The Washington times., 1928-08-11
nj o dern Youth
Says Yes and
Proves It
BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority ON Problems Of
Love ana Marriage

IN this .'entirely new" world OF
| ours It Ii the fashion to scott at
romance. we are told romantic
ideals are = relic Of the Victorian
bunk" .applesauce, out
/ worn and outgrown. In fact, there
are among Us writers Of fiction
and plays, as well as many others
styling themselves 'noderns, who
scoff not only at romance but at
Ideals IN general.
So FAR a. old-fashioned romance
Il concerned, they may be justi-
fled. for webster gives one defini-
ton of romance AZ "falsehood.
But cannot romance be honest?
Let us face things As they are.
II not love more than the physical
attraction modern materialists
would have it?
Old-faslnioned romance was
founded on an untrue estimate OF
the place Of woman in the world
and camouflaged its unfairness
with exaggerated compliments and
q show Of galiantry. Despite this
mistaken view, there was true
love and happy. successful mar
riage and family life in many In
stances.
Romance is dead died with
the age Of Innocence, declared
one Of my correspondents In
order to prove that romance is
quite, quite dead. any number Of
realistic plays, articles. and novels
are being written, which collect
only sordid facts and present them
as q representative picture Of life.
Love Id quite lost sight Of in the
cIoyin9 pastime OF necking and
the quick work OF the divorce mill
But after all. this hard-hoiled.
pOrdid er.Of.factness may be
Only natural reaction to the ex-
IRENE affectation and dishonesty
Of the old romance. when gallants
bowed down 10 my lady on =
pedestal. yet believed her - be too
weak physically for i career or
even athletics, too weak mentally
for higher education. too simple to
be taught the truths Of life,. in
capabIe OF dsting q ballot.
Despite an exaggerated senfi-
mental attitude during courtshlp,
the average husband of those days
permitted his supposedly fragile
and helpless wife to bring IL
or more children into the world
at the cost Of her health. to slave
and toll over cook-stove. max
sng all the family bread. cake and
pies. preserves and pickles: to
break her hack over the wash
tub. scrub floors. and in general
atrurSle with the tasks Of old
fashioned housekeeping which
would have killed the average
man.
Az least the younger generation
are honest-Or aim to be honest.
ssBe yourse1f!' is their motto. And
an excellent motto it is.
q don't can that much of Al
Ianding declared Tom when
Peggy. HIS ffancee, brought her
afrplane down with more or less
skill on the landing field and
climbed with the agility OF q tom
bow into the speedster where her
fiance was awaiting her.
I'D like To see You do any
better yourself, old dear" was
Pergy's unruffIed reply. These
two were married in the last
month Of roses and are at pres
ent on an airplane honeymoon.
Brought together by mutual
enthusiasm for aviation and prac-
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comrades and friends as well as
sweethearts.
Peggy il equally at home in her
kitchenette and the hangar where
their car is kept. For she studied
every detail of domestic science.
Including cooking. at college.
The two before their marriage
discussed quite frankly. as mat
Ter of course, what the family i'm
some and budget would he. their
mutual views about children and
the fun and desirability of having
d family. They even were frank
about the matter Of good health.
Nevertheless, Tom and Peggy
are In love despite the absolute
frankness of their romance. They
nave 1nATFleu IOE Keeps. AnU
who shall say that this romance
has not 4 better chance of sur
wing because it Is founded on
honesty ais well as affection?
Honesty does not mean saying
all the disagreeable things one
knows. IT does not preclude tact
and reserve. There Is no reason
Way woman should not maintain
q certain privacy regarding such
details Of housekeeping as empty
ing the garbage and such details
of the toilet az cold screaming her
face, for such details are neither
attractive nor interesting even to
d husband, though it is important
they be done well.
Try to look your best and be at
!. your natural best always when
you and he are together; then you
should find it easy to maintain
that touch of beauty 20 essential
to love, successful marriage--to
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