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My dear,
Last night you told me about the remark Mrs. W. is supposed to have made about you and me. "That nice substantial man," you said she said of me, "what can he see in her?" meaning you. And she went on, you said, to talk of your hats, and your clothes and the way you wear your hair and the color of it... but mostly about what she called your silly job.
You laughed when you told me about it, and I laughed too. But I got to thinking about it, and it made me mad, because the more I thought of it , the more I thought too about what I do see in you. It seems to me that the very things I like most about you are just the things that Mrs. W. criticized. . .but more important than that. . .all of these things seem tied in with your Job.
You do see what I am trying to say, don’t you? That I find your charms truly integral parts of your being a career woman. Because the more I think of it, the more I’m convinced that your hats, your clothes, the way you wear your hair, that so important career of yours are all manifestations of ageless, unchanging, fundamental values. . .twentieth century expressions of character and courage and wisdom and femininity... the qualities that have made the great women of every age great.
It seems to me that though I cun quarrel in a mild sort of per¬ sonal way with Mrs. W.'s specific criticisms, I am really at odds with the point of view behind those criticisms. For it’s a point of view that many women who do not work have about women who do. I think it is high time that the husband of one of these so-called career women came forward and spoke his piece. This, my darling, is one of them talking, for the benefit of all the Mrs._W.s of this world.
Well, let’s look at the specific criticisms first. Take your hats. I know women are always saying that men don't like silly hats.
I don’t think that’s quite true. . .1 ^think it’s wholly a matter of who wears them. For instance, you'and girls like you look young and frivolous in hats that are all veils and flowers and no substance. Per¬ haps it's because career women have to know about new fashions and hovj to
wear them. All I know is that I saw Mrs. W. in such a hat once and she
looked as though she’d put it on backwards. Or take turbans. I happen to think you and girls like you look more like Hedy Lamarr in turbans, than like Sabu, the Elephant Boy (as do some people I could mention).
Then there are your clothes. I hope I’ll always be amazed at the
way you can, as you call it "change your type." I think you are wonder¬
ful in spike heels and what I call a pretty dress. But I admire you
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