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IURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1919 igle “Girls” of 35 Years Should Not Attemipt Coyness When Looking for a Mate They Can’t Get Away With It,”’ Says Ber- Braley; and, Too, They Shouldn’t Appear ‘Reserved or Chilly; Just as Soon as the of 35 Acts Like a Woman of 35 and Knows the Things a Woman of 35 Should Know, Then She Will Be as Attractive and as Marriageable as Widows and Divorcees. By Fay Stevenson _/ Ouorrians, 1919, by The Prem Publishing Co. (The New York Brening World.) HAT does a girl at thirty-five think of her chance for love and Marriage? Lf love hasn't come to her at that age is ahe really “on the shelf?” Is‘it true that: “The coming of the crow’s feet Marks the going of the beaux feet?” Mr. Berton Braley, short-story writer and poet, does not believe that « woman of thirty-five years of age or even older need feel that way at all. In fact, in a short story called “Thir- ty-five” in @ cur-|4on't pretend to be one thing or the rent issue of a New | other, they simply assume a sophisti- York's wom @| cated, wholesome alr of @ full thirty- magazine, he takes |SVe or @ full forty-five. for bis heroine a| “Just as soon as the woman of whom old-|thirty-fve actp like # woman of thirty-five and knows the things a woman of thirty-five should know, then she will be as attractive and as le ag the widows and di- vorcees. But if she prefers to be coy and assume the manner of ‘sweet sixteen, or be cold and conservative and timid #he will remain unwed all the rest of her days. “I have no doubt that there are a number of men of thirty-five and Woah Peat forty who would be giad to wed a 0 woman of their own age, but alas, ‘a Yanan Mb be bar Scag tS PS Solving the High Rent Problem: le St So meeme tee eaters] 66 ECHSSITY 1s the mother of invention” and when New York ally turn to a widow, a divorose or a N ers were hard pressed by profiteering landlords for in ei tt Aeteeks tnd nels seootinn creased redts, the inherent Knickerbocker ingenuity just ‘ to her age. In fact, ¢very man ex- naturally bubbled to the surface. Over in Staten Island a shining ex- * But n | pened ad histicated | ample of just what can be done with trolley cars has come to light. Small families may take advantage of this scheme and save money, h for these trolley cars now harbor contented families, The cars are her to Aivided into a kitchen, bedroom and parlor. The rooms are partitioned The captivating . little} by curtains and the front and rear platforms of the cars servé as ob- bye Fag is eophistioation’ and) servation porches, as ‘twere, “Persona! I believe that the girl ‘The rent of cach car is $8 a month. There fs also plenty of sun- of thirty-five condemns herself a shine. When your relatives descend upon you, bag and baggage, you possi bili t ie wera at ial Sealer can utilize the hanging straps to advantage. Entertainment for the too old to wed, while the kiddies is provided by the hand brakes of the car, while the fare reg- even chilly. Now either |it is she is at her most attractive 4 going to kill all her possi-|time in life if she only knew it. The ister should also afford some amusement. In the lower photograph for marriage.” widow knows and the divorcee} one of the tenants is seen resting contentedly while her corned beef- knows it. They realize they are no trouble with the ‘coy young | ;, buds but in full bl and cooks on the stove in the offing. if thirty-five’ ts that she can't|and they act accordingly. "Mentally ‘Tho white hens and the two brown jugs in the upper picture dis with it,” T laughed. and physically woman should be at/ and—— cooks on the stove in the offing. exactly the point” agreed |her best at that age, She ts fnished “A man can admire « and ae ar rae has mr THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1919 2,000,000 English Girls iat | Are Without Husbands; Bedroom, Parlor and Kitchen at $8 a Month Yet Are Not Worrying English Girls Hold Their Own in Busy Marts of | Trade; They Expect No Preferential Treatment; They Now Consider Marriage of Secondary | Importance. Conctustons of Mrs, Monica Ewer, an English Dramatic Critic, Whe Recently Arrived in New York and Whom The Evening World Hae Asked to Explain the Cause of the Husband Shortage in England, By Monica Ewer Copyright, 1919, by The Pres Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World.) . “You will die unless you do Find a mate to whisper to.” © sings James Stephens. In that case in what a bad position are the women of England, faced always with a husband scarcity, now made much greater by war deprivations. j All sorts of daring and desperate solutions suggest themselves, from Polygamy to colonial plantation! But nature seems always to effect & constant readjustment which carries with it some compensation. The “daughters of the newer Eve" have in some measure exchanged the | wedding ring for the attache case. Marriage has |connotation. With the war has |eome the death of the drawing }room and the independence of| woman. Gone are the days of— “. . . Bridge at dawn, | The clothes you wear—or do not wear— . The ladies’ leap-frog on the lawn And dyes and drugs and petits verres.” Woman has flowed into industry. There are no jobs she has not un- dertaken. Our khaki brigade were Wrafs and Wrens and Waacs and; became an integral part of the army, At home we had women | conductors, women van drivers, women porters, women on the land and the “one man buginess” was turned over to the wife There is| nowhere in England, now, that you do not see women, and they are as ready to fend for themselves:as the men. They get no preferential treat-| making delicious dishes for next to ® ment, but they can hold their own.| nothing. The little wife and her One would be hard put to it, to-day,| brood to-day are walking despairing- to find the young lady that formerly|1y from one house agent to another. had to be “seen home.” For those who can afford such things, The war has done for feminism|there are no maids, Not only do the what could only have been accom-|™eals and the coal cost nightmare plished at any other time by years of|#ms, but ther are hard to get. ‘Re- patient toil ‘They recetved from|™emiber, an ounce and a half of but- man’s necessity and dif not have to|tef ® week per hend is the ration. walt for his generosity. The young mother grows #more and lost its old time fate nen orerietancrtens| LOUr Sweethearts’ Revealed ty shel'The Confidential Diary eet ule ae ate feces Characteristics - Handuziting i id thoughts ehe is twi stride, Above all, the war gave the! the brood with next to no butter and too coy and kittenish he can] Views and thoughts eho is twice as the fact with ‘she'll outgrow | *ttractive as a little rosebud of a women work. Work for all classes, Milk at eleven pence @ quart. She , but—well, there is simply no 5 of a Revenue Rum Hunter? ans sete ae oe object of thelr existence, It rele- SH eantedd pny was that she was five ing the coy young thing of | & @ single woman who is gated It to a secondary place. minutes late at the office, or that she be fectiy|Feally Up to Ner years and haa the Beate gen gaat Rik maaeeaa ear maken Translated By John W. Lawrence ‘This new discovery of work has| idn't like her new hat po pecaeeereeG Was tates one ea ee os, Sth on Som Siplies Co neve Ta estas Ws two very definite factors. ‘There ts,| But there are two very important “Yes, and occasionally such a wom-| R. § D. Brocklyn—Net specially gent, kindly and sinceré, Make lov- NDAY — Trailing the booze’ ing Green in front of Custom House) frst of all, the purely practical ques] @Spects of marriage which we have an is so attractive that even the) generous nor thoughtful. Type cau- ing wife and mother, but very little hounds in New York is the and gave college yell before going t0|tion, ‘The middle class woman has|"0t yet considered. We have been One knows that a widow or|}ort ne erm ave yams to sat iy | ous, Dut unchangeable when onco will power, toughest job I was ever up| Work, College yell goes like this: {now found that she chn be self-sup- | dwelling on the material side, Let us (an can always remarry !f|we' should not have to say ‘occa. married, oe Oy dacioees. aes against. Would rather be back in| R-E-V-E-N-U-E! porting. She does not need a man| turn to the romantic. For still Pao desires,” continued Mr. Braley.| sionally,” for the ‘woman ‘of thirty: A. M. W—dndloations are sincerity, ‘easily “discouraged.” opal tice | Tenn. dr Kentuck, gunning for moon- | We're t¥ Agents—Hully Gee! to earn her bread and butter, “Mar-| "The song of lovers—who knows how ° Gee thirty-five | Ave should find that her chances for), *aclimerate about MArring x Type that makes neat, ‘conscious | *iners, than trying to enforce Vol-|No more Irish, Scotch or Rye! riage as @ Trade” is a thing of the|*™ up from place and time.” runette, fat for loyalty but little tendgrnes wife, fond of children. Well balanced, | stead’s act in N. ¥. The underground | We're the boys who make you dry! does. And yet you migh: than hi ‘trimen: hh GLADYS K—A. K. Lovable, h we go! yh my trusty Ehil CO) will still, and probably alwaye, mar: she can marry again and |Dut needs @ little more force. booze system in this town has got the| Armed wit ty Ehillioscope saiesas in oil manne y ye, marry thas aman it Tnows how to. vat vot a iz rn 7 v1 No, non. | ALEX P.—Kind, but head controls, | Dt bootleggers in the South com-|and Breathoscope, entered financial But the second factor te still more | or the sake of a particular man, see- prefer a widow |20Ws how to vatue th It{est, foolishly extravagant restless, ntrols. Important. Women have found that] ine pernape all. that Modest, truthful, quite actistio, lacks | Pletely faded. How they do it has|district disguised as curb broker. peg See pe all that marriage en- to a single woman of /tycfive who wishes to" wed roast” be given to Asettnine kveen Gan ve force, got me stopped. ‘railed nine drunks| Boss had hot tip that brokers are| {ter all work is the bw tails, and seeing it with distaste, but : use natural self and one fa raped r t class of women hse” age. Why? Because the|her na Mt express the|sarcastic, obstinate. Has certain efll-| ym, J cho Is optimiatt ,,|%274a% but couldn't tind out whtre| getting pickled every day and as- hire TUE ae B mh rushed to | ee2y % go into it for love, and the divorese are natural | thoughts of # woman of thirty-five. | ciency, but lacks concentration. Ind\- tasteful, ‘normally affectionate, fond | ‘ey got t. Saw one rummy stumble |signed me to find thelr supply. Tried | ad b Y But more important still, there is m, they have a natural manner, x any rate that has always been)cations are gradual success. Nor- ? {t from the boredom of their drawing |tne woman's desire to be of children. Constant, girlishly vain, |OUt of Harlem saloon and dashed in| out breathoscope on one broker ‘ @ mother, neither coy nor bashful, they Sra Pahl boast womee ts ae mally affectionate, |Indications are favorable for ‘matri.| hoping to make arrest. Found bar-|and indicator spun around to 100-|Fooms, .They then got keen on thelr/ That too we’ must face G. A--Gentle, optimistic, calm. mony, tender reading Bible and when I|proof and rang bell. He amelled like | Job, and were delighted: with the new | Nietadhes ideal of = perfect woman », | Very loving, dependable. Intelligently | was that she should be “as a cow.” 8. W. V. Ly Brooklyn—She appears | *#K¢d for booze he started reading{a distillery. Said he hadn't had a| sense pf companionship,, They wod} qa: will now never be nm 4 realized, That a ° |generous. ‘Well balanced, but not! mitaiy’ escont v1 aloud and kept on till I left. Smell {drink in three months, Must have it|respect, The woman who was not ®/ women iove little children is very or Comfort and Convenience }\rridiy torcetui. trite procenstinat- Fattcror A Me eh eee eat | many Volatend violations on poopie's| snot Into hie eras ware earner waa out of 1 Parents| true: "That moet giss'would ult ing. Sincere, Fairly successful, and talkative, versatile, fond of pleas- | breath in subway, but can't discover| Received hof tip that curb brokers| Who had hitherto considered tt “Infra | (Toots also true. But it is only ere 0 "| with girls who have nothing else to MARY M. E.—iGind, but not aftec- | believe her nincera: Ne oeetgsore:| where they get it They'll never be| got booze in’ trick telephone booth.| dis” for thelr daughters to do any-| think of that motherhood beoomes an tlonate, Tenacity, Some imagina- h able to keep the tea in Volstead in | Tipst: brok te booth, re-| thing useful began to change thelr} obsession. There are still a great The overettes are rolled up to the! ton” Good mind, Should engage In |£F Nousekeeping, but it may develop, | 110 % Be y yal Kasai dep aig stat acca ele mnany bables in the world. As there knee for lighter work and giving full] literary pursuits in some way, E. J. S-—Sho 1s somewhat unusual] TUESDAY—Attended college for! screwing cap takes out hidden glans.| ‘Then there is another factor in the] Gio nyu, & fow unwanted ones, @ re- ag A distribution is always possible, and a trif freedom te the nbs. L. R.—Good-hearted, Somewhat! a good inde teeter bs apd = rum hunting revenue agents in Cus-{ Holding glass under mouth-plece, he| field. Looked at fairly the accessories) jut there is another side to the whimsical, trifle procrastinating, ‘given to fads. Some executive ability. |*°™ House this A.M. Quite a coltege|deposits coin in quarter slot and|of marriage to-day are not very at-| question. I know a great many young given to depression, Somewhat Pa- | Critical, fusses over’ trifles, but is|spirit among students. Learned how! glass 1s filled. Coin in nicke! elot| tractive, While marriage does not Ste See a Sin iaeticed fat teee rae od of e ah +p require care! reatm ¢ o 3 r ful. Love sincere, but unstable. No! nt heart’ fas eacolient ecules” ans vestigate contents of decanters in| WEDNESDAY—Dropped $37 worth | fers a great many very definite wor-|q world, where, there ja little beauty haste to marry, Bad habits not s0!i¢ not as orderly as you, nor has she|Tecord time, After studies students|of quarters in Wall Street telephones ries, One no longer looks enviously at] behind and little hope ahead. developed that he cannot ‘overcome | | em. an) “Tho it th yous searaces ot Teesey gathered on college campus on Bowl-|but never got anything but “Number| tho Uttle wife in her sweet suburban |" u diast encompassed Us, indeed, O oad if ¥ please?” from central, Guess tip|home, wtih her clever little maid,| with these nad years ¢ ¢ ¢ EMMA A. J—Truthful, sincere. — |Ydous somewhat diffused, yet certain Two - Min Uu te Sp eeches eae Oe ee ae St T WO MINUTES OF OPTIMISM sion or business, but until] moro self- strong in financial district to-day. Teliant would be wiser to stick to his F Guess that's why papers say market : position. or Bu sy Men opened strong. According .to my By Herman J. Stich te : But this is soon dismissed. Women Pewveerncc 00 oaeananenenmamaanaanenmeasanaanaaaanenenens } ees Cesvciétt, 1818, ty Tho Prem breathoscope the market opened at|< da Li Peo Wat ceteris ry eay ae Pagers het Daal Renee Om: (ip Kew To Taine Walt 190-proof. Wish I was back in Tenn. Cour, 1918, y Rha Prom Fling Oo (he New York Brain Word) Sut pivorastisaring end wake” residing at a Debate. or old Kentuck., where life ain't #0 The Philosopher’s Stone. thelr chance to refute there wilt |t0Ush on @ revenue agent. | Asked L. E—Indications are that you are| By Matthew J. Epstein | RIFLES have caused revolutions, | Vice President of the United states 5 a T b> broker this P, M. where was the . ~ .|and President of the Senate, optimistic and refined, though some-| Ladies and gentlemen: | be placed in the maneetet tie attaes ciaca its get a drink and he TaReMcnee: Sele Pa Be peetihew Maury, who was respons- what vacillating, while he is totally hia ns X 4 . ndous effe ble for Annapolis and oth Tanrerinh, careens,. | procrastinating, Tite los same & Fame OF give toe trident aie kee Roses fie, [Gaze eermuces ut bis. Dreah blew Tulck tempered, talented bully|academies, was berated ase black without ambition, yet a certain brute| and take. In the game of life we Value and Its validity and arte {2 ‘ain spring out of my breatho-| | A aul nee ac Newton in|Sheep, ran away to sea with the re: force. Unsettled as to what he wants.| must play fair If we wish to be sufficient deliberation, render a {8cope 80 I knew he was lying, ‘Trail icked t square, New-|S0!ve to “show ‘em’ and vented his Little real tenderness, but @® Jolly) grue to others and to ourselves, | Verdict, P Is getting hot, Was passing tele-| ‘He stomach, bp bd eth and |MAbition on chalk and cannon balls mpan! ai . De : be sega re To-night there will be staged-a | ,,!{\ is not an easy matter to act | phone booth in 30 Broad Street when | \0Ps, We, as fre ee ood no. eke [iat aa ONG PABeT. 10 Work ous JULIET D., Brooklyn—Roth inde-| little game, There will be sides evidence presented and doy I happened to hear @ man inside say| tention to his studies, determined fo A practical joker rounded up about pendent and a bit indifferent. Not] and these sidefwill contest for a ments advanced are #0 equally rea, Rye is what I want, please."'| get down to business and outstrip the |half a dozen persons in party which easily emotional, origin: ut simple = 7 “ 1 ar lly, who previous cluded a young chap name; 01 waalt motion 1 ort 1 Dut al ple decision, Each ‘side will try, by balanced that to award the deci- | Slipping on a false mustache I wait-| bully. ba at BSE oe ten ha told Ayia A raid Wane 1 i ‘e tired culture. Frank, ambitious, but rather| réument and fersuasion, to con- tremely. diliticule’ s2ecomes eX- Joa for him to come out and then Ii ulany peen elected to the Royal jcircle, und, putting an electrlo wite « sold. Forceful, but not’ aggressive,| vince you that its aspect of the arguinent that may seem very |Jumped into the telephone booth and} Scciety and was famous for his in-|in the hands of one of them, turned Honesty and dipli ry combined. question is the right one, important to you may not appear | said, “I'll have Rye, please.” vention of patter salancopes #00, 2 on the current ane shock, used a . —e There are friends of both the so to the judges, whereas y 7 “ge Giscovery of the jon. | sim: cous outcry; but Morse, who MEN'S QUESTIONS, negative and the affirmative sides parently ‘trivial ‘assention may RY RUCDOET BRO ROKR: ROM That kick was of far more than local)ar that time was siill in his ‘teens, J. J. Be—-Sincere, vorsatile, savingh in the audience. You whose succeed in determining the vice “Oh, just one Rye,” I says, consequence. was deeply impressed by the fact as tm one sense and extravagant in an-| friends are on the affirmative will tory. “pLirty cents for five minutes,” she} jzunyon was railroaded to prisom| that all received the thrill at ap- f th time te 1 other, Simple tastes, but fond of mu-| be tnclined to favor thetr cause, Judges are only human, just as |says, and I thoughg at last I had the|ard to while away, i] ears paren y an P sane joes Years sic and takes pride tn home, Ability| while the friends of the negative you and I, and sometimes they | oiue that would lead to Wall Street's | “Pilgrim's Progre: vite ater, a fire in the headquarters of to do what she wishes, but ideas will be just as eager that they make an error, One cannot please |“ seller next to the one of Morse's largest telegraph oom. somewhat diffused, which marriage| receive the decision, But. you everybody, But they are the |boose supply. But I guess the cum-| "Henry Wilson was fired from 8 panies in New York City stopped the would probably settle, Impulsive, lov-| must play fair, You must not, judges and It is they who are to | mies on the curb had her @lxed, be-|farm and gerft into the world with | business of the world for a day, " ing, generally trustworthy, with the| either by interruptions or ap- Tender the decision. So which | cause, instead of getting liquor, 1 got, half & dozen sheep, a yoke of oxen The man , who can capitalize ad- secretive instinct of all famininity,| plause, work injury to the, side ever way the contes? is decided y. and the parting versity is “as good as they make . . re the police station at Rye, N. ¥. The slur stung bis pride and |'em. Sweet-natured, but not terribly force-| you do not favor, You must be take it in the proper way, like dance, a j ful. impartial in your demonstrations, good, sportsmen. And remember, Made full report to the chief this turned his thinkery into a perpetual] When you've learned to make — After both sides have presented debaters, if you do not win to- |P, M. and he said I was a bum, notion idea Pastors Py pt going boosts out of Knosks you've disoov~ ) N. K. C, Brooklyn—dhe ts intelli;| their arguments and, have had i day you may win another day, (To Be Continued) ll be landed 8 ered tha philosopher's stone, % wea } ; : al