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\ 4 SISHANS ® STORY INFAMOUS, ) PD ( ) ) SHE / é ’ RES AGED BE Youth Writes of “Mother and oe "HE BVENING WOR ‘ IS THERE A HUSBAND FAMINE? 8 | § “ts Trouble Is That Women Are Hard to Suit; t Raw Material} Son” Compact With Rich |Satirieal' «‘Albert”” Quotes Sapphira Sisterhood Boasts of “Rejected Offers” to Prove That Blame for Any Failure of Wedding Belle to Ring 4 Rests on the Fair Sex. Wife He Deserted. STILL LOVES HIM. Could Have Stopped His Cam- paign of Ridicule With ¢.. Cash, Says Friend. , (Rpeclal to The Krening Werl4.) @@W HAVEN, June 6—Although Sewed with shame through the ridicule heaped upon her by her aesthetic young mam, the white-haired “mothe: 0@ Harold Busman, post and journalist, bes oo far steadfastly refused to give Dublic answer to the assertions he has q@reed broadcast. Accused by the ec- eenteto young writer of having married him under the promise to be ‘a mother” to him, and with having bi this soon after the marriage at the Clty Hall, in New York City, last No- vember, forging him by her “unmotherly attentions” to renounce her and her wealth forever, the deserted wife had, uatila to-day, maintained absolute she would not discuss with The Eve wing World correspondent was readily supplied by her close friends and neigh- Dera, and altogether it made a story of wide divergence from that volun- teered to the n ia the numerous ‘ldly blessings fm the form of the 175,000 and fine estates he said bis aged wife wanted to Dequeath to him were he but to remain fact, that the neighbors in the vicinity } pf the handsome Coe residence at No. joonlight oF alt= ting close together on the vise-clad veranda, “MOTHER AND SON” COMPACT A MYTH, SHE SAYS, ‘Fae “mother and son” compact about only fair that this whole infamous accusation should be de- nied. I could tell things that would show Mr. Susman in an altogether dif- ferent light from the attitude of out- old woman, Please let me alone.” ‘The gilmpse had of Busman's “mother- ‘eride” showed her a remarkably well preserved woman in all Dut the snowy ‘whiteness of her hair. Were that dark she would look nearer thirty-eight than the Mfty-elght years that have been hers, Her figure is full, firm and me- tronly. walks erect and most eo- tively and dresses far younger than her years. At @ little distance, Mrs. @us- man, coming down the street in her nar row, fashionable skirt and trim red tur- ‘would seem & rather plump young visiting ber at the little cottage George treet, that into which moved after selling her big Di street house last month. “Ber husband is a dangerous young ‘mam. Ghe is actually afraid of him. 8! —a—"""__—* TWO GREAT DETECTIVES fhey will work for you with a will ‘ar but a trivial fee: A World “Lost & Found” .Ad., which will peek into every nook and corner of great big New York in of a lost article. 2 A World “Information Wanted” Ad., than which there is none better when it comes to locating some miss- ing friend, relative or heir. ‘These silent but efficient workers visit more New Yerk City homes and offices, mornings and Sundays, than the Herald, Times, Sun and Tribune ADDED TO- GETHER, ‘ARE’ ESPECIALLY EFFEC’ ON SUNDAYS: . vienna cae Sante't ree lh Eee By Nixola Greeley-Smith. “Is there a husband famine? Heavens! Such a question! How can IT {magine, much less believe, it is Justified when every girl I know has told me many times that she receives dozens of offers every week, usually from millionaires. These millionaires, by thi seem to fulfill all a girl's ideas of eligibility. I trust there exists somewhere some noble woman who might accept a man earning $25 ®@ week with a good chance of ad- vancement, provided he didn’t expect too much in return, But I haven't met any yet.” So a satirical young man begins his discussion of the husband fam- ine, of which he questions the actu- ality, on the ungallant ground that “a fool is born every minute, and most often of the male sex.” Undoubtedly there is a type of feminine braggart who justifies bis criticisms, We all know young ladies who are the heroines of mythical fomances, who advertise to all their friends that they “are turning ‘em away,” when the house ls full of paper and they would have diMculty in producing evidence of one bona fide proposal of mafriage, On sev- eral occasions I have been the uncon- scious victim ef the vainglorious cute ourings of some one of these members told me last epring that Susman had eiven her an opportunity to prevent the Dudlication of the first letter he sent the newspapers. She declined his propost- tion and he carried out his threat. “The whole story is this. Mrs Coe met this Susman lest autumn. He is a talented young man of about twenty- five, and she took a great liking to him, He appeared to respond and she tnvited him to visit her in New Haven. During the first vislt they made love to one another, LOVE FROM THE FIRST, SHE HAD OVER $200,000, “That any man in bis right mini could pretend to enter a marriage agree- ment on the basis of mother and son Is too ridiculous to belleve for an in- stant. He knew well what he was about. The widow of Edwam T. Coe of Torrington, Co. with more than $200,000, a fine how ind thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, was not to be passed by without consideration, even by so talented a writer as Susman admits himself to be. “Soon after the marriage Susman found himself unable te go on with it. Mrs. Susman loved him—end. stil! does, for that matter. But the task of play- ing devoted husband to a woman older than his moth if she had ma on Su contemptible letters to the n would nm hi few will drawn leaving to him the bulk of ker fortune, but when he left her the will was changed, I belleve, ‘ of that large auziliary body of the Ananias Club, the Sapphire Sisterhood. ‘The Sapphire ster usually circulates her fictitious tales of conquest by the adroit method of seoking your advice. I recall one occasion ween a young woman consulted mé as to whether or mot ghe should accept the proposal of an absent milllonaite whom she “re epected but could not love,” etc. Also, she asked from every one else she knew. And in the midet of solemn edjurations to ‘wed for love alone,” or more worldly counsel to “take him be- fore he got away,” the mil¥onairé re- turned from a trip to South America and announced that he had been mar- ried siz months to the blushing young ‘woman who accompanied him. HARDEST SHELLED OF ALL THE CRUSTACEANS. One aright have eupposed thet this eudéen revelation would prove embar- rassing to the girl who was supposed have bis proposal of marriage tn cold rage. But not at all. Sho decided that she had refused him long before and that he had married “out of pique.” Gurely of all the crustaceans the woman ler has the hai am sure that if @ cannon trike it, it would bound may, nursing @ dent in i exclaiming “Ouch!” But compared with the body of eweet, eimple, st: mi girls, the num- der of Sapphiras is small. To think that all women are like them, ie like fmagining that all clovers have four leaves, use you happen to have found one of that freak variety. ‘In another letter a woman reader ob- serves with great truth ‘men gen- A erally think too much or too litte of sensational marriage Mrs. elcome visitor in the homes of New Haven's exclusive old families, fll the fine houses lining the elm shaded neighborhood ef Dwight and George streets, FORCED TO MOVE AWAY FROM HER OLU NEIGHBORS. But with the separation of the mis- mated couple and Susman's series of publio communications Mra, Susman found herself @ ridiculous figure in the eyes of her conservative and ultra-con- ventional neighbors, Getting rid of her dig house she went to live a few doors away with an 04 friend, a Miss Harris, 0, not being one of the “elite,” but @ retired business woman of sympathy understanding opened her heart to the sorrow stricken young-0ld women and stands between her to-day and the ‘The Evening World's call on Mre Susman was occasioned by the receipt from Rome, Italy, of the latest of the young writer's effusions, Wéth the ap ort letters to which I have referred follow: Dear Madam: Is there a husband famine? Heavens! Such a question. How can I imagine much less delleve it ie justified when every girl I know has told me many times that she has dosens of offers every week, usually from millionaires? millionaires, by the way, vancement, provided he didn't expect much in return. But I haven't met any yet. Here is the situation summed up. It here is a husband famine (which I very much doubt, a fool being born every minute, mostly of the male @ex), it's caused by the girls them- selves, taken in ¢énjunction with the low salaries paid to the average man, young or old, and the great cost of food and shelter here in York. ‘The girls want m than they for- merly did and the men can't give it to them. You see, love (7) has ad- vanced in price along with other e ALBERT @. Dear Madam: There | husband famine.” A pity, husband marriageable, men and maids might be eliminateg by a campaign of edu- cation, alming for a happy inedium of ideals; instead of the present ab- mormal extremes, ‘The two distinct types of men are will be “a psychological study of the Sesh and spirit.” ‘The letter then gives the full ciroum- stances of the birth of the Susman jus and its accomplishments. Fol- tows a reiteration his story of his marriage with the widow last fall and her alleged devia! from the coursé of purely maternal de- votion and his consequent departure and renunciation of the Coe thousands, . His ts y touching story ef mis guided and ulled youth and inno- cence. But somehow, after seeing that white-haired {1 at the elm-shaded window, or watching that matronly ure trip down the street in those surdly youthful clothes, the Susman sion of this derailed romance somewhat short of the mark and leaves @ bad taste in o1 mout! pllaciiaiss Raah le LITTLE LEFT FOR BURGLARS. Robbed Many 71 Up Every Night. June 6.—The safe in the count of the many robberies his off has suffered within the past ten The interior of the office was wre ‘plosion, The burglare escaped in an automobile, Wed morning the postoffice robbed, but the only jo mall key. ae ae an STEAMER STRIKES A MINE. ATHWNS, Greece, June @.—The Bel- jan steamer Kurland, from Antwerp, ruck @ mine near the Island of Fare 1 Tue TAT THe ‘CITTOWEERHOUSE' SOA GP GIRL RemaNt A Was a the “sophisticatea” and the un- sophisticated, The one believes ‘woman to be worse than she is and the other believes her to be better. ‘The twe types of women are the one that is too assiduous in adver- tsing her sometimes cheap wares; the other, the one that hides every indication of desirability #0 com- pletely that men never suspect its existence K. MR. T. Dear Madam: Though divorced at twenty-four, I am still looking for the right “lite girl.” While “look- tng” I have observed these facts; ‘The average attractive girl has Geveral admirers; naturally she is entertained by them either at thea- tres or other such amusements sev- eral nights in the week. I can't, nor can any other fellow singly in o similar position, afford as much for amusements as tip ‘group’ col lectively. Therefore, it's Jack day, Bill another and also “ ' ‘With at least a dosen different giris I have been through this situation, and often wonder what a girl of this LD, FRIDAY, JUNE -6, 1913: eit at home the took her out. to do It, Out she doesn't know how | to make it enjoyable for herself and her husband, It isn't @ girl's willingness “eave” for her husband that te wanted; it is her ability to “live” ‘with him and make life worth living. It's comradeship fellows want; love comes after, Comrades are usually happy together, lovers—not always. ALLAN. . ta earns in the neighborhood of Gis “per.” Whereas, @ h trade at his hands, robabliity from $80 to $35 a week, in most cases shunned, perhaps cause he is Att io character with a capital C, love. If more marriages originated from love than from spending qual- ities, Reno would naturally disap pear into oblivion.” HENRY F. INVASION OF THE LABOR FIELO SLAMED, Dear Madam: The real reason Why at a livable wage instead of females at half price these men who now are unable to marry would marry and Gupport the women who now work, Small salaried women in what for- ‘erly were men's positions not only Preciudes the possibjlity of many men Getting work, but prevents men from earning large enough salaries on which to marry, and the women are blissfully ignorant of the fact that by @0ing to business they are ruining their chances for married life, Have business men employ men wherever possible, th@& countless thousands would be able to merry. ‘Those thirty or over who would not should be taxed by the State and the Money distributed help support unmarried women at home T. R Dear Madam: Do you in your visits to restaurantes or theatres ever see a young man with » plain, ordinary Greased girl? You never aié, ner will, ‘Decause the young men of to-day will not take out © girl unless she is Grensed, a8 they express it, “classy” and who will attract the attention of ether young men. As a result the girls who naturally want to be taken out will meet the demands of the young men and dreas as attractively that the swe.t, unassuming ‘‘At-to- keep-house” sort of girl remains & wall flower and that the frivolous, empty-headed doll with « high com- plezion and @ low dress is the one that fe taken out. If the young men would select for thelr friends and, incidentally, wives, not only the girle that look well on the surface, but that have seme geod, eubstantial material te them, there would be more hagpt and fower divorces, ONE WHO OBSERVES, VOGEL BROS. 42d St. at 8th Ave: Under the Same Management for 57 Years No Connection With Any Other Store. 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