4 WOMEN l ME N Should uld PRO P 5 SE F J r F F I iI i ff 1 J 1 r Naughty Miss America T HE E Am American rican girl is be beautiful highly Intellectual and charming says the i Viscount de Leche but she is too spoiled and too independent r Women in the United States have so sor r much power because the men are completely absorbed in business t The American man has little to discuss discuss dis- dis cuss with the European Europe n man It is his vl wife fe r 4 who carries on the conversation who has the social graces i I think it is because the American boy is trained by women that he i is not virile in ina a spirit spiritual al sense when he matures Society in America is of a very artificial kind It is based purely on money standards I am shocked at the way your your young women drink especially in New York Also they smoke too much and and do not even do it gracefully Marriage is on the decline judging from the increasing number of divorces and and dissatisfaction of married persons u H I r L B By Lillian lian G G. Genn t. t T TE HE VISCOUNT ALAIN DE LECHE believes it is fortunate for man that woman takes the initiative in iny iii y matters pertaining to love and marriage Fortunate because when man is in the throes of love he is not in a avery l very conscious state I 1 do not that mean he is unconscious the Viscount I hastened to the assure interviewer But it is merely that externally he is not ot at all conscious of what he is doing Woman though he continued with a smile is very ir conscious That is why she is better fitted to choose a matej mate j The fact that man is not always aware of what he i is doing is the reason why often find you so a man in love with a avery avery very ordinary and even vulgar woman Such an affair is not at all extraordinary It happens too frequently But if the woman should fall in love with a common man she sher r is regarded with horror It is as if she were selling her soul or consigning herself to perdition But you rarely see a r. r such Buch an instance Isn't it so It is only because woman is ismore r more conscious when she is in love You see the idea of f. f love is habitual more familiar and more necessary to her than it is to man And that is why she should always take the initiative in matters of love ti Do you also mean he was asked that woman should do the proposing t That she always does smiled the Viscount Of course I do not mean that that she she makes the outright declara- declara tion No she he is more subtle than that But it is always the woman who decides that the man should propose I speak k now not only of the American woman but of women in all th the civilized c countries un ri s. s And it is really best that t women do take the lead in that I f respect Man has never proved himself very capable of selecting r a mate Woman makes a better job of it it I I VISCOUNT DE LECHE Is a well VeIl c THE known French poet and writer and ana the descendant of an old aristocratic i I family His title dates from the days ot of r Louis XIV and his ancestral estates are located In the Province f Berry Has Although he Is 15 only 29 23 he has had seva several sev- sev a eral books of verse published and has f just completed a fiction book which Is based on his study ot American life It has alre dy been accepted for I tion by ss m American publisher The Viscount Vis- Vis i count coun is as been In this country for tor the thelast h 1 last S rk t months In order to collect mater mate mate- 3 r 1 for this book and since a good p part rt f of the locale is laid In Hollywood t he spent a few months In the film colony I studying life there He originally planned r J stay only s a. month but he found Hollywood Holly Holly- wood so fascinating that he prolonged his I visit Much as he admires our American Americano o movie actresses he Is not at all keen about the movies and deems them very ordinary In appearance the V Viscount count is quite different from the usual picture one has o of the typical Frenchman lIe Is tall ana blond with blue eyes and a fair comb com com- b One would take him at first glance for tor an Englishman If it were not for his graceful gestures and a rather f strong but charming French accent E f In all he Is a dashing handsome i ALL man with a suave manner and a winning win win- ring ning smile One can readily understand j why he has been so sought after atter by ambitious ambitious am- am parents since his arrival in this country He He h has s had entree to the wealth wealth- lest and most exclusive homes A young titled man who Is handsome brilliant and andI I rich would seem like quite the answer to any girls girl's prayers But although the Vis- Vis Mount Is high in his praise of the Amer Amer- Amer Dean girl and thinks she Is superior to tow tot t w C. C j MATRIMONY MATRIMONY- frt r I J Man Ma Has Never Proved Himself Very Capable o of f Selecting a ate A x II x Says the French Poet Viscount Alain de Leche ill y 4 Woman Makes a Better p pr's r A Job of It and Should i rs r's Always Take the f ii Initiative in Matters o of f Love Love 4 4 1 0 0 Vo tK-T tK 9 tr N f. f n nb 1 i 4 I j 0 v d t tI I b l i i it if t f r 1 t J Jl l' l I I d' d 11 Is r i l j- j If t l f 4 I Viscount Alain de Leche r French poet and author says J ft woman is better fitte to select 1 a mate than man because cause sh is r F mentally alert when in love lo while he is usually in a daze r other women he would not marry her Not that he is ready to marry Far from it But when the times Comes his wife will be selected from among his own coun- coun All this he dIscussed In apartment in a palatial hotel in New York between between be- be tween telephone cans calls and viSits from friends who came to see him before his departure for Paris The American girl he said is beautiful beautiful beau beau- highly intellectual and charming but she is 15 too spoiled and too independent inde- inde pendent Besides I do not personally believe in International marriages They are rarely fortunate or happy or of course If the girl has been brought up In Europe and Is steeped in the customs the tradItion traditions traditions' tion and the habits of the people she may be able to adapt herself nUt But her ways of living are so different She Is accustomed to so much freedom end lib lib- erty This is 15 true not only in the home but In the social and political world as well In Europe she would not occupy first place or have the opportunity to become become be- be come so active She would have to subdue subdue sub sub- due her personality to that of her husbands husbands hus- hus bands Women have so much power here because because be- be cause the men are completely absorbed In their business They do not mind leaving everything jJ in the hands f the women I have studied women in many countries countries coun- coun tries but nowhere have I I. I found any woman so extraordinarily evolved as the American woman Here one finds th the highest feminine intellectual standard Inthe in inthe the world But the American man is 15 not at all aU evolved He has far to gO before he Is fully developed d And so long as the habit of business Is uppermost In his life he will not he completely evolved There too you ou have the main cause for f r the difficulties In American marriages The men and the women are not on the same plane How then then- can they be nar- nar together They rhey haven't a mutual mu point ot of view Their contacts are different But the European woman oman generall generally gen gen- speaking is 15 on the same plane as the man fi T r t f 4 r w I Woman Roman actually does the choosing tow now according to Viscount de Leche Though she is too subtle actually to make tHe declaration a modern girl easily cajoles her sweetie to declare his love once she has made up her mind that she wants him The difference between the American man and woman is 13 very clearly seen when you go Into the simplest or 01 the wealthiest o of homes After a few minutes minutes' conversation conver- conver It Is the wife who has more to talk about to the European man than the husband It is not at aU all a a. question or of falling in love with him I am not discussing discussing dis- dis cussing that part of It at all I merely speak of the Intellectual plane The American man has little to discuss with the European man It is 15 his wife who carries the conversation who has the social graces It Is his wife too who brings up the children The husband only observes I 1 think It is because the American boy is trained by women that he Is not virile when he matures I do donot donot not mean that In a physical or sexual sense but rather in a spiritual sense sense JUST as the American woman Is very U much attracted to the European man so he In turn finds her quite Irre- Irre Many of my countrymen who have been living hers her for some time tell teU me that they will marry only American girls I do not blame bame them And If they become thoroughly Americanized it is well and gOOd They should make a happy marriage But It was ventured it is 15 usually claimed that while a Frenchman makes a good lover he Is not a good husband Sometimes smiled the Viscount de Leche we are very ery good husbands Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps not so gOOd as the American man But one must admit that the Frenchman Is more attentive to woman womac She can be very happy with a man who Is most attentive to her even it if he Is not so good a husband Perhaps it may be II one of the reasons why we do not have so many divorces Out Our women are more satisfied And since they are not very Independent they are not hard to manage like the American woman Although the Count does not believe In international marriages he sees no objection objection tion to Intermarriage between different classes of society France is 15 a bourgeois country We Wedo Wedo do not make such a distinction between the classes as you do in this country coudry With us the Duchess and the are the same Titles no longer mean much It is 15 what the man has accomplished accomplished or the character of the man himself himself him him- self that counts We think nothing at atall atall all of marriages between a member of nobility and a bourgeoisie Here though I 1 have noticed that there are usually strenuous objections when a girl or an heiress of a gr great at fortune wants to marry a. a She Is ostracized 1 if she marries harries out of her class It is 15 almost as it If she committed a crime And yet your society society so- so is o of a very artificial kind It Is based purely on money standards In Europe what we call society Is based Ot oa heredity on old and respected families It is not a a. question of money But in America you will find descendants 0 of old Colonial families ammes that were settled h here re before the Revolution and because they have no money they are not In society Breeding culture background all count for nothing Only the monetary monetary mon mon- standard exists for society To me It does not seem strange that the daughter of a wealthy family should want to marry a chauffeur She has no noI I real blue blood in her veins no inheritance inheritance inherit inherit- ance o of family or culture She cannot see why any distinction should exist between the chauffeur and herself hersel And she 15 right think that as America becomes more accustomed to Its wealth and power these class distinctions will willdie willdie die out Today aristocracy sees nothing wrong in marrying a commoner Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps society here will eventually feel the same way about it it itT T every other visitor to to these then shores the VIscount could not help remarking on the effect that prohibition prohibition tion has had or this country and on our young oung women in particular I am quite shocked he said at atthe t the way your young women drink At parties it Is not unusual to see them intoxicated Dont Don't they realize they will spoil their beauty Without a doubt the excessive drinking and the many parties will do great damage to them And contrary to what every one believes I did not see so much drinking In Holly Holly- wood They know how to take care of themselves In other States I have noticed noticed no- no they drink far more It is even evec worse than lt in New York The wom women n also smoke too much And they do not even smoke gracefully European women also smoke and drink but not to such excess Drinking has not the flavor for them that It has forthe for tor the American woman Here It has become become be- be come the style to become Intoxicated But I 1 suppose It Is all due to tion For nowhere else does one see women womer drink so much However added the Viscount with a twinkle In his ili eye prohibition has certainly taught America AmerIca Amer- Amer Ica how to mix good cocktails The Fren French h philosopher and poet Is also very much interested In the problem problem lem of marriage and he has already started to write a book on that subject He assured the interviewer it would be a very serious effort and that In it he would express his theories s as to the future fu fu- ture o of marriage J I 1 believe he said that marriage is on the decline It is 15 easy to see that from the increasing number of divorces and the general dissatisfaction of married married mar mar- ried persons Marriage has lost Its util- util Ity It was as origl originally ally based on the Id idea a f that women and children need pro protection tee tee- tion and on the Idea o of the home and o othe r the family But today woman womac Is not protected by man but by law Tomorrow It Is possible that the child will be protected protested pro pro- tested by society and he will no longer have need of the aid of his parents M Aa to the old Idea of the home It is already decayed at 1 its base by the industrial organization of present Then by what hat do you ou thi think k this institution In- In o of marriage will ill be replaced 7 ti he was questioned It is 13 difficult to foretell he replied 1 I 1 think that tentative experiments will made be-made such as companionate marriage These experiments tend toward a novel relationship between the sexes But this will be accomplished very slowly lowly The old traditional Institution ot of marriage marriage mar mar- will not survive in the long run It It exists today only In theory Why Because divorce practiced outright ht has i established to a certain degree an n actual 1 polygamy and except for tor retails the w spirit of marriage no longer exists Ira Tra- marrIage therefore will wUl be prat- prat r tired less and less As for what will become of the chI chit chit- s i s 4 dren I think that society will establish an organization of baby schools and baby nurseries The children will be brought tj up just as well wr they are today in their parents parents' homes Indeed many mothers do not know how to bring up their babies and many families do not offer the best examples to their children j jI I believe that t rational education will 3 strengthen the children morally and pays pays- The Spartan children were brou brought ht up that way and they were certainly splendid children CO by Ledger lAdDer