Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-05


who. We must admit, is little spoiled
and demands so much from male friends
that usual .ly mere man decides he
cannot keep up to her exacting stand
ards
Can you credit it-he actually in
formed me to my face, and with no
excuse. that he was not a marrying
man -
"Wcn. what of it; did you want to
marry him." we queried brutally.
'Of course not how mean you are.
but If you did not want to wed him
yourself what difference did it make
to you whether or not he has intentions
matrimonialE'
"Can't you see? 1t was an insult
There was no occasion to discuss mar
riagc at all. He just lugged it in
He told me in cold blood that he
was not the kind that marry--thc in
ference being that he was warning Inc
not to fail in love with him. for il
would be useless! Oh. I could strangle
him. The idea of supposng would
consider him, for one moment"
but my dear Gracia, you are CON
Fidering him-a great many moments.
II YOU are so Indifferent. why in the
world were you the least bit interested
IN his mere casual statement of what
he intended doing with his personal
lfe?'
Cant you see? 1t was insulting
for an unattached man, calling often
on an unattached woman. to take oc-
rasiOn to tell her he had no intentions
of marrying? II was assuming that
was just ready to fall into HIS arms
md it was kind to warn me that I'd
better dcsist from loving, him, for il
wou dn't do me any good"
"In making fuss over it, you ccr-
tainly carry out the impression that
you wera a bit interested. and are quite
deal pecved," I said wiCkedly.
"Oh, don't imagine ! let him know
not that big a fool. I Just took an
occasion to pick quarrel about some
trivial thing. and then said that as We
| did not seem congenial any more, we'd
better not waste each Others time. OF
course, If he had been a real man, ht
would have broken down all barrier
and clamored for reconciliation but
he just bowed to my decision
The lovely Gracia was both piQucC
and her vanity hsrt. but her feeling
about his statement of intention brough
up a nice problem In the life of many
| modern women.
| asked dozen Drlght members o
the downtrodden sex what they wouIC
| do.
"The nut"' "what conceit." "T,
fancy woman had to be warned from
his intentions - "Dd he think ever,
unmarried woman wants anothc
| jailer"
| The consensus seemed 10 b.
that the bachelor had erred In tac
tical maneuvers. We found that W
were about his only champion. Al
though we did not cspousc his caus
enthusiastically, we could conceive q
n glcam Of honor in his blunderin
statement. 1t is true that we hav
lambastcd bachelors several times /
these columns, and have insinuntrd tina
they should either be taxed out O
existence. or mercifully chlorof0rme
by the State. We have called atten
tion to the fact that they often ar
selfish and penurious; that they acccp
hospitality, COnceitedly regarding them
selves as indispensable to parties, bu
giving nothing In return. We hav
firmly insisted that they make bad hus
bands (whcn they do fall under tn
yokc) as compared with widowers-wh
have been chastened.
All this and more. Still. we do be-
lieye In giving the devil his due, an
personal liberty Is sacred thing. W
do not believe folks should be curtaile