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Show grocery hill wasn't yet paid. Moat wives run the economic phase ot this nation's households.- even if husbands do earn the (vherewithalii THK PLUS SEX Woman as "the plus sex," the stronger sex. has appeared much of bite in the public press. azSwerlnk other recent outbreaks aboul woman as ;i weakling and physical incapable. incapa-ble. Among the strongest briefs fctt woman, the plus sex, is that of, a Dr. . Lanmonier wrltjng on p French journal. He says that science proves Constantly that women wo-men are mote resistant to death ami disease than -nien. He joints to the Eacl thai aaciire produces more men than women because more men did. He iwiints to the the greater number of widows than widowers of the sjime age. . r ... . "PIPK DOWN!" I doubt if women enjoy such revelations. rev-elations. If the truth becomes known, we will he expected to yield our seats In street ears to frail males: . to stoke the furnace .and mow the lawn, to say nothing of beating rugs; to open cans ami M-rew in new light bulbs in short, lose many of our ierrequisites because be-cause of our traditional "fraility." Who wants truth to reign, anyway any-way V THE WOMAN'S DAY Those who urate about "free love" lillnud easier marriage and divorce i 111 laws may be interested in a few I J figures from new Uussia. Russia's 111 I buirrine ami divorce laws of hue I have permitted men and women to t marry, divorce and remarry ill less IU lime than it takes to order and eat In dinner. Last year there were till NK.mi deserted wives iu Russia, I Is.ihmi wives asking support tor de- I l pendent children, and !MMKi women 1 bringing paternity suits against J "" " NICK KOI! SOMK SjJ Broad-minded Russia's martial Ii theory is similar to the theory of II most of our modern novelists the II theory that marriage should last l only as long as love, and that when. II love cools, marriage is off again, on again. Very broad-minded, truly, N )Ut what of women tied to born and unborn children and thus null nu-ll able to labor for hire? What of M starving children? Very nice when H you're the one whose love has cool-H cool-H fd: Dot s,, nbe when you're the one HI wliosc affections haven't cooled. Marriage laws, firm and fast Hi ones, give most protection to the HI greatest number concerned. You H oan't have your cake nnd cat it, too. HT You can't be free to quit and also I be protected from the quitting of I the ulher party. H1RK A HALL! Mnyfnir hostesses have received literally tile cry of "Hire a hall!" Strictly speaking, instead of hiring balls, they are hiring entire houses - for social affairs for which they own hotel suites and apartments ore inadequate. "It takes a house to make a homelike affair!" they nay. Let me see, haven't they been laying things about "the passing of ibe home?"' THOU SHALT NOT! ' The co-eds' ten commandments were recently compiled at a certain sorority convention. The code underwriters un-derwriters said that the ten thou sbalts and shalts not sought a neat balance between the ideals of men. mothers, and professors. I am sure that mothers would especially es-pecially cherish this one "Thou shalt kiss not more than twice an , veiling."' or "Thou shnlt not smoke the 'boy friend's' ctgarets.'' Here we have a iierfect example ,f vouth's agility at compromise of "getting in right" with as many parties as possible, rather than i leaving to any one vonviction of its own. COLONKI 'S LADY When the state of Texas thought that Governor Moody's pay should lie raised he vetoed the amendment whieb would raise bis pav from $4.-M0 $4.-M0 to $10,000. Bui his wife did not. Lesser wives will relish this tale, remembering the noble impulses of i their lesser husbands which they have checked, knowing that the |