Show 1 Unless She Marries Again I I 6 But If my de-arl de dearly beloved wife marries again all my estate shall be devoted to to- to The naked tribes of Africa Africa- To improving the grapefruit How often nen this little line pops out of oC a will Pages and pages all about my dearly beloved wife wiCe bequeathing he her the family limousine and chauffeur the family jools the family sacred white cows of one sort or another another- N then just about the time the weeping widow has las added up her heri wealth her ear ar r catches eB th that that- 1 t d 1 les sr he marries matles again The lat latest latet t- t version n h comes omes from the will of ot ota a former ormer assistant stat states state's s 's attorney who leaves his estate of about to his Widow vido Ido I on on the sole terms erms that she does remarry remarry If she does the tidy little nest egg goes to various benevolences s and Yale university Why do men do this we ask as we r re ad d of wills of oC this sort again and again 7 Do husbands seek to buy eternal love and gr grit gratl- tl- tl tude ude in this way I Do they thus baTter barter with death itself to reign forever brever and solely in their wives' wives he hearts I Do they barter with money in death as in life looking to golden solden shekels to bind them even in death to their woman MOman One hates to believe so I think that many many nany men make this provision mainly to protect their wives from rom those fortune hunters who haunt moneyed widows Insurance Ins companies wage a brave fight to keep facts acts of their payments from a regular recognized sucker list which these unscrupulous gentlemen of fortune possess trading between one and another I couldn't make a dent with the rich Morris widow they are known to say You try her and let et me have some jane you cant can't make malte a hit with Husbands are convinced sometimes convinced sometimes wrongly but generally rightly although we feminists hate to admit it that it-that that women have not good business Judg judg- I ment I They do dOl know however the extreme susceptibility susceptibility I of oC the feminine creature to flattery adoration adoration adora- adora tion ion strength and nd all those qualities which the widow robbers robbers' have learned pat as their best weapons for br the game Then too Its It's only human to reason reason- I make a pile for her I kept her well Let Lethe the he second fellow do the same thing That's his job ob and Ill I'll do my little bt in the world with the money she doesn't need Yes yes es Cynthia you do make It sound nice and and all that for tor those dear boys boss but just just the samey sarney Cynthia Cynthia- Isn't it only natural too for the male to demand all of a woman In death just as he demands all oCher of oC her in life liCe Ho Honest est isn't he in now Just getting good lIcks Icks so that he wont won't have to roll over in his grave when h he hears the second marriage bells |