Show I r 0 l oJ J r q J.-f. J. Yx Y- Y r J r f 1 i 7 I r K 4 l Y I f if j x s iva l rg 99 9 f t and Romance Dead f. f k r C fib NO RUPERT HUGHES r b h hC hY Y I C 4 Brilliant Novelist in in Discussion Discussion- o of Modern Morals and Manners Tells Why f R f i AS plc told lold by Working Women o of Today Make the e Best Mothers k Rupert Hughes In I. I n an interview ARE ARE RE the men of today becoming effeminate Is the influx of women upon the business busi bus ness battlefield killing chivalry Men are encouraging their wives to toI I bring home a weekly pay envelope lope Is this a sign of masculine decadence T In he die street cars men are elbowing past women and pouncing upon the vacant vacant vacant va va- cant seats In house business-house elevators hats remain on masculine domes No longer is it it the general custom for the themen themen i men to arise when a woman enters the room Why is this Is a protest against feminine usurper of masculine privileges privileges privileges leges These were a fe few of the questions rey re recently re- re y put to ta Rupert Hughes brilliant novelist and keen of human nature The effeminate man is as old as the world Mr Hughes said emphatically Many Marty of the greatest heroes of the ages I were effeminate in many ways And the theman mart man of today is decidedly more masculine than ever before judging him from certain certain tain tamn standards I dont don't want to genI generalizE generalize gen gen- I IM I'M however how ver That's never satis satis- 1 factory In what way are men said to tobe tobe tobe be becoming more effeminate 7 TN UrN TN THE matter of clothes was asked Dr P. 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F Armand of Paris says man instead of w woman man is the real slave to fashion Today he is going in for brighter colors almost skirt- skirt like trousers pinched-in pinched waists and among th the latest i importations are vanity ca cases g for men Well that's nothing new Mr Hughes retorted Men have always been slaves es to fashion In Andrew Jacksons Jackson's time men wore high collars tailed swallow led coats and high hats riding through the swamps of Fler Florida ida in pursuit of the Indians Soldiers Sol Sol- Soldiers diers dier until very recent years have always al always always al- al ways worn very gay and gaudy uni uni- forms I know when I joined a NewYork New Nev York regiment I had to spend all my motley morey on uniforms the replacing of a afra fra frayed ed epaulet would set me back between between between be be- tween 15 and 20 We dont don't wear these fussy dress clothes in our army now now- As for vanity cases for men men that's that's not noL new either In Shakespeare's time men meT used to spend their idle moments aN 1 around d the lobbies s of the theatres combing comb comb- combing ing out their long curls with golden combs and those were the Beau Brummels Brummels Brum- Brum mels mes of the day not day not the actors No one Ine accuses accuses the men of George Washington's time of being effeminate effeminate- yet they wore ribbons in m their hair richly colored satin suits exquisite lace t I Well do they pay pay any attention to gay raiment 1 Lets Let's see You see them teetering along on heels so high that they can scarcely walk on them they spend their roll 1011 for expensive shirts flamboyant neck handkerchiefs and their rakish hats cost anywhere from to If a man were to attempt to walk down avenue avenue avenue ave ave- nue garbed in such gorgeous raiment he would be hooted and the police reserves would have to be called out to quell the theriot riot The modern man who dwells in the city may hanker after gay colors and flashy garments but he restrains him him- self He may slip in a colored bright-colored necktie or give vent to his suppressed desire for gorgeousness in bright blazers on the tennis court outside of that he is like a Quaker r in comparison to the ordinarily ordinarily ordinarily or or- well-dressed well man of last cen cen- tury There are exceptions of course We arent aren't talking of exceptions exceptions bell bell bot tomed trousers the man nian man who wears knickerbockers in the city nor the loud dresser I am speaking of the representative representative representative American manSo manSo manSo man So Mr Hughes Hughey concluded if you judge men by their clothes they are more m masculine now than in the old days What next 1 It is no longer supposed to reflect on a husband when his wife goes to work ork and help support the home Last generation generation gen gen- men lost caste among their business business business busi busi- ness associates when their wives joined the ranks of wage Now women are aze encouraged to keep their jobs after m marriage Doesn't that indicate an inclination in- in in inclination on the part pait of men to shoulder off their responsibilities and position as ashead ashead ashead head of the home 1 Not at all all he re rr- rr The Th Indian has never be been n called effeminate yet his squaw did all aU the workMen workMen work Men ought to to b be thankful to see women women women wom wom- en go to work Mr Hughes said quite gravely Capital is built up by labor and production As soon as a woman leav leaves s sher her home she quits cooking and making her own clothes This opens opportunities for factories and mens men's employment is not jeopardized We need far more women in business than there are right now Women used to spend their lives spin- spin 2 j I The knights of old were adepts at the frills such as kissing a womans woman's hand kneeling to her carrying her gloves on their spears and other spectacular gestures of chivalry The romances and legends of ye olden days teem with such fluff but the scholar who digs deep into the records learns that it was nothing J unusual for these faced angel boys bos to beat u up their wives The They were in reality a bunch of ruffians c hanging over their knuckles and were PI 1 1 magnificently w Who are the popular types of masculine masculine masculine mas culine men in this age the age the cowboys of oft t I the great open spaces where men are areZ Z men men and all that sort of thing Hu Huh 1 J r 1 ning poor cloth and making horrible pies and bread I know that the pies mother used to make make- have been glorified a lot but they were really terribly indigestible messes for the most partI part I 1 had a wonderful mother myself but A ff v. v Why Their Men Are the a B Best est Husbands r 0 t M j I know a lot of mothers who are ter ter- They dont don't know h how w to take care of children Mother love is a beautiful thing thing thing-in in songs and stories But take a sensible slant at it think it-think think of the frightful slaughter of infants wrought by women who didn't know how to rear the then them that's not so fine It takes a doctor and a trained nurse to bring up bab babies es properly unless th the mother is particularly fitted for her job And the job of being a mother is just as specialized specialized specialized special special- as any ny other one A sick bad- bad tempered and ignorant mother doesn't make a good baby and a bad baby grows into art an incorrigible youth THE THE HE young girl of today who is preparing preparing preparing pre- pre paring herself for a b business siness career is is vastly superior to the P Puritan ritan maidens maidens' of 1799 I have read many I of the sermons delivered by preachers preachers' of that period Judging from those the modern girl is an angel According to the old manuscripts young girls used to be De really frightfully dissipated They really arent aren't today There is no difference on earth between be between between be be- tween men and women women women-they're they're equals It is only fashions which have exaggerated exaggerated exaggerated a few negligible details I know half a dozen women in the United States whose books outsell mine but but I wouldn't dream of saying those women cant can't write In time men will vill a accept women in business just as they accept other men The chaperon is even eyen now almost a amyth amyth amyth myth soon she will be a legend Future 5 r Aai f V h f J M Mt F t HJ 79 i 4 o of All Time an and He Predicts That Hereafter There WillBe Will WillBe Be a Better t a Und Understanding i f J JB B Between e tw een 0 11 I v 1 r b 1 1 t w Sexes Which yr 1 y 1 mn Will U Uplift lift the R Race 5 y tr t- t r t a ax I j I x a C 4 4 C 91 i 0 0 ti r 1 r fl In Iri time men will accept women in business just as they accept other men The chaperon is even now almost a myth soon ti 41 K she will be a legend Future generations will marvel at the young woman who required a guardian tagging along all the i time to keep her out of mischief Men Alen and women will become r. r wY k a A r f so accustomed to associations w with nth each other that there will be beno r. r I r a no imaginary com compromising n n situations 2 n Men and women are on an equal footing and the longer women are on an equal footing with men the more irksome the attitude expressed in Shaws Shaw's Man and Superman where Tanner retorts to Hector No N 0 wonder American women prefer to live in Europe its it's more comfortable than standing all their lives on onan an an altar to be worshiped generations will marvel at the young woman who required a guardian tagging along all the time to keep her out of mischief Men and women will become so o accustomed to associating with each other that there will be no imaginary compromising situations Romance will be just as prevalent as asit asit asit it is today the novelist continued The new manner of living will not destroy the home it will elevate it A lot of nonsense will be eliminated that eliminated that is all By nonsense do you refer to tol all the little courtesies which are slowly dying out 7 w we asked If by courtesies you mean men rising when a woman enters the room uncovering uncovering uncovering un un- un- un covering his head in her presence giving her his seat in pub public ic conveyances and and so on on-I on I do Many of these so-called so courtesies are really insults Do you remember in Shaws Shaw's Man and Superman where the Americans American's reverence toward women is being discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed 1 Hector says We think in America that a womans woman's moral number is higher than a mans man's and that the purer nature of a woman lifts a man right out of himself and makes him better better better bet bet- ter than he was Tanner retorts No wonder Ameri Ameri- American can women prefer to live in is Europe Its It's more comfortable than standing all their lives on an altar to o be j worshiped Theres a lot in Nin that And the longer women are on an equal footing with men the more irksome this attitude will become to them Now ow so far as the little everyday courtesies which we have become accustomed accustomed accustomed ac ac- ac- ac to offer women such as giving her our our seats in public conveyances opening the thedoor door for her and waiting on her generally well weIl all that's really a tribute to weakness isn't it and it-and and a tribute to weakness s is darned poor courtesy THE THE knights of old were adepts at atall atall all the frills such as s kissing a womans woman's hand kneeling to her carrying her glove on their spears and other spectacular gestures of chivalry The romances and legends of ye olden times teem with such fluff fluff but but the scholar who digs deep down into the records learns that it was nothing unusual for these faced angel-faced boys to beat up their wives They were in reality a bunch of ruffians ruffians' K 11 1 People speak so much of this new freedom of women in in America but they rent arent so far behind the men Men in general have only had the vote since some time around 1835 In the Puritan days only church members were permitted permitted permitted per per- to vote and the ch church was a sort of lodge in those times limited very vely limited membership t tIt tIt It is only right light that women should be free No man has a right to be free un until til he grants J freedom to every everyone one else The is a coward If you are afraid of a person you will vill tie him up in every way you can if you are not afraid of him you will give him all the liberty he wants The liThe ministers minister's wife pf today has as much liberty as only actresses had years ago By that I mean she has the freedom freedom freedom free free- dom to travel around alone This would have caused a a s scandal andal a couple of generations generations generations gen gen- back As women gain new in interests interests interests in- in their lives are not so apt to be sacrificed to worthless husbands Yet we will always have with us the wife who is a glutton for punishment Not all the advice in n the world would persuade persuade persuade per per- suade her to forego this luxury She Sheil il is one of the M MR R. R HUGHES was asked if he thought that when women mingled with men on the equal footing he pictured that it would detract from her feminineness Never he declared Women are rever never more feminine than when they ape men Yesterday I saw a man and anda a woman on horseback they were dressed alike the girls girl's hair hait was cropped as short as a mans Yet she looked very feminine You never mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take a woman for a man because she hason hason has hason on mens men's clothes On the other hand band when hen a college boy boy or or a stage impersonator imper imper- dresses dresses in all the frills and r fluffs and furbelows furbelows' of a a- a woman oman oman- h hs he looks exactly like a woman and you lOU might mistake him for one But that doesn't mean that he is effeminate Many lIl men are making a fuss just now when their wives bob their hair I wonder how many people have read the accounts of the agitation when men first bobbed their hair It was just as furious Women will never go back to long hair any more than the men did It is all part of progress I think it is a very good thing for formen formen formen men to encourage their wives to go into business and leave their homes under the care of professional home homemakers This applies to the woman who is not instinctively a perfect housekeeper It Itis Itis Itis is all rot to imagine that every woman is a a. born maker home-maker this fallacy is s the cause of most of the domestic upheavals up up- We are constantly readjusting our our- 1 selves Just now men and women are ara getting accustomed to working to to- to gether There is bound to be a few skirmishes in the beginning but when they get settled down they will be better off than every before Men liMen becoming effeminate Hum HumI 1 They are only becoming honestly sin sin- cere They are empty gestures gestures gestures tures and beginning to treat women as they treat other men men men-as as their equals And isn't that what they want In parting h he remarked casually Now if you had happened to ask me are men becoming more masculine well masculine well I would probably have found plenty of negative arguments to that too Be that as it may Rupert Hughes isn't pioneering his pj pictured Utopia His own wife doesn't juggle a career he is the sole earner for his home and he is just as gallant as any gentleman of th th gracious old days ever was Copyright til t Ledger Ledl Company |