trials for a mark of .3Sb.
The Washington times., 1921-10-03
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