Show I 1 I Other Points of View I IA A X It Il will not nol be difficult cull for American merican girls sirls on this side of or time the Atlantic ocean to fin find comfort in time the discovery diSCOs disco ery elT of oC a I correspondent In Franco France that thal French girls have havu r failed l cd to measure up to the American Ideal as wives and antI that our young men will return heart hearl whole an and fancy ane free Cree prepared in the tho normal course of or events to see seek life liCe companions among amonS' their own people We 0 never nC h havo 1 doubted it it regarding the thc American expeditionary force as a a. whole Tho The American girl at no time lime has be beon n nIn in very cry great danger of or losing her liar hold upon the American Amen Ameri an can man That tho number of oC International marriages has been negligible Is surprising only to those who have given gl Iven no thought to tho limo relationship of oC helpful equality of husbands husban s an and amid wives in America An Au arm army officer why who Is quoted b by the tIme correspondent gave gao an accurate definition defini lion tion of oC t the c difference between American girls S and amid all other girls 1118 when he me sal said the time former Is moro more than a housekeeper and more tl a c cook ok or business p partner or ox mother of r children she children sho is also a companion an and a apal apaL pal It would be c profitless to discuss the relative merits of oC the young oun women of arI various us nationalities as ns wives Jn ln inthe the long run each is probably 3 l er very ery near to that which she sue needs 5 to be to meet the time requirements of or her own peculiar station So 0 far Car as civilization cl consists In adaptability women a are c e un universally universally more more civilized than men Wo We haven't much doubt time tho I French rench girl sirl upon tho whole makes tho the h best liest wife wilc for a a. Frenchman English girls g have hao managed their Englishmen rather well it will bo be conceded b by the close observer of or events e The German fits snugly snug into Inlo the time German scheme of oC materialistic materialistic material material- efficiency and so HO on on But tho the American woman Is the pro product of or American environment en and evolution in In which her men also h have he e shared nn and it Is not tho the accident ned acci dent of or a. a nm m moment ment that has fitted her in a n. special sense to be bo the time wife of ot an American The TIme danger point was passed when the m Ovell of ot those foreign rivals of oC our girls s at home ad l worn awa away There Is a a. certain piquancy In newness an appeal to love lo of oC adventure which might conceivably carry corn a a. off ocr his feet figuratively speaking in time the early emotional I moments of ot his is isolation bu but buh it would not possess the solid properties necessary to endure reflection For For notwithstanding not not- withstanding withstanding- our outS disturbing disturbing- divorce statistics It II is pro probably probably ahl ably true th that t most Americans do re regard marriage C an antho and tho time home homo with deep seriousness And those who have havo alcoa n time to think it over o will bo ho unlikely to conclude that any other other than titan an Am American woman is the tho ideal wife for an American man It Is unnecessary as has been suggested to discuss relative virtues of or time Aho he women of oC different countries The suitability of women t as wives and wives and of men mon as husbands husbands- an s- s lies not In monopoly of or excellencies but In Jn compatibilities ties lies which are tho the products of ot local evolution and amid which have hae b been en of or slow growth rot The solid comforts of or married companionship are arc not to bo be found in an army any virtue I but In the suitability of merits and demerits alike Tho Time especial charms of oC tho the American girl deserve a 3 book b by themselves but but the security of or her position lies in th tho fact that she is an American girl Just th that t and no more or less The TIme captious s critic will say cay a that International ll marriages marriages mar mar- are not uncommon and that in modified forms Corms they thc a are c- c taking place in our country eVer every day But time tho rUIe rule Is ia only tested by time the exceptions to it It and nd prevailing practice tice favors tho the conclusion that American li men are con con- The number of 01 our soldiers who will living wives ih home with them theta is Js relatively ei small and already ha has passed the peak peale Fourteen out of oC fifteen soldiers who crimo wore were Interviewed on their thell arrival al at an Atlantic port theother the theother theother other day ay declared th that t Am American sills were good enough for them and wo we venture the guess that the time proportion as aJ a a. whole is much greater than that The Tho American girl gir l has man many problems much more worth worrying t over o than I the danger of wholesale marrI marriages bes abroad Portland Portland Ore Ore- gonian |