Show I Dorothy Dixs Dix's Letter Box THE WIFE WHO EXAGGERATED HER HUSBANDS HUSBAND'S FAULTS THER HER MOTHER HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFE THE YOUNG MAN WHOSE FIANCEE DOES NOT DEMON DEMON- DEMONSTRATE DEMONSTRATE STRATE STATE HER AFFECTION consists of wife a t little d u r EAn EAR MISS DIX My DIX My family o my ay J DEAR D nine old and my mya lt lt lf We have had Dud a happy hippy home borne all til the sears lars until recently wo we made a visit Tielt to her mother Contrary to and to my great surprise I found that my wile wife ha haf f i magnified e 1 ery little unpleasant Incident durIng to hOt hof mother In I SIM our marIage and told each one t K such a Y A AT that I am nn placed In a n very ery 8 Wy log Ing B position and ond am m branded as the meanest map may I ay 4 Bl i In the 1 I cannot orld corId understand the lh reason for my ml I e I doIng this and nd the of o It 11 Il makes make meI me B I feel like giving up P everything nd M slippIng out into HK S HI lIe tiit world alon l wt What shall I do so in thIs case XYZ x Y Z ft Answer iS i Your wifel v 6 conduct II Ic 1 certainly most mOlt K S Sly reprehensible It shows how her h r bad faith and nd 4 bad taste ta te but many other women are guilty W- W 8 j t 4 of doing the same thing When Wh n they ire arc re 11 1 angry with their husbands or r peeved about DIX any little thing or r when they are ar sore tor over their moth mothers ere some soine family spat Ipat they run to with it because they know that their mothers mother will always alway side wIth them Furthermore Furth the women wOlDen who do thu this tl do not realize what a disloyal thing they are doing because they have only told mother They forget that mother It is I generally a broad broadcasting casting station that sends lends out lurid lurd stories about bout what a brute of a husband her poor darling daughter has ha got get and how I badly he treats treat her herS tells her If It daughter And mother exaggerates everything her daughter ter nails ails aIs out that sho he doesn't believe that her husband loves her ber anymore any anymore more bore because became ho he staved out until 1 12 o'clock last night mother molher leaps leaa to the conclusion that b br hp Is le the double life lICe It Ir daughter weeps cep because hw he husband said ald ho bo couldn't afford aCCord tome some omo extravagance sh M h had set et her heart on mother puts puis husband down as a tightwad U Ir daughter tells that her huband criticised the cooking mother S1 58 a 8 that she the knew all along alone that he was wa wa an unfeeling beast who ho cared oared for tor tithIng but hit his own stomach And long lone after daughter has bas forgotten what the she he 8 was miffed with her husband about mother still BUll remembers and holds it against him Why don does doe a woman do de such uch a dishonorable thing Because women love to be considered martyrs martyr and to be wept over and pitied and poor And mother can un alway always be counted on to turn on the tear ducts duct whenever daughter makes a bid for her sympathy It Ui is no wonder that Ihal you feel hurt burt and outraged at your wife mis- mis misI mia mia-i I 3 ou on to her mother In order to Indulge herself herselt In in an nn orgy If if being cried over oTer and sympathized with But her excuse e II if that the she did not net realize what she the did When the she he sees leos cee how she ehe tie has hae 11 wounded you and perceives perceive how despicable her conduct ha been It will give her a leson Inson that she will never forget and the she will probably never offend that way again Forgive her and set et her fault down dawn to t one of the Inexplicable Inexplicable able weaknesses of ef her sex ex which craves crave pity as aa a drug addict DOROTHY DIX don does doc dope S S e eD EAK DOROTHY DIX l DIX 1 thought I would write to you and ask you DEAR D bow I can get a good wife Wilt Will ou tell teU me how to choose nA DA one 1 Answer Well Well D 0 A if I were gol going to choose a wife I would pick out outa ou a girl who was wa neither too young too nor old say ay between three twenty three and thirty and thirty and who was wall good looking and neat and trig and trim In appearance because I wold want tome some one who would be easy euy on the eyes If I wu was planning to sit the next thirty or forty across acron the table from her for year yur But Dut I would pass pas up the beauties and the th fashion plates plato they are nearly al abas a s selfish and spoiled and extravagant Id I'd be looking for or a helpmeet et and not a baby doll that I would ouM have to spend my time playing with and dressing ln up I 1 would pick out a healthy girl I I I Because Became I wouldn't want a wife who raa Va aa nervous and arid neurotic andI and I Irritable and unreasonable a ai as ill all Invalids are ara nor would I want to see all of o my money go so to hospitals and sanitariums sanitarium and doctors I I would pick out a cheerful good natured girl a girl wha wh I always saw uw the funny side aide of f things thing and who had a laugh hun hung I Ion on a hair trigger I 1 woul would want a girl tirl who took life liCe as it came without worrying ud and who bo 1 ace M as S ready read to make the best belt of every situation I 1 would pick out an energetic girl a a girl with a lot of pep to her a girl who was wa willing to do her part of the work In Inthe inthe Inthe the world and who would make a good helpmeet Preferably the she he would know how to cook and sew ew but that wouldn't matter particular for any woman who isn't lazy can ean learn how to tobe tobe tobe I and housekeeper be a good cook Above all I 1 would pick out for a wife a girl who was wa congenial con- con congenial genial and nd companionable For I 1 want a wife who thought as I did ho was interested In the things that I was waa Interested In who liked to do the things that I liked to do and would trot along alone beside betide me on tho the same hobby horses hories I 1 would pick out cut a girl whom I 1 could talk to te or listen to for hours at a stretch without getting bored Then I would know that my roy marriage would be like the old fairy tales tale and Id I'd live happily ever afterward afterwards I DOROTHY DIXS DIX S C S e eDE SD R MISS DIX I DIX I am a young man and engaged to a girl cirl with with with-f DE DER D hom I am ery err deeply In love But ut somehow she the does not nol show me methe methe methe the I crave although I know that deep In her heart beart Ehe hc loves me inc dearly d arly But nut lately late I have met another girl Irl Whose ways waya are just what hat I enjoy She makes a lot of o fuss luss lisa over OTer me mi and pays paya me compliments and flatters me Do you think that I should hould think of ot these theao little affection affection affection-af ate ways way of o the 6 ond girl tirl and continue loving the one to 10 whom bom I Iam Iala Iam am ala engaged I J B AnSwer Stilt Still waters water run deep L I B and the g girl 1 that you think II cold probably cares care a million millton times time more mere for fer you yeu than don does doe the theone theone theone one who palavers over you yeu Furthermore you will get fed up on sentiment are married to a wife who Is la very demonstrative In her affection and who Is I always alway al y kl Ing you In season eaton aid d out of season eai n I have un seen men look leek over ever at thele thee e kissing kitting bug wives with murd murder mur r In n their eyes eye w The only men who e eer e er get et all they thoy want In a wife are the gentle en en who keep harems who can get c t a selected assortment a of wives 8 each with a special charm m So 80 unless you are thinking of emigrating r to the orient you will have haTe to decide between heh the true tru and tried reserved girl Irl and the gushing girt tirl My choice would be the girl who had proved her affection tor or men rather than the one who told tIl me about Ic e DOROTHY DIX copyright 1924 by br Public Ledger 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