The Washington times., 1922-01-29

women 0Gt6t-0ut NOT wsSeC" d.
Every sconsan has q rivGlf
Every soonns Is primitivei
Call no womGn froa sssta she
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~ MAPPING off episrams and
aphorisms, like that II mere
recreation for w. L. George, the
British novelist and feminist, who II
starting ON an American tour to dis
cnss the Intelligence Of women. The
difficulty In dealing with him ID that
Immediately after making what
sounds like radical remark. he
mobiles It strategically, disaruaing
criticism. turning anger into mirth.
Thus he confessed that he had .
low, opinion Of the, massed inteili-
gence Of woman. and a. . woman
rose in protest he explained suavsly
tkxt the only thing he held lower
WI tho intelligence Of man.
QUALITIES OPINION. 49,.
So when he said that women are
Notorious liars. he blandly added:
J s~And why not7 What - TRUTH
II may be only an opinion. Do we
all not seek 1t only that We may
avoid it7"r
AZ oomprehensively a. I could
sr4Ap the logic Of the author Of
'prsula Trent" and "A Bed Of
Roses." the fundamental fault with
woman's intelligence is-man! For
he said: -.'' I'd 90
".They say women jilt men and
they do. but what Of It? A girl and
asyouth become engaged. but can
not get married for lack of funds.
The girl waits. then marries some
ono else. why not? She cannot
afford to wait. for she II growing
elder every year and her beauty IL
fading. Unless she .marries reason
ably soon, she may not marry at
an. Certainly she will have no broad
field for selectioni
s''With the man. waiting II an ad-
vantage. He accumulates sense
with the years and he has not
beauty to lose. When he marries
later. he wiz marry an older girl
and that's better. isn't 1T But .
man should never jnt . girl. It IL
far better to mako her jilt. him. In
that WY. he retains her respect and
gives her deep satisfaction"
Mr.. George frankly confessed
that he gave 90 much time to talk
ing and writing about women be.
cause he loved them. He ID . tail.
spare angular Londoner Of the tra-
ditional type. with thin hair. wide
mouth and clipped syilables. He -
far more at ease writing than talk
ing-and Ear moro logical. In dis
GUESSING fsmininity invariably hs
attacked first. than abruptly TUNED
to the defense. and frequently osn.
ciuded with Q jeSt or an apology.
Thus:
'"rhey say women do not pay
their bets, and Of course they don't
But what would you havef No one
expects . woman to pay . bet. She
has been brought up In IN stmos-
phero Of bullying and casoiery and
generally does what she u expected
TO do. Women. you know, are
much moro primitive than men, I
really don't know tust what I mean
by that. but perhaps the women
viii. I only know that they are
primitive. Frailty. thy name n
woman said the post, but I warn
you to call no woman fran untn
she 10 yours"
Rsvertins suddsuay - 5nfins. M.
George reamarksds
when women IN, thsy DO n
completely and It once. But .
man. you 80. does II By inches.
IKE substituting he movies for
the theatsr. and % on Man sins
In haste and repents 1t leisure, but
woman sins at leisure and repents
when she b found out.
WY uott 1O uOt NUl10n -
lurs enough boredom IN . day -
mako .msn wsspf whsn I thinik Of
ths lfvss tbat mon n,aks women
lssd Z wonder Inst shrs ers - 6sv
Afvcrcesr
But e - womanrs fnabflffy b
reason that leaves M. George quite
ashsst. For this no can find neither
explanation nor apology, and I
gathered by the way he talked about
II that mayhem or marital infidsiity
would BE- inconspicuous faults. b.
side II. He puts II This way
~woman believes arxumeut -
stsrated often enough win b TIRE
sistibie. like the little siri who
asked. her father TO bring her .
drink OF water. He refused; she 70
peated me request until he said he
would take . big stick to her. ana
she said: Well VIII you bring .
slsas Of water ,whsn you bring he
sticir -.- ....'
"a woman whom I tried to m