The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
WHICH HAS THE MOST FUNss
Which sex has the halter ttna IN


Which sex has the better time in
life?
Men when they are young. Women
when they are old. In youth one
might always wish to be a man, but
when one is old it is better to be
an. old lady.
All life gives woman a hard deal.
Nature begins by making her of
Trailer physique than man, and be-
slowing upon her an extra supply
of nerves and temperament, and
making her subject to all the dis
ease masculine flesh Is heir to with
an extra supply of her own, and
then laying upoa her the biggest
job on earth-child-beari
Even the woman who enjoys what
is called good health for a woman.
goes through more sickness and suf-
ferlng than a male invalid endures,
and every woman who brings a child
into the world has dared a danger
as great, and suffers an agony as
terrible, as any battle SCARED hero
who wears a medal for conspicuous
bravery on his breast.
So men begin by bringing to life
, the first and most essential element
~ a bOOu lllIlty "UlCh 10 SOOU
health. To this they also add the
next requisite, which is money.
Whether a man inherits it. or makes
it, he always has more money than
his sister. In well-off and rich fam
lilies the boys are given a liberal al
lowance as matter of course, while
the girls are given never a penny
OF their own. Mother provides them
with such clothes as she thinks they
should have, but they are given no
money that they can spend indie
pendent!y on the kind of pleasures
shat they enjoy for themselves.
II they go to work, the boys earn
ing power is greater than the girls,
for woman's work is cheap work
the whole world over. And, gener
ally justly so, because in spite of all
the wonderful things women have
done, they always work under a
handicap, and the average man is
worth more to his employer than the
average female employe is.
And 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
sisters. The mother who takes all
Of her daughters earnings to use
for the support of the household,
would not dream of treating her son
that way She would think that he
was doing his full duty IL 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
I, - \
like to spend ii.
Men have also a joy of freedom
that no woman ever knows. 1t be-
gins with their emancipation from
clothes and looks. A man does not
have to be always agoniZing over
new costumes. He can get along
respectfully on a couple of suits, md
on five or six can achieve the repu-
tation of being a Beau Brummei.
Nor do these have to be changed
every season. He isn't cutting on
his trouSer legs up to the knee one
year to make them short, and adding
chiffon Fuffles to them the next to
lengthen them out the way a woman
has to be doing to her frocks all
the time If she keeps in telephoninE
distance of the mode.
No woman can really have a good
time in the world unless she has
either an unlimited shopping ticket
or else is one of the sloppy crea-
lures who doesn't know the differ
enCe between a grass mat and a
Paris confection
All the balance of womankind
are so harried and worn out getting
the proper clothes for an occasion
that they can't enjoy the occasion
itself.
Furthermore, a man has a better
time than a woman. because his
looks do not matter. A woman's
pleasures are in a direct ratio to
her pulchritude. II she is a peach
she has a peach of a time. II she
IS homely. she has a home-staying
time. No matter what charms of in
tellect, or grace of conversation, or
beauty of soul a girl may have. it
avatls her nothing if she is not also
easy on the eyes and nimble of toes.
No girl who was fat, and red
haired and freckled-faced, could by
any possibility be the belle Of her
set. rushed by the all the men who
knew her, the favorite partner at
dapces, and always in demand for
every frolic.
Yet that type of man is frequently