Show IP I May and December Marriages 1 I By CYNTHIA GREY One sees thorn them frequently where the lights are brightest thee e December and May Jay ca cases case es Why shouldn't he make me happy protested Pearl when taken en to task Why shouldn't I accept his presents and let him take me to dances and theatres Hes He's perfectly perfectly per per- charming arming and much more Interesting than any of these the shouldn't I make him And wh why too happy Youre You're perfectly rl right ht Pearl In saying your es escort IS ee- cort Is more Interesting than a callow low youth The tact tact- the experience and the- the polish Olish accumulated by hi his hta years ears account for tor that But these sheiks of today will wiil be like that too In time You likewise will become tactful tactful- and more in chatin with the years ears t r But have ha you stopped to 10 think what It Is that attracts him to you now What is It he ho sees rees In you ou Only one thing probably 1 your youth There are two Vo things scientists say that draw age e to youth First that affection a father ha has Does he look Jook upon you OU as a a. daughter H Has he hI chosen you YOU as a companion to take taie the place of the child he never had Second a age e seeks to ren renews renea w Itself In youth 3 It rt seeks to live again vicariously by surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding Itself with the Joyous overflowing vitality of the young oung Neither of these as a n. general rule can be the basis buls of marriage and successful companionship Marrying a a. man to become his daug daughter ter creates an anomalous situation The other relation Is even more Impermanent because it Is founded on selfishness selfish ness ness Clothes luxury and hectic gaiety pall when pan when there Is no foundation bG beck back k of ot them May Y and December De Dc- cember have much In common but they do not have that mutuality of viewpoint that freedom of ot companionship that common expectancy of the fu future future fu- fu ture that bat makes two persons one Always s there Is December with his life lite almost lived and May ith c-ith her life jU just beron 5 Seldom if It ever can the twain ln meet |