The Washington times., 1936-05-11

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The woman in question was
beautiful, wealthy and fascinat-
ing. and the fact that the young
husband had been a college class
mate of her son didn't seem to de-
tract from such q charming per-
sonality, in the opinion OF the
world she adorned.
IF anyone can hold him. she
can" they said, and recalled she
was o better SportSwoman than
most girls Of twenty. A ten'mlle
trek through the woods was moth
ing to her. She could negotiate 9
canoe in the rapids, ride any kind
of a horse, and had few equals at
tennis. Women like that never
grow old.
Denials =.
The couple dropped from front
pages, as very happy people VINO
live for themselves alone are apt
to do. But they are in the head
lines again today, with denials on
the part of the lady that anything
like divorce is contemplated.
Nevertheless, the youthful hus-
band has been abroad, and when
he returned it was not to his
wife's estates, but to make a tour
Of South America.
The lady is still very handsome.
Her bobbed hair glitterS in the
sunlight, and she's as good at q
croSS-counrty trek or at breaking
q horse to his PAGES as she was
when she married her sons friend.
And while she protests that the
idea of q divorce is ridiculous,
and the romance unclouded even
by separation, eyebrows go up.
It is always questionable busl-
ness when q woman marrieS man
much younger than herself.
There have been a few con-
spicuous instances where people
in the thirties and forties. with
the woman 10 years the mans
senior, have made a go OF 1t. But
when boy in his twenties remains
In love with lady over 50-that's
news.
women are always more mature
than men, even il men hold all
the odds in the way Of education
worldly experience and adVan'
tages. This maturity has been
called by cynics "the wisdom OF
the serpent" It's supposed to
bark back to some indefinable
tact and understanding Of the
male which was acquired IN the
cave days, before the dawning OF
history.
Tragic Differences
Then a lady had to mind her
manners, learn how to make her
self indispensable to her master by
all those little tricks which mace
her worthwhile, or out she went,
and her children with her, to take
chances in a world Swarming with
wild beasts and "actS of God!"
So, despite the strength OF the
big hairy creature, the cave lady
learned ways and means Of twist
ing him round her finger, and her
presen t-day great-great-grand-
daughters have not forgotten
those arts even today. But they
do not hold, alas, when there are
these tragic differences in ages!
The magic may last for five or
six years, but then the peachy
cheek and sparkling eyes Of youth
are bound to raise questions Of con-
trast.
Everyone who remembers the
magnificent and witty fight put up
by the nameleSs lady we have been
discussing, in a more than trying
lawsuit, will be sorry for her II
this outstanding romance Of the
last quarter Of a century has gone
on the rocks.
TELLS FTBS
Dear Miss Fairfax:
81 look, dress and act at least
three years older than / really
am, and 60 to all the dances
and parties with an older group.
There is one particular boy whom
like, and I've heard he likes
me. But am sure it is just my
age that is keeping him from
making q date with me.
81 have lied about my age,
claiming to be 16 going on II,
but I'm afraid they all know diff
ferently, especially this boy. ]
am only IA years old. Do you
thing these stories about my age
are keeping us apart?
"S. g."
It's so often the other way