Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1930, Page 93

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, .D., C., FEBRUA}?Y 23, 1930. il me—— s Men are just as affectionate as women, avers Will Irwin, in spite of their hurried partings and casual homecomings, often caused by their preoccupation with business matters. An Answer From WILL IRWIN “Man lives by romance, woman by ‘sentiment. 3 has mentally re- hearsed these love scenes through the long hours of her day. “He, on the other hand, has been out strug- gling in the business world, making a living for her and the children. He is tired. His “Woman in love is more practical than man. “Man is more idealistic than woman where his beloved is concerned “Woman yearns eternally for caresses as proofs of love. “Man craves affection but is not so demonstrative as woman. “Woman loves a man while recognizing his shortcomings. “Man sees his loved one only in a rosy haze of illusion. “Woman is the huntress, man the pursued.” “MAN'S romantic imagination may, 99 times out of a hundred, make him fall fiat “As I said, he is more inventive than woman because of this outstanding quality of his, and carries it over into the field of woman’s know a man who once lost his went through two years of very conduct. to the emotional reactions between herself and her husband. She doesn't waste time and thought attempting to analyze them, nor does she brood over trivialities, torturing herself as to whether his evening salute has had sufficient ardor or not. “When I said that woman, even in love, is more practical than man, I meant that no matter how much a woman chances to be in love, she is surprisingly and eternally practical t the love affair. She may be desperately in love with a man, yet she never deludes herself regarding his shortcomings. She loves him despite his faults. Though she is deeply in love, she never forgets for a moment that her beloved is, perchance, poor or unattractive or just a little stupid. . “On the contrary, a man in love with a woman sees her only as a romantic figure. He idealizes his sweetheart and gazes at her through a rosy mist. He sees her as one with- out flaws. The most ordinary woman, of mediocre mind and negligible personality, be- comes for him an ideal, a wonderful creature of unique perfection. He endows her with qQualities she does not possess. “She may be a vixen, yet he calls her sweet- matured. She may be an ugly duckling to all the world, but to him she is a beauty. She may be lazy, greedy and selfish, but he thinks that she is a little angel. What is more, he goes through life believing her to be the charm- ing figure he has created her:in his imagina- ton. For man, besides being romantic, has a lively imagination. That is 'why man is more fmventive than woman. This very quality ef tween men and women- in their emotio took them over as a matter of necessary econ- omy. The first day he burned his hand on the handle of the oven rack while removing a dish. Immediately his imagination began ‘to play with the idea of improvement, and his inventive instinct worked out an idea which will prevent housewives from burning their hands needlessly on oven racks. “Women for years have gone about their work sustaining painful injuries without a thought of inventing a gadget or a burn-proof stove-door handle. Now the husband who played housekeeper for a short time stands in the way of making a fortune out of his in- genious contrivance. “While woman, in the matter of invention, may not be so practical as man, due to the Will Irwin, famous movelist, believes that. many of the alleged differences be- nal make-up can be explained by cir Is Man More AFFECTIONATE Than W oman? £ "8 g‘;‘. ; ture. Sometimes she is demonstrative because it pays her to be so. She is astute and knows that man is attracted by the affectionate wom- an. It is a well known fact that the woman who develops this talent of showing her love has the greatest hoid on man, even such a man has loved his wife, when she dies he does not mourn her loss for long. At any rate, he takes to himself another wife, some- long before the customary year’s period cannot