Show I DO MEN MAKE WOMEN SELFISH 11 I I By DEAN How lIow much truth is there In the two allegations so commonly heard that women are selfish and that Itis it itis itis is men who make them so No Xo answer that an anyone one gives to either of ot these questions will be betrue betrue betrue true of oC all women but it is true that a aast vast ast number of ot them are selfish and it is also true that thero i 1 a great deal in mens men's attitude towards their selfishness which tends to encourage it There are men who prey upon women just as there are women who prey upon men but the view which the world takes of or the plunderer pun pun- derer and the victim In the Hie two cases is by no means identical When a a. man plunders the woman woman wo 0 wo- wo man who loves him liim he is despised as liS a scoundrel and rarely gets c e. chance of ot repeating the perform perform- ance Other men do not envy him other women do not run after atter him Cold shoulder Is his portion in all l kinds an and classes classes' of ot society while his victim Is the object of ot com corn When hen on the other hand an unscrupulous unscrupulous unscrupulous un un- un- un scrupulous woman cleans out a I wealthy admirer the men who I hear of his misfortunes only shrug their shoulders and laugh while tho the plunderer on her part has lIttie lit little little lit lit- tle tie difficulty In getting another wealth wealthy admirer to take his place PLUNDERING THE WEAK Many fany notorious Women omen are are well wen know thus to have ruined several severa rich admirers in quick succession and their rapacious activities have been brought to an end not by by- T the She reprobation of their fellow feno creatures but only by the withering withering wither wither- ing lag of ot their charms Unscrupulous women that is to say have opportunities of selfishness selfishness Selfishness selfish Selfish- ness which are denied to unscrupulous unscrupulous lous bus men and opportunity is the handmaid of ot faults fauls of character as aswell aswell well as crime Indeed one may say that unscrupulous unscrupulous unscrupulous un un- un- un scrupulous s women plunder weak foolish and susceptible men in pretty much the s same me spirit In which unscrupulous promoters of ot bogus companies plunder the widow widow widow wid wid- ow the orphan and the confiding country clergyman I It is not only of such women however that people are thinking g ghen when hen they cry out against women's women's women's wo wo- wo- wo mens men's selfishness One OnA often otten hears tho charge preferred preferred pre pre- against quite reputable women women women wo wo- wo- wo men young oung men complaining of the selfishness of oC their sweethearts and married men of the selfishness of ot their wives Men Ien like wh when n they can afford It to spend money on women be because because because be- be cause they like like to to see them pleased and embellished because their own social socia status is partly measured b by bythe bythe the appearance of ot their women folk and because It so obviously pains a woman to feel that she is less well tad decorated than her neighbors Provided that he Is dressed suitably suitably suitably suit suit- ably for fOI his station in life lite a man rarely thinks that his Importance depends upon the length of his hatters hatter's hatters hatter's hatters hatter's hat hat- ter's and md tailors tailor's bills Many distinctions distinctions dis dis- dis- dis as a rule make a livelier live live- lier her appeal to him than thai that of ot being be be- ing 1111 the dressed best man In town SUCCUMBS TO SULKS Ho would far rather be the most surgeon the smartest lawyer lawyer law law- a wel w- w yer el the best beat golfer goIter or even cven the quickest solver of ot crossword puzzle Almost every woman however hon would rather be the dressed best woman woman- in her neighborhood than titan the best beat cook cool the best st housekeeper the best stenographer the best nurse or the best anything else It Is a sort of selfishness but a sort which does little harm haru when money is abundant Unfortunately however it is a selfishness which is seldom suppressed suppressed suppressed sup sup- pressed as it ought to be when money Is scarce the trouble being being- not only that men and women face ace the rhe world with different scales of values value but also that many a woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man who will take Infinite trouble to make mae a dollar of her own go goas goas goas as far as possible often falls fails to tor r realize that her husband needs to watch his own expenditure ith even een greater care Ills mone money too frequently seem to imagine will still remain In hi his pocket after he has spent it ii and anti they meet with sulks an and charges of sti stinginess for his re reluctance reluctance re- re to bu buy superfluous hats or u with the mone money with which he was hoping to make malte provision for their future When ho he succumbs to the sulks and the reproaches reproaches-as as he generally general general- ly iy does for the tho sake of a quiet life life lICe she triumphs and the habit of ot selfishness selfishness self self- become ingrained in her In this wa way It may truthfully be said that men do make mate women selfIsh selfish self self- ish |