Show t r x G 1 J I a t w 1 y 1 f h i a 4 Winifred Graham British Novelist Who Sees Danger in the Great r Superfluous Woman woman Problem ro an ano and Has as Heard r the e Cry of Lonesome 4 o Men Thinks That Official Matchmaking Might Be Tried L y I IE l' l E 7 1 r i j ici i Y t 1 d N i f t f f. f rr i r. r t. t 12 A r Y C i Y j rJ 1 A T 2 S g f tj Y S rl S S v k W l r t h f 5 if I Ii w. w 0 7 i- i 41 j I 9 1 When tale they come from far places 5 to 0 gi give a each other f the once over or really to m. m make k kha a bargain aln why SaS t S s v not o have the thing the thin ha happen en in to the official P Pr presence e. e r z r rf i f r AV V Y r. r v n yon y r- r rOt Ot v Mrs l Theodore Cory Who Vho Writes Novels as Winifred Graham Now in This Countr Coun- Coun gL it tr try and Ready to Think a Jarri I Marriage ge Bureau b- b Might light Be a 17 Very elT Good Thing GAi p x By Ethel 1 Thurston lr t I O O G has got to be done one about it it that that I j S is the thc impression one gets If you ou ever rca read Teall reada l 1 a a heap of lonesome letters you might join jon in inthis r. this belief yourself If I you were the mayor of a abig abig abisi big bisi cit city and received Cd aPP appeals eals to find wives for lonesome men in far places you would begin to uI understand If you ou looked over New York for far example the town which The uThe Great Desire calls THe cit City of the Successfully Single you would get bet et another slant And if you heard that awful r phrase repeated in all parts of the world superfluous super women you ou might really get bus busy It is made frankly plain that of marriage e is frowned upon by nations that los lost heavily in man power during durin the four years rears and amI anda a n half hal of or war All these governments view the surplus woman problem with anxiety Recently the thc little republic of Uru Uruguay a announced announced announced an an- an offer of or to every cery new bride so o anxious is that country with a population of ani only about fi five persons to the square mile to populate her rich and fertile lands s. s War Var worked havoc l v OC with Uruguay's population too immigration be be- being ing at a low ebb during the war var while her young youn g men left constantly for the European battlefields i many of ol th than n never to return In France the government is urging women to b bear ar more children but how can France with her ber largo large number of fine finc young oung marriageable marria g sons now dead expect to increase her population v very considerably without either importing marriageable marriage marriage- able men or su that her women embrace polygamy Problem of Superfluous Women Tomen Most English visitors to these shores will give cheerful accounts of how their government is adjusting adjusting ad- ad jesting this and that problem created by b S wars war's necessities but ask them what England intends to do with her two million surplus women and anti I- I lo lot their cheerfulness of ot manner gives way way to a ay r y blank stare while they answer I 41 reap really do no not t Y know t This puzzling question today is engaging the tho t f attention of half tho the world worM J Perhaps the solution of ot this gigantic problem y may may be found in the suggestion put forth I by Mrs Sirs Theodore Cory the well known English novelist m who writes under the name of Winifred Graham r. r If Miss Aliss liss Graham has to her credit 35 books of or r r fiction therefore fore one r readily dily understands how ft she can cnn b be an authority on questions of or romance J fi r. r and marriage particularly a as s her own o marriage J v which ha has lasted 13 years carA ha has been so fO very cry happy I wonder if every happily married woman hasn't t the instincts of a a. m matchmaker asked this beautiful and interesting young oung woman who arrived in this country countr recently for a short shott visit I 1 have hwe not only the she instincts instincts she frankly ad out but I 1 do believe 1 I could qualify for anat an nn at official atY position of matchmaker matchmaker- I J. 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J o i v k YI fD j 4 r ri f i I 91 g r F t t Ij r to i 1 Ay q 1 j re z fU fg J y t Yes iTes everything er e thing is all very nice and comfortable co in this girls' girls club clab in London but think of girls flocking ocI ng all by themselves playing themselves playing pool with themselves perhaps dancing with themselves in the evening Wouldn't you rOll Miss liss America get bet awfully lonesome in such a scene scene some success along this line among my friends for I think it is quite true that a woman who vho is is married and is happy longs to see sec see her girl friends as pleasantly established in life z Oh dear no I have no ambition to become known as the international matchmaker as you suggest laughed Mrs l Cory That would be a gigantic job wouldn't it now now But seriously I do believe that an International International International Marria Marriage o Bureau Burrau might become a n most useful institution I have ha given this considerable con thought at times because you see sec I became very much interested in the Mormon question I wrote a novel on it I have no patience with Mormonism and its tenets I 1 I do not think plural wives or plural husbands make for or the highest highes happiness or for or the best development dc of off humanity Consul as Cupids Cupid's Aid So So why not an an International Marriage Bureau where young oung men and I women who have no means of meeting and who may maj live a world worl apart may find their perfect mate through these means menns of ot communication I believe that such a n plan could be worked in connection with the consular service of ur the different countries explained 1 Mrs rs Cor Cory People go JO to their consuls with all sorts of o requests If their ambition is to be presented at court they hunt up the embassy if thc they arc are s seeking seek seek- eking ek- ek ing light on the integrity and character of someone someone someone some some- one with whom ho t they CY wish to co to business ss perhaps i L fL i l j lt I J ry P t I r f T t. t t f r rt or for other the consul some sonic reason they loo look up Now why shouldn't marriage which is by bj all odds the most important institution be aided through sonic some such well developed channels of information I If such a plan were ever everI I adopted women should be appointed as assistant consuls and put in charge char e of this work for women arc much more mor sympathetic I 1 think and also ruso the they have a n keen leen intuition that would be most v valuable in in a work of this sort l For or in great or example a young oung man your our western country or on the broad plains of Western Western Vestern West Vest ern Canada Cana 3 Australia or some South American countr country finds it difficult to meet the tho girl irl he ho would like to marry mam and the girl irl who would be bet t willing to share the loneliness of an isolated ranch or mine or pioneer railroad building or other de development development development de- de he could write to the country from Tom which ho he would like to choose a wife and make makein in inquiries I 1 suppose it would be necessary for him to send his photograph and ant swear to t the e statement of facts about his character and responsibility The girl could do the same Even in normal times there are arc young men in one part of the world who would like to marry many if th thy met the right girl anti and girls in another part hart equally anxious to have e a home of thi th their it ir own if the right man chanced to c mc ime alon along The whole question of matrimony is in gut get gutting g getting t- t tin ting the right mate Now I jean an think of t nothing nothing noth noth- lothine ing ine mora more than in brinl nl two young people people peo peo- to together w who o arc are going broin to live happily ever fr c 1 t t. t i. i L. L iii j 4 h 1 1 A r t t after said this young enthusiast on the subject subject sub sub- of marriage The very fact that marriage bureaus have been patronized very largely b by old and young oung rich Tieh and poor by b all sorts of o people shows that human beings are aTe ju just t Human uman beings Under government supervision ision such bureaus I believe could render ren er valuable service Governments have bureaus for giving givin freo free advice on animal plagues agricultural development develop develop- d development ment medical subjects and anti business prospects in foreign countries so why not a bureau which will deal with ith the basis of all life and enterprise 1 Referring to the large number of surplus wo women women nen in England which is around two million Mrs Cory voiced the opinion thou though h she said he was a high churchwoman herself that divorce should hould be m made de somewhat easier in England Simplify Divorce Laws The liThe divorce laws are very vcr hard hartl she said The person bringing the divorce complaint mu must t charge brutality or adultery People of good breeding breeding breed breed- ing who because of temperament or some other reason simply cannot get along together shrink from rom bringing such charges before tho the public A person who becomes involved in such pu public lic proceedings proceedings pro pro- cee ings in England is not so hi highly hl thou thought ht of after So people go on living apart for years ear sometimes till death claims one or th the other uther and then often the one left marries again If people cannot live U happily together tu it it hams n pity to drag out such an lU existence f J i ri i i 7 i T J bt ri I t doesn't it I know a titled gentleman of high position in England who has bas been separated from his liis wife for a quarter of a n. century Now Nov if f the these c met men t who arc nrc living apart from their wives could rould be released by the courts from rom their unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate un un- fortunate this action would release a number of men for the matrimonial market wouldn't it Why certain people marry ia is one of or the J mysteries o of l life c. c I recall a n most curious kind kindOL OL of engagement which existed during the war This young girl an acquaintance of mine beautiful beautiful beautiful ful ful a daughter of rich and nd socially powerful t people carefully reared confided to me recently that she had been secretly engaged to her fathers father's chauffeur She said her parents do not know to this day da- of their en engagement a ement She idolized this his F young oun man she said But shortly after nIter they be became be be- i came engaged he went to France After Aller the war he returned d to England and married a workman's workmans workmans workman's work work- mans man's daughter When the girt girl learned that he De had jilted her it broke c her heart This is an in instance Inv stance where if these young youn people and nad married the marriage doubtless would have havo ended di die dis ly Happiness in Clubs K KI Kr r the of or unmarried women omen I 1 believe great t arm army in England as ns a n rule are arc not particularly unhappy unhappy- 1 England is a n great place for rOle clubs There are working girls girls' emus and clubs for fol students Buring Dur Bur During During ing the war became accustomed to li living Cb yF 1 together in in France and In training I camps in England They derive dere der e great comfort Comor i and anti plc pleasure from this mode of living an and tb f it J. J gives Ji There have ha been of course heaps of marriages marriages mar roM tl since the Close of the war var But I believe a man is much more d pendent dependent on a woman for lor comfort and happiness than a woman is de dd dependent d pendent on a n mill mat They still tape of taxing bachelors in Ragland Rag Ens- land A t I do not think this is practicable It U s 1 would woul appear as an nn on personal lib lib- erty Now with a government marriage bureau burean bur aa i marria marriage c would be opt optional onal No man would be f forced in into o matrimony to escape a n heavy government government govern govern- ment tax and young oung people who were earnestly seeking a mate and a home o of their own and tb the 1 charm and independence and dignity that comes to a woman or man happily married could I believe be lieve in this way approach Romance through federal aid without losing sel self 4 |