The evening world. Newspaper, February 22, 1921, Page 11

Needed Wooing Away “W tions Gourt, 1 Ghowed him the statement of Su preme Court Justice Ford, who de- clares that New York is having too many divorces, that the modern wom. an eheds @ husband as sho would a Sout, and that this as the age of trial oo marriages. @ “I can't talk about the divorces, SPobserved Magistrate Tobias, as w Stalked in his chambers, “for they {never come through my hands, 1 » ete the couples before they get to ~, that stage, sometimes after the first famity ‘tiff’ But 1 have noticed a startling increase in the number of young people who got into matni- monial difficulties. That, 1 believe, is due to the many hasty marriages of war tlme. Some young people were hardiy acquainted when they went © the altar, and a great many failed 10 ‘ook before they leaped," “The number who complain of infi- delity is surprisingly small,” he went on, ‘They simply can't seam to agree, and inst of settling their troubles on the spot and forgetting them, both man and woman want the last word. The men seem to have been neglectful, and the women don’t ‘take to’ home like their mothers did. You know, I'm a great exponent of old-fashioned ways when it comes to marriage,” he declared with a mile, “The long courtships, visits in the parlor, and things jtke that?" I sug- gested, “Exactly,” he said with a smile “In the old days men and women became perfectly acquainted with each other's eharacter and temperament be- fore they marric’. They were con- stantly associated with each other and they courted at home, not at the theatre or festaurant. Parents are somewhat to blame for the unhappy conditions of many of those who come before me. The girls nover learned how to cook, sew or keep house, and they never entertained at home. As a result the wives do not come up to their husbands’ expecta- tions.” “Courtship in a New York flat is not s0 y as it used to be when every family had a house," I ob- served, “That is true,” Magistrate Toblas agreed, “and I'm sorry that it is, But the family should ask the young man to dinner on Sunday, or for Saturday night supper. Then’ he will see the girl in her home, and when he does See her in her home he learns much more about her good and bad quall- ties than he does outside,” “How about chaperons “Now don't get the idea that I'm a prude or a ce he protesied “I'm not speaking of all men and women but only of those who have hd difficulties. On the whole, I think the boys and girls of to-day are Rood, clean youngsters, I'm not par- ticularly concerned about chaperons, - but many of the girls would be bet- ter wives if they had been sometimes restrained, If they knew that they must ask’ permission to go out, if they really respected their parents’ advice “Girls have become extremely in- dependent. So many of them work and live in comparative luxury that when they marry they do not realize that their husbands cannot give them much money and that they must give up some of their past Indepen- dence and attend to their duties." “Are you optimistic about ture?" T asked. “Are these matr! ninl difficulties permanent, or do you fu- expect a change { “Things will come « he sald assuredly, “W some trouble for a while | of the economic situation, 1 and money ix bad for the home. But the war-time conditions will soon d the post-war troubles will disappear, ‘Then our girls will not be quite independent and intol- erant and the men will be able bet- ler to understand them.” ust What rules could you eug- gest for preventing a family squab- ble?" 1 asked. The Magistrate's eyes twinkled “Think of the other fellow,” said, “Go more t When the wife is snap back to her tor pass 6 the block; th ke you feel be ter, and he ye return Oring & box of candy. That will make her feel bette: “Or, if you're out a bit later than you should be stop at the ner and bring home an oyster fry. Some girls may want terrapin, but the ht kind won't. “But don't worry about the future,” he concluded » young folks will get along all right, and [ don’t think diverces will Increase. But I do wish that the old-fashioned courtship would cone back. If it ever does, we Magistrates will Nave tewer family rows to arbitrate.” —- RANDOM FACTS N old open style street car n Boston has been equipped as a double deck ambulance for removing large numbers of patients to a hospital, Almost every mined in Austral Walos leading the other in value variety of cious stones produced. known gem is South states pre- and $ DAY, FEBRUARY 22, Courtships PREVENTIVE OF DIVORCE EPIDEMIC Former Head of Domestic Relations Says “Too Many Hasty Marriages” Nowadays and “Too Much From Home.” By Roger Batchelder. Coprrighi, 1021, by the Prow Publishing Co, (The New York Rveniua World) HAT we need,is the old-fashioned courtship.” ‘That is the assertion of Raphael Tobias, recently appointed a8 4 permanent Magistraté and who for the past two years has deard the troubles of several thousand young couples in the Domestic la~ THE DUCHESS OF OPORTO, N.Y. WOMAN WHO TWICE INHERITED MILLIONS. BOVE Is a recent portrait of the A Duchess of Oporto, formerly Mrs, Venada Van Valkenburg of New York. The Duke of Oporto, a brother of the late King Carios of Portugal, died in Naples early last year, The Duchess, who before her marriage to the Duke of Oporto was known as “the $10,000,000 widow,” in- herited $6,000,000 trom the estate of her late husband, the Duke. GF OFFICE FORCE ° BY BIDE DUDLEY: Covrriaht, 1021, by the Prem Publishing Co, (™ wm York Evening World.) 66] SEE by the papers," said Pop- ple, the Shipping Clerk, as he put his pen on his ear, “that Gov. Miller has seven daughters," “Which one’a the prettiest?” asked Miss Primm, Private Secretary to the Boss, “Is one prettier than the others?” asked Miss Tillie, the blond stenog- rapher. “Sure!” came from Bobbie, the of- fice boy “There should be a flour of the flock in a miller’s family." the dea, kid?’ asked Where d’ye get the so-called “Bobbie Miss Primm, is at it again,” snapped “We'd best ignore him, By the way, 1 see that Mrs, Harding is in New York, I mean the wife of the President-elect. Wonder why?” “Shopping,” said Miss Tillie, ust wanted to go buy buy, en?” asked Bobbie, feigning innocence, “Oh, stop it!” sald Miss Primm, nin ut the boy he replied n't you Mrs. Harding wants to can't stop it, She has a hat will do!" came from Popple. “You're too fresh, Kid." Spooner, the mild little bookkeeper, spoke up, “Let's try to be friendly this mor he suggested, "Bob- bie's jokes and smiles merely show that he's healthy.” “Well, his health won't be good long if he keeps springing his gags,” came t jokes,” sald Miss Primm 1 to rebuke the next one who one in here very seve nooks, the By Aappe red in way of his private office at he said, “a dentist Just called me up and he took out all his teeth last came from said the Ross. ‘The false, He toc en out went to bed,” “Oh, Mr. Snooks—you're @uch a Woe!” giggted Mise Primm. The Boss ¢ private office that 1 the nned and retired to his Bobbie broke ° followed, He arone door leading to the pack+ me from the boy, “how old juve to be before the guy isa wag Miss Primm almost Ta Now York treatne Word), it, 1971, WHO (S THE LADY IN THE PARLOR ? 5 ame HE IS THE MAN WHO VERIFIES THE INCOME TAX RETURNS INCOME TAX RETURN 2 SHE IS THE WIFE OF A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL @ ; YES HE LOOKS OVER THE RETURNS TO SEE IF THEY ARE CORRECT Sorry Burke (S AWAY FORA WHILE . PooR MAN { I WONDER IF HER HUSBAND WOULD HELP NE MAIKE My INCOME TAX RETURN HER HUSRAND CAN'T. HE/S IN THE CRAZY, HEIS THE NAN WHO VERIFIES THE INCONE | TAX RETURNS BEAUT 4x2 HEALTH RR. CHARLOTTE C.WES' Copyright, 1921, by tho Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). Can You Be Proud of Your Back? LOTHING continues to be scant and to reveal the back. A per- tect back \s straight and flat— it is also wonderfully expressive, The back of the Venus de Milo, marvel- lously shaped, is heavier than our Standard to-day, The back must be perfectly proportioned to the size of the body, with the shoulders slightly wider than the hips Study “The Winged Mercury," study MacMonnies' “Bacohante,” and it will be found that the ‘exquisitely modelied superstructure depends upon the foundation column. However slight the Imperfection of the spinal column may be, it !s out of plumb, its beauty marred, and all the organs in the trunk are more or less hampered in their activities be- cause their relative positions have beon interfered with In architecutre the perfect column (the line and the oirve) is regarded us the most admirable, So it is with, the human frame—the fundamental structure is a perfectly formed spine, as strong and as pliant a» well-tem- pered steel, ‘The positions assumed In walking, standing and eitting all tend to im- prove or injure the back. Whea ween sO OOOOO™™O™, THE HOUSEWIFE SCRAPBOOK HEN purchasing linoleum for the floor it in a good idea to order a lining of felt. This precaution y!! prob- ably proiong the use of the lino- lewm. It also deadens sound and makes the floor warmer in win- ter, It prevents the linoleum from expanding contracting and it gives w softer tread, all advantages worth considering. You can ensily clean your velvet sult or coat, Hang the garment on a hanger or a dress firm, !f you have one, Fit a » over the nat of th and thor- oughly aping steam over the garment, ‘Chen give the ight brushing and you ved a bill lounging ig habitually indulged in or the weight of the body constantly thrown on one set of muscles, it tends to their overdevelopment, while those that remain idle become weak- ened and in time are unable to per- form their work. Concentration of the mind upon this fet will induce one to assume the erect position; con- stant thought becomes “second: na- ture,” and after a while the straight column with {ts perfect line and curve becomes part of oneself, Slight deformities of the back can be rected in time by daily practising the following little exercise: Plant the feet firmly on the floor, draw the body up to tte full height, throw the arms out above the head and, without moving the feet, strive to reach an imaginary object sus- pended from the ceiling. This disjoints, as \t were, the bones cor- of the spinal column (there are twenty-four) puts the ligaments and muscles on the stretch, limbers up and renders supple those bundles of muscles on each of the lumbar region, and gives he straight line sought after by all sculptors of the beautiful in woman. Otherwise, He TAR JARR FAMILY CARDELL. « Copyrtght, 1931, by tho Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World), RS. JARK came back from the door where a delivery man waited with a package and asked Mr, Jarr if he could lend her $10, “I haven't $10. Why do you always come to me for money? Mr. Jarr grumbled. “Who else would I come to for money—and you have $10!" Mrs, Jarr replied. “If you haven't it you should have. You had @ $20 bill yosterday, tor when I asked you if you had $3 in change, you showed It to me." “Yes, and I had $8 in change, Loo, and you took it," growled Mr. Jarr, and with a sigh he handed over $10 he was never to see again, but the eagle eye of Mra. Jarr noticed that he had more moncy than what he handed her, “It's some things for the housé T sent home ©. O. D.,"" Mra. Jarr re- marked as she took the money to the man at the door and returned with several packages, "I do need some silk stockings, and I saw some, guaranteed not to ‘run,’ Is Prosperous A letter from a Canadian business man to a New York house to which he owes a bill: OR the following reasons | am unable to send you a cheque I have been held up, held down, sandbagged, walked on, sat upon, flattened out and squeezed—first by an Income Tax, Excess Profit Tax, War Loans, , War Bonds, War Savings Certifi- the Automobile Tax and every Society and Organization that the inventive mind of man can invent to extract what I may or may not have in my possession, Double Cross and ev The Government who owns il, ery hospital Also the Red Cross, St. Dunstan's, the Children’s Home, the Y. M. C. A, Army, the Belgian Relief, the Australian Relief, the Bl; the Y, W. C. A., the Salvation ck Cross, the in the country, as governed my business so that 1 don’t know I am inspected, suspected, examined and re-exam- ined, informed, required and commanded so that | don’t know who 1am, where 1am, or why I am here at all. 1am supposed to be an’ inexhau known 1 { go out and beg, bor |, boycotted, talk hung up, robbed and damn near ow or stea , desire and hope, and because | All that 1 know is that stible supply of money for every will not sell all 1 have il money to give away 1am cussed, 1 to, talked at, lied to, lied about, Held up, ruined, and the only reason | am hanging to life now is to sxe what the h-—1 will happen next. . for $3.49 a pair, and I wanted to get at least two pair; but no, I spent my money on things for the house!” she explained, “How come you spent your money on things for the house instead of silk stockings?” asked Mr. Jarr. “I've just paid for those things—and haven't got any chango back.” He added this last, ag be saw Mrs. Jarr had several bills and some silver in her hand, ‘Oh, this isn't enough to buy me pair of silk stockings, even at bargain prices!" said Mrs. Jurr. “I'm a dollar short of the price of one pair. Hut what good does it do having one pair?" “You can only wear one pair at a tine, I should say,” ventured Mr, Jar. “You are wearing @ pair now “Yos, and they are go mended that I can't wear them on the street,” re- plied Mrs. Jarr, "That is, with the present length skirts J can't.” “Wear your dresses longer,” srowled Mr. Jarr. “That will cover a multitude of shins, I mean darns.” “I've worn my dreases long enough, if you are alluding to length of ser- said Mrs. Jarr with a sigh “But I should have got several pairs of these stocings; they really were nice quality for the money." Never shall it be said. that Harold hrockmorton denied the luxurles of her heart to his beauteous bride,” re- marked Mr. Jarr. "You aay you have the price of one pair, all Dut a dol- lar, here is the dollar" And he handed over the money with a flourish But I really need two pair,” re- marked Mrs. Jarr. “It I wear one pair and a run comes in them Uli be Just ax bad off as 1 am now.” “Oh, Ket Uwo pair then,’ #aid Mr. 4 he handed over a $6 bili n extended his hand for his nk you, dear!” suid Mrs. Jarr, extended hand, “f want pair of gloves, too, and this wep oul—with the money 1 “But how will I get through the week with no mone asked Mr Jarr dolefully “The way I do." replied Mre, Jar. What de you need with money? don't have to pay tne houaeh “L auppose you are rig mur- inured Mr. Jarre, “lim a lucky guy that w I wonder how old Brigham Young got along?” TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1921 KEEP ‘EM OUT! After Six Weeks in the U.S. the Departing Foreign Lecturer Tells Us What He Thinks of Prohibition :—But After We've Had a Year and a Half, No Six- Weeks’ Sufferer Can Tell US About Itt By Neal R. O'Hara. Copyright, 1981, by the Prom Publishing Co, (The Now York fvening World). ? FTER 300 years of taking all comers, from Pilgrims to the present A passport gang, our immigration rises to sinite us, ‘The melting pot is boiling over. Our census figures are exactly correct and what's the use of wrecking the totals? Let a mob of strangers come inté our country and you can't tell what they'll do, Some of ‘em might even start voting for Bryan. It's time we let well enough alone. But why bar the land of free air and the home of the brave garage repairmen to the steerage customers and let the European lecturers In? Us home folks have enough income taxes without Incoming talkers te bother us. Why cut off the supply of $15-a-week housemaids and let the 61,000-a-night lecturers int This glorious land should be as free to the gay that sees it through a porthole as the chap that views it from the promenade deck, We were in the war ourselves, and we don’t need a squadron of foreign highbrows to tell us the after-eftects—we know ’em! There's only one‘kind of interest they can have for us over here, and that's the 4% per cent. om those eight billion bones we lent ‘em. We heard Sir Oliver Lodge at $3.30 a seat when Henry Cabot was talking as fluently in the Senate for nothing. 4 Us Americans may be gluttons for punishment, but there's plenty of home industries to give it to us. Europe doesn’t need to send highbrows here. They grab too much space in our white paper shortage. And besides, they're taking the metaghors US HOME Folks HAVE ENOUGH INCOME TAXES WITHOUT INCOMING TALKERS TO BOTHER US. right out of the mouths of our own lecturers. If we need speeches to keep ‘ { ‘ i t ' t > h us awake, Congress can give us spread-eagle stuff without waiting for, aliens to start spreading chestnuts, ot If we want to know our five most beautiful dames, let the local talent pick ‘em out! What's Helleu and Hoppe got to do with it? Sennett, the — upper house of our bathing beauties, and Ziegfeld, the roof of dur good lboks industry, should be protected by law. ‘ Fiity years ago the immigrants used to think American streets were paved with gold. Now they think they're paved with lecture hally and the xeats are studded with spectators ut $2.75 a head. They think the map of the U. S, contains one-night stands, sprinkled with lyceum bureaus and box vifice statements, Sir Oliver came over to tell how he spoke with the dead) It took three lectures in every city to prove that your first wife talked back to you! For every lecture that Oliver gave, it took twenty stalwart woodchoppers in Maine to supply the demand for oulja boards, The next time Oliver starts for New York, the Division of Forestry will have him deported, Pa Then there was Maurice Maeterlinck—he came, he saw, he stuttered,¢ He explained the life of the Bee eo vividly his listeners all felt stung. Maurie finished his route in Los Angeles, drafting scenarios for the movies-+and they appreciated him there, The moyie directors understood Maetic as well as they understood any great author. iH Lecturing in America for them iy Just like getting rich quick, They sive us nothing but a farewell statement, After six weeks in the Unithd States, the departing foreigner tells ns what he thinks of Prohibition, But after we've had a year and a hali, no six-weeks’ sufferer can tau US about it! r However, don’t think that England's si!nping anything over on us, "She No Gibbs, Ervine and Drinkwater But we got even with Mértie ‘ sent us Lodge, Bennett » Chesterton to prod our senses and punish our ear drums England by sending ber Pussyfoot Johnson ' i The Recipe is in this Booklet wou you like to give your icings and fillings “that chocolaty taste’ of Runkel’s All-Purpose Cocos t Our recipe book ‘‘The New Cocoa Cookery"? tells how to improve your desserts, save all the bother. of grating chocolate and one-fourth the cost with Runkel’s Il-Purpose Cocoa, Write for it today. 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