Show I I v vI I Dorothy Dixs Dix's Letter Box II HOW CAN HE CURB HIS EXTRAVAGANT WIFE SHOULD A WIFE EXPECT HER HUSBAND TO HELP WITH THE HOUSE HOUSEWORK WORK IF BOTH OTH ARE WORKING WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME HOW SHALL HE POP THE QUESTION f CAR MISS DIX I have DX-have DIX I h T tried for tor a number of ot Care eart to Solve A fJ DeAR Iud and have tolled tailed M My wife ICe lt la Is I a woman ho eho bo desires de lre tine clothes a new li w pair parr of oC s every Tery week an automobile plenty ot of money monc and 10 be b on the lh go so all Ml the time She Sho otI I does docs not Care about making a home or for tor children childree I 1 halo O ha o tried over every method I J know to curb bet extravagance have bave even wa gone gonO one sO tar far AS aa to refuge to dote give her ber any Al t all and to do all the h the th buying burin herl ads i In myself m self selfs se As A s a consequence she h Accepted money 4 I clothes and Jewelry from rom others olber What ht can I do to 4 change her and to hale lia e a home not just ju t a house boue hou toI I to 10 live in lit C B y yI Answers I am afraid your yur cue case ca e r I s hopeless h pele C B If If a woman does ei not rrt love lv her husband enough to desire deur to f be a good g 4 wife to t him and to mike make him happy there th r is Ie i no n way to change her Th There Ther r I Is nothing In n her t to sit which you yu can c n appeal Being in a good fil wife or r a good gd husband hl la is I UY DIX LIX a matter ot of f grace grac not n t of f Compulsion c m ul l n It II I laa It la Ita a voluntary offering up of f one cne self elf lf upon the altar of f c conjugal duty lu y It la 1 the unselfish un putting of f an an- an another I othera other pleasure before ones one's na own wn and If this Isn't l nt done vol vel- vel v l there la is i no n way f to force Its It tg dons done n The mistreated wife wire or r husband hu b n I is I Simply out ut of f luck Their only ree UM Is Ie 1 to t endure the th situation with what fOI foitl- foitl f tu tI- tI tude t they th y can cn Command or r else ero Ke to t seek relief from their bad I bargains bargain In n the divorce court c urt I en an ii extravagant nt wife Ire Is 1 aa u groat rca a cure curse cume as a malignant fate tate eTer on CID a laau IlIan Nothing can cin bo be more ac or fits dl A to a s man Dlan than Iban to spend pend his life lite lit working for or milliners and dressmakers and shOemakers to ace ae t all of o hIs hl aMbitions thwarted by b his hl wastefulneSS a t and end to baTe bare his hit S continually dogged do e ey by y bill collectors Such a Il man soon toon becomes broken In health and spirits The im r of ever tr getting ahead saps p his hi cOurage end nd kills hill his e and before betor ht he h realizes it he h KIT glues up the struggle And Ann s into the do down donn n and id out class clatt He Ho drops out of the th race rac e ehe he be Js is handicapped n too heavily hen he heI II to win winI I think a man is very weak and nd foolish who wh lets leta let his hi wife ruin his life IK If she will not net listen to t reasOn n If h she h I if is not n willing to t do d a wife part and b be a real helpmeet to him if she he Is It so 10 selfish she the Is willing to t sacrifice him to gratify her own wn desires then he should free frea fre himself from hr her Believe me a wife wIe who wh re regards lard her hor husband huband ai as nothing but a shopping ticket and a cash euh c h register I li Is small mall loss lOll it DOROTHY DIX kEAR MISS I DIX DIX I am a young oung married girl and am Ani much muth Inter Interested S-f S DEAR ested In bat nhat Iou OU tai say fa about married life What do ou think about modern marriages In the wife wilo io works away awa from home as 88 does the hu husband band When the couple board there li Is no controversy but when they have han a 8 home of their 0 own n do you consider that it Is the tho husbands husband hu bend Muty duty to help belp with the tir housework hou MRS S SA A Answer Anwer An Certainly under such conditions conditIon n I think that the hus- hus husband husband hu huband band band should do d hia hs share hare har of f the th housework because keau the th mar mar- marriage nag mar I Is II baie based baaed on en n the fifty fifty pr p n an and the wife ms bringing in n money at as well a ai as the th husband hulban Also Ale the we wife I Is physically more mor weary nd lees 1011 let Ibl able kl to t do o the th work of f home home- homemaking making home making after a hard days day's work outside of f the th home horn hom than the man s is In cases whore where time the ode ICe ite does docs doe not work outside of o the home borne horn I thInk It l Is an Imposition for tor her to ask her husband to do any an chores about the house homo except when She he Is If lick A man nia mho nho has I worl worked ed all day da to make mako the mane mone mon his bis family Is li entitled to peace and find rest reft it sl home He lie bas has done don his bli part and and the tb Iro lf should do her part brunn b the house hou e without any help As At the husband ba hiss h not thrown n any of ot his hit job on her she the should not dump any of her burdens burden on him But Sut when both husband huband and an wife work outside of at f the home then it t IS r up to the husband hu and to t lend a hand with the housework rk Personally I think that in all cae cases can whore whir the woman continues to t follow a gainful occupation after marriage that the couple cuple should board bear They should not net n t try to t keep hou house It takes taku more m rc strength than any woman DO to t hold down two tw lObs obe at the same came time She does deu et neither well wll 1 and when sh she has haa t to rush ruth hm home heme from the office t to get b- b bl dinner and clean up her house she he very soon on breaks break down with nervous prostration She Is la tired and worn orn and she naturally stops tOPI by the Ibe delicates delicates- delicatessen's sen sens sen's and buys bus bu s some halt cooked and moss mess me s She Sho opens a can of ot that can be b heated up quickly and calls It a meal moal H But It lent Isn't There Is nothing savory and tempting about It nothing I 1 to sustain a man and woman who have haye worked hard and who need r I to be built buill up by good food So It Is la no wonder that they both get eel nerve wracked and quarrel over who shall wash the dishes My Ply y advice to t you yu Mr Mrs S Is II to t give up housekeeping until you yu are able to devote your yur whole wh l time to t It Go G and board in some comfortable place where somebody else lle Ir will cook the food foe the do-the cleaning up and ani where you yu can take care of your yur look looks and an preserve your yur husbands husband's affee- affee affections DOROTHY DIX a e EAR T EAR DOROTHY I DIX DIX I am very much In 10 lot love e but I do not nol know kno J DEAR ho hon to 10 go about asking the girl tirl to marry me tile I am strictly II a business bu man and i I do do 10 not know how bow to pop the question If I you ou 1 will kindly lIndly help me I I mill ill thank you ou very much I ANXIOUS LOVER I Answer Easiest thing in the th world writ Just Jut tell the th girl irl you yu love lev 0 l her and ask uk her if she will marry you yu It Isn't Int necessary n to tor r quote u te poetry p try and use high fainting phrases All the woman CM to wants Is I the th genuine bona fide tl pro proposition pr po p It Ion n to t enter Inter Into Int a alife y a life partnership with you yu 11 t 1 If you yeu can cant t say it t writ It but kut a proposal pr by letter is II I a cold old end clammy affair No N girl firl wants wante want a man to t pop pp the question with hI his I mouth m uth ten miles mile away DOROTHY DiX I t Copyright 1924 by bT Public Ledger Company Compan |