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M i c w I i r ri y r rf f r J 5 Other Woman And f rj I 1 4 1 y 5 J 54 ll nr r r f n. n 0 r wr r I l y f A While j tee I She Sh e 1 Is s Cl Clever ever f JQ d t H r 71 H S Man 1 Is s Wise use to o r r I Her Cleverness t. t s 's By Alice AliceL lee L Tildesley i es e Y nuns is leap year so 50 perhaps its it's only t natural that the screens screen's most desirable desirable desirable desir desir- able ba bachelor should be discussing love and matrimony Richard Dix tall handsome and thelast the thelast ti last word on what the well-dressed well young man should wear when being interviewed sat at in his bungalow dressing room and r gave away some of the deepest secrets ts of t this rw his sex And Ill I'll probably be mobbed for doing it lt he be commented comment d. d gayly The first secret t i t that men men are are a a. lot marter mart emar ter r than women think they are In fact tact men are a a. lot smarter than thanom y omen TOmen om n in some ways confided the dark- dark eyed star but they pretend they are not You have heard women say that men are j just st B great reat big boys They never grow up poor darlings they tell each other W Well Il men know that women think so and when it suits the book of an any particular male maleY Y he plays up to the lady and becomes Just Justa a a great big boy for tor his own protection I I 1 believe that all women or nearly I all women belong to an International league against men Perhaps they dont don't know that they have such a a. league but buti butaU i y all aU except a a. very few tew are members The 4 purpose of the organization is s to promote marriages Its It's a sort of subconscious Im Impulse Impulse Im- Im m- m pulse with all aU women to captivate an any and all likely candidates for tor matrimony If a woman is is is' happily married or is isk k beyond the marrying age she is ts out to get a man for tor some oth other r woman r The women of this gigantic club for example know Helen Zilch Maybe they M like her very much maybe they dont don't s know her very well but she's a nice girl girland r and she ought to be married Th Theres There's res re's Joe Doakes an eligible bachelor The women look at him and say to each other H Hes s 's been single quite long enough Its its it's time time- somebody got him Do him good t to get married Helens Helen's a nice girl She he deserves a man who can take care of her Joe shall shaIl marry h her r. r And i heaven help Joel help Joe Joel t giver sway way of secrets looked up 1 with his well known smile Maybe this Is bum psychology but Ive I've worked it out for myself especially t in th this s last week It seems to me that all wom women t get a a. kick out ost of ot making mar- mar nages No matter whether they are 18 or or 80 match match-m match making is their favorite indoor sport The women who dont don't belong to the j o International league against men are lone 1 wolves women with frigid dispositions who F ii have no normal emotions Perhaps their t t c p patents parents rents have ave put Inhibitions upon them f r 59 so that they are afraid to show any rr va warmth th in any rel relation At any rate rate all all t. t normal women belong to the league 1 r J Women think t they ey are so s so c clever I ever in inA hec a v A the way aaY they go about trapping a man nun re r elder eider an an more thorough knife e. e A L. L ey o A T Tt t N f Sf 4 t into the matrimonial net They have their little game that is 1 supposed to lure him safely to his doom without his knowing knowing know know- ing th that t there Is a a. trap within walking 4 distance And that's where a man is smarter smart r than the woman expects him to tobe tobe tobe be f for r though he ma not always see through her moves he knows that there Is a game being played and what at is the object of that game Then he begins to be very very wary cc IM TM M NOT Including the ordinary boob L who doesn't know the difference be between between between be- be tween love and passion There There are of course many simple souls who have thought themselves in love because nature set up a clamor the first time they held helda held a girls girl's hand This type of man us usually ally hadn't time to catch his lus breath before he said I will a and 1 i I do and now hes he's supporting supporting supporting sup sup- porting seven kids Aside from him however however however how how- ever men are not as gullible as women think them 7 It t seems to me that every v ry man has a so sort t. t of ot attic in his head head head-a. a strange little se secret ret room Into which he can go and shut and lock the door His mother his wU wife his sister and even his supervisor can knock but none of them can get In Here he stores up memories When women begin to to- play their clever little little- game these memories wake up four or five flye of them sit around In the little attic and lis listen n and look and say tl to each other Where have we heard that one before The man man nian stands stanis there smiling and the ladies nodding his head like one of the the Christmas donkeys you give to babies up and down up and down and all that the clever women say goes In one ear earl ear no no it doesn't even do that It goes right on past his ears on both sides of his head He doesn't hear what they say but he automatically puts In his Yes and Y Youre ure right whenever theres there's theresa a pause f x h n T I-T 4 AlY AlYA A- A w 5 r It It W OMEN think thyre thy they are re so clever in In n the way th they y g ga go o abo about t trapping trapping trap ping a man into the matrimonial matrimonial matrimonial matri matri- matri- matri net They have their little game same that is supposed to lure him safely to his doom without his knowing vin that there is a trap within walking distance And that that's s where a man man is smarter than the woman expect expects him t to be for th though he may not always' always see through her moves he knows that there i is a ga game e being played and what is is' the object of that game Then he begins b to be very very wary Richard Dix The game does the poor girl that Itis it itis itis is supposed to help more harm than good Or 1 if it doesn't do her harm It doesn't do her any good The members of the international league work this way Having decided on the proper mate for a notoriously single man they take him by the arm armand arm armand armand and gently lead him aside a a. lovely girl they sigh He agrees If It he has eyes he knows that already r U And she's so good to her old auntie you know they go on He nods his nis head Im I'm sure she is Perfectly charming And he retires to his attic room He knows that the intention is to get him to marry the lovely girl and from that minute she is simply out of the running Rl Richard hard Dix admits that the questions i iVi Vi Viz z s ys r asked him by the fans tans that submerge submerge submerge sub sub- merge the Paramount postman with letters for their favorites are Why d dont don't nt you get married d and When are you going to get married 1 Ive nearly done it several times mean I think I I. I would have fallen hard more than once if it hadn't been for the eternal game he he c confessed sS d naively JUst a few months ago there was a girl gIrl she she's s gone b back ck home hom now but I 1 thought I liked her a lot at first tl ER mother ruined the affair She Shew HER tJ- tJ w was s always around She was al always always always al- al ways cautioning Now you be sure you bring her home at 11 o'clock As if f the right kind of man who had the right kind of thoughts about her daughter wouldn't bring her home at 11 Hell He'll do the right thing because he wants to do it Nob Nobody dy needs to tell him to take care of the girl If a a. man Is hard hit his first Impulse impulse Im lm- im- im pt pulse lse is to protect the object of his tion Protection from everything everything even even evena a br breath ath of gossip I kno know that hat if I had a daughter Id I'd insist 01 on having a a. look at the young men who came around to take her out Id I'd have a go good d look and if It I didn't like what I saw Id I'd say Mary youre you're not going anywhere any time with that youth No not as tar far as the frOnt front fence fencel But If I saw that he was all aJl right Id I'd shut up and get out He lounged on the gay-covered gay couch In the dressing room attitude manner and smile all those of the great big bOYhe boy boyhe boyhe he so vigorously maintains th t men are not Im talking as It if I knew all aU about everything he observed d. d Act Actually a lY I 1 merely know a a. little about something or think I do Im I'm not cocksure and conceited conceited con con- Maybe Im I'm all wrong but this is the way a man thinks Ri Richard h hc c Dix nix on one of Hollywoods Hollywood's most d desirable sir ble bachelors who says the leap year leap year tradition is fictitious for really clever women never propose If I had a daughter Id I'd work to get and keep her confidence Id I'd know which of the fellows who came in mattered to her and if he passed Id I'd be as eager as she was to bring the affair to a a. happy ending Let me tell you if a a. man is let Jet alone hell he'll hook himself and glory in it The minute I hear popular I begin to think Well and what of it Why himself on ithe if it egg a a. man on Hell He'll egg he has what are called intentions but the instant he thinks that war has been declared against his single cussedness ss hs he begins to to bel believe eve that freedom is tremendously tremendously tremendously tre tre- valuable Naturally before a man is in any danger dan dan- ger from the league of ot women he must have met a girl who has caught his interest I dont don't believe in love at first sight but I know there is some sort of ot instantaneous vibration that gets in its work when two people meet two meet two people who could care for each other under the right right conditions Love Lov at first sight is an emotional outburst Mechanism is at work Perhaps the man has had an Ideal in his mind for years the girl looks something something something some some- thing like his mother or like the auntie who used to give him jam when he was wasa a kid the girl seems to to- fulfill a secret dream that h h hd never expected to have come true Perhaps its it's just that the colors in each personality seem to blend together and become wonderful But that isn't love Try the colors with the acid test and they'll probably fade Love who Love who knows why it comes 0 or how Yes Im I'm Imin in love Sure Im I'm in love If I weren't would I be 00 talking like this When its it's the real thing you cant can't get within feet teet of the w woman n an in inthe inthe inthe the case without feeling an electric shock You may not even be able to see whether she is h hi the room or or not but you have hae a sixth sense that tells tells' you that she's there You feel big and strong and powerful You could lick the whole Bulgarian a any awny ny by yourself When hen a man is in love his one thought is to give and give to give until she feels like a queen He puts the woman he loves on a pedestal and worships her But unless she feels feels that there is ai ais an ever present danger that he may pull h her r down from the pedestal and act the original caveman caveman cave cave- ma man she wont won't take much interest in tn her position lon If he simply kneels there worshiping worshiping wor wor- getting smaller and smaller while the shaft she Is on Peeps keeps gr growing wIng pretty soon he doesn't exist for her THE telephone on the desk beside us began bega to ring Hello Who wants him Oh its it's M Mary Listen Mary Im I'm being inter inter- viewed Ill I'll call can you back He turned from from the the instrument suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly grave You didn't catch her name did you I was horribly in love with that girl for two years Oh it was before I was anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where in pictures I put her on the pedestal and became the little fellow fellow kneeling far below I worshiped her from afar and kept getting farther She mar mare married tied ried a a. nice glean lean old man with pots of money Now she's out here getting a divorce TN IN TN HUNDREDS of ways of course women are re cleverer than men The place they fall down is in undervaluing the other sex This is leap year I Really clever women never propose Nine out of of- often ten fellows would resent it because the privilege of proposal makes a man feel teel male If It he were to be on the receiving end hed he'd have to take the feminine at attitude attitude attitude at- at and hed he'd feel e l like a mollycoddle Leap year is all haywire as they say sayat sayat sayat at the studio because if a man and a a. girl have got as far as a a. proposal the thing is settled anyway They both know that the fatal moment is In the offing and each one knows how he or she feels about it No Im I'm not an advocate for tor the the- single state Im I'm going to get married one of ol these days and when I do I shant pretend pretend pretend pre pre- tend Im I'm still a bachelor The real things of life are home and love and ch children and I hope Ill I'll have them allI all aU I think happy marriages depend on the individuals who contract them Ita If It Ifa Ifa a man and a a. girl will wiIl play fair with each other other- and not try to baffle baffie one another like Uke two people playing a game of chess if they can and will wm tell the truth and 1 if they can stand the truth when it is told to io than they have have havea a very fair chance o of being happy nappy What is your ideal girl He looked up at length with his most disarming smile There I My mind was working as amans a a. aman's amans amans aman's mans man's mind will he confided I was about to tell you that thai she need not be tall and she need not be short she could be thin or plump or me medium tum it wouldn't matter to me whether her hair was red or gold or dark as a ravens raven's wing so 50 th that t my answer could t take ke in all women everywhere But that was just the dear old attic on the Job Now Ui that t Ive I've told you and we have laughed about it I cant can't put it over even 1 if I would Yes I have an ideal girl I love herBut her tier But Ill I'll never nev never r tell who she is or what she's like until her name is Mrs Richard Di Dix 1 Copyright J by v LedD v vV V |
