The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-12
"NOUelties" Lead to ,
the DiUOrce Courts
BY NORA COLE SKINNER

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Abe and Mawruss' expressed (,
pretty well in their discussion OF
why so many lives were finally scpa.
rated in the divorce courts When
the mating season rolls around for
man, they say, he seems to look for
novelties instead of staples"
Not bad. The choosing. we moan
because for the moment we are All
attracted by novelties, but the t-ou-
Die begins when he wants her to sim
look and be a novelty on the out
SIDE but demands a staple on the
interior. Such "A combination is a
rare flower.
a group or men were asked which
OF the two great Bible characte-.
they rather have had for a wife
Mary or Martha-Mary the tenn
peramental. emotional, prodigal sis.
Ter; Martha the scrupulous house
keeper. excellent cook, and possca-
sor or temper. One man repliod
that he'd take Martha before din.
ner' and Mary after.
The trouble is they too often do,
IN choosing a partner for life IL ia
nard not to be carried away with
the shining novelty. The la,ss,
thing put out in fun view to attract
our attention looks good, while the
prosy linen, domestic. and nairaook
staples we have heard of ali our
aays' 90 not appeal in the slight,st.
ihese staples are good to dcpend
upon, and their fine wearing auat
tles are undisputed-but we nick IN
our novelty and carry it home.
:, with the first Tubing It becomes
slaZy' the starch washes out. ~
practically no time 1t begins to tar
nish the very first hard wear shows
II TO be poorly and Carelessly made.
ana IN such n miserably short time
I.s usetulness Is at an end, and we
WONDER what we saw in the shoddy
thIhg TO start with. We wander
through the store again. find on,
novelty is marked half-price. roU
novelties are being pushed to tho
front. Ours is back number. IL.
days were few.
AT the staple goods counter there
Is the slow, steady buying. No re-.
1uctIon IN prices. no pushing for
rear II viii all be gone. You call
Ior what YOU want, you get It, and
you are never disappointed. When
examined at home il looks betfc-
than 1t did in the shop, and time
perb.
In choosing a staple" wife or
husband, satisfaction and content.
ment go with the guarantee.
novelty appeals to the eye--o-
heart' some would call It; the staula
90 the head. II is a great pity that
the head il not worked more in tho
matter OF selection. Some say j:
taxes the romance out OF life. 4,
fea!iy does not. but IL romance must
dade twere better It 20 before m..-
rage than after, The girl who ~
her misery said she didn't know yyrv
sle married George, except tina, he
was so devilishly fascinating" rcp.
resents a goodly number Of girI ,
VINO are carried away with the hoax
selection, forgetting TO use IN, :
mead They think 1t not love II thu
caIcuiate on the wearing traits .-
the hread-and-butter quallficatior
ana man, the same, in choosing ..s
pretty novelty, without a thought .'
the shiny part becoming dun and ..s
uSetnlness being as nothing In hu'
rev short months, thinks. too. 10 *
not love to eliminate the girls on Che
novelty counter for staple WHO
shall become a helpmate and cone
pahlon. They both. both, have a n0 So
taken idea.
Iwere best to leave most Of those
purely heart matches in the ho.-7
ana call more loudly to our hoa"-.
AZ least attempt to leaven the cho. e
SO that Mary, while filling the r..o
or ideal companion and sight f'-
sore eyes after dinner. practices
some OF Martha's wholesome chlr-
acteristics throughout the day.