| Show U c. c l MEN M Mft RRY I I By Jane Dixon Real neal men marry for one reason reson- I because they are In love Corra Corra i Harris Such a simple U answer to it complex complex com corn plex question And so undeniably undeniably ably trueMen true Men ifen marry b be because U i C cause they love and marriage Is s a concrete expression expression expression sion of their love The most vitally vitally vitally vital vital- ly interesting woman wo wo- wo man roan I have metIn met metin in months even eveny y years ears showed n nOI no no- I hesitancy in In anI answering an an- I JAHE DixoN my question ques ques- AC tion Why do domen domen domen I men marry marry ques-l ques This woman with the uncanny I genius for uncovering unco the souls souls' of ot I humanity and ami serving them with the j I liau sauce cauce e of a brilliant imagination and andI I an imagination and an amazing garniture garni- garni j I I turf lure of wor vorda is Mrs Corra Harris I I Here is a writer who aims alms at the I truth fearlessly fairly I No one ne who has read Mrs Mrs' Harris Harris' U most famous literary effort The i I Riders Rider's Wife but will agree I she has a positive gi gift Ift for being 31 al- al l j wa ways s 's on on the target I Corra Harris loved and married a aman aman aman I man who served God with a 0 passionate passion passion- ate devotion So zealous was he in his w work of carrying the Gospel of his I Lord to th the unredeemed he sa sacrificed I I ev every ery ery worldly gain that the truth i might go marching on I The wife vite of ot this traveling minister a 11 circuit rider of ot the old South t lived and loved lo for twenty-three twenty I I years in the atmosphere of ot the Bible j pt It Jt did riot not pinch her vision It did not squeeze her heart nor draw Inthe Inthe in inthe the corners of or her wide generous mouth It did make of her a woman in If the l' l highest rand and holiest sense of f that most unfathomable of all lt words And now corr comes es Corra Harris from the he hills o of ot her native Georgia to tell tellus tellus us how men of ot today twentieth century century cen cen- tury Solomons Solomon wise ir in il the wisdom of the world and of ot wives wives are marrying BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE TRUTH STANDS Sounds pretty banal doesn't It 1 she he queried d an imp mp of Ot appreciation twinkling in her liar eyes which have caught their c color lor from the slopes of the Blue Ridge mountains she farms farms' and writes The The truth often does We g get t s so used td it we begin to treat it like ar an all old shoe Banal Dan l or riot not banal barial he truth st stands I 1 Men marry arn because tle they love or if they are not really In love they I believe they are are which amounts to the same thing so far as the reason for tor marriage is concerned What In the w world would they I i marry for if not for love They are not ot compelled to marry There Is no matrimonial draft law It is a voluntary vol vo- act on their part They are free agents able to go and come as they please No doors of travel or effort no walk of life lite either 1 high or orlow orlow low Is closed to them They arc permitted per per- mUted to t to earn bread and butter or cake and wine where when and how they please A A woman may very often does m marry rry for reasons other than love She dreads becoming an old maid or sh she is not capable of ot support self or she he has the homing instinct t. t She may may marry a man whom she respects or for whom she cares in 0 a comfortable comfort comfortable able way A woman you see see has to tobe tobe tobe be asked And why not Woman was made to be everything In mans man's life he Is not If she Is anything she Is a failure IA IA I t tA A failure I r asked with purposeful purpose purpose- ful doubt Yes a failure Mrs Harris stopped pacing for a a. a moment and fixed me with the straight steadiness of Ot her eyes One knew Instinctively she was about to hit another bullseye of truth directly In the center JEALOUSY IS IS DEFEAT The jealous woman for example I she said The jealous woman Is doomed to failure No woman loses her husband who refuses to be Jealous jealous jealous Jeal jeal- ous of him To accuse him of ot caring for someone else Is f fatal Never ac accuse ac- ac cuse N Not t only do not appear jealous of your your husband but do not condescend condescend condescend conde conde- t to be be jealous Jealousy is Is' an open admission of defeat Another po point point point-it nt-It nt It Is much more important these days than most people people peo peo- pie realize that a m married woman especially should be sweet This does not me mean n she not riot be wise On the contrary ry It Is ls impossible to be adorably sweet without having the wisdom of the serpent and the sage Please emphasize this fact fact It it is very Important that a woman woman be po polite polite po- po lite Ute to her husband To say to your husband what a man could not say without the risk of being knocked down is to take a cowardly advantage of Ot your p position as a wife and a woman It is undignified and cheap for husband and wife to quarrel Refuse I to be a a. party part to o any such spectacle cle If It you cannot settle a Il difference of opinion quietly and decently have havethe the good sense to drop It Do not allow any man least of all your husband to make a 0 mountebank of you you youTha The Tha writer resumed her Indoor stroll I suggested It is 15 S not always alwa's easy to be ba wise ip the face of great husbandly provocation No she agreed but nothing as I complicated as ns marriage Is easy of satIsfactory satisfactory sat sat- accomplishment One of ot my most recent books Is called Happily I Married It deals with this very subject subject subject sub sub- There Is a wife wIte in it who knows the true meaning of ot carry on on 1 This wife wIte Is not a quitter t. t She realizes zes she is is s a a. a frisky husband husband husband hus hus- band inclined to stray She does not flop nop or b beat at her breast or orburn burn up the place She sets quietly to work vork to tomake tomake tomake make herself attractive in every way and so bent beat the other woman to itIn itIn it 4 In In the end she she gets gets' frisky Pep Madden the husband as aB every wife will who plays the name game ame The other woman h hasn't a chance with a wise sweet serene serne wife It is only the Jealous Jeal Jeal- ous nagging quarrelsome wife who gives the other woman the tho advantage LAUGHS WITH HER EY EYES EVES S. S We Ve returned to the leading question Why Men Marry Corra Carrol Harris laughed with her ber eyes By and by bythe bythe bythe the laugh broke out in crinkles all aU over her round mothers mother's face fale I No doubt many a Il man mati is 11 asking the same question she she chuckled Marriage marriage how marriage how when where why wh what Always marriage mar mar- fI I I i lO l ou If J marriage i c icalone alone It ge e w i You Yu S J f t vent e qu J ice Ce Mtr t ii t ot r iS v ft |
