Show t Ruth Mi Millett ett Says Says Says- Here's Heres f One Idea Why He Ever Married Her S Here is a mans man's Idea of why it is so often a shock to meet the wife of a likeable intelligent and highly successful man manthe manthe manthe the the kind of man that other men both like and admire This is his explanation in his own words entirely un un- softened for our feelings A A man when he is 20 or 25 falls in love with Susie Susie is pretty She is even a nice sweet girI The man marries her never of course I stopping to wonder what Susie will be like lat fat I at forty j j The guy is is' smart and so even though Y t 1 it didn't look at the time as though Susie 4 was making much of a marriage she marriage she was Her husband climbs steadily by his own brains and ability J As he climbs he moves to higher and higher social levels He lunches plays golf does business with men who are arc more and more successful He belongs to the group by right of what he is and what he has made of his op op- Ruth Millett Susie naturally is lifted right along with her husband But sho sh doesn't belong If her husband had remained pretty far down the ladder lad lad- she h she she would be ade ade- der der where where he was when he married hp he- he quate But through luck and none of h her r own own doing she is in a crowd that is way beyond her It is just luck she marS married mar mar- S ried the man she did If she hadn't married at all and her advancement in life had depended on her own brains and effort she probably would be supporting herself on a 12 12 a a- a week salary and living in one room But here she is is is-dumi I little Susie Susie married married to a highly successful man the head of an impressive establishment thrown with pe people who are really out of her class It is not Susies Susie's fault It isn't even her husbands husband's fault If he had married a girl who could keep up it would have been mostly luck For young men of 20 dont don't choose wives who will be suitable companions when they are 40 They want a pretty girl girl and and never mind the brains And that is what they get get for for life Hence the common remark about the successful man I wonder why in the world he married HER ER |