The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-24
By Ann Isle.
Copyright, 1923, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)

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v1HEN I thought Of Ruth
Gregory, whose great sue
cess is part Of her appeal
to Jim. There's no blinking
at the fact that Ruth Greg
ory's prominence in the world
of art does not antagonize
Jim. It fills him with pride. He
likes to be seen with a woman
who stands out for all that she
does. Her achievements. fire his
imagination.
Suddenly / saw clearly that
Ruth Gregory doesn't arouse Jim's
sense of rivalry. She. hasn't made
her mark in the world where he is
striving for a place. Jim can't be
Jealous Of her success. It sets off
his work by very contrast. 1t
augments his position.
Jim would like to deck his wife
with tributes of his own winning.
The woman who is only his friend
may shine in her own glory. N.Y.
success will never be a tribute to
him. It. viii always seem to Jim
to detract from his own achieve
ments. But my work has come
to be part, OF me. And that part
Of me antagonizes Jim.
I got up and began to pace my
office. I've never loved Jim SO
desperately. I've never longed
more utterly for his love and
understanding and for the strong
clasp of his arms about me.
Yet suddenly saw that the
greatest rival have for the gift
Of Jim's love is not Ruth Gregory.
It isn't Ruth Gregory-it Is my
work that stands between Jim and
me. Ny business is no longer de-
pendent on me. It isn't q little
weak "baby OF q business any
more. It's a thriving, sturdy,
well-established STRIPPING OF a bust
ness. And Betty knows how to
handle it. There's no further OBJ
legation to stand by what I've
started. There's only the desire.
And this desire seems to be cost
ing me Jim.
wrestIed with my problem. At
last, felt that the wife had won
and the woman Of business was
defeated. I made UP my mind TO
go to Jim and lay humbly at his
feet all my ambitions. decided
to offer to give up my work and
to work only for him If so I could
have again the chivalry and pro-
lection and love he had once given
me.
Perhaps I wasn't sane. Perhaps
I was weak. But I knew that
could live without the work
that was part of me as I could liv
without my right hand. But I
couldn't live without Jim.
And so decided on my sacri-
flee. Grimly I turned back to my
desk. I knew that it would take
several weeks OF concentrated eff
fort to get my affairs in order. I
realized that having started on
the campaign to advertise the
great Shipping Corporation with
its insurance and trucking ami
hauling branches, I couldn't with
draw all in a moment. I had to
help whip things into shape. I
had to find an assistant who could
work with Betty. She must be as
much diplomat as an advertis-
ing expert.
But tomorrow I would tell jim
of the impending change in my
life. Already in imagination I
felt myself sobbing It out in his
arms. I gloried in visioning my
pride in the dust at his feet. I
felt his arms going closer. close
about me. And his lips on mine
Dragging myself back from my
imaginings, fell to work again.
When the fascination Of the job
got me by the throat I stopped to
fortify myself with two examples
of women who have given up their
places in the world of business 10
take their places contentedly and
beautifully in the world of home
and love.
RALPH AS CHAUFFEUR.
There is Aunt May, perfectly
happy as Max Hoadley's wife.
There is Carlotta. never moro
completely satisfied than when
she ceased being Carlotta Sturges,
head of the great Dalton-Sturges
CORPORATION and began to be just
Anthony Norrev's wife.
The other side of the shield pre-.
scented itself to me with full force.
Daisy Condon's marriage to Carl
Booth was not doomed to go on
the rocks till she went back to
her work and through the renewed
contact with Tom Mason came to
feel the old fascination.
I began to glory in my choice.
NV heart fairly sang. Every
thing I did was part Of the swan
song to my office. In a few
weeks--a few months at most