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Only Those Are Successful in
Which the Man Prevails.
SAYS Lucian Cary.

communicates to her husband that
matters.
And II she can't nag him or drive
him or threaten him into dominat.
ing her-what is she going to do?
The answer is all about you; she
is either going to get divorce and
try it all over again; or she is going
10 be unhappy and restless aud miser-
able and she is going to make every
body who comes into close relations
with her unhappy and restless and
miserable.
The answer is posslhly connoner
in these United States today than /
has been anyvhere else in the world
since recorded history began. because
We have made it more difficult for
men 10 dominate women according
tc the traditional pattern than it has
ever been before. For thousands of
years women have been subjected TO
all sorts Of discrimination. Women
didn't legally own their own children
or their own property or their own
opinions. Husbands were permitted
| TO beat them or desert them or sup
press them and women had 10 like il.
They were brought up TO like ii.
We have changed all that. Women
have almost the same rights as men
In the. law and in public opinion. A
woman who doesn't like her hus-
band can so and get a 5ob-or an
other husband. The cards are still
stacked against women but not 50
heavily stacked. And the conse-
quence IS that the world is fun 90
men who can't dominate their
women-and Of women who are un-
happy in consequence.
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and nag and fail TO nag the man INTO
asserting himself once for all are
likely 10 become confirmed naGgers.
Nagging is not beautiful But It has
this merit: II is incontrovertible evil
dence that Che woman has not given
up hope Of driving the man into
action.
Woman Cannot Delude Herself.
For a woman's choice in this world
is a stark and terrible one: IL Is the
choice between being dominated by
a man who is worth having and DOM
mating a man who is not worth hav-
ing. And she can never be quite
sure which choice she has made un-
I'll she has married the man.
Indeed, the more closely one studies
this predicament of women the more
one is appalled, by it. Some women
are. of course, complete fools about
| II and make such demands for domi-
nance as a combination of Hercules.
Napoleon, and Bernard Shaw rolled
into one could not meet. All one can
say OF them is they are fundamental
ly untitled for marriage in our
society.
Some women-perhaps one in 70
have a secret gift. a kind of uncon-
scious gift. for making a man feel
like a king and even act like one.
All one can say of such women is TO
hope that they will find men who are
worth it. But the vast majority Of
women have quite blindly TO deal
with the vast majority of men. They
have to do the best they csn-which
is sometimes very good indeed and
sometimes very bad and usually
rather $3.50.
You see a woman can't pretend
that a man is dominant when he
isn't. She may pretend IL TO him;
she may pretend IL 10 other people;
but she cannot pretend IL 10 herself
and II is what she feels and inevitably
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Murphy and Brennan Force,
on One Side and McAdoo
Leadership OH Other Is
Sure to Be Lineup"
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

Washington. April "a group of
democratic politicians in New York
the other day amused themselves by
making out list of democrats who
are likely to receive some votes for
the presidential nomination in the
convention next June.
They arrived at total of &c. which
would be an unprecedented number.
Their complete list was as follows:
Senator Oscar w. Underwood. Ala
bama; Senator Joseph 7. Robinson,
Arkansas; William G. McAdoo, Cali
fornia: Gov. William L. Sweet, Colo
rado; Homer S. Cummings, Connecti-
cut: William J. Bryan. Florida; Mayor
William Z. Dever, Chicago; Senator
Samuel NJ. Ralston, Indiana; Thomas
R. Marshall. Indiana; L. T. Meredith,
Iowa; Gov. Jonathan NJ. Davis, Kan
sas: Gov. John NJ. Parker. Louisiana;
Senator James A. Reed, Missouri;
Senator Thomas ]. Walsh. Montana;
Senator B. X. Wheeler, Montana; Gov.
Charles w. Bryan. Nebraska; Gov.
George S. Silzer. New Jersey, Gov
Alfred f. Smith. New York; Senator
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who at this moment is being put for.
ward by not unformidable group o.
Wilson democrats. Another member
of Wilson's cabinet not In the list. is
ex x-Secretary OF War Newton d. Baker
of ohia. Others could be added TO
the 26.
Geographical Line.
For the benefit of any one who
wants to follow the more serious prob
abilities of the convention II can be
taken for granted that at certain
stage in the convention. after a con-
siderable amount of balloting for
"favorite sons" the ! ,0sS delegates
will divide themselves roughly into
two fairly equal groups. The division
will be partly geographical and partly
on lines Of principles favored and per-
sonalities favored. The cleavage on
geographical lines will coincide rough.
ly with the cleavage on lines OF prin-
ciples and candidates.
Let us therefore divide the United
States into two groups:
First, the north and east.
Second, the south and west.
Let us take the states and divide
them into these two groups. Let US
give each state the number Of dele.
gates it will have in the democratic
convention.
First, the northern and eastern
states:
..-onpactfout
Delaware ...... ..................
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vention into two groups which are
remarkably close 10 equal In their
deigate strength The northern and
eastern states have $50 delegates.
The sauhern and western states
nave =
Murph, versus McAdoo
rhe northern and eastern delegates
will be largely for Governor Smith
Of New York or Senator Oscar Under
wood. or some one IKE them. These
northern and eastern delegates Will
be prevailing conservative and pre-.
vailingly wet or at least moist.
They will follow Murphy OF New
York and Brennan ef Chicago.
The southern and westerr dele
gates will be prevailinsly for AicAdoo
or some one Like McAdoo, or accept.
able to McAdoos friends and follow
ers. These southern and Testern
delegates will be preyailingly progress
sive and preyailingly dry" and fol-
low largely the leadership Of McAdoo
and the democratic leaders identified
with McAdoo.
This division Of delegates as be-
tween principles and candidates is
subject to much qualification. Nc
doc will have some considerable
groups of delegates from the north
and east. At the same time Oscar
Underwood will have some delegates
from the south. The severe defeat
administered to him by McAdoo in
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Miss Fawn Lippincut, authority on
affairs o. tn heart, an expert paper
flower maker. has received tn follow
in query
NV dear Miss Lippincut:
/ am 90 years ole an I'm married
= n feiler that used T. like tn the.ater
am keep shaved up when ne wuA
courtin' me. an hllus had some com
pliment t pay me on my personai
anpearance. lie wuz nearly anus
pleasant when he called an thought
notbin' stayin' up I'll O'Clock. &C
cordin' t. what he said. his employ
ment waz congenial an tn steppln'
stone { big things. He allus talked
about tn kind of house he'd buiid
an everything. I kin go back t my
ole position as a stenographer any
time but I'm tied up with couple
A. children, still I'm willin' I give
him every chance IL You Will heIr
me. lie comes home In tn middle o
tn afternoon Tired an knocks ever
show i'm town without hayin' seer
'em. an tn children seem [ git on
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nate in tho home-that is, in his
ability to dominate her.
She may appear 10 be driven by
childish deside 10 have her own
way. This desire is present in both
sox- nt all ages. Perhaps il is al
wa0 factor in a woman's attempt
To dominate "A man. But IL is never
the prime factor or the deciding fac
tor. The prime factor In woman's
attempt to dominate a man is always
her desire to test him out. She strives
often uneonsciously-te make him
dominate Der. For that is her only
hope that he win dominate anybody
or anything. II he is slow about II
she is going 10 nag him into it--if
she can.
Women who nag often incur the
that they aren't loving. But
IL is really their need OF love that
makes them mas. Women who nag
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Vars Purpose Outliped.

Moreover. the immediate financial
and economic collapse both Of France
and Britain would ensue. Air warfare
and poison gas have so enhanced the
destructiveness OF war and made it so
inconclusive and France and Britain
are so close together that they have
to face the fact-that they can no
longer regard war as a means OF
settling even their worst differences.
AS well think of settling a dispute
between two nextdoor neighbors by
burning both the houses and killing
all the inmates. 1t really does not
matter now which of the two powers
is the stronger on land or sea.
And just as an attack of France
upon Britain is unthinkable at the
present time, although all the mill
tary advantage lies with France, 80
too, any attack upon the vast joint
territories Of the United States and
the British empire; though they
neither of them had battleship In
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his nerves. lie says feller's fool
T. build n house with lath sellin' at
6 cents piece an carpenters rldin
in autos. lie says shiny hands are
becomin' an he's glad / never go
downtown like all tn other women.
He won't git n baby cab till tn
price comes down. He growls all tn
time cause his employer seems I
be maxim money, an when he =
strikin' an hangin' around home an
tryin' T. cut tn gas bill down. IT'S
fairly maddenin'. Jest L prove what
crazy ideers he has, he haint either
democrat or a republican. an be.
sides. he wants { settle down an |
hain't ready. My nav II take tn
children any minute. but | hate t
make a mess o. things an have him
shootin' me. besides | love him.
Despondent.
My Poor Little Nut.
Tell him where Z head in. lie
thinks he's got YOU bluffed. Tell him
you're goin straight back T. stem.
oeraphn where people are human
an considcrate. Tell him ever VIZ
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they would win every time il it were
merely a question Of who could throw
the biggest bluff.
No. domination proceeds from some
thing more subtle than superior phys
ical strength or superior intelligence.
or superior willingness TO lose. 1t
proceeds from a satisfying sense of
oneself and ones own yalue-in a
word, from egotism.
The secret Of dominating PERSONAL.
ties is a sound ego. How can you
tell whether man has a sound ego
or not? You can't tell. But you can
feel it. And. though nobody can de-
fine II or describe II accurately. every
body recognizes 1t when he meets II.
All our lives. beginning long before
we learn to walk and talk. we judge
other peoples egos. By the time We
are grown up we have had years and
years OF practice in this subtle and
difficult art. And as we become
articulate we more and more Judge
people by our perception of their egos.
What Is the Text:
we say OF man that he pIdks-
meaning that he Is worried about his
ego and Is trying to convince himself
that 1t is all right. We say OF a man
that he Is shy-meaning that he has
not the courage to assert his ego.
We say OF man that he will sue
ceed-meaning that he has convinced
us his ego is strong enough to face
discoura gements and defeats. A
healthy ego makes a good husband.
But what is the test Of a successful
marriage? Ordinarily We say that a
marriage is success when we feel
that husband and wife are happy. But
most human beings-married or not
are partly happy and partly unhappy.
Don't we really mean. when we say a
marriage is successful. that the hus-
band and wife seem to us TO be more
worth knowing married TO each other
than they would be otherwise? The
question is really just as simple and
just as subtle as that. But. though
we can't define a successful marriage
in any but loose and vague terms, we
can all feel IL, sense ii. know It,
Why must men dominate the women
they marry?
DIR. T.. ]. kempf. who Is one OF the
best informed American students OF
the subject, remarks that marriage Is
followed by subtle struggle OF dom
nance. II the woman wins in this
struggle the man tends to become
unsatisfactory to her as husband
and he either accepts defeat and loses
his pnsculinity or else seeks another
woman who Is able to give him a
proper sense Of himself.
4 Fact for Us 10 Accept
Most students of applied psychology
would agree with DIR. kempf In his
| Judgment. And. In common with him
they found their belief In actual ex
perience with the analysis of hus
bands and wivcs-a treatment which
often discovers the essential facts tt
be quite different from those which
appear on the surface.
Another view, somewhat more the
oietical. IN that of many biologists
anthropologists and sociologists. 1t |,
that the dominance of men has a
biological origin. Which Is only theiI
way OF saying that II is natural &c
the human race.
am not so sure of the biological
facts-whch have often been used to
prove quite opposite views. | am not
sufc that male dominance r. natural
to the human race--now. always. and
| At l.
Of successful human societies in which
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head too big for his body came
nearer dominating all Europe than
any other man has eter come before
or since.
Whence Domination Proceeds.
Domination does not proceed from
superior physical strength. Neither
does it proceed from superior brains.
Everybody knows what happened to
Socrates when his wife started. He
had the best mind Of his time, one
of the great minds OF all time, but
he was scared to death of his wife.
Finally domination does not pro-
ceed from superior willingness to
take a chance. From that point Of
view the cards are stacked against
women. Marriage Is more important
to them than it is to men. 1t is also
more difficult to achieve-for them.
But women are so much better gam
blers In the field of the emotions that
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"Fa,oriie Sons, Leading Can
didaies and Possible Dark
Horses Number Near 30; Big
Fight on Floor Certain.

II would seem that there Is hkelS
to be between these roughly equst
groups--one from the north and east
and one from the south and west=-as
prolonged fug-of.war not only as re-
spects the nominee TO be chosen bur
also as to declarations Of policy.
For either group To win 1t would
be necessary for il To add TO the
strength stated in the tables above
nearly 200 more. The number OF
delegates necessary TO win in ths
democratic convention will be ~
two-thirds of the whole.
IL neither Of these things should
hapnen and II the deadlock should ap-
pear to be definitely insoluble-that
will be the period of dark horses.i
o. compromises proposed, Of sudden
and dramatic moves. a stage in which
superiority of leadership and OF
understanding Of the crowd psychol-
ogy of the convention floor VIII
count heavily. II is at this stage.
il and when it arrives. that some OF
the names mentioned above may
achieve an Importance they do not
now seem to have.
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quite tremendous fact about mar
riage:
Only those marriages in which the
man dominates the woman are sue
cessful.
But you may run into difficulties
before you get that far. You may
want to stop and ask yourself what
is meant by domination. and what is
meant by success in marriage.
Domination isn't something that
AN be weighed on pair of scales or
measured with a tape line. It Is ap-
parent that most men are taller and
heavier than most women. Most hus-
bands could beat their wives in a
rough and-tumble fight. But that has
very little to do with their power to
dominate their wives. Indeed, supe-
rior physical strength has very little
to do with mans power to dominate
other men. A plump little man with
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has tn right L enjoys pleasures
as well az tn sacrifices o. matrimony.
Cut your skirt off an doll your feet
up. an comb your hair over Your
ears, an go L your husbands place
o. business, or factory. or wherever
he IL. an make him give you some
money fer pair o. rubber gloves.
Hold dinner back on him an hour or
so. an tell him that from now on
things have got Z run fifty-fifty, that
you want a woman { come two days
week an clean tn house UP an
do tn washin'. Tell him { shave
his neck an slick up. an call his at
tention & all tn. things he lied L
you about. Tell him you're goin' 4
give him one chance { shoulder his
share o. youn partnership. an IL he
don't make good. he kin tear out an
you'll go back where you WIZ on a
payin basis before he over came
along Don't whine. but hand IL to
him. an if he don't git down on
his knees have him put under bond
an go back Z downtown work.
copyright. i9sil
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But France has her excuses, the
next election may release her from
the bloc national ana the armament
firms to free exercise Of international
virtue.
Are not both the United States and
the British empire, considered in the
role of peace seeking states, over
armed? The general will Of all the
English communities is fol
an enduring world peace. But even
savage understands that he must
drop and leave his weapons and hold
up innocent hands before he can get
to honest peace talk.
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commission nor a ton of explosive
ready, would be absurd.
There is no other power on earth
that could do it without the ultimate
certainty Of a crushing revenge. In
all the world there are only -four
countries capable OF starting modern
warfare: Britain. France, Japan and
the United States.
Italy has neither the coal nor the
ore necessary for so heavy an enter.
prise and Russia has not the in
dustrial plant for the necessary muni-
tions. 1t has vast resisting power. as
ever. but no attacking power.
All other countries. il they fight
nowadays, must fight with munitions
and loans the four possible belliger.
ents grant them.
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Destructive Blmders Sure.

The methods and detectives Of any
next war that may surprise the poi-
ticians Oust as children are surprised
by fires. when they play with
matches, conducted by the sort OF SOL
diers we possess and with the stun
they will handle as equipment Will
certainly be more discursive and silly
and ineffective even than those great
pushes and counter attacks and raids
and bombings of the last great war
and in their ineonclusive way IN
finitely more destructive.
But IL these preposterous arma-
n,cnts are unlikely 10 be conclusive
In warfare. they do at any rate block
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much relief of economic life from tax
alton.
Would anything else happen?
Would Japan suddenly fling herself
upon California, Italy seize Malta and
Egypt, the red army pour down into
India, or France destroy London?
Does anyone believe any of these
things would happen?
As a matter of fact We have
France now, so much more power
fully equipped in the air than Britain
and France could. if she wished and
dared to do so. smash up London and
put most of the English naval and
commercial ports out of action before
any really effective counterstroke
could be made.
There has been a powerful press
campaign in France against Britain
and there Is plenty of hostile feeling
there. A great multitude of French
men really believe the favorite oc-
cupation of the English speaking
peoples Is buying francs at one price
in order to sell them at lower one.
Nevertheless that attack doesn't come
and never will.
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women are the dominant sex. But l
have no doubt that our present society
demands the dominance OF men aud
feel that there is nothing for MS
to do but accept the fact and make
what terms with II We can.
The Impulse In Nagging
As things are. here and now,
women want the best men they can
get. They want husbands who Will be
good providers and protectors. not
only on their own account but on nc
count OF the children; they want hus-
bands in whom they can take pride,
they want husbands who are tangible
evidence Of their desirahility as
women. Such men are either able to
dominate some small portion Of the
world or they are about TO become
dominant. And wonan's simplest
test of n mans ability To dominate
In the world Is his ability TO dumt
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IUCIAN CARY

1909 TO 1906 and at the University OF
Chicago. 190;-S. In 1906. at the age
Of 20, he married Miss Augusta
Stromme of Madison, Wis.
After two years in the faculty at
Wabash college. Charlottesville. Ind,
as an instructor in English. MIR. Cary
went TO Chicago. where he became q
reporter ON the Tribune. later literary
editor of the Chicago Evening Post,
and acting editor Of the Dial. Chicago,
in 1911. Beginning In 1916. he WAS
connected for several years with Col
Hers Weekly. As writer Of short
stories, he has contributed to Golfers,
the Saturday Evening Post. Red Book,
IIearst's. McCalI's. Woman's Home
Companion. Delineator. Harper's Ba
saar and many other magazines.
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Like Mary Roberts Rhinehart. who
started out as n trained nurse and
found herself really y be nm author,
and Arthur Train. who began as u
lawyer and is now writing novels.
Lucian Cary stepped from college
instructorship into fiction. But not
Immediately. A number Of years and
much preparatory experience inter
vened
MIR. Cary came as New Years :
greeting TO his family in iiamlin,
Kan; he was born there ON January
I, 1886. lie WAS the son of Charles
Preston Cary and Myra Treat tPngs'
levi Cary. Except for one year st
Bcloit college li905). he was n student
nj the University Of Wisconsin from
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Shrewish Woman May Only
Be Trying to Nag Man Into
Dominating Her.

Consider the marriages you know
Ii you look at them simply enough
YOU will see that they fall into three
classes. In the first class are those
marriages in which the man domi-
mates the woman. In the second class
are those marriages in which the
woman dominates the man. In the
third class are those marriages in
which the fight is still on.
When you have classified the mar
riages you know according to this
simple though subtle) principle you
should be in position to observe a
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Suppose the United States and the
British empire got together and dis
armed completely. Suppose they re.
tanned the merest police force and
placed all the rest of their joint navies
at the disposal Of an international
council. What would happen?
There would be an immediate re.
ouction Of public expenditure and SO
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Nations Must Learn Lesson
individuals Learned in Mid
die Ages; Not to Bear Arms
i'm Presence of Those
Who Do.

the way to reorganization Of the
world of peace.
You can't make love in armor. All
this lumpish preparedness keeps the
atmosphere OF human life unwhole-
some; 1t prevents the settlement b.
concerted action. of the tariff con-
flicts. financial sGuabbles, currency
annoyance and mutual economic in
juries that are rapidly destroying the
present social system.
Every big nation comes in to such
discussions an implicit bully. The na-
tions have to learn the same lessons
that individuals learned IN the mid
die ages. they have TO learn not to
bear arms even in the company OF
those who do.
Copyright. 1874
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n Olive Branch
r. <IuO

the earth would be no good against
Russia or Italy and Of little use
against France Against Japan they
would be good for her submarine 10
chase and blockade while our subna-
rines chased and blockaded japanese
warships.
A big air force would be little use
against the United States or Japan.
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Large Nations Enter Modern
Peace Conferences as Bull
lies; You Can't Make
Love in ArmOr.
BY II. G. WELLS.
Author Of 1.-THE Outline Of History"
lSnecIaI Cable to The Omaha Beel

Especial Cable to The Omaha Bee.)
London, April 5.-The will for peace
is futile without the courage to dis
arm. / wauld like to have that prop
osition printed in large letters and
put up at all the meetings of the
British League Of Nations union, just
to see what the worthy practitioners
in easy optimism who fill these gath
erings would make of it, I doubt If
half the kindly idealists who support
the league in Britain and America are
prepared for any effectual disarma-
ment of their own.
Since the refusal of France even
to discuss land disarmament or sub
marines at Washington, / have kept
up a steady fire of disagreeable allu-
sions to France.