' 4 . TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 18, 1913.
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To fAe Modern Girl Marriage Does
Nnr Mtnn "Hanov Ever After.' She Has Come
to Know Better What Husbands Really Are That
Marriage Does Not Change Them Into Paragons of
Virtue, Thoughtfulness, and Kindness. She
Believes That Marriage Is a Partnership, and as
a Partner She Has a Right to Expect as Much in
the Man as He Expects in Her.
THERE was a time when a girl who
did not pet married was popularly
supposed never to have had a
chance. But today one Is remarkably
mistaken If he assumes that a woman
who Is single could not have married
If she had cared to.
Cntil'recent years a girl had to marry
to secure, a livelihood. Npw she has
grown capable of earning her own liv
ing, and she is under no necessity
to marry for food and a home.
If girls are going to give up things
when they marry, nowadays, they will
only do It for a husband that will com
pensate them for the sacrifice.
Young fellows must look about thera
and qualify themselves to be the hus
hands the girls want. A friend of mine
was rejected some time back by a lady
who afterwards confided to me that
he was reaJly a "dear. nice, kind crea
ture," but she simply could not stand
the Idea of spending all her evenings
in his company. "He has not two
Ideas in his head." she said, "and the
prospect of spending the long evening
hours with him while he read aloud
the reports of the stock market simply
was too much."
What would a husband think of a
wife who read a cookery book to him
tor a couple of hours every evening?
The bachelor girl trots here and
there and tastes a vastly larger amount
of pleasure In her spare hours than
he nsed to. Sometimes, no doubt, she
becomes a mere pleasure-seeker.
Glrla More Independent Today.
I remember some time ago asking a
gentleman how he and his wife passed
the long evenings. "I read the news
papers till I fall asleep." he replied.
"and the wife amuses herself mending
something."
The modern girl will do her share of
"mending something." but It strikes
her that 10 or 20 years of evenings of
that kind is a rather monotonous pros
pect. Girls today want brighter even
ings than that. The young man who
wants to get "her" to say "yes" needs
to be more interesting than he was
once upon a time or needs a longer
purse to supply the deficiency.
For good or evil the girl of today has
become vastly more Independent of
marriage because of her wage-earning
capacity. The girl who really does not
care to marry who imagines she has
some vocation in life to which mar
riage will be an obstacle has liberty
to go her own way. And she does.
Only the other day a girl said to me:
"Miss Libbey. I never shall get mar
ried. I haven't the . least intention of
ever marrying." Now. I daresay you
picture that young lady as plain, or at
least unattractive, and one who has
turned her back upon the 20s a con
siderable time ago. ,
Looka for Fair Exchange.
Nothing of the sort. She Is 22, re
markably pretty and sensible, with the
exception of her too decisive stand on
a matter over which she has not entire
control. In spite of the girl's assertion,
I know her to possess naturally the
home making Instincts, and I am sure
some man will lead her away from the
commercial Into the home making
world before she Is much older. At
present, however, she think- she will
be happier without a husband.
To the modern girl marriage does
not mean "happy ever after." She has
really are that marriage does not
change them into paragons of virtue,
thoughtfulness, and kindness. She be
lieves that marriage is a partnership,
and as a partner she has a right to
expect as much in the man as he ex
pects in her.
The argument that single women are
influenced largely In their choice of
single life by the awful examples of
domestic shipwreck the newspapers
chronicle is entirely wrong. Girls of
today are far too sensible to Judge
husbands by these examples. Their be
lief is that husbands are as good as
they ever were and better In many
ways: but in accepting a husband the
girl of today looks to an Improvement
in her own condition, or at least a fair
exchange, rather than to any state of
retrogression.
The young lady who has been ac
customed to daily excursions into town
and the hurry and bustle of the world
no doubt looks upon existence In a
little suburban home or an isolated
flat as likely to be abominably dull.
That feeling makes her shy of mar
riage. "
She has not the advantage of her
mother or her grandmother in keep
ing" occupied with her housework all
the time. For the work in the home
today is almost one-half lighter than it
was 20 or 30 years ago. And every
one knows that to keep a woman con
tented and happy she must be kept
busy.
Ontha Amount to But Little.
There Is another reason why the
business girl so often turns a cold eye
upon the unhappy gentleman who
seeks her as his wife.
A very large number of men of the
come to know better what husbands I type the wideawake, keen girl is
the object of which Is to bind
life and the type that wins her admir- them together under a solemn promise
t k that they never will be deluded into
matrimony. Of course, that is an old
ation and respect have found out how 1
remarkably easy It is for them to pro
vide for themseives. The rooms of
their bachelor apartments are Btocked
with every time and labor-saving
device, to say 'nothing of the home
comforts. They do not seem to feel
the need of a "ministering angel." So
the girl prefers to go on alone rather
than to become the life partner of a
man she finds uninteresting and who
commands neither her respect nor ad
miration. There even are associations now in
England, in France, Germany and the
United States formed among young
Idea, as far as men go. My knowledge
of men who have become members of
such clubs, however, has been that at
the end of a few months they got mar
ried. Nothing seems so certain to bring
about a young man s meeting with tne
"best girl In the world" as putting him
under oath not to get married.
Even more certain is this the out
come with the members of anti-mar
riage associations among young wom
en. If a young man looks with longing
eyes in the direction of a member of
such an organization he need not be
afraid to pop the question. And he
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WHAT YOU 5AY DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU
ALSO. IN A DEGREE. ON HOW YOU EAT IT
Ice Cream Is Suggested for
Choleric Statesmen Many
Men Are Wishing for Their
Mothers-in-Law to Lose Their
Appetites Restaurants May
Install Separate Departments
for Actors, Singers and Sales
men. rS you eat so shall you speak!
When a chap says "Beat It!"
you've got his number. He's been
eating whipped cream!
Now. don't argue! The whole matter
was talked over and decided upon by
a convention of public speakers, held
In Pittsburg last week. It was settled
definitely that when it comes to ora
tory, the grub's the thing. T.ettuee for
fresh, crisp argument. Onions for the
strong appeal. Green peas for rolling
sentences. It's as clear as the city
where they decided It.
The only wonder is that someone did
not figure the matter out long ago. It's
about aa obvious a. discovery as ever
startled a dizzy civilisation. Thousands
of things prove It. Look at the Chinese
as an unquestionable example. They
eat chop suey a mixture of everything
but the curtains; and pipe the talk of
them. It sounds like an intoxicated
disk machine.
On the other hand (gesture) pipe the
subway guard. He has to eat hurriedly
Just a snatch here and there and
could the result be other than Just what
occurs? "Forty-furalty stwee, J'step."
Exact duplicate of the snatched
lunch.
With the rare business acumen which
Is ever present with American food pro
viders. It Is only a matter of days when
the new condition will be amply pro
- vlded for. Kestaurants will be out off
In stalls and your d:et will be furnished
with due consideration for the work be
fore you.
There will be booths for . statesmen,
auctioneers, actors, lovers, financiers,
promoters and every one else who is
likely to be called upon to say a few
words. The food will be so arranged
that the diner cannot go wrong, any
thing in his particular department may
be eaten without restraint and he may
be certain that it is good for what alls
him. Financiers may eat kale, sugar,
doughnuts, etc Lovers of sweetmeats,
honey and niarshmallows and all of the
others will be equally considered.
The discoverers of the late and val
uable dope on how to be a howling suc
cess go further In their assertions,
arguing that the amount of food con-
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sumed by the ultimate consumer deter
mines his loquacity. If he talks con
stantly he is a glutton. If he has dys-
acute until after the California wrangle
has been settled definitely, for it is
clear that one hearty meal by the Sec-
pepsia he's a . dam. If he eats small retary might throw the whole country
meals he's there wtth the small talk.
Any way you figure ithe meal is the
lever of the tongue. Tou can't beat It.
It Is no longer a mystery why every
town in the country is anxious to draw
a political convention. The movement is
backed by the restaurateurs, of course.
When one considers the tons of oral
chatter that emanate from a convention
hall it Is evident that the previous
stowing away of menus means fortunes
for the fathers of the fodder graft. And
who can doubt that the principal ele
ment of these meals is steer or in the
lesser hotels bull.
There will be many cynical persons
who upon hearing of the new diagnosis
will pray that the Secretary of State
go off his feed indefinitely. They will
pray that his dyspepsia be particularly
into a turmoil. He proved himself a
heavy eater long years ago.
In clearing up old mysteries, It would
be unfair to overlook the strange case
of C. Francis Murphy, the somewhat
widely known political personage. For
years he has had a neat little state
ment ready at a moment's notice when
there has been inquiry as to why any
thing did or did not happen. "Nothing
to say." And yet fellow diners have
sat beside him at banquets for years
and never found the combination. Oys
ters! What clearer -cut argument could
there be for the new theory, than the
well-known conduct of those who have
been riddled with Cupid's buckshot?
What wall-eyed, sway-spoken Iothario
ever dared to totter into the presence
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of his loving Angeline on any auspi
cious occasion without bringing an
armload of sticky caramels or some
other variety of angel food? And as
soon as the sweetmeat is consumed,
who dares to stand by and further test
the theory? The poor boob, and he al
ways thought It was his heart.
What - countless numbers of good
hearted martyrs have spent sad and
unprofitable evenings with friends
listening to the pathetic mooing of
some adored son or daughter who had
studied abroad! As they sat back in
their chairs, convinced that the marvel
of the fond parents should be given
relief, even if it required an operation,
how little did they realize the cause of
tho vocal clamor. Cowmeat! When
birdseed and milk alone could have
helped the shrieking offspring.
The solution of the situation In Mex
ico has been found. How could the
place be other than a hotbed under
present conditions? Every one of the
If You Eat Quick Lunches You
Will Mumble Your Words,
the Man Who Eats Camem
bert Is Likely to Use Strong
Language and the Man Who
Eats Nothing at All Will Soon
Be Speechless, as Everybody
Knows.
natives not too busy stabbing a neigh
bor kills off the time putting away
sundry platters of Junk seasoned with
tabasco. Not one of the traitorous
statesmen of the chronic home of war
fare had the right idea. Ice cream!
The system of feeding in the Hoos
Gow must be revised forthwith. Hardly
a day passes by but some new stunt is
tried with a view to reclaiming crim
inals. It has been found that a sen
tence of from 30 to 40 years in the
village bungalow only serves to make
a prisoner impatient. When he com
pletes his term he has learned several
valuable new methods of getting the
money and leaves his tasteful little
cell with a bright smile and a new
blackjack. A few days after his re
lease he has earned a thousand or
more years in addition if they get
him. Yet prisoners are sometimes given
pretzels. It sounds crooked.
Trades people are sitting up nights
since the orators found the cure. Some
of them who cater to our very nicest
people are hoping that some well
meaning chef will dope out something
nifty in the way of a salad of forget-me-nots.
Many tailors have come for
ward with the statement that their
customers must simply exist on beets.
It's possible, Watson nay, probable.
Some of the progressives of the new
school are inclined to believe that the
matter of diet should be also consid
ered' by those who are to hear speeches
or performances. There is a possibil
ity that the restaurants along Broad
way will make it convenient to serve
food calculated to prepare the con
sumer for a bit of musical comedy,
burlesque or a problem play. It would
be simple. Say, for instance, a snack
of chicken and some shrimps for the
musical comedy crank, hash in prepara
tion for a problem play or a bite of
undressed salad for the burlesque boy.
It sure does revolutionize a lot of
things, but, as is true of many theories
and discoveries, It has one flaw. One
instance where it doesn't work out.
We'll have to be patient with it, though,
in' this one instance. When Mrs. Fank
hurst got out the other day she hadn't
had a thing to eat for a long, long
time. And the first thing she said
when she got out mind you, the first
thing she said, you understand well,
it can't be printed. But It leaves a
suspicion that some one coaxed her to
eat a melancholy egg.
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should pop it at once before she haw
time to marry some one else.
So for a number of reasons some
good and some bad the modern girl
sometimes turns a cold eye on matri
mony. Whether it will prove for her
Increased happiness In the end is
doubtful. This is something each young:
woman must decide for herself.
But there is one kind of young lady
for whom a rather dismal fate must
be predicted. She Is the girl who
doesn't intend to marry because mar-rin--.
means duties that will interfera
with her "rattling good times.'
Remarkable Power of the Automobile
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PROBABLY no more remarkable feat
has been performed recently by an
automobile than that shown in the
accompanying illustration. The local
agent of a well-known car in Los
Angeles gave a demonstration of the
pulling strength of his machine by at
taching it, by means of a rope run
ning from the rear axle of the car to
the pilot of a 110-ton locomotive and
drawing the locomotive along the
track.
The start was made from a dead
standstill and it was first thought im
possible to move the great mass of
iron and steel, as the wheels of the
auto slipped badly and the locomotive
seemed to be glued to the track. After
weighting down the car with six good,
sized men. however, the tires took a
firmer hold and after a long, steady
strain the wheels of the loccwnotlve bo.
gan slowly to revolve.
The accomplishment of the tasK is
testified to by a number of witnesses
who at first declared it impossible and
looked for the breaking of the rear
axle or the pulling out of the entire
end of the car. The engine was got
ten under way, however, and drawn
for some distance down the track with,
out injury to the automobile In any
way.
Balloon Goes Up 121,000 Feet
The limit to which manned balloons
can ascend is about 30,000 feet, but a
sounding balloon lately sent up in Italy
at the University of Vavia reached a
height of 121,000 feet, or nearly 23
miles. The sounding balloons, the mod
ernrdevice for exploring the upper air,
are usually bags of silk or rubber,
about six feet In diameter, filled with
hydrogen gas.
They rise until the pressure of the gas
causes them to collapse or explode, and
a parachute then brings down safely the
story of the air passed through, as tak
en down automatically by a special ap
paratus. This apparatus, called a
"meteorgraph," combines several Instru
ments in one. It has an accurate chro
nograph for time, an aneroid barom
eter for height or atmospheric pressure,
a metallic thermometer for temperature,
a hair hygrometer for relative humid
ty, and an anemometer for wind ve
locity, and each Instrument gives a con
tinuous record by means of a pen rest
ing on a rotating cylinder covered with
ruled paper.
The most remarkable fact shown by
these balloon soundings of the last 10
or 12 years is that the air exists in two
very distinct layers. In the lower layer.
or "troposphere," the air cools about 1
degree Fahrenheit for each 300 feet ot
ascent; but in the upper or isothermal
layer, or "Stratosphere," further ascent
gives stationary or rising temperature.
The upper limit of the isothermal
layer is unknown. The lower limit
lower in Winter than in Summer has
an average height of about six miles in
middle latitude, but is lower near the
poles, and reaches a great height at tho
equator. The temperature of this lay
er ranges from 60 degrees F. below zero
In Summer to 71 degrees below In
Winter.
Walks With Water Boots.
The latest of the numerous attempts
to construct water boots for working
on the water Is credited to a German
cabinetmaker. He has experimented on
Lake Ammer, in Bavaria, and has
walked across the lake about two miles
in two hours. The propelling device is
a series of three paddles, mounted on
hinges, on the side of each boot. A slid
ing mechanism causes these paddles to
give a forward motion, like that of
skating, as the foot Is moved, an up
right stick m each shoe steadying the
walker.
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