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Show SUB ! 0 I Jv ' B " 2' IOSfl MIMI Bridge Luncheons' A LMOST everything In a woman's life Is closely bound op with bet personality, ber womanhood, her sex She Is bound to tske s woman's point of view. She reacts In , accordance with her nature as woman, not In neutral manner. It Is at once ber weak point and her strong point Men aren't Ilka that at all lien have the power to divide themselves Into different persnnslltles, A man Is s man and a business msn. Be Isys alde his personal feelings by the wsy he throws off his coat His very nature na-ture as man Is revealed now and then, not at all times, as Is the case with woman. Now as to modern Indoor sports-dances sports-dances and card games. Men whirl sround the floor and shuffle the cards at the table In a rather mechanical way. They dance, they play carda That's sIL With women. It Is different differ-ent The dance snd the game appeal to them personally, as women. Women like to dance because the musical whirl Is so much love experience experi-ence for them. The dance enters their soul. The music makes special appeal The delicate embrace and the sense of being carried about on their tip-toes gives them thrills that men cannot get from their shuffles. But, Tm really talking about card games, which are supposed to belong to men. Since men are forced to take chances In business, s card game appeals ap-peals to them, for It tenches them patience pa-tience and shows them bow to be good losers Such a sport Is a part of mun's life. But a bridge luncheon with a bunch of women is another thing altogether. It shows, first of all, that the modern woman Is largely a creature of leisure. lei-sure. Her home is supplied with all sorts of contrivances Invented by men, snd these contraptions make housekeeping house-keeping so easy (bat women have plenty of spare time. There's no barm ' In this sort of thing. I suppose, but It seems to me that women who make such a business of bridge sra creatures who confess that they are trying to get out of life something which otherwise would be lacking. That something Is Love I If a woman loves snd Is loved ; If her heart ts swayed by tender emotions, shs will hsve no Interest In cards. It's foolish for women to place themselves them-selves In positions where their happiness happi-ness for the time being depends upon what cards they draw. The wise woman wom-an Is one who holds her fate In ber own bands, and does not have It dealt out to ber. " Love and luck are as far spsrt as tbe poles. Those who are thrilled by love can have no Interest tn the outcome out-come of hick. Gamblers are seldom If ever lovers. If you are lucky at cards, you are unfortunate In love, . Woman as Individualist WE HAVE been besting a lot about tha Superman but Just as little about the Superwoman. Twas ever thus. No doubt the robust care woman was Just as swift with the rolling pin as the cave man was with the club, but he got all the space In the primitive primi-tive papers. Women rosy not be of the super variety, or the noisy kind of individualists, individ-ualists, hut when It comes to actual Individualism she's right there with the goods. She doesot boss! of her personality or f jrsonal liberty, but she has a way of using It The kind of life which men have made women lead has tended to create Inward ludivlduallty. Man went out Into the world to do his work snd see the sights. But this sort of thing wore th edge off his private personality. person-ality. He became one of the gang, a regular feller. Meanwhile friend wife remained at home home or cave, harem or kitchen. kitch-en. This sort of scheduled life gave her a chance to think, but not much to think about except herself.. The prlvary of her life produced the personality per-sonality of her being. When you hnve men, - yoo have bunches of them, for they grow' like bananas. They hsve always worked and fnu'lif and had their good times In groups of some sort srmles, gangs, clnhs, nnd the like. This bunching has never applied to women, who have grown up separately. sepa-rately. Of course," this is often a bnd thing fur them, who do not have the sense of loyalty to their group that the men hsve. Rut they make up for that In their loyalty to Individuals. When a man decides opon a course ot conduct It Is because he thinks It best. Woman makes tbe sdme decision de-cision more slfly on the ground that It Is what she wants to da ' Men have all sorts of reasons for what they say. They can supply as many arguments as a salesman. Woman's Wom-an's one grand reason Is "Because." That satisfies her, II ought to convince you, she thinks. Woman's "Because" may not be the sign of good logic, but It Is a mark of Individuality. Then when It comes to matters of the heart, woman will always follow the lead of her feelings. Women are supposed to show Individuality In-dividuality In dress, snd they do all right But they show it In their heads and hearts aa well as their hats and frocks. (ffi br tb Bell Srastct las.) |