The Washington times., 1921-12-30
WOMAN |SCH|Ef
.LAWbREAKER, IN
WRITER 5 VIEW
Natural Tendency ITO Go In
BY Door Marked Out, ," Says
English Novelist. \

NEW YORK. Dec. so.-''Woman is
n natural lawbreaker. Man In the
lawmaker. But womAn's tendency Is
to go In by the door marked out
She looks on the law ms 81 outrage.
IT'S because W, a.sls " s-O~. governed
by desire thf>s r. "a differenc<
between the ,ta &ns .sasculine
mind is that " ,tssis to go after
the thing she &H and man tends
to go after the thing that ought TO
be-"
Thus did w. L. George. famous
English novelist. lecturer and sell
tillant feminist. reply to a question
concerning the most striking point Of
psychological difference between the
eternal feminine and the quite as eter-
nal masculine. Mr.. George has CONT
to America for a lecture tour.
With him is his bride, sweet-faced.
soft-voiced English girl whose present
life. she said, is given over principally
to wondering how her distinguished
husband happened to fall in love with
her, and to happiness that he did.
Wife Was Film Actress.
After a brief experience as film
actress, Mrs. George went to the mu
nitions office in London as a war
worker. It was there that she was
thrown in contact with Mr.. George,
whom she had known five years be
fore.
The romance, If one is to Judge By
the light in her eyes when she tall
of it. was colorful thing, but no hap
pier than their marriage.
1t was when Mr.. George discussed
the lecture scheduled for the first or
his series, "The Intelligence Of Wo-
man." that he made his statement
relative to woman and lawbreakinge =
snd pooh-poohed the alleged mystery
Of femininity, the female terror o!
the blockheadedness OF
husbands and a few other good Old
Of the Ink.
Questioned further concerning his
belief about feminine lawbreaking in
stinct. he explained:
1T Is because woman has had no
real responsibility till forty or fifty
years ago. When woman is lawmak-
ing 1t will take out the law-breaking
tendencies. I think she will male
very extreme laws when she begins
Predicts Flat Existence.
Mr.. George has some views on mar
rage. He believes the housekeeping
wife will disappear in a future. better
existence of two-room flats.
THE modern marrying man." he
said, gets with his wife certain other
such as a housekeeper, a so
cial organizer, a nurse and sometimes
a packer and a messenger to send out
for cigars. But he is beginning 10
find that the wife contingent is buried
under such a combination.
"As the home is being reduced more
and more in size, l am looking to see
the ideal residence a place of two
laundry and perhaps The com.
mon nursery. Such will enable the
to be her husbands wife.
IT wish to state also that the bad
is better than no marriage.
The best one can do is to hold on as
long as possible"
He exploded some traditions.
II agree with a point of view OK
pressed by III. G. Wells, that there -
no Mrs. Grundy, but Mr.. Grundy. |
It's woman who is unconventional TT
heart and the man who makes IT, Z |
tuss about observance of convention. |
A Little Illustration.
The woman comes down to dinner
powdered and painted, and her hus-
band says he will not take her out
because she does not look respecta-
ble.'
He may put on trousers with |
checks so huge that only half a checl; |
shows to a leg, and she will refuse 20 |
go out with him because he looks |
hideous.' You see, she says: I don't |
like it,; but he says: The people who |
are looking at you won't like it,
There is no mystery about woman |
excepting the mystery of all man.
kind"