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Pe ATE MH I 4 - “Woman at Her Best Between 24 and 32,” Says Gertrude Atherton EXPLAINS WHY HER “HEROINES” ARE NEVER YOUNG “‘FLAPPERS” - +k ake Authoress Would Have Law Forbidding Women to * Marry Before Twenty-Four— Says. Early Mar- 3 riages Are Cause of Domestic Unhappiness j } and Divorce, but Believes a Man Can Happily ; Marry at Earlier Age Than Girl. Nn te at ppg pat ads ie z, 44 By, Fay Stevenson {=~ Copmricht, 1918, ty The Freee Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World). 2 O our modern novelists have @ tendency to take the sweet little thing by D of eighteen or nineteen for a heroine? Do they love to make the heroine in her “teens” and the hero in his early twenties? And q sometimes, just by way of variety, are they too inclined to take the sophis- ticated bachelor of some forty-odd years and have him fall “head over heels” in love with a chic little miss? Certainly a great many novelists have a strong incli!- nation for pink cheeks and rosy red lips, but there is one novelist who quite avolds this period of “young love” because she frankly asserts that the “teen” period Atherton. stead of the writer. “> + velvet (exactly the same shade as her eyes, her neckband and the flowered ‘tor a shower of golden hair (not the with silver. “No. I do not find the young girl, that is, the very young girl, @ bit in- ; teresting for a heroine of a rea! love { story,” she said in reply to my asser- {ton ‘that 1 ‘had noticed how she ©) avoided extremely young types in all 9) per novels and short stories. » “I simply can’t pecome interested in aes this silly, kittenish creature who is is a genius or has some extra- inary qualities, she is not a type like to give as life partners for my heroes! f-* “In almost all my novels T have made my heroines at’ least twenty- four, many are as old as thirty-two, Decause I firmly believe that no wo- man is at hef best until ythat time, WW 1 had my way I would like a law! ‘where no woman could be married until twenty-four.” “Do you think our early marriages the chief cause of 90 many divorces?” I interrupted. “Not only of divoree, but worse ) wtill, of many years of unbappiness for both tHe man and the woman, All youth hag the same vocabulary. Youth understands youth! Given two} young people of opposite sexes, a beautiful day, a canoe and a spark- ling lake and you will have a ro- mance. Given two young people of opposite sexes, each reasonably at- | tractive, a game of tennis ope a shady spot to rest after the game and you will have another Tomance. | ) Why? Because youth loves youth, “ sees with the same eyes and speaks NPS with the same tongue, but two young TR people cannot base their whole happi- Bess on the vocabulary of youth. The girl is full of ideals and the man, if: he is in the early twenties, does not know his own mind.” ‘Mrs. Atherton patted down her + fluffy golden-silver hair and thought a moment. “While I say the young does not know his own mind,” “L must say that of the the youhg man really; ti knows gut, It always been held that young is 80, 1 have known a num- of young men between nineteen twenty who far exceed the girls f that age both in mind and char- acter, They have a certain amount of sincerity of purpose and love of facts and truth which real young girls ut- terly lack. Girls are too inclined to Say silly little things—things they really do not mean and probably do et not come from their hearts, but they "© out just the same. A young husband cannot understand this attitude of the young wife. He is in business and bag learned to say what he means and mean what he says.” “Then in your study of human nature and human types you rather * believe in late marriages for a girl, that is, until she is at least twenty- ** four, and an early marriage for the * young man?” | asked. “Yes, I believe that a man can marry and be bappy at an early age far better than « girl, I am sur- prised to find how many men are in- tensely domestic, This is especially teue of the business man. er a )*\ hard day's grind he cares little for 2 its out of the werk; he likes home dinner and a jolly, happy does not interest her. ready to graduate from high school. We have very few such types left to- day; more girls are inclined to books, athletios, social work or anything but love of household work and children. ‘This intensely maternal type is the only girl 1 should advise to make an (i early marriage. , wed a8 soon as sho coils up her hair, down her hair and looked dreamily off into space out of her Alice-blue young men we will have little Dan Cupid alon; or worse. How can we keep our Ls from marrying until they reach tweh- Uhh his mind better than ge young; at | more mature than 4} She is no other than Gertrude I found her in her apartment within a stone's throw ot Columbia University just the other mornin; quite as dainty and petite as one of her own heroines in- looking She wore her proverbial band of blue eyes) at her throat and was clad in the daintiest, fluffiest blue figured Japanese dressing gown, The blue of her figures were a splendid background gold-gold of silly youth, remember), but that gold of the mature woman when It fs just beginning to be mingled ‘The sooner such a young man marries the better. “Of course, there is the extremely maternal young woman, She is the type who is devoted to her family, mothers ali her little brothers and sisters, the neighbor's children and played dolls until she wi: about LT should urge her to for she will never find any happiness in any other walk in life.” Again Mrs. Atherton smoothed ‘And what is the solution of it all?” 1 asked." As long as young girls meet nd he will shoot his whether they are for better arrow! ty-four or more? They say the col- lege girl and the modern business woman is slow to wed, but still our marriage licenses read, eighteen, nineteen and twenty-in a great many cases. Have you the solution?” “Yes, We will not put the girls in convents nor make nuns of them, that would be the very thing that would hasten some girls to wed. In San Francisco they have what is known as the “younger set.” It con- sists of gifls from sixteen to nineteen and they dance, have week-end parties and their young escorts. Be- tween school hours their fond mothers allow them to indulge in these little festivities long before their actual “coming out." And the result is that had enough. They exclaim they do not care for society and go in for real work, oy follow out their natural bent in way. By the timo they are mature women, women in the twenties, they pro! will meet men of their own types, That is the type I like to marry off to my heroes, real women who have actually come in contact with life." 66] T 1‘ rather alarming to realize that @ number of the wild flowers ot which we are all 80 fond contain deadly poisons,” says article in “On Nature's Trail" in te Geptember issue of the Boy Scout magazine, Boys’ Life, “The daffodil is an instance in point. Its long, narrow leaves con- tain @ powerful irritant poison, and chfldren should be warned most strongly against chowing them. ‘The common foxglove contains a poison which has the most extraordi- nary effect upon the heart, whose ac- tion may be reduced to only seven- teen beats to the minute, Of any one thus poisoned, the pupils of the eyes are widely dilated, and his only chance of life is to lie absolutely still until the doctor comes. “Every one knows the wild arum or cuckoo plant, with its big heart, shaped, glossy leaves. A: most dan- gerous plant it Is, too, If you chew a leaf, your tongue swells enormously; 80 much 80 that you will be almost unable to swallow. Melted butter is the best remedy for poisoning by this \t. “The most dangerous of al] common hedgerow plants is the aconite or NEW WINTER COAT OF KERAMI TRIMMED WITH "TAUPE BQUIR> REL FUR Amn }: i mee : ici Bai ~ 8k - f strange tingling all over the body, and partial blindness, A little more and death is certain. “These are all plants which are more or less attractive to the eye. There are others which seem to ad- vertise themselves as dangerous. The polsonous, being a powerful narcotic. The sufferer sinks into, a drowsy State, which, if remedies are not at band, ends in death ritating cause,’ the elder, holly and laburnum. “Plane tree leaves will cause in some people an illness resembling a ‘vad attack of hay fever, and this not through chewing but merely handling | (yo °y han Popul te jitn break out upon sensitive skins, 0 /{M monk's hood, which has palm-sbaped leaves, A very small dose causes a such is the Primula obconica, webiou ‘@ one of the commonest pot pknes hemlock, for instance, If you pinch @!or glass , houses often leaf it gives out a nasty, mousy odor, | hyacinths cause One need hardly state that it is very|'The idea is tho i pe sienevenened ‘ Two Advance Models Exhibited at the Recent Fashion Show Weve iW in green house or on window sill, “Bulbs of the Roman hyacinth are covered with a sort of light scale, which comes off on the hands and sets up an unpleasant irritation which sometimes spreads up the arma. “Many who work in conservatories that severe eye trouble, at the pollen is the i find Our Enemies Among the Wild Flowers — Winter Coats Milady Will Wear Dean of New York Univertity 8chool of Commerce, President of Alezander Hamilton Institute, Author of “Business and the Man" HB junior officer in a business is one who has charge of @ single de- © partment and {s responsible to the chief executive for its proper conduct, A junior officer may be sales manager, nead of the pro- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1919 How To Make Good A Series of Three Articles No, 2—AS A JUNIOR OFFICER The Successful Junior Officer Must Be Quick Comprehension, Loyal, Adaptable, Obedient, Have Originality and Initiative and a Taste for Instruction, and Not Be. Dogmatic—His A@@ cancement Depends Upon Himself. By Joseph French Johnson duction department, advertising manager, office mame ager, chief accountant, credit man, or chief of a divis- fon of @ railroad, In his department he represents the chief. He directs the work of a number of men. If ae makes mistakes the business suffers loss. if he directs his men wisely, the profits or good will of the business are increased. His work is exceedingly important. He should possess all the qualities of the efficient business man and have in him the making of a leader, for it is from the ranks of junior officers that the chief A dogmatic, make a good juni work impossible, executives are cliosen. opionated, obstinate man does not ior officer, He makes smooth team Tn an ideal business organization the junior officers pull together so smoothly and evenly that the master’s will and purpose are realized in every depart- ment, @ single mid controlling all. A junior officer, possessing the confidence of his employer and intrusted. with important responsibilities, must be genuinely loyal. He must believe! in the business, the organization, the chief. Lacking in loyalty, he may| talk indiscreetly about the conditions | or prospects of the business and give | encouragement to competitors. He may even reveal valuable secrets of the business—an act of damnable treachery, His careless words of criticism may arouse discontent among the employees and chill the enthusiasm of bis brother junior officers. Just as the junior officer expects obedience from the men under him, so he must render obedience to his superiors. If he does not he is a poor captain and will have weak con-/| trol of his men, Obedience Is a primal virtue in business as well as in war. The junior officer cannot be a dull man, slow of comprehension. It must not be necessary to explain things to | him twice. He@hust understand his) chief's mental habits and modes of| expression and lsten so alertly to! instructions that no words need be) wasted. He should be equally adapt- able, flexible and tactful in bis rela- tions with his equals and with the men whom he commands, Some men have a curious distaste | for instruction. The real ‘business | man is so eager to learn that his ears as well as his eyes are of service. He wants to know the best way of doing things. Let the junior officer, therefore, cultivate a taste for know!l- edge. The more he reads and thinks the better will be his understanding | of all that he hears and sees in busi- ness, and the more valuable will be hig service, Because I have insigted upon the junior executive's obeying instruc- tions and being adaptable, in order that there may be smooth team work, it must not be assumed that he is to be @ business automaton, incap- able of originality or inittative, He te Ign Copyright, 19) O the uninitiated, buying a Tome seems an absurdly simple operation, All you have to do, it would appear, is pick out the house you want and then buy it. In practice, how- ever, the process is as compll- cated and fraught with pitfalls as picking a successful wife or ®@ good cantaloupe. In the first place you go to a real estate agent who, is often a half brother to a road agent and tell him to find you a nice little two-story hose with hot and Mechani ics = Magaszi heads above the surface, the Iny euxiliary schooners of the! mately $1,000 apiece for three months’ baltudicros maladies. the danger, Pays verte THE ARCTIC “All the nightshades have a sinister HIE cod fisher of the Newfound- appearance and should be avoided land banks, the trawler of edtadothor. Where are aled'many com: Grimsby, have been immortal- mon shrubs of which the leaves, if|!#ed In song and prose, but little has | eaten, produce unpleasant results,|been told of the “halibutter,” the fear- Among these are the common privet, |!es# fisherman of the North Pacific, who often fares up into the shadow of | the Arctic to’ harvest old banks or to/ search for new ones, The life of the halibut fisherman ts and of hardiness, says | ine. them, ‘The eyes become red and|No voyage is too long, no passage too swollen, while nose and throat are|dangerous for “him ‘to ‘navigate, in what may seem to landiubbers like a sore eng inflamed. little toy ship built for the sheltered ‘Quite a number of plants are pos-| waters of some bay or inlet and sessed of short hairs on their stems | equipped with still smaller toy dories, or leaves, which will cause a rash ‘c|Mountainous waves may race before vind and angry reefs may rear FISHERMAN. cause they are masters of it usually. ‘The halibutters are a sturdy lot—the Captains of the boats usually mem- bers of the old seafaring school; each of the crew typical of the real navi- gator, able, fearless. The cruise of the halibut boat may extend from three weeks to as many months, depending on the distance to the banks, which are selected accord- jing to season, The boats are worked by shares—one-third to the boat, two- thirds to the crew of from six to eighteen men, including the cook. The owner of the craft usually is its mas- ter, It is not an uncommon thing for a boat to return from a cruise with 90,000 to 125,000 pounds of fresh hali- but stored away on ice in its holds. This brings a market price of from 12 to 18 cents a pound at the docks, netting the owner of the lucky boat but about $6,000 and the crew approxi- * stucco or something. cold mortgages on each floor and fully equipped with disap- pearing coal and interest. He carefully notes your desires and shows you all the half, three- quarter, one and one and a half story buildings in the” county, Finally, after a year or so, he deigns to let you see a two-story house which you asked for at the start. This one will be too large and the next one will be even larger. The following three will ‘be too small of too frame or too At last you see one you like and you de- elde to buy it. There is nothing much to it after that but pay your money and take it, is there? Isn't there? You poor iittle ig- noramus; you have only started. What about investigating the plumbing and the boiler and the gutters and the shrubs in front and the clothesline in the rear? And the roof and the cellar and the doors, windows, taxes and assessments, And the abstract and the guarantee policy and the owner's policy and the first mortgage and the second mort- rs the notes and the Inter- both compound and complex, and the party of the first part and the party of the second part and all the other parties, many orant Essays BUYING A HOME By J. P. McEvoy by The Press Publishing Go, (The New York Evening World). o of them surprise parties, Ob, yes, the insurance and the water tax and the manicuring of the lawn, the shampooing of the shingles and the Swedish move- ments with the boiler, These are byt a few of the {rons that enter your soul when you go forth to buy a house. Al- most you wish you had not read that cold, pitless, irrefutable advertisement which cried out “How much are your rent re- ceipts worth?” Or the other one which softly crooned, “Come out to beautiful Suburbia, where stately trees cast a grateful shade over a rose-covered cot- tage where you too might dwell in sweet content for a small pay- ment of $10 down and the rest just like rent—only five minutes’ walk from the station.” The guy who wrote “Home, Sweet Home,” never had to read an abstract or a suburban time table, You can bet your straw hat (before you feed it to the cows) on that, RANDOM FACTS. A native tribe in the Philippineg produces fire by rapidly compressing air in @ sort of syringe made of bam- boo. ren See To prevent metal tires on veh'clos patented to pe ineerted ta wieel Fim patent nse’ in wl ff to stretch them, must be constantly planning to his department ‘more efficient; that , to make results bigger and costs smaller, Many of the big ideas of business have come from the braing of obscure minor officers or em- ployees. The need for a junior officer arises when a business gets so large one man cannot look after all ita’ tails or carry easily all its responsi-~ bilities, A single business detail is a very small matter, but the details as & whole are tremendously important and must be looked after by men who are competent and conscientious, It is the important duty of the Junior officer to see to it that the de tails of the business belonging to his department are promptly and prop- erly attended to, If he really has ex- ecutive ability he will never make the plea that he could not clear his desk because of the great rush of de- tails that had to be attended ta Leng before he is in danger of being swamped he will have at bis com- mand a subordinate to whom he will intrust the handling of many mat+ ters of minor consequence. He will seek, indeed, to relieve hime self as much as possiblé of details in order that he may have more time for supervision, plannjng and direction. He must himself have great capacity _ for detail and he should prove it the ease with which he gets rid details, His chief will expect him know all about his department, ¢hd number of employees, their wages or salaries, the kind of work done by each, their ability, and their promise of future development. In no other way can the chief keep in touch with what is going on in the great busl~ ness he controls, It goes without saying that the ef- ficiency of a junior officer must dew pend largely on his mental ability, his education and bis practical ex» perience in business. If a man has not the quality of leadership, or if he has a weak body and @ poor di- gestion, or if his mind bas not been trained to think clearly, or if he lacks ambition and will power, he wi be @ failure as a junior officer, It should also go without saying that a mam is not fit to direct any department of a business unless he has first had ex- lence in ites work and is familiar with its problems as well as with ite routine, His advancement depends abso- lutely on himself. No junior offices should resign bis position merely be- cause of & tempting increase in eale It is well for bim to bear in mind, especially if he is connested with @ prosperous, growing business, that the world looks with some sus- picion upon a man who is moving lvom pillar to post. If, however, a junior officer is eons nected with a business controlled men who lack ambition and initiative), or who have so much money that they’ xive all their time to sports, amuses ments and travel, and he is oon- vinced, in consequence, that the busi~ ness will suffer from their neglect, he is wise if he looks for new connec- A live man should not be tied siaess that is dying from nb ait SARCASM. RED: “I'm smoking a territle lot of cigars lately!" Jaks, “You certainly are, if that's ena of themi"—Lite, | ie