CAN A WIFE REALLY
ANN BOVILL SAYS YES!
imposes
an affliction? She takes herself fisang I wonder how many men delayed at work too seriously, ends up by who have wives who see that they spoiled. No bringing him into the Divorce get up at the right time in the too many hindering restrictions, Court!
morning, give them an early cup of and, of course, added expense. "Anyhow," he said, woman tea, put out their clean clothes, see A. B. The average sensible wife AST Sunday I had an argument confuses interest with curiosity. that their baths are hot and break does not impose restrictions, in with the young man you see She adores gossip, and rarely fasts ready to time, consider them fact, her husband is much more on this page. He maintains that knows when to stop. Just think fussy?
free than she is. on the whole a wife is more of a how often a tactless, indiscreet Hugh Corbett: That's all right H. C.: Not direct restrictions hindrance than a help to her hus-wife has ruined her husband! in theory. But go a step further. except when she interferes with his band as far as his work roes, 4
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I don't agree.
And as I would like my readers cwn personal opinions about this.
I will give you both sides of the question.
“Marriage,” said Mr. Corbett, "is
HELP HER HUSBAND?
“Many a man's career has been
HUGH CORBETT SAYS NO!
private pleasures, like smoking and drinking, which fortify him for better work. But she resents his discretion in matters touching his work his business contracts, That type of wife wants her hus- and sudden invasion of business
all gain for a woman. She gets wrecked by his wife's anxiety to go name, protection, security. For a one better than her neighbour and man it means ties, responsibilities, be first with the news.” increased expenses, the end of in- Freedom From dependence. He mustn't take risks Domestic Responsibility band to tell her all about his day's interests. She is suspicious of his or gamble on the future. At all times he must play for safety."
Ann Bovill: You are talking Fork in the evening. He probably women acquaintances, his neces- longs to forget all about it. Men sarily charming manner towards **And yet,” I expostulated mildly, about exceptional types. The don't want women to interfere in his boss's wife and daughters, and "I can think of hundreds of women-majority of wives take a load of their work, ringing them up at the women in his office. She feels the wives of successful men responsibility off their husbands their office during the day to say, neglected when he has to be away who devote all their energies to shoulders by giving them a smooth- "Don't be late, the Jenkinses are on business trips. making their husbands' jobs a ly-run home and freedom from coming to supper, and wearing a
domestic responsibility. As for martyred look each
success."
"You're thinking of the wives of ambassadors, housemasters and Cabinet Ministers they form a tiny majority jacked up with finan- cial security," said Mr. Corbett "Even so I won't alter my opinion. They, too, would probably be more successful if not happier. without a wife's influence.”
Further, Mr. Corbett insisted
THE
time they are Expense of
WORLD GOES BY By "ULYSSES"
A Wife
A B Nonsense! HC.
But it isn't. Anyway, you can't deny the extra expense in- volved by a wife. It's no good
telling me that two can live for the price of one. They can. But they can't dress, be ill, travel, go
thattheran's struggle for success pea mms of locuss that ("We're sorry to lose him" Lord places and do things for ti preds
NEW people reading the story of nearly recalled for an encore the
is a whole-time job. Relaxation threatened Kenya Colony from the Hewart) that a repeat performance larger quarters than a bachelor. must be complete. No strain, or Red Sea coasts realised that the is likely to be given shortly. And when he entertains it means 2 irritating restrictions. A man's whole thing had been arranged as
In addition, Mr. Henson may be more formal show. Much that is
choice is between success and marriage.
a publicity stunt for the film The asked to sign a contract as perman-forgiven a single man would damn Good Earth:"
3
ent star "feed" or "stooge” to Mr. 2 married one. was Justice Cheese, whose outstanding
how work in Rex v. Faddle and Elsie A. B.: A single man usually lives me- Binder v. The Government of Para a very uncomfortable life unless in-guay, ex parte the Snapfast Patent he's got plenty of money. And be
Suspender-Button Company, Ltd, is
lieve me, food in a restaurant costs
fans.
The Last Straw!
You might well ask how it This is where I finally crossed arranged, which only shows swords with Mr. Corbett
ignorant you are of publicity Naturally there are exceptions to thods and the enterprise and every rule and there must be some genuity of publicity agents. successful bachelors
(Godfrey Long before the film was shown fresh in the minds of his myriad three times what it does at home. A wife probably saves the expense Winn, for example), but most of publicly men had gone out into the}
of someone to "do for him” - She the successful men who come to my far corners of the world hiring The critics described this last per-saves on his laundry bills. She mind are married, and have been locusts at the usual super's fee of formance as a riot, a wow, and amends his clothes and makes them helped in their careers by their a pound a day. (Yes, there were whirlwind, and accurately (for once) last longer. And since you harp wives.
roughly fifty billion locusts and this predicted the case would run aso on the money side of it, how It is their home life, in my opin-is where film capital goes if you year.
about the wives who have jobs as ion, that gives them relaxation. It want to know)..
Next time you pass the Law well as keeping house for a is their wives who give them self
Hiring the locusts was a compara-Courts, look at the new frame of husband? confidence, and their sympathy and tively simple thing. All you had to photographs hanging outside the interest the courage and will to tackle daily difficulties.
do was to find the locusts and tell great main door, showing Mr. JusHe Must Consider But don't imagine I'm only think pitting, at such a place, at such Will any frequenter of the West
them to be on location, weather tice Cheese in his best recent roles. His Wife's Feelings ing of the top-notch minority, I am
End courts ever forget that famous
H. C: Oh! yes, I allow that there and such a time. just as concerned with all the ordinary, unspectacular people who
The real difficulty was making up "surprise" blackface entrance in are women who are willing to go
lun-Nigerian Waterways
Ivy on working after marriage, but most men don't want their wives to Synthetic I was thinking of success
ches. One of the major problems Tremble and Old Trusty
work They prefer to cherish the relative thing, and I had visions of was, "Do locusts like ham sand- Milk, Ltd?
illusion of superiority. And here's the thousands of splendid wives wiches, and and if they do, who's
another big restriction. A hus who give up their whole lives in going to cut them?”
band faced with an important deci to Nobody could be found the effort to make their husbands
cut
sion affecting his future must con- comfortable and happy.
them, so they eventually decided on
sider his wife's feelings. He daren't decide on the spur of the The wives who run their houses egg sandwiches
moment. If she objects to - a perfectly on almost nothing a West was one thesach sandwich The wives who spend the day square and one millionth of an inch scrubbing and cleaning and look-thick, and the man who had to ing after the children until they put one grain of salt on each went
form the backbone of this tim, naway ty billion teeny weeny box
are exhausted.
a
out of his mind.
of an inch
Yet these wives are not too tired So did the man who had to fit to change into an attractive frock them into teeny weeny boxes. and have a delicious supper ready
And so did the man who had to for their lord and master by the cut up the tomatoes. time he returns from his office.
And so did the man who had to They are ready to listen to "shop" cut up the eggs. and to help and advise on any pro- blems he produces.
Are these women really a drag on their husbands?
Fussy Women
Mr. Corbett says "yes"
"It sounds
put it like that
these
You
"but
And so did the man who had to cut off the crusts.
And so shall I if I go on writin about the blasted things any more.
Brighter Law
Such a good time was had bý
the Lord Chief Justice's
ntly. en Mr
use rocking
Dumb Friends' Corner
of
Having listened to a little actress
at a party the other night giving a change and he humours heraasbe perfectly divine, my dear, imitation he loses the chance of a lifetime.
another little actress, we thought A. B. No good: wife would set it our simple duty afterwards to her own feelings in the way seming on to Bus vous remark her husband's advancement of Johnson Boswell. "I remem be a lady of quality in this town, husband lets lore bl
said the Doctor, who was "2 "won-
My final argument derful mimick, and used to make single man can leave an unpro- me laugh immoderately. I have gressive job and
heard she is now,
HC: Some wives do. And the
that a
in new one. A married zan -- can't silver afford
start again from the assured us beginning. fear, at the A. B. He ought to be certain of feverishly fick his job before he marries.
matches off IL C. Maybe the job's not so
certain of him! No, all
ght for
But
doesn't