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Constance Bennett^ who has been married and divorced^ gives her ideas about love — ideas rich in experience^ yet never touched by the usual ugly cynicism
1AM a divorcee. Don't misunderstand. I am not cynical. Nor am I over-sophisticated — certainly not in regard to love. It is as deep and wonderful to me as it ever was, only, certain characteristics of the gentle passion have assumed importance over certain others. Experience is a marvelous teacher. For mstance ...
I am not looking for romance in love! I want something more wearable, more durable and comfortable. I am no longer looking for sweet phrases and flowers — particularly. In their place I would much prefer a sense of humor and a bit of understanding. For I am not seeking love for the first time — the flush of idealistic sweetheart hours has come and gone for me.
HAVE known love — real love. And it was kind to me in a great many ways. It taught me that all my dreams
Miss Bennett, with a wisdom born of experience, believes that a sense of humor is most necessary in the person whom you love. She is convinced that a man and a woman who can laugh together stand a pretty good chance of weathering the matrimonial storms.
Constance Bennett confesses that love is as deep and wonderful to her now — since her divorce — as it ever was. At the same time her ideas of love have changed greatly.
of girlhood were — just that, dreams. Not that the sensation isn't as wonderful as I had hoped it would be, but it is different. Very different. I had thought that life with love was just roses and honeysuckle — but it isn't. Love is a hard thing to manage. A hard thing to control. A difficult thing to understand. It is difficult because it is the only real thing about our entire existence — and the biggest. If it is the only big thing in life, then it must necessarily be a problem. This is not an easy thing to grasp — that is, if you are anything like the person I was before marriage. But it is true. Love is not as easy as the word sounds.
COMING from Constance Bennett that is something to be remembered. If she didn't face me ivith such seriousness in her eyes and such honesty in her voice, it ivould be' J m possible to believe that it was she talking. Is this the same Constance Bennett who has always maintained such an air of sophistication in the public mind? Is this the beautiful young woman whose name, the world over, stands for aristocracy r)f thought and deed? Is this the worldly person whose savoir faire. modernness and complete cosmo politanism is a byword of both this country and the continent? Love difficult? To this beautiful ivoman, to whom nothing was presumed difficult? Certainly there is no one quite so poised in bearing and appearance. Surely there is none who can surpass her for