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The Washington times., 1922-05-21
His Lordship' Stingy Allowance BY Lady Cathcart

themselves, and move about with a greater
air Of self-satisfaction in consequence.
know some who. while enjoying 10 the
fly into a violent rage when the dress bills
come in and all the sparkle and dazzle has
to be paid for in cash. II men want their
wives to spend less on adornment, let them
begin by reforming themselves and the
Society in which they live
1t is useless their reserving all their
scorn for the woman, who is as often as
not a helpless butterfly unable to control
or order in the least the life she lives or
the sunshine that plays upon her from
time to time.
say that the fault lies with man and
with Society, which man dominates 1t is
in order that they may shine in the eyes
OF men that many women spend fortunes
on dress, and in doing so set a pace in
expenditure that Is killing for many wo-
men less fortunately situated and as often
as not ruinous for their husbands
Even husbands themselves are as tyran.
ncal as women in Society In their atti-
tude toward their own and other mems
wives, who from motives OF economy ap-
pear twice in the same day in the same
dress ! do not want to start rccrimina-
tions against my own husband, but those
who knew our private affairs we're we'll
aware that the Earl OF Cathcart was not
entirely free from suspicion in this matter.
I know that II ventured to appear in
the same dress more than once was sure
to come in for a rebuke either in words
or in a frown that could be worse than
any spoken reproof
Men are such hypocrites in matters Of
this kind, and they are so inconsistent
They insist on a woman looking her best
and always looking different They insist
that she should outshine other women, but
they will not hear Of her outspending other
women. They will not even hear OF her
spending as much as other women.
In my case l was expected to maintain
the appearance OF women in my set on
one.tenth Of their allowance. A woman,
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therefore, has to choose between offend.
ing her husband by dropping behind in the
race for attractiveness in dress with other
women and being held up TO the public as
a spendthrift. and run the risk OF being
cast of by her husband.
Man never thinks Of taking any of the
blame on his own shoulders It is always
the woman who pays, and. ] suppose, al.
ways Will be, but that does not make It
any less hard on us.
Personally, ! would rather live a simple,
homely life, in which I could feel well.
dressed and not out OF it with one or two
good frocks OF my own choosing than 10
be cast into this everlasting competition,
with its everlasting anxiety about payment
OF bills and the everlasting reproaches OF
the man whose Indictment is responsible
for the war of dresses between women
| have hinted at the ruthless cruelty
with which my own sex pursue their less
fortunate sisters who cannot afford the
luxury of new dress every hour, but
am AFRAID that II Is not In my power to
bring this home to people who do not mix
in the circles | refer to, and do not under
stand therefore how potent is the force of
Dame Fashion in matters Of this kind
There is much talk OF unhappy marriage
and OF the scandals Of divorce in High So
ciety. Do people ever stop to ask whether
1t is not the case that these tragedies may
be the direct result OF the inability OF
many young brides to keep up the compe-
tition in dress-competition that is keener
than ever now?
know OF my own knowledge that many
young brides find It utterly impossible to
keep up the appearances rigidly exacted,
For time they make shift with old
dresses, ringing the changes on them as
much as possible but the sarcasms and
the studied insults, the sneers and the in
situations Of the so-called Society leaders
have their effect in the long run.
am afraid the question is a bigger one
than people yet realize, and shall not
complain II my own case serves to force
Society to face 1t.
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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Bu the Countess CdthcGrt.

p AM told that am extravagant because
II Is admitted that could not manage
on about $4,000 a year allowed me by
nv husband to cover dress allowances and
other incidental expenses OF woman IN
Society, and on the strength OF my sup
posed failings in this respect certain peo-
nle have seen At to indict Society women
in general and titled ones in particular.
7 do not subscribe to that indictment on
the particular count alleged, but am dis
nosed to indict Society women generally
on an entirely different count, to which
shall refer later on.
For the moment let me say that my side
of the case has never been stated, and the
facts have been misrepresented In every
way possible by people who could not pos
sibly know what they were talking about.
assert that | did all that lay in my
nower to keep within the income dictated
hv nv husbands reduced circumstances
ond that | made sacrifices that no other
woman in my position, with a place In
Society to maintain, would have made or
could have made
am ready TO admit that much of the
exnenditure involved In keeping up the ap'
nearance of a position in Society is un.
called for and positively wasteful, and 1t is
inst there that l would frame my indict
ment OF present-day Society.
The young girl is thrown into Society
with the knowledge that to fail to keep up
certafn standards of appearance is to have
herseIf subjected to the most powerful
weanon that Society with a capital "S"
employs against those who sin against its
iaws-the weapon Of Social Ostracism.
One can never hope to be considered
really smart, and therefore qualified to
move in a Smart Set, unless one has un
limited dresses, and unlimited dresses cost
a great deal nowadays. So much so that |
challenge any woman to supply herself
with the dresses necessary for London
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happened to have been ordered for that
runaway trip to Deauville, France, with
Lord Craven.
This fact did not escape the sharp at
tention OF Judge McCardie, who remarked:
"She was already in possession OF enough
dresses TO meet her proper requirements.
Her husband lived, and wished her to live,
moreover, as her social associates those
OF whom the Earl for good reasons, strong.
ly disapproved. Her prodigality was for
them, and not for the man she had married
| believe that she really desired thesa
gowns with a view 10 the elopement to
Deauville with Lord Craven"
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q,

w dressmakers sued Lord Cathcart
for some dresses ordered by his
wife, Lady Cathcart, to the amount Of about
$4,000, Justice McCarde the presiding
Judge, took occasion to lay down some
principles OF law which have stirred Brit
ish high society nightly.
Judge McCardie decided that Lord Cath
cart need not pay that dressmaking bill,
and declared that when a husband fixed
an allowance for his wife she must live
within it, and that If dressmakers handed
out dresses and furs and underclothes be-
yond the amount of her allowance they did
so at their own risk. He then continued:
THE wife has no implied authority to
run into extravaganza. am not satisfied
that the eight gowns in question were nee
essary for the social needs of the Countess.
She desired. as her conduct showed, to live
with reckless extravaganza. Economy may
be required for a Countess as fully as for
those who are more humble in the social
scale.
Her allowance, in fact, was more than
adequate. 1t was generous. Extravaganza
is not the mark of a gentlewoman. Pro-
fusion is not a necessity of honorable rank.
Simplicity is the essential feature of use
full and benefcent female citizenship.
fail to see circumstances which would
Justify fifty or sixty expensive dresses in
the course Of a year"
When Lord Cathcart married, three years
ago he gave his wife an allowance of $500
for her clothes. She spent 1t all In ten
days and demanded more. This unpleasant
surprise caused the Earl to then fix upon
an allowance Of $4,000 year, a sum which
his wife agreed to live within.
The "stingy little allowance" as Society
talls it, has created wide comment among
the women OF fashion. Many women SYM
pathize with Lady Cathcart, and insist that
no woman can hold her social position on
anv such ridiculously small sum as $4,000
a year for dresses.
Many husbands, however, are in hearty
accord with Justice McCardie's rulings in
the case. Lady Cathcart herself has finally
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and lose their social position. Lady Cath
carts statement 10 printed below on this
page.
Lord and Lady Cathcart did not make
success OF their marriage. The Scotch Earl
was considerably older than his Young and
very lively bride. Not only did she run up
bills which shocked HE Lordship, but she
ran away with the dashing young Lord
Craven, and Cathcart promptly brough!
divorce proceedings and won his suit.
Lord Craven Is the grandson of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, Of New
York, and has inherited millions from
them. The eight gowns involved IN the
dressmaker's suit against Lord Cathcart
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY RH.UVINCSTONE.
fcopyriaht by ELEANOR H. PORTER)

to have a few things and he needn't think he could walk right in like that on a body and expect her to get mar ried at moments notice. But she didn't mean 1t. know she didn't: for when Father reproaehed her, she laughed softly and called him an old goose, and said yes, of course, she'd have married him in two minutes if It hadn't been for the fiveday notice. no matter whether she ever had new dress or not
 And that's the way it is with them all the time. They're too funny and lovely together for anything. (Aunt Hattie says they're too silly for any thing: but nobody minds Aunt Hat tie.)
 And, as l said before 1t is all per feetly wonderful.
 So it's all settled, and they're going right away on this trip and call it a wedding trip. And, of course, Grand father had to get off his joke about how he thought it was a pretty dan gerous business and to see that this honeymoon didn't go into an eclipse while they were watching the other one. But nobody minds Grandfather.
 I'm to stay here and finish school. Then, in the spring, when Father and Mother come back, we are all to go to Andersonville and begin to live in the old house again.
 Won't 1t be loyely2 It just seems too good to be true. Why, don't care a bit now whether I'm Mary or Marie. But, then, nobody else does, either. In fact, both of them call me the whole name now, Mary Marie, l don't think they ever said they would. They just began to do 1t. That's all.
 How about this being love story now? Oh, I'm so excited
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CHAPTER K.
Which Is the Test. ANDERSONViLLE. TWELVE YEARS LATER

. Twelve years-yes. And I'm twenty eight years old. Pretty old, little Mary Marie of the long ago would think. And, well, perhaps today feel just as old as she would put It.
 came up into the attic this morn ing to pack away some things l shall no longer need now that l am going to leave Jerry, (Jerry is my husband.) And in the bottom of my little trunk I found this manuscript. l had forgot ten that such thing existed; but with It's laboriously written pages before me. 1t all came back to me; and l be- gan to read here sentence; there a paragraph; somewhere else page. Then. with little half laugh and a half sob, I carried 1t to an old rocking chair by the cobwebby dormer window and settled myself to read 1t straight through.
 And l have read IL.
 Poor little Mary Marisl Dear little Mary Marie To meet you like this to share with you your joys ana sor- rows, hopes and despairs, Of those years, long ago. is like sitting hand m hand on sofa with childhoods s friend, each listening to an eager Ana do you remember?" falling constantly from delighted lips that cannot seem to talk half fast enough
 It was almost dark when haa hh' ished the manuscript. It was Writteh on the top sheet of still thicK pau of paper, and my fingers fairly tihg'ed .nddenly to go on and cover those nnused white sheets-tell what nap pened next-tell the rest or the stot! : not for the sake of the story-Dut TOT my sake. It might help me. It mlgh' .,sLe things clearer It might help 10 mstify myself In my own eyes. No' tbat have any doubts, Of course fabout leaving Jerry, l mean), but thal when l saw it in black and white could be even more convinced that was doing what was best for him and best for me.
 Co hroupht the manuscript down to my own room, and this evening have commenced to write. cant m lsb if tonight, of course. But nave torsorrow. and still tomorrow. q nave so many tomorrows now Anu "ha do they all amount toO And so ! just keep writing, as l have ume' IL I bring 1t to the end.
 Pm sorry that it must be so sad ant sorry m end. But there's no other way, of course. There can De put oh' ending, as can see. I'm sorry Mother1l be sorry. too. She ooesn
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know yet. I hate To tell her. SoBody knows-not even Jerry himself-yet. They all think I'm just making 6 visit to Mother-and I am-till I write that letter to Jerry, And then
 l believe now that I'll wait till I've finished writing this. I'll feel better then. My mind will be clearer. I'll know more what to say. Just the effort of writing it down
 Of course. if Jerry and hadn't
 But this Is no way to begin. Like the little Mary Marie of long ago am In danger of starting my dinner with lce-cream instead of soup And so l must begin where left off. If course And that was at the wedding
 l remember that wedding as if fl were yesterday. can see now, with Mary Marie's manuscript before me
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short of my gate. He evidently had not forgotten Aunt Jane, and did not intend to take any foolish risks So he said good-by to me always at safe distance.
 This went on for perhaps a week. Then he asked me to attend a school sleigh-ride and supper with him.
 was wild with delight. Al the same time l was wild with apprehen- sion. awoke suddenly to the fact of the existence of Father and Mother. and that their permission must be gained. And I had my dsubts-l had very grave doubts. Yet IL seemed to me at that moment that I just had to go on that sleigh-ride. That It was the only thing in the whole wide world worth while.
 I can remember now, as If It were yesterday, the way debated Tn my mind as to whether l should ask Father. Mother, or both together; and if I should let It he seen how greatly desired to go, and how much It meant to me; or if should just mention II as fin passing, and take their permis- sion practicallN for granted.
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sane and sensible once more, serene and happy in the simple faith of my childhood.
 was seventeen, If remember right ly. when I became worried, not over my heavenly estate now, but my earth ly one. I must have career, or course. No namby-pamby everyday llv- ing of dishes and dusting and meals and babies for me It was all very well. of course, for some people. Such things had to be. But for me
 could write. of course, but I was not sure but that preferred the stage. At the same time there was within me a deep stirring as of call to go out and enlighten the world, especially that portion of 1t In darkest Africa or deadliest India. would he mission ary.
 Before I was eighteen, however, had abandoned all this. Father put his foot down hard on the missionary project and Mother put hers down on the stage idea I didn't mind so much. though. as I remember for on further study and consideration I found that flowers and applause were not all or an actors life and that Africa and India were not entirely desirable as place of residence for young woman alone Besides, had decided by then that I could enlighten the world just as effectually tand much more com fortably) by writing stories at home and getting them printed.
 So I wrote stories-but l did not get any of them printed fin spite of my earn est efforts. Tn time therefore that idea, also. was abandoned: and with ir, re- gretfully, the idea of eniiphtening the world at all.
 Besides, had just then tagain If remember rightfully) fallen in love.
 Not that 1t was the first time. Oh no. not at eighteen. when at thirteen had begun confidently and happily to look for 1t What a sentimental little niece was! How could they lave been so patient with me-Father Mother. everybody
 I think the first real attack-the first that I consciously called love myself-was the winter after we hae i all come hack to Andersonville 10 live I was sixteen and in the high school
 II was Paul Mayhew-yes. the same i Paul Mayhew that had defed his mother and sister and walked home with me one night and invited me tf 20 fd& an automobile ride only to b' sent sharply about his business ny mN stern. inexorable Aunt Jane. Paul was in the senior class now, and the hand someSt, most admired hoy Tn school He didn't care for girls. That Is. he said he didn't. He bore himself witl supreme indifference that was mad dening. and that took Apparently no notice of the fact that every girl 1T school vas willing slave to the mere noddine of his head or the beckoninl of his hand.
 This was the condition of things when l entered school that fall, and perhaps for week thereafter. Then one day, very suddenly, and without l apparent reason, he awoke to the feet of my existence. Candy, flowers, books
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Zsofne one 0f these ne brought to m1 every morning All during the school day he was my devoted gallant, danc- ing attendance every possible minute outside of session hours. and walking home with me in the afternoon, proudly carrying my books. Did say "home with me"f That Is not strictly true-he always stopped just one block short of "home"-one block