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Show THE AMERICAN WOMAN HAS CHANGED. A defense of womnnkind and n resenting re-senting of the charge that women are "helpless parasitical dependents," ap pears In tho December Century. The writer presents the modern American woman as an Independent Individual "It isn't the fault of tho American woman that sho is marrying loss frequently fre-quently and nnmarrylne more frequently." fre-quently." says tho Century "It's the fault of the American man. Once a rich man supposed himself to hav. the privileges of a Red Rover He believed that all he had to do was to throw his handkerchief at a worn an, or slap her on the cheek, and she would humbly and thankfully become his wife Now that sort of man mere ly bores a woman. And she's not going go-ing to pretend that ho doesn't. "The modern wife wants a husband who has read Brieux and Arthur Schnltzler. Sho wants him to know the paintlncs of Matisse She looks for a cultivated taste In music, an Interest in chamber concerts. For the woman of today Is caught In all the cultural currents, all the new social so-cial movements T believe, Indeed, that she Is more response e to them than the men." fin |