New-York tribune., 1922-05-14

ae comedy. Tho Advertising of Kate"
.ew days ago.
"Certnin!y," Mrs. Meyer replied.
"Women are capable Of much more OF
= span than most realize. Every
woman knows in her heart she is at
east two and probably a half dozen
vomen. but since, as Kate says. men
re determined to label us ('and God
se'p Us If We try to change the IA
els, she chooses or is forced into
= certain line Of action or type, and
c)ings 10 that. Most women spend half
heir lives reering over the wall or
through chink into another world
han that where they are supposed TO
Aelong. As Kate says 10 the butterfly
Di CJust the kind of girl to be named
or tine Goddess OF ChastityD, It's mug,
easier to tascinate the men than t.
sell them anything'
"Havirg succeeded In winning he
lovcr-aot IS some secm to think, n
Forty eight hours. but in ten days
Kate deliberately gives il all up, throws
away her new-found feminine power
and rashcs back 10 the business world.
where womans what she is and not
what her dressmaker makes herl' She
= Inundated at having descended 70
employ the old, old arts OF Eve to win
raa.e wbo should have chosen nar as
they worked side BY side for fvo years
in harmony and cornradeship."
DO you think that was natural?
Would & woman VINO really loved a
man give him VI If she had won him -
eyes. am astonished to see some
of the critics misunderstood this en-
tirely. One Of the rayest Of them. who
thinks that Glowing is criticism,
pokes fun at the fussy woman who OBJ
Jected 20 kiss. 1t was not that she
was kissed even by drunken man
shat Inundated Kate. Il was the Fact
that she mad descended to win = man
through playing or the senses. It Was
not dress alone that woke uD Kent. 1t
was the sensuous atmosphere, the ap-
zeal to the senses in every possible di-
rection. And it was not going out to
dinner that bowled Kate over. ror
any special marvellous restaurant. as
has been implied. but the consciousness
Of having gone back on her PRINCIPLES
Of never accepting hospitality CT that
Kind from her clients. Every woman
deep down knows the power Of her sex.
But the clean, fine women, like Kate.
struggle against the temptation TO use
1t. They may wish to charm, bat not
through sn appeal addressed solclv 10
the senses.
"Of one thing I'm certain" contin.
ued Mrs. Meyer, "my Kate feels that
women belong in the business world
the world CT afairs@tha mans
world-into which women have been
creeping more and more only ii they
subordinate sex charm ard play she
game like a gentleman Somehow
remarks Kate Iaughinely when her
partner says she had done Just that
I'm much more pleased than YOU
would be if said you had acted like
u lady!' There are some women in
the business world who want to clav
5air, but there are too MANY who drar
sex ia where il does not bcjo1o rf I
were man, should be tempted to
commit murder-I could not stand
having about ne at ell times ard all
places the deliberately planted atmcs-
phere of sex. ! should nrefer all tha4
tor my play hours There is a TYNE
OF woman who enters the business
world under flag of truce-but there
IS no truce-she wants her sex forgot
ten only on pay day. Kate Will work
with man il his office, but she will
not under the cover Of business trv
70 steal him from other women. Kate
would have hated, for instance. tho
trained nurse whose patient wants to
marry her. she would have been sus-
picous that she did not play the game
fairly and squarely--'like a gentle
mani"
Can women divide their worlds
keeping one for moments of sex sur
render and the other entirely for the
domination OF the intellect?"
Il think So" replied Mrs. Never.
energetically, "and if not then the bus
mess woman is not serious element
in the life Of to-day, but a joke" In
Mrs. Meyers play. "The Dominant
Sex" which was published some years
ago, her hero in dismissing telephone
operator, says kindly give as the rea-
son for your departure just plain in
competence-don't say tried to kiss
you,"
"But as to the emotional imraaturity
Of man, do YOU really quite realize
the tremendous change implied in the
costume Of the modern Mano The Duke
Of Buckingham best suit says Kate,
cost in the days of Elizabeth fifteen
thousand pounds am not fran
cier, but suppose that would be equal
to near onehalf a million to-day
.ilks and satins and laces and scarlet
hich-hceled shoes. Kate tells Kent tire
lady of those davs would revcr have
cast an eye on him. end he humbly
realizes the truth OF this.
Nov am SIRE the. no favor has