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Show TtvtTfTfTTTTTTTTTTT?TTTTj' SUB I 0 By J5 I ROSA j m.m. jAAAAAAAAAfAAAAAAAAAAAA Proving Her Point IF 1 get the drift on this woman hnsl-ness hnsl-ness all the way down from the Garden of Eden to the city park, worn an has been trying to prove her point. She wishes to convince the world that she Is Indeed the female of the speed's. spe-ed's. Man has had the same Idea, but It has worked tn different ways. He hna assumed that he could prove his point by fighting battles and building cities. But woman has had to go at the point of life lo her own way. Man wants to discover the North pole. Woman will be satisfied If she can find a husband. For It Is the husband who proves the point In woman's life. This Idea tn woman's brain has em phaslzed the Importance of matrimony. Woman herself has been so stuck on the Ides of being "The Wife" that she has consented to be one among a large number, as In the days of Solomon or 1 Brlgbam Toung. To be the wife of a. Grade A husband hus-band Is the laudable ambition of any woman, bat Just to be wife, along with a lot of other deluded dames, is an other matter. But woman doesn't marry for the sake of getting s man. She marries for the sake of getting married. The crown worn hy Queen Elizabeth or the tiara of the star actress is all right In Its way, hut the average woman wom-an prefers a wedding ring, even when It has to he bought on the Installment plan. "She wants to prove her point, snd the ring Is the token of that victory. vic-tory. But we are getting more sensible In these days of the self supporting worn an. and are putting a kick in the title. "Miss." In the old days, the "Miss" whs the thing that the woman wished to gel rid of as soon as possible Woman can now prove her point In other than matrimonial ways The altar used to be our goal, hut now the Big Dipper Is the limit, for we cun go as far as we like. If we can't get s man to pay the rent, and All the place with tohncco smoke, we can do these things ourselves. our-selves. If we can't find a man to lead around. It's always possible to get a dog on a string. Woman proved one point In her life when she set up housekeeping, hut she Is proving another now that she has gone Into business. It's a pity that, with nil onr ni.nl cm Inventions, we can't manufacture some new aim for woman's life, but this Is the thing she's doing for herself. |