The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
IT'S TRTTENESS RECOMMENDS IT

Ttco Mere Men, Some
DeepDyed Feminine
Diplomacy, and Crossed Wires.
TN the oldest story In the world the chap
ters Of absurdest and gravest conflict are
i made up of a want Of understanding
You all know what the story y: 1t has been
told approximately - many times ~ there
have been inhabitants Of this terrestrial
sphere-this number divided by two. 1t BE-
gins whenever . man looks 1t . girl and sud-
denly discovers that all the other billions or
- girls existent are as shadsa-
The beginning b always nners - lsss the
oms In this general aspsct and With the
ss.ss,.ssa. v,rifornsy worked cut - veal q
~ ~ haxs no concern he& Bat bsfsrs
.anb. - rsAebsA. m each indvsdui -
esunt41s. thsrss Ssun1 - come paSs Of
eAng3e.
ssmstimss ths tansis - nswr unmarried
anA the story brsaks Oh unsataseaetcrfy-
s~a traGicaliy. And Il b nearly always the
fant Of the woman Man, intrinsteany the
msrs honest and strsightferword Of tns
ss1ss. In thesS fnatt.rs seams blind and fol-
lsws her lead His tustfuness IN her sin-
osrity u pathetic; because woman Il % osn-
stttuted that she can't Be Straightforward.
even with herself. So she acts . Lie. and he.
taking her actions At their faos value. acts
an unwilling lie In response, and the resait
u . sorry muddls that i've minutes candid
talk would have set straight
The muddle I wish to tell about was not
unlike many other muddles you may So At
any time-providsd you're mot too occupied
with . muddle Of your own b b observing
Just like all the Misunderstanding, born Of
hidden motives and nourished on croas-pur-
psses. which have arisen between woman and
man since the days Of the Garden A trits
tale, admit; but its trtteness is fts chief
Recommendations
Benson. There was nothing particularly
heroic about him. nothing outstanding or
striking, even. Just . fairly goodlooldng
(the dark. dtrect-eysd. square-jawed, de
pendable- looking v.rtetyt fairly intelh-
gent fairly well Oh. rather moro than fairly
decent living young man Of twenty seven OF
thereabouts. He worked pretty hard down
played golf . httas but, an IN an, Just an
average sort Of young man you might meet
any day In an once or 1t . dinner party q
on the dance door sr goh ftnAs, and then -
away and forget about
Yet Corinna Foster. hsvt1g nst him. @d
net forget about htm- She haA met hand
somsr men and wftf1R msn and rseher men.
dreaming before her drea1ng tahas mfrror-
and it's significant, indeed. wA3 . wuusaa
forsets to do her hair while shs sts smiling
at her reelection With . certain shssnt, mus
ing expression. Dtmcult to explain thsss u
Gpdcabls attractions: unless W stmpay ny
4 to fata-
AnAys extreme infxtu1e5on. ai.o, might
Trus. she ws pretty above the avs7ssc
gracefully siim like . young ar. hair mks .
twilight cloud, and syes Ms . deeply spsr-
king pool But many admire dfmpses, Plump
ness, fair hair or red. ey0 ofhassa. brown. or
black. And. II rs femaie fncalcuiablsness
one iooks for-mAccountshae wffms and ca
prices. dSsp covered guf,s. suddan psrverh-
baminsfy melting but ador.bie-weH, No
Fos4E BY no means had the market cosnered
On these presmtnently feminine commod1tiss.
Yet Andy Benson fen fn love a. oompeetsRy
snd Unnecessarily - though abe were ths
lone hanan enigma Being . man, he
couldn't help revealing hh conditdon. But
Cortnn, being . woman. would have Per
shed before lsettng eut that she was touched
\ tn return
It w.s this quite natural secreeiveness
which started the snarl n an came about
IN this way:
Corinna's dearest girl friend sf the mo
ment was gettins MP . smsn weekend party.
Her name w.s Becky Phtt and her father
had . pasos out on the Sound which was
idyfacany beautiful IN Apr1 and idynicaIfy
unpeepied before the family and the neigh
bors began the annual pilgrimage from the
city
-Heeh1 says WV got b take Aunt
Emma along she announced ens afternoon
when Cortnna dropped In to view some new
spring nnery. But We needn't mind Aunt
Em-shss . good sport Are you sure you
IKE this dresf--es she rsvofved siowly be-
fore the long mirror. peering at her refee-
don ev~ her sheusd~. prssnfng . hat. pull
ing st . dr.pery hsre and adjusting . fold
there-ths perennial -hyhg On " ritzni.
L 1--we it-its got lots Of sey1e,- spon-
sered Corinna-
"a Who're vou pla1rfrS IN trvt,. 49, a..
country" asked corinna. returning to the