The Washington times., 1922-08-27

tain values; to acquire costs about as much as
camel would and great deal more than horse
a donkey. Therefore she must be well cared for.
A man once told me that apart from giving d
ders he never addressed his wives; that if he did
provoked jealousy from the less favored one, and
the best much foolish chattering as Of frogs in |
pond" They capable of kind of crude arI
NAL attachment for their women, as long as tl|
aforesaid women do nothing to displease but III
very word love-" with any signifcation of tendeI
ness respect or sympathy, is simply missing in the
language.
As a rule, the cave man does not have more ths !
one wife at time in view of the expense and III
WEAKNESS Of domestic jealousy and quarres. II
will say:
"One wife Is gift from Allah; two are all IN
djns or Shaitan (the DeviD set together to torme}
a man." =
When Beauty Fade:
the Wife 10 Discarded. -.
Sometimes man of wealth will retain a vii
whose youth and beauty have faded to act as serva
to new young bride. A poignant example Of SUD
case existed in the menase Of a chief with whom
stayed in one of the villages.
The first wife, to whom at first sight one wou
nave given fifty years instead Of the thirtyfour sl
actually was, used to sadly point out to me the cd
silks and jewery Of beaten brass adorning the pei
son of a Haunting, bronze-limbed young beau
whom her husband, after eighteen years Of mono{
amy, had just taken unto himself, and would CON
plain that in their one-roomed she was oblige
to be witness to the caresses of the loving coupl
Her only consolation was that sooner or later the il
solent beauty would also be relegated to the stat,
of an "also ran," and with her would watch the col
jugal ardor of third bride. -~
If as a husband the cave man has his drawback
from European point of view, as lover fear n
is not much more desirable. don't think that til
jaded woman of civilization in search Of new END
tions bored or blase with the stereotyped attention
of English or American lovers, would find gresI
improvement in the methods Of the cave man. Of
if she found novelty, she would most certainly "os
on the swings what she gained on the roundabouts
The cave man excels in the masculine prerogd
tive of taking things for granted, of expecting
great deal and giving little in return. He is com
pletey ignorant of the softer side of love, and graf
tude with him is an unknown quantity.
His emotions violent, transitory and eas|
satisfied, and his technique is nil. He is greed
rather than connoisseur, and his tastes have nd
been educated up to hors d'oeuvres .,..
The kiss. though practiced between mother an|
children, is practically unknown between cave loY
ers, and the cave man would laugh II 1t were SUD
gested to him that it is necessary desirab1
to WOO ladys favor with gentle words or caresseI
Is she not but chattel for the pleasure and the cor
venience of the lord Of creation, and Is she not 4
consider herself supremely lucky If singled out I'D
his somewhat primitive attentions, and in return d
work for him, to cook his meals, to weave his cothd
and to bear innumerable childrenl ,.r.-~ ,,..
The cave man is not especially to be blamed. FEY
average men will take trouble over their love-maA
ing unless it is expected or insisted on certainly nd
If they can gain their objective without Why clin
for apples when plenty fall into your lap1 Unled
you are epcure who covets the prize apple on tn
topmost bough. And the cave man is no epicure.
His cave mate Is very well satisfied with him, !
he s knowing no better, and his life is far too occ
pied and busy to give him time to practise tparl
tricks or carpet sallantry. He has his house 10 HI