Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1912 — CALLS MEN OF U. S. FEMININE [ARTICLE]

CALLS MEN OF U. S. FEMININE

Critic SSys American Husband la Mere Money Earner —Society Wife Is the Boss. ' Berlin. —According to an article by penry F. Urban, who Is recognised in Germany as akeen, good natured social critic, freedom of action by American society women, especially In New York, hr possible because American society men are feminine and the women masculine. . “A smart New York woman,” Herr Urban aaya, “Is not taerely a complete aristocrat, but she has something queenly In her disposition, and at the same time la Qur more natural and unaffected than her European sisters.' >. “The explanation is that from youth onward she is taught to consider herself a sort of higher species before whom mere man must bow the knee. She expects her male rela- , tions, including her grandfather, and all other men must find her charm* tag. * “She takes the greatest can of her person. She is pious; she is devoted to sport The result of her edtacation Is n slim, healthy, amiable, highly independent exacting, well informed young lady.” " „ . ■*?: All Amrican women, Herr Urban contends, have one passion hi common—love of shopping—which la undertaken without any intent to purchase but solely as a pastime. As for the American society husband, he, according to Herr. Urban, "Is • mere money earner, who must tfecustom himself to nolle obligingly, talk nothings, and look like a gentle-

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