Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 40

Eminent Make fke Best Wives 1WS, 9 fa III Men of Affairs Drawn to Girls of Charm and Intellect Who Help Them rjrj-Y 1 "1 I Is Little- AA Wonder That Many i i urwi in II i pRsr i ill 1 1 in II I Mi ii i i i. i ill i i.b -mi II ill I I I ill -si if From ta many attractive and SS- I I capable-girk who apply for the I JLj3' I rT I -IC" ioft a busing. man icfectx nu I I efta; -JT I riJTA -'si I'Csna rvi i i ii wn WW ill I mm pftn J. Raskob and his fiancee, Minerva Elaine Aaronson, stenographer in a New Haven brokerage office. yrS wonder that she attracts the men with whom she is associated all day in an office? Everything is propitious for a successful acquaintance and for the development of romance.

"A capable secretary can be of enormous help to a busy man. It isn't at all odd that he, in turn, should appreciate her assistance and want to hold her aid for a lifetime. "Just as styles in secretaries change, so do styles in wives. Long a.go men, tired of the clinging vine, the girl who was extremely feminine but simply no more than deadwood to carry through life. "Parasitea are declasse today.

No Physician and Psychologist, Dr. Wolf Says It Is Easily Explained Brains and Charm of The Girk, Arid It Is Therefore Not at All Surprising That Men of Wealth and Great Affairs Pick Them many years she was associated with him before their marriage, took complete control of the $30,000,000 hotel chain. A BOUT the time of the Statler mar-riage Carl Fisher, millionaire real-estate "operator and' builder of1 the Indianapolis Speedway, married hi secretary, Margaret Eleanor Collier. They could spare only a few minutes between board meetings and so took -the Fisher yacht and combined a business trip with their honeymoon, taking care of some business in Norfolk, Virginia, and snatching a bit of time for the wedding ceremony and a brief stay at Virginia Beaoh. Senator Thomas D.

Schall, of Minnesota, reversed the order, and instead of making his secretary his wife, made his wife his secretary. When, he be-came blind twenty-one years ago, after an electric shock, he was in despair. "Shall I sell lead'pencilst" he asked his wife bitterly. ,) "I should say not, Tom," she replied. "We are going to practice law.

I will be your eyes. You have your profession." So when he was preparing a case hit secretary-wife often read passages over to-him again and again and assisted him in many other -ways in his daily work. He was elected to the senate ia 1924, after serving ten years in the house. "If it had not been for the help and understanding of my brilliant little helpmate I think I would have quit," the senator admitted years after blind-, ness came upon him. One of the recent secretary-employer marriages which attracted much attention "was that of the young senator from Wisconsin.

He was married ia September to Rachel Wilson Young, of Washington, D. at the Maple Bluff Farm Home. The former Miss Young is a Virginian by birth and the daughter of 'Mrs. L. C.

Young, of Washington. Her family were neighbors and friends of Senator La Follette's for years rpOit several years before her marriage the bride was secretary to Senator La Follette," having joined the staff of the office of the late United States Senator La Follette, her husband's father, in 1024. She participated in three political campaigns and is well known to political leaders throughout Wisconsin. As for the impending Easkob-Aaron-' son match- younr Raskob, son the chairman ot the'Pemocratid Natiqnal eommittee, first met his bride to-be when he began calling on 'her older sister, Esther, in their New Haven home, when he was a freshman at Yale. Minerva Elaine Aaronson was graduated from New Haven high school three years ago, became an expert stenographer and went to work a -okerage office, where she intends to remain, it is said, until her marriage.

Her engagement to young Raskob was formally announced recently and it is said that the wedding will probably take place in the spring. (Owrfckl, ItU, Tkt XBIBUVE) 0 n't W.fi&tA' I Marriages Result With Such Contacts A man often" finds his secretary ,40 congenial and dependable thai he Wants to secure her companionship for lift, so he leads her to the altar and transfers her from a place in the offict to the manage ment of his home. gages her, and, as I understand it, it is this cliiss of office worker who is milking the enviable matrimonial matches these duys. i "Efficient secretaries are mostly women of surprisingly catholic tastes and interests. They are hungry for knowledge and will go to any length to gain it.

"I have observed this in my own office assistant. They are omnivorous leaders. They are able to discuss almost any subject philosophy, psychology, sociology. They are exceedingly alert arid open-minded and hungry for any rniiiib of knowledge they can pick up, absorbing it as a sponge does wuter. "Today the secretarial field ia attracting more than ever the unusual girl.

This is due to the fact thnt girls of excellent family who, in years past, would jM'iliaps never hnvc left their homes to go out and work in offices are now feeling the need to be active hi the world of affairs. "Secretarial' work does not requiro years of training. Almost any girl with (puck mind, a fair amount of intelligence and the ability to work in harmony with a man can take a courso in shorthand- and be ready for a job before a year has passed. "Styles in secretaries change, like everything else. There was atimc when tho spinster the tight-lipped older woman who had not captured a bus-' band went out in nn office to work.

She was a hard worker; but formidable, JirfiiY; vrwJn or make linn eel that he" would like to have her become mistress -of his home. "She wore regular uniforms to the office and her hair was slicked back. Her manner was decorous, almost sexless. "Then came the day of tho flapper. She arrived at the offico wearing pert little hats, short much make-up and considerable insouciance and sophistication.

She looked very young, a bit too decorative; and while sho was fairly efficient, she lacked tho dignity and intellectual depth that a man likes to find in a secretary. "MOW the perfect secretary reigns, -H'She is in the prime of life, spark ling, intelligent, efficient. It is any pf 1 Senator Thomas D. Schall, of Minnesota, reversed the usual procedure and made his wife his secretary) after losing his sight. He is shown above with the ever-present Mrs.

Schall and his faithful dog. CINDERELLA ROMANCE from the office, the milieu in which she functioned so well into the home, a realm with which she. is unfamiliar, particularly if she is a girl from an ordinary household marrying into mansion, may not be so successful a wife as she was a business woman. She may not be able to assumaher new role, either. "This is particularly true if her background and.

upbringing were commonplace. If all her life she has had to work hard and if she has for years been deprived of luxuries she may be spoiled by the sudden acquisition of wealth. "She may not achieve the transition photo. in the spirit that she shoubj. The bom lady, whether rich or poor, will, how-' evr, be a success in any role.

"But marrying brilliantly may turn the other type of girl into a snob. Or it may make a spendthrift of her. She may feel that now she has married the fairy prince nothing remains for her to do but enjoy her good fortune. "She may assume no further responsibilities and be so obtuse as to think that' nothing else is expected of her. 'T i would be interesting to-.

track down a few of these Cinderella marriages to see howthey turn out." Some one evidently did follow up the marriage of W. C. Durant, who some time ogo married his former-, office worker and found Out that she had become such a thoughtful and domestic, helpmate that each day she sends a hamper of food from her home by motor to the Durant E. M. Statler, the hotel magnate, married Alice Seidler, the woman who for eleven years had served him as private secretary and who had been in' his employ sixteen years.

After bis death, Statler, who learned all there was know. -about her husband's business 'during'' the Mrs. Robert M. La'FolleUc bride of the Wisconsin Senator, was -for several years his secretary. PRIVATE secretaries are living rider a lucky star these days.

They are putting aside their shorthand notebooks for brilliant marriages to their employers, men of prominence and distinction in various fields; they are becoming engaged to million-tires' sons and are even state eabinets. This fall United States Senator Robert M. La Follette, married Rachel Young Wilson. The bride was for several years a private secretary to the Wisconsin Senator A few days after this marriage the engagement of Minerva Elaine. Aaron-on, an attractive stenographer in a brokerage office in New Haven; 'to John J.

Raskob, son of the immensely wealthy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was announced. Following the announcement of the engagement there was a rumor that the young couple would receive $2,000,000 a a wedding present from the young man's father: Then came the news that Miss Alice Leo Grosjean, a beautiful 24-year-old brunette of French ancestry- who for the last six years has been serving as private secretary to Governor Huey P. Long, has been named secretary of itate for LouiHinha, appointed high position by her employer. Governor Long announced that in appointing Miss Grosjean he was merely following a precedent set by his predecessors to elevate their secretaries to positions in the state cabinet when ant by tlioso positions were left vaca death. Thi3 is to name only a few of the secretaries and stenographers are being' pursued by Lady Luck iiiese days Mofit of thcni, tioiv oi jjiiijB-Grosjean, to the altar, entering the "400" group, going from their typewriters to preside over the homes 'of wealthy and well-known men.

THE number of recent brilliant secretarial marriages provokes several queries: Why are so many rich and distinguished men marry their office assistants Is it because secretaries make the best wives, and if so, why Dr. Heinrich Wolf, eminent New York physician and psychologist, when asked to delve into the realm of psychology for an answer to these questions, said "It is quite simple. A very superior type of woman present holding By CAROL BIRD perfect secretary rr reigfis today. She is In the prirhe-of life, sparkling, intelligent and efficient. Is it any wonder that she attracts the men with whom she is associated all day in an office) Everything is propitious for th development of romance.

"Secretaryship necessitates certain familiarity. The bai riers are down. She knows great deal about him, his business or profession, his financial and social status. "The employer sees his sec retary at her best. She is beinn natural, not coy.

Almost every hour reveals new depths of he -mind and she daily shows nev capabilities, rarer understancl- Jn8 and insight." Ur. tieinnch Wolf. Miss Alice Lee Croqean, beautiful 24-year-old brunette, of French ancestry, was not exactly rewarded with a wedding ring, but the Covernor of Louisiana, whose private secretary the had been for six years, appointed her several ago to ih.position A1 I 5l down secretarial posts. These girls are for the wife of a cabinet member to he-young, intelligent, efficient, working 'come a stenographer. wneg with of Secretary of Mate.

A. r. man wants to saddle himself with one. Man is realizing that if his marriage is to endure he must marry a woman who is compunionablc, one who can be of help to him and one who is mentally compatible. What 'girl is better fitted for this role than his young, interesting and thoroughly capable secretary "I do not think that many girls are so calculating as deliberately to take up secretarial work in order to be lo cated in a field where eligible men arc siulc hfi work calls for a liigh-cahbcr girl ana, naturally, that type is going to attract the man of wealth and position.

"Then, too, men are not so inclined to make a fetish of 'marrying By that phrase I mean what is generally meant marrying for money and social position. A wealthy girl in an exclusive social set usually wants to marry her equal a man of money and social position. I "However, it would be interesting to follow nn these- sccretarv-emnlover marriages and learn whether or not -they really are successes. "Perhaps the seasktary, transplanted "MairyCrCcecsftjl' men of America are self-made. They, too, have risen from the ranks, and it easily understood why they should like and admire the sort of girl who knows how to earn her own living, who is a worker and not a parasite.

"Secretaries and stenographic work has always, I think, attracted a rather fine type of girl. The very fact that a young woman has the desire to associate herself with a man of intellectual attainments proves that she herself is a woman broad interests and has the ability to aid, understand and appreciate the superior type of employer. "I now refer particularly to the private secretary, the girl who is confidential assistant to the man who en- eientj they are interested. "It is not surprising that met) of wealth and intellectual attainment should perceive in them just the sort of women they would like for lifelong companions "There really isn't anything so surprising in the fact that very wealthy men and men of distinction should marry their stenographers. It is the old Cinderella theme brought to life again.

"Remember what Napoleon said. 'La femme ne pas de rang' ('Woman has no rank'). She can be a stenographer today, the wife of a bank president tomorrow. It is not surprising for a stenographer to become the wife of a Cabinet member, but it would be "unusual.