Show l WHY MEN MARRY f By Jane Dixon bixon Men marry bec because use they meet me-et women women wo wo- wo men whom they desire desko and because they realize tho the only way way- they may mayvin maywin maywin win v the right sort of woman Is throng BEATRICE marriage BEATRICE BARMBY Such a state state- ment mont did It come S from any other than the gentlest i and most 5 1 of w women men 4 might sound L brusque Certain highly s sensitized souls might even call it 5 i brutal sr That would b be beS S H because they did e not know Mrs Beatrice Barmby rAe DIXON tm Mrs Barmby Isa is isa a charming channing and cult cultured red English w woman man who has hM come to make her lier home in America She Is not given to regretting London London London Lon Lon- don or on frowning over the crudities of the American tea service On the th contrary our English cousin Is continually pointing out the bright spots In our pur modes of living and In our pursuit of happiness You know she said turning to me methe methe methe the light of her quick dark daric eyes American women have an awfully good time They have the best time of any women In the world To this minute I do not know why why- I stamm stammered red Thank you b but bit t I didI didI did I cannot understand why a man man marries marrie unless' unless it is for the reason I have suggested suggested that that It is th the accepted medium through which he may mate mato with the right sort of woman Mrs 1 Barmby continued I What surprised me is that they do I marry the marry the men They have all nil the worst of It It surely O One e could almost excuse them for clinging to bachelorhood bachelorhood bachelorhood bachelor bachelor- hood Indefinitely WORST OF F MARRIAGE GAM GAME E. E T I dont I don't dont quite gather your idea I I said sald visioning Infuriated Infuriated infuriated women readers Inundating the tho I editor with missives marked more by candor than compliment Do you honestlY honestly honestly hon hon- estly believe men have all the worst of the marriage game It seems I had h he ard correctly the tle first time Beatrice is not one to adjust her opinion to fit time place or person They are her ber own and as they are they stand Indeed I do she answered brightly quite as if such belief were a a. matter of the simplest deduction and the most glaring fact Might I ask how yo you have managed t to arrive at such a unique masculine c conclusion I begg begged d. d Certainly with confidence It seems seem perfectly evident especially here in America Your women are born to have a good time From baby's crib to grandmothers grandmother's armchair they look kick lookup up upon n a good time as their inalienable right Only of course ourse none of your grandmothers ever reach the armchair armchair armchair arm arm- chair era They are too busy dancing the fox trot or managing corporations or playing politics or frolicking with the young folk to yield to any anything so indicative of a age e as the armchair Given a reasonable amount of health health- the vitality of ot th the American woman woman Is practically Inexhaustible So Is her capacity for tor pleasure When a man mari marries he contracts to see that this good time schedule Is properly maintained It is his bounden duty so to do An Anything less on his part marks him a a failure failure- as a hus bus b band md a it 11 It It was sUgg suggested that in such circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- cir cir- the American husband must b be rather ai an an unhappy Not at all corrected Mrs Bar Barmby The beautiful part of It is he glories In fn his sl slavery He is just as keen to keep the pace even to forge ahead of his lits fellow husbands In hi achieving a good time for his wife VUe as that t nate creature is to bask h In his gen gen- gen gen- I I THE GOOD TIME SPIRIT When I first came camel to the states to live Uv this go good d time spirit was the mo most t astounding feature of American life Ufe I wondered if It your women realized how high was the pedestal on which they were placed After a I discovered discos ered they did not even know they were on a pedestal They accepted ed the whole affair as a matter of course Do you know the mental attitude with which a l. l great many young men women women wo wo- men approach marriage It Is the ne attitude of the small boy within sight of ot tho clr circus us tent with the promise of ot a ticket ticket entitling him to to peanuts red lemonade sugar taffy tatty and all other gOO good time privileges of the sawdust st ring The bri to be to s-to-be never seem earn to to- con consider Ider they are entering an estate in hi which they are morally bound to give as well weIl as to take Marriage is not a lark it Is one on of lifes life's most momentous momen momen- tou tous milestones It means the woman who enters into It is willing to assume I her Just portion of the burden of living as well as to eat of the fruits thereof The wife who will not take her place at the wheel and nd heel help pull the load uphill when the going is difficult Is is' not fit to canter along by her husbands husband's husbands husband's hus- hus bands band's side ana and enjoy the pleasures of the road when it runs straight and ure smooth between the banks of pleasure pleasure pleas- pleas I remarked i if It might be the selfish creatures who insist on climbing into I the cart and being trundled uphill who are shooing many an eligible man awa away from matrimony Beyond a doubt was wa the ready as asI az- az sent I live in a suburb of New York where living is somewhat simpler than It Jt Is in the great city more as I Imagine imagine im Im- agine it must be in that real America |