The New York herald., 1922-01-09
WI. GEORGE DOUBTS
WOMAN IS MYSTERY.
Says Man Does Not Understand
Because He Fails to Study
Her Complexity.

az love EN- ALL" said w. L. George IT
Selwyn Theater last night. II love 'em
ALL" It would have been niggardly Of the
English novelist and feminist TO have
said less What other amends could he
make after he had shorn the eternal
feminine of the magic garment which
lhas gone unquestioned since Eden-the
mystery OF women. The poets have de-
ceived US. aud We have deceived our
selves. There IL TT mystery OF women.
Take it rom Mr.. George.
The real reSsoa why women are not
understood" he sS.d, lis that men are
too busy to try 60 understand them.
( Strange that there IS no mention of this
mystery when two women get together.
Men are as much mystery 70 women
as women are to men, but women come
nearer a solution, because they concen-
trate on the mystery as men do not"
When Mr.. George lectures one recalls
the fact that he was born in France of
English parents, and that he lived in
France until he was 20. In manner. in
accent. in the quality of his mind, he is
more French than English.
If there was any doubt before Mr..
Georges lecture that women enjoy being
dissolved in the hour and half in which
ne spoke. There was a fair proportion
ot men in the audience, but the lecturers s
remarks drew most OF their response
from the feminine element There were
many delighted little laughs, there were
occasional frowns and vigorous shakings
of the head sideways.
4 q "aan Most Conventional" y
l Mfr. George was at considerable pains
to MAX q clear that man is the con-
ventional animal, not woman Woman"
he observed, "is no respecter of customs
or regulations. Men go far to seek a
good reason for doing the wrong thing
women. never take the trouble. Sin In
haste. and repent at leisure says the
proverb, but woman sins at leisure and
repents IL she is found out"
AS illustrative of woman's disregard
for the shibboleths of respectability,
Mr.. George picked the case OF the wife
whose husband demonstrates with her
because she is going out with too much
complexion. II don't want you TO be
seen that way" says the husband. ''Why
not" says his wife, and there the mat
ter ends, according TO Mr. George.
The lecturer told the story OF a pair
of checked trousers, which he described
by making sweeping vertical ana horl-
zontal motions with his hand. which he
put on She day after his recent mar
riage. lie suggested to his bride that
they walk in the park I'D rather not"
she said. "Why not?" asked Mr.. George.
mot with those trousers" he was told.
even the dogs would follow you"
Mrs. Georges Reason.
All that restrained Mrs. George the
novelist explained. was her personal dis
like for the trousers. He introduced his
wife at the close of the lecture. Mrs
George advanced TO the footlignts.
About those trousers" she said. you
should have seen them"
Mr.. George also said about women:
"a woman is always in love. or a
little in love, and If she isn't she is a
little uncomfortable"
Women dress not to please men but
10 insult other women"
"Women have written no utopias
'raey are more satisfied with tire world
as it is than men are"
When he spoke Of the future OF
woman Mr.. George made no Breath
taking prophecies. But he named a
score of women whom he rated as OUT
standing in their sex for achievement
and pointed out that practically every
name fell within the bounds Of the nine
teenth century.
Woman was substantially in 1850
what she was in 1860" he said: Gin
1860 what she was in 1860 and almost
until 1860. That fact must be remern-
bered when we try to picture the woman
OF tomorrow"