The evening world. Newspaper, July 10, 1919, Page 16

: wee one et careeres | Co ee ne ae eee san tte! eel Tn a a Ae ere £ ELS eye eye: SFE oS THE “PICKER” AND MAN THE “PICKEE” URSDAY, JULY 10, 1919 * KNEE-LENGTH SKIRT The, Knee-Length Skirt Worn at the English Race Course Is Quite as Extreme as the. Parisian Style How Would You Pick “9 A HUSBAND 9 i “Awlem .. “SERGEANT” IS SURE IT’S THE WOMAN WHO eames -Holde With Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw, and ~« Gives Woman Credit for Being Clearer-Eyed and “© More Practical Than the Mere Male-—‘Bargain” ‘May Tempt Her, but She’s a Wise Shopper. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall 0 Covrright, 191%, by The Prove Publishing Co, (The Now York Mvening World.) ee HIS is the way a man actually gets married: He is journeying | " a serenely Glong in the state which is sometimes bliss when all at once some young lady with extreme patienge, perspicuity and several diagrams (similar to methods used with Ger map delegates) explains to him that they are engaged and they are. “This is the way a girl gots married: She tries all brands for a while without playing favorites, Thep flaglly she selects the least promising of the Jot, treats ‘dim to @ few months or a year's intensive training and then handles him as per above formula.” So writes “Sergeant,” who believes that making of a marriage the young woman is always the “picker* and the young man merely the “pickee.” ‘There is @ great deal to be said for that theory. Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw are two writers whose heroines, even the most charming ones, frankly go secking for the men they would devour. And why not? Men so rarely get beyond the primer in the class in the lore of love, whereas|to me, pick thelr mates on the same many a woman has received her bac-| principles that they shop. A man @ulaureate degree in the college of|chooses the first article-or wite Cupid, before she is twenty-five. The iri who “hand-picks” her husband usually makes a happier marriage than the man who plunges beadlong after some creature of superficial charm, whom he never stops to analyze but to whom he ascribes the Wisdom of the serpent, the harnule/ mens of the dove, the sterling sens and efficiency of a pioneer wife, the @evoted loyalty of u Penelope. Women, as our correspondent from “the army points out, are clearer-eyed | and infinitely more practical’ A girl has in ber mind the ideal young tnan that ts shown bim; sometimes he gets g00d value, often he ts ridiculously overcharged for cheap quality, A woman, taking much more enjoyment in the proces of selection, serutinizes, compares, looks Into the future—and refuses to pay more than dhe thinks a dress-or & husband-—is worth. The “bargain” is her only weakness; de spite that, she is a wiser shopper, a wiser “picker,” than man. Here is the husband a California girl ts going to pick—when ehe finds him THINKS HER PRINCE WILL COME — BEAD TRIMMINGS / ‘Among the Novelties Are Bead egreneeren NP TORY“ reer ine -+ yee pete climb the ladder of success—but if he doesn't we will be none the less happy, for money tant everything. He loves work, thé great out-gt- doors and a home. Loves music, poetry, books and Is just a little dreamy. I think he is a Knight trom Heroland, which, of course, ‘is the battlefield, I hope he ts, for then wo will appreciate a little home more, and bave a broader outlook upon life, He plays the violin, I hope, for it Is my favorite of musical instruments, and I cannot play myself, When our paths join and are made into one I hope to live in a tiny cottage, surrounded by a garden of old-fashioned flowers, neat hills and trees. Also, I hope to have pets—a cat and a dog, anyhow; and he must have a small vegetable garden to dig in at twilight while I linger over my wishpan (the dishpan), I am Irish and old-fashioned and would not want servants—not in my Dream Cottage! It is only big enough for two and—the pets, halls and gay places; he loves the magto of the out-of-doors, At evo- ning, When cool breezes blow, we will not seek some crowded place of amusement, hut will sit quietly on our own doorstep. Hach morning I will walk to the little gate with him, and each evening I will meet him there when he returns from work. I pray he will not be of @ jealous disposition, nor have false pride, but be always sincere, honorable and a gentleman, OLD-FASHIONED GIRL. WANTS HIS WIFE TO BE A BRAVE-HEARTED PAL, Dear Madam: ‘To be an ideal wife & girl must have appearance, morality, education, amiability; must come from a respectable family must be healthy. By ap- ance I do not mean Beauty, By morality I mean decency~self-respect and having the right kind of friends. She must have an education at least equal to Prospective spouse's. By amiability I mean disposition, pa- tlence and consideration She must come from a good tamily-~ not necessarily and rich but respects and she must, of course, be healthy insofar qs one who 1s unbealthy has no right to consider marriage She must be a pal—ready to tak what comes, ‘Not one who deserts whom soveral girls have described for FROM HEROLAND. us during this discussion, but when Dear Madam: I am but eightoon sie dooy not Bnd him in real Jite she] ang do not expect to moot my Prince bly takes tho most malleable ma- Saas until I am 4 few years older, but I Saree ae fe ScRMnnG Gnd Silion the am quite sure I know him already— in my dreama, He is @ tall, strong ; Ea young man of about four and twenty ohm other day I compared to a ahop- p Nat @ woman's summary of the | years, of Bootch or Irish descent, and ties for a hus-jvory healthy—norm He will be and women, it eeoms \euite poor at first, but some day wit when poverty threatens, bat one who will be true in any ciroumstancen, DRRNHARD R. PREFERS A MAN WHO HAS SEEN THE WORLD, Dear Madam; I am @ Ddusincas girl and the naturo of my work brings mo indirectly in contact with people of various types and charac. tors, but 1 rarely meet the kind of man that would most appeal to me, ta the On My Knight does not care for dance |’ Dice I Delleve w man English Styles at Ascot = Mary Was Lucky To Have a Little Lamb By Neal R. O'Hara. Comyrisht, 1919, by the Press Publishing Ca (The New York Breaiag World). ONE-LEGGED MAN can do the St, Vitus dance. | J But you've gotta have two shoulders for the shimmy. You start the shimmy the way they start a prize fight— shake! Formula at Atlantic City seems to be to spend $50 a day for a room, then spend all day on the beach and all night in the ballroom. When a woman faints you can always bet that the handsomest guy in the room is the hold-up man. Failure of the jee crop means double prices for Uncle Tom's Cabin next fall. “Papa's pants will soon fit Willie” is all wrong. the army his pants will fit Willie now. G, O, P, is looking for Presidential timber. it in the bushes. & Seems to us the Probibitionists used to have a party all their own, If the majority's with ‘em why don’t they elect thelr own President in 1920? Fine chance! cent. vote. Wise birds tell us if you put raisins in near-beer they produce a klek. We know they tried putting prunes in dessert at the old boarding- house and THEY produced a kick. Looked over the butcher's prices to-day, and Mary was certainly well fixed, even if she only had a litthe lamb. ‘Muyder will out, and you can always spot a honeymoon couple. ‘The honeymoon ends where charity begins. An American dollar will buy as much to-day as @ Mexican dollar In 1916. Purchasing power of the dollar has shrunk. power of woman is still going strong. : A cigar-cutter can be fooled by ingerting your finger instead of a stogie Highty per cent. of the world’s stenographers believe in phonetic spelling. If they only spelled the way they look, “believe” would always be “believe” and ‘lachrymos would be quite simple, However, the T. 5. M. seem to be satisfied if their stenogs are long on looks and short on shorthand. A war song still pleas: that class of people that doesn't know the war is over. Yes--and a song can be popular without mentioning love. 4a, the song writers don’t know it. If papa was in But they'll never find The Prohibs will be lucky if they get a two per But the purchasing Trouble A QUICK RECOVERY, ACKSON came tripping into his tiny hall one day and al- should he educated ag well as cir cumstances permit, and in this won- | derful country of ours I can see no reason why any one who ts industri most broke his neck by tripping | ous and persevering should not be | over somebody's shoes which were ly- ble to realize his highest ambitions, | ing about. He should also be neat in appearance,| “Whose ferryboata are those in the kind and courteous, and possess a| hall?” he asked later when he entered good sense of humor. Furthermore, | the dining room. I think Me should prefor the beauty! “Ferryboats?* cried his mother-in- of nature to that whieh ts artifictal,|law, angrily, “Why, those are my and should bo a home-loving man. | shooa!” Having travelled rather oxtenalvoly,| ‘My dear mother," sald Jackson, ® man who han seon a bit of the hurriedly, “who said ferryboats? world would naturally be more teresting to me since our experience: 1 ae or poner the +t would perhaps be more or les \n brow.—-Philadespiva North Amert- mutuak ....., GHIBLAINI, can, ‘ merrily | in. | You misunderstood, Fairy boots, you | Little Belgian Stowaway Who Speaks Five Languages Would Like ‘‘New”’ Mother His Mother, With Her Baby, Was Killed by a Bomb, and His Father Gave Up Life in the Front Line— Lad Was Drawn Aboard Ship at End of Rope. By Fay Stevenson Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The Now York Evening World) few such stories going about nowadays. Island do not wish to exploit stowaways too much. You see the doughboys atid sailors have helped a lot of stray kiddies over here and then there always will be adventurers, and the spirit of adventure is especially keen in the heart of the small Loy who has been through so much on the other side, The adventurer of this story is one of the youngest and smallest stowaways that ever reached this port, He is eight-year-old Harry Valentine, whose father, a pro- fessor of languages at the University of Antwerp, killed while fighting with the Belgian Army, Harry speaks five languages fluently, and, while he passed the Phen sch educational test imposed by the immigration authoritics readily enough, they ordered him to Ellis Island for disposition, At first | was afraid the authorities at Ellis Island were not going 7 was to let me see this Belgian lad, and then—Just by mere chance—he was| “A sailor throw! me a rope and brought into the very office where I me in.” we have a little talk with the ‘What was your father’s busi Assistant Commissioner ‘A professor of languages at Ant werp. Hurry is a stockity built little fel aa os aed a low with dark brown halr and bis] gg » caiaie tale wid blue eyes. You will have to travel @] Qo ke ut don't. know long way to find a boy with such DI8,| " wprow long was he a profeaspr?™ honest eyes. He wore khaki knicker-| wxing yours,’ bockers and a blouse to mateh. AST] «pow okt are you?” looked into the facey cf this sturdy laiht.'* Jlittle man I could no trace Of] pid you ever hear that your |the sufferings of his countrymen, Of frather was dead? Ever receive a jthe loas of his kith and Xin or the} telegram or an official report?" Jtragedies al! around him. His eye3| «No, but he was in the front line and were calm, his voice steady, his fig-|—and we never heard from him, so we ure erect and ready for life, any|supposed, of cou that he wa new life which might come to him. | killed.” ‘There was not a break in the Such. then, is the faith of childiicod® | voive and the eyes were perfectly dry | “How did you get hore he AS-| Remember they are not sentimental sistant Commissioner asked him eyes, they are eyes whieh accept facts. Harry snapped his fingers and|* “And your mother?” ithought a moment. He has a cute he had a three months’ old baby, }little way of snapping his fingers) but they ware both killed” |when ,he ia trying to recall some-| “tow? |thing that Is a little diMoult to re-] ‘This time the fingers snapped a member, And, by the way, that 48] good ynany times A bomb, a shell a very good manner for a stowa-/and they were both killed=that was }way, for it shows he is really think-| three and ono-half years ago.” Jing and going to tell the truth, The examination scemed to be over | Another vigorous snap and then—|and Harry gave me hia firet stray |" camé over on the Spanish liner] glance }Alfonso XIIL" Harry spoaks Eng-| “If you stay in New Yorks what Mah, French, Flemish, Spanish and] would you like to do? What are you Portuguese. His English is excel-| going to do when you are a man?’ jlent, 1 asked. | “How did you get aboard?’ Dis next quesibate was} He came to my side, opened a leather blouse ease which he took trom his ne HIS is the story of a little stowaway. And whisper!—there are very | The people over at Ellis | Trimmings in Arabesque Designs and an Over-Tunic of Black Satin Proves tRa Pave MPSen ano CF eran S pocket arid showed a very pretty: photograph of a young lady. “hd was good to me on the boat,” he gon- | fided, “and there js a Miss Marion Klause of Brooklyn, who wants to adopt me.” I looked inquiringty at the Assist. ant Commissioner. “Yes, that is true,” he said. “She is a Red Cross worker who bag just returned with her mother, and abe” and Harry are good chums.” “Would you like to have Mins Klause adopt you and make New York your home?” I asked. The fact that he might be a New Yorker did not especially appeal to’ him, but the fact that he might re- celve a woman's love did, This practical, stoical, sane little lad ecta-' ally blushed as he whispered: “L would like to have @ sew mother,” When he had gone the missioner said: “We don't lee to exploit these stowaways too mrch because of the publicity of the thing, Peopld are simply wild to adopt these yqungsterg, and really we have @ number of our own that ought to be taken care of right here in New York. “Aud then, of course, wo can't als ways believe these stowaways? stories, Not long ago we hud an English stowaway who came here.and was adopted by some very wealthy people. Hoe told that his father and mother were both dead, a long, ead story of misery and suffering; but I always suspected the lad, and when one of our men went to England I had him look matters up. He found 4 both father and mother alive, They” seemed to be quite respectable peo- ple, and it seems that the lad took his father’s w d some trinkets of his mother’s before running away trom home “Naturally, the family whe adopted the lad wanted to give him back when they heard of his previous career, But they had given their bond for him, and I said, ‘No, now that he ip here we will give him his chance.’ ‘Ot course he ean be deported if it be- comes necessary at any time within the next five yoars. n we bad another case af-e@ Belgian stowaway. This chap was about fifteen and a very manly type A society woman adopted him and then took him around to cabaret, theatres, tea rooms and such places Just to Introduce him to her friends As a new sort of fad. The youth ob- jected to this, Ho wanted to study and improve his mind, So we thak m away from this soclety wamen and put him in a military schook® \ “Dut what about Harry Valentine”. Tanked, “Do you believe his ator Tho Assiaiant Commissioner smiled, mn “Well, 1 don't know, I " DUE there tb somelDin, = ber giree write saben { ST ee eo J U HS s as