Show JJ t ricke i c J v I I Are You Yoga One of Them AnI An I Iy American Writers Bitter i Astonishing Attack Upon IiI American Womanhood T It was 1 i i mi py t to The Vampire Woman d pa I Iii Iiii i I I It j hear ii ears Edna to a the Brainless Woman the k t J sonatas playing Woman II AVID AVIH PHILLIPS Has boa basa I D written a towel vel 1 Ih Hu H Hf f bands Story to which is ia th the most mart rueH candid expos ex of ot the lal climber limber and h her r m bod va writ written ten The book I t a 90 arraignment arraign I struggling ment at of a elfish b a 1 husband and the t tore mere m r who hav having bavine having of h ICe ife a I ing ine flattened all h b her r other oher ambition S persuades her hu h to jo buy bUT an u anfor sad d dI I j for their daughter aDd aad Ml divorces CN bet bar bett hett t husband that she ahe may marry marl an t Italian prince J 3 The fhe author a ou and end handsome b 1 bachelor r prudently if mains r in Ia Ku rope while the woe wave of indignation td I started by i h his sees B bunk breaks in ht his bM h hI own y Ha Has he deplete in to toS i it I Edna u rel rek an isol ted d cars ar or hoe has hoeh hashe Ushe t S he sh s h n a type t c common lumen in t this count Indignant American wom worn women wornell women I en ell ht hI declared Edna la z a monster mon monter ter ster of ut the authors creati i 1 Cool cem c critics it ts s of or American women fh Le JM ll i h is te not overdrawn o 11 nr The reader flader In may draw his hili own ow JI from th the the from tl U book bock b ok that follow which wl ek are reproduced hen b fc It per p of ot the publisher D O Appleton do Co TUB HUSBANDS DS STORY By U Phillips Copyright Ul lUI by S Co CoS CoOME OME E day some aonie one will write SOUK S true on the subject ct of O 0 You remember the story tit of f the girl 11 rum irom Lapland who I d 1 f tur fr r a place pl ce as servant sent in n New NewYork NewYork fw York anti ind when th they asked her bar what bat i l she lIbe huld do sh she h said I 1 dot can milk tae Lav t I to toj u uJ tier J I ver er Mar Mer the tale word ed I k of that girl en IDI Mir Wf ut of t t e c spent at to toe e uv tl and of i th u ic time r nr in college daM class roc roen oo is Rivet i t things thing about ab at aa as Tain ahle iMe bie to a citizen n of this world as I the lii Lyp girls girl to a New Yorio If It an nay IllY one tells tell you Ou u that those V lu ss s things thine ar are culture tell teU him that uly Illy an aft ignorance still becalmed In So the th dents mediaeval m Ua VAl 1 fog tog would talk r f such uch twaddle tell him hi that science r has baa ha t taught lUi us what common sense ense has haa anaya awaya that there is no noE E beauty divorced from trem lise lisei Us i f It w ni s pleasant to my ignorant ears U to 0 hear bear Edna Jodna playing sonatas and aDd eI and dead marches marchesand marchesand and aDd all ail manner of loud load and difficult pieces J eee Such Su b sounds issuing from the humble and not too clean Wheat lands house gave it an at atmo iri of put Tut tone into Ill whole J neighborhood d elevated the Wheat tends lands family JIM Ilka a papaw cellar on the ilie calico shirt of It a farmhand If It we look at ourselves ours l 18 rightly we w hoor n or mattering seekers after atter a little sho k kothera ne e a ewy of at Ont one kind or an another another other othera a of French Frencha a dabble dt It lo of ot Latin or Greek Gr e a sputter 1 of philosophy how like the paper farm hand we are hw hew h Uke Ike t the with a u plug bat hat atop his naked brown body I 1 worked hare hara My salary went up to fifteen hundred to two thousand to hundred Now said Edna Dma perhaps pe ap youl get hands that wont look took like a laboring man How can On I 1 hope to make nice friends when Ive a husband with broken fingert finger t Our expenses continued to outrun my salary Jal but I 1 was not especially worried for I began to realise that I had the moneymaking talent i i Three children were born only the I first Margot lived Looking beck back beckI I upon those six rix years yean yea of our married life r T see Me after alter the first year only a aco contused co repellent repellant m ae of oC illness II i with nu deaths doctors doctor quarrels clothes clothe a servants ervan l untidy rooms and slovenly peevish wife with myself watching it all in a helpless way wa thinking it must be the normal natural outer order of ot domestic dom lc life lite which indeed Ind it is III In America and nd wondering where and how it was to end I f hate these thelle Jersey towns said sold Edna petulantly I dont think Mar lar Margot Margot got would woul get et the right sort of or social influence in them themAs the theAs As soon as II she saM said social Influence Influence ence enee I should have hav understood the i whole business Now Mow one of ot the discoveries dt 8 about my m r wife ie wile sd d and ana a maA a e nd boen that tbt she shew was waa w mad literally mad on the tho subject II of social metal That means she aha was ef of the tte disease of being bent beat upon associating by hook or by b I crook rook with people whose strongest desire de lre seems Mema to be not to associate with you This plague lacue does dues not spare the male population by no means But it rages in and ravages the female population population population lation almost to a woman Our wom women en take incidental interest or no in interest interest terest in their homes hom in their hus husbands husbands bands blind in their children Their hearts are centered upon social position and of course the mone qu necessary nece necessary essary e ary to attaining or to keeping it ft The women who are in spend all their time whatever they may seem to be about in spitting upon and ad kick kicking kickIng kickIng ing in the faces faes of the women who are trying to get in The women who I are arf trying to to get in spend their Rh hl lr t tm m in m smiling and cringing ringing and imploring end and nd plotting and when It seems expedient threatening and compelling Probe to the bottom If you OU have havo acuteness enough which you probably probe to the bottom any of ot th the activities of the Amer woman I 1 care not what it maybe may maybe ma mabe be and you will discover the bacillus of oC social position po biting merrily away at her If It she ahe goes to church or to a lecture or r a concert if she the goes gO ll calling call can calling canIne ing Ine or stays at home if she joins a suffrage movement or a tenement reform re reform reform form propaganda or refuses to join if It she he dresses noisily or plainly If she shuns society or seeks it if It she keeps house rouse or leaves eaves eave housekeeping to servant roaches roach and mice if she cotes cales for cr er neglects her children if she ahe pets her husband hu band or 01 displaces him with another no matter what She m mI I does it Is la at the behest of ot the tho posen pol en enI I flowing through brain and vein from fromI the bacillus She thinks I by b doing whatever she does she will somehow some ow make her position more i brilliant or less leas Insecure In or having no nu i position po at t all will gain oneA one oneA I A couple of years after atter we were i married my wife stopped me when hen I 1 Iwas Iwas I was wail telling t her what had happened haI at atthe atthe ithe the office that day as was w my habit I You ought to leave all aU those tho things when you come CORle tome home said mid I she We e were forever changing cooks The food that came to our table was I something atrocious I heard the I same Bame complaint from all my married associates at the office even from the higher officials atheists who were rich men and lived in great state stale They too had American wives In the markets and 1114 shops I saw IW as all I passed along all aU sorts sort of attractive things gs to eat and f real quality I 1 wondered why we never had those thOi things on our table Heaven Ryen k ws we spent r money enough The time came when I 1 got gota a clue to the mystery One day Edna said Mid Ive been doing do doing doIng ing my m housekeeping hou altogether by telephone I 1 think Ill stop it except on rainy days da and when I 1 I dont feel well By telephone I I laughed laug ed to myself No wonder we had poor stuff and paid th the tha prices tor for it It T I thought thou ht a while i u ti then e t to satisfy satiety ti t my m curiosity cur sU began to ask aak questions very Yer cautious cautiously ly Iy for Edna was extremely touchy as we all are in matters where in our hearts h we know we are In the wrong Do you Ou remember what kind of ot otrange range we have in our kitchen I asked I J exclaimed she disgustedly disgusted I Certainly not I 1 been down downto to the kitchen since we first moved into this house Ive something betterto better betterto b to do than to meddle with the servants servant servants ants ant Naturally said I soothingly And AndI I 1 let her see that her confusion 1 amused d me What if It 4 tl man tried torun to torun I I run his hili business in that fashion And I ordering by telephone Why Vh it was wasI an invitation to the to I swindle us in every way wa But I said nothing As usually either It was bad weather or r Edna was not feeling well or was wasill m In a rush to keep her society engage engagements meats ments The ordering for the house continued to be done by telephone when It was not left entirely to the aisi i of the servants One morn morning morning ing it so happened that she and I 1 left tine thE house at the same time Said she Im on my m way to do the market marketIng marketIng marketing Ing Its a terrible nuisance and I know so little about those things But Buti its i coming Corning to be regarded as fashionable fashion fashionable fashionable able for a woman to do her own mar marketing marketing marketing Some of the best families people with their own carriages and a d servants in livery some of or the swell swan est ladies ladles in Brooklyn do it now no Its a fad from across acro the river You must be careful not to over overtax overtax overtax tax yourself said I Presently Pr we were at nt the butcher shop 1 I paused in the doorway while she engaged in her arduous labor Jabor Here is the conversation Good morning Mr Toomey Very gracious the lady speaking to the trades person Good morning maam Fat littie lit little little tle tie butcher touching cracked and bro hand band to hat respectfully That lamb Jamb you sent yesterday was tough Sorry maam but those kind of ot things will happen you know Most Host flatteringly humble of ot manner Yes I know Do your our best Im sure you try to please Send me melet let me see say two chickens for tor broil broiling broilIng broilIng ing pick out nice ones 41 Yes Indeed maam Ill attend to It If myself And Ana something for tOl the servants You know what they like Uke Yes Yea maam Ill attend to It And not overcharge will you I maam Ivo Ive been dealing with ladles ladies for tor twenty years ears right here maam I never novar r have overcharged I know All the ladles ladies tell me youre oure honest I feel tee safe sate with you Let me see there were w re some other things But Im rm in n a hurry The cook will tell your our boy buy when he takes what Ive ordered be sure ure to give me the best Id not dare daro send anything else elso to you ou maam Groveling A gracious smile a gracious nod and anil Edna rejoined me meE Ednas E nas next stop was at the grocers t I 1 had not the courage to halt baIt and listen I 1 knew it would OUd be a repetition tion of the grotesque grote que interview with the butcher And she undoubtedly a clever olever woman alert improving What Whai hat hata a mystery I went on to my office That day da without giving my m acquaint acquaintances ances anees there an inkling of or what was in my mind I 1 made Inquiries Into how their wives spent the money mone that went for food the most Important item in inthe inthe Inthe the spending of ot incomes under ten or twelve thousand a year In every over case the wife or the mother did the market in lug by telephone Now for New York I New York said I L What hat does doM that mean I Ie We e are going to live in New NewYork NewYork ew York replied she ahe I But we do live in New ew York Brooklyn is part of New York Legally Le lIY I 1 suppose It is ts replied she ahe But nut morally morall and aesthetically socially and In every oth civilized way my m dear Godfrey it is part of ot the backwoods I 1 can call hardly waitto wait vaU waitto to get away aay How rarely in our country do you find a woman who is an Interesting companion for a man except as fe te female male and male pair or survey the prospect or pairing And it matters mattera not what lIat line of activity the th man is taking business politics p literature Uter ura art even The women 1 the eternally talking about their su superiority superiority i to the business s man but do I Ithe they the get along any an better with an artist unless s he is cultivating the tho woman for tor the sake of an order for a picture Is there any line of at serious endeavor In which an American woman wom woman woman an is interesting and helpful and companionable to a man I can get along very cry well with an artist I 1 have hae one ono friend who Is a writer of novels another who is a writer of ot plays plas a third who is a sculptor They are in interested interested tere ted in my ml work and I 1 in theirs We talk together on a basis of equal interest and we give ouch each other ideas Can any an American Amerlean woman say the same I 1 dont inquire a negative answer I 1 simply put the question To be a lady ladya a practical expert lady replied Edna what going to Miss Hiss school forAnd for forAnd forAnd And when she comes out shell be the equal of ot girls who have hae generations of ot culture and breeding behind them God bless blue me cried I laughing This Hyper woman must be a won wo der dor She is declared Edna It was a great favor her letting Margot into the school Oh I remember said I She do it until I 1 got two of the directors of ot the road to insist on it But I 1 guess that was merely merel a a bluff of hers to lSe us for a 0 few hundreds hun hundreds hundreds extra Do you see Mary Marl said my wife Ite the most conspicuous female in sight said I 1 a 0 credit to tous tous us tie I must have been mad groaned Edna to give ghe her a holiday Al AI Always AIwas Always ways was in the way I never do a generous gen generous generous erous kindhearted thing that I 1 dont have to pay for It ItI ItI itI I I dont follow tollow you said I L She hates us explained Edna I Cooks Irish cooks invariably hate the families they draw wages from dogging us How can you ou be so Ignorant of ot I V 41 If All the ladies tell me youre honest the world cried Edna in hi a frenzy of exasperation Oh drive me mad with your our stupidity Cant you fOU fOUr realize r hew haw low fashionable peaple are The girls who were her friends so long as aa they were all mere Rive chil children children children dren are now taking a H de delight delight delight light in snubbing her because sites I so pretty prett and wilt will be ban b an heiress es It gives them a sense sens of power to treat treather treather treather her aa as an inferior to make her suffer suf suffer ut utter fer ter The men meri are fool toola about the wom woman women an en and they let the women make fools of themselves t The men are foots foo but not about the tho women woman said ld Arm Armitage Its ge How much time and thought for your fam tam family I Uy ily have you averaged dally daily in the last ten years yer Ive been busy said I Ive had to look looR out for tor the bread and aDd butter you OU know The American woman is hopeless said sall he Her vanity is hopeless so long Jont longas Jonta as a the American man will give her liar herthe herthe the money mone to buy flattery at home and abroad for so long as 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