The Washington times., 1921-09-24
VICTOR IN end
EXULTS WIFE OF
PERLEYSP|kER
BE Patient, Watch and Wait,
and You'll Win Them
Back" She Says. ,>
BY MILDRED NORRIS.
International News Service.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 24.--"Girls who
get into affairs with married men are
little fools. 1t is the other woman
who always pays. The wife, II she
Is wise and bides her time, has the
final triumph"
With a knowing smile Mrs. Periey
Spiker, the remarkable wife in the In.
ternational Spiker. romance, uttered
tiris line of wisdom today. She was
discussing the closing chapter In the
romance as written by Emily Knowles
Spiker. the pretty English girl. who
has deserted all the Spikers.
Wife Helped Husbands Sweetheart.
Emily was Mrs. Perley's husbands 8
war sweetheart" but II was Mrs
Perley who brought her to .rhis coun.
try, established her across the street
from her own home, and arranged for
ker comfort. Mrs. Perley =. es moth
ing remarkable about this action on
the part Of a wife. She is a whole
some looking. pleasant woman, who
believes In doing things In = sensible
way. She matched common sense
against romance as represented by
Emily Of the big. blue eyes and ap-
peal Of youth. .~u
And, as you see. come cut victor
in the end" she said today.
She had just come In from an airing
with Emily's baby. Mrs. Perley
mothers Emily's baby. 1t is her own
husbands illegitimate child. but she
sees nothing out OF the ordinary In
the fact that she should devote herself
to II.
''Of course, am caring for It," she
said. do you think would let that
little darling suffer? 1t In my hus-
bands child and love my husband"
Sees Nothing Strange In II.
She Is indignant against Emily, not
because Of the girls affair with her
husband. but because OF Guy. Per-
ley's brother. who sacrificed himself
to marry Emily and give her social
recognition.
II don't see why we should have
all this publicity" she said today.
II took the only way to settle the
problem confronting US. II was the
band and I wanted him. was not
going to let another woman ruin our
lives.
How did I know he didn't still
love the girl? Well. maybe I was
taking chances. But could have
made him stop loving her by TRADING,
and trying to keep them apart? I
acted like a sensible woman; play.
ed the game and bided my time. I
knew IL / waited long enough--well,
all men like novelty, but just for a
time. The day comes when the nov.
city wears off. New shoes look more
attractive than old ones, but it Is to
the old ones you 20 for comfort.
Won Out In Finish.
"Often men are blind creatures,
and you have to open their eyes for
them. Because ! had suffered had
no right to punish the girl and her
baby. I did all I could for her.
never tried to show her up. I waited.
and in the end she revealed her true
colors. Infidelity never pays: That's
something common sense tells one.
still have my husband.
"As for the giri-well. 1 don't want
to discuss her. We gave her q
chance. Now we wash our hands of
her. She has gone out Of our lives.
am sorry for Guy. He deserved
better than what he got"
According to Emily, she couldn't
stand the treatment Of the Spikars.
She says they criticised her clothes
and the things she did.
When these words OF Emily's We're
repeated to Mrs. Perley, the latter's
lips frightened,
Emily May Be DepOrted.
I'VE gave her a chance-that's all
care to say" she said finally. .
Before Emily left Guy she and
Mrs. Perley mothered her baby on
the cooperative plan. The baby
legally belongs to Mrs. Perley by
adoption.
Mrs. Perley also signed .the bond
guaranteeing the English girls good
behavior while she remained in this
country. II Is intimated that the
Department Of Labor may be asked
to deport Emily.
II don't want to discuss that
angle said Mrs. Perley today.