The New York herald., 1922-02-12

or Main Street love stories,
do you? Love, that used to be
the purpose of most novels, is
practically not in our novels.
Girls used to read the fervid
kind and sigh and rejoice with
the heroine and her young man.
Now they read and pretend to
like all kinds of written technics
that have to do with psychology
or some other ology that isn't
love.
Men read the same books
where the old fashioned emotion
is sneered at. Most young folk
of to-day hoot at books that
deal with the grand passion and
prefer the fluent obvousness of ~
modern story writer's, that are -
stripped as bare as possible of
sex romance"
Still we read of marriages in the society
columns Of the newspapers" said her inter
ested listener; so tell me why these girls
marry"
Probably it is an instinct with u.s." she
replied. "All the writer's of all time cannot
utterly destroy that in us. genuine SYM
pathy between man and a maid reveals to
either new shadows and new depths in the
character of either. The girl becomes more
feminine and the man more masculine
The Latin peoples recognize this instinc-
lively and they keep the sexes apart until
the character of both is well under way.
Then they meet and the subtle aroma of
sex informs the whole relationship. l think
the French manage these matters with con-
summate skill.
What One Woman Learned
BY Being a Good Fellow
MY own case is typical of many girls.
had friends of the other sex by the score
went everywhere with them. l met them
openly everywhere and smoked with them
and drank cocktails right in front of every
body at the hotels frequented by the best
people. 1 was good fellow
None of my men ever hinted at mar
riage. 1 think my very good fellowship
put the notion out of their heads. And it
was rapidly leaving mine When my hus-
band finally proposed I was aghast. Yes,
truly, I was fool enough to feel almost as if
he had insulted me and my first idea was
five years lone woman l had grown to
suit that state. But 1 married him and
have never regretted it, for 1 found out
right away that single blessedness wasn't
my forte.
"All the same l had learned something
from the years I remained unmarried.
had learned that though unsought l per-
sonally had right of choice; my ideals of
marriage had grown higher than those
had when l left school. l realized by my
friendly relations with men that there were
very few 1 really could marry. made dis
tinctions. used my intelligence.
THAT placed me at disadvantage with
most men. They sensed in a sort of in
stinctive way that would be content only
with the companionship suited to my own
mental capacity. OF course they were
polite and l was charming. Both
OF us wore our company manners, but they
realized that l wasn't to be had for the
picking and they resented this. In order
not to wound their amour propre l had to
be fiippant. superficial.
"Ths going against the grain had its
effect on me and ere long l found myself
becoming a trifle cynical. II men only liked
women for their personal charms and cared
not at all for their mental traits then ii
seemed to me that could be happier with
out attaching one of them to me for life. l
began to feel constant contempt for mems
attitude toward women and | might have
ended by hating them.
"I married a fine man who was willing to
admit that woman isn't necessarily pup
pet, and since then, in my wider knowledge
of the masculine sex, I have become less
censorious. Yes, / can appreciate a fine
man now, because have learned to know
one intimately"
This witness does not think our modern
education has really changed the attitude
OF woman toward man. And she thinks
that as soon as society loses its present
frivolity the women will look for happi-
ness and satisfaction in marriage and this
watchfulness of hers will bring about more
numerous weddings.
There is no doubt, she argues, that
woman to-day is a different being from
her grandmother. She has shared the lib
eral education formerly only granted to
her grandfather. Her mind, alert and OF
a different quality from mans, has been
as highly trained as his. She leaves school