Show It 1 I Dorothy Dixs Dix's Letter Box THE GIRL WHO DROVE AWAY A BEAU WITH HER TEMPER HOW TO TREAT THEAT A PHILANDERING HUSBAND HOW CAN SHE GET ACQUAINTED WITH NICE MEN nEAR DOROTHY DIX I DIX I am very much In love with a young youns man manU U JJ who seemed tor for a while to be b much In love lov with me was m wr always coming to see se me and making dates dales date with me nr Then he h began beian breaking with me but always alway had h d a good rood excuse e appointments l A U T TJ J I J- J Ji i And he told me that It I cared to have haTe dates With any of ot the other fellows fellow to go 10 ahead It t would be perfectly all right with him Now he be h has hug come corn back to me and seems to care car for me as a much as ai ever ear everI I 1 think that our break was as wa mainly my fault tault tor for I have havea lavea a terrible temper and get ft angry very easily ThIs young youns man ud used to speak to me about my temper 1 and beme beg be me m to control It It but I just gust snapped mapped him oft off when he h spoke spoke of ot It Also Alio t l 1 have been badly spoiled by my parents parent Do you think t this young man reallY loves me m and wants to marry me He H has never spoken ot of marriage except In a joking way f fl IRMA l f Answer An A womans woman's common c mm n sense en alone can de determine termine termine A whether a map man breaks break an engage engage- DOROTHY DIX ment With th her through rudeness and con con- contempt W tempt for f r her or r through necessity The Th man who makes make an appointment with a woman and then falls fails fail to keep It because something else el e pleasanter plea antor presents Itself offers her an Intuit Insult But on n the other hand a woman IS most unreasonable who vho does doe not recognize that business bu lne er personal affaIrs affair often come up unexpectedly and make mak It Im- Im Impossible possible for a man to t keep a social social engagement with a girl So St that's that 4 As A for lor the th young oung man not wishing to monopolize your society slid and leaving you tree free to go co about with other young men until he is I actually engaged to you that sho-ns sho sho s that he h Is If a gentleman and a man of ot honor He recognizes that It does dos a girl immeasurable harm ham tor for her hr name amoto to to be b linked with that ot of o a man who hasn't made mad up his hi mind whether whether he be wants to marry her or not t r Probably the real explanation of f the young yung mans mana man attitude is that you fascinate him but hs he Is afraid to marry you on ac- ac account ac count of f your temper for there there ther Is I nothing else ele on on n earth of which a man Is 1 so o much afraid as at he Is I of f a virago Nt NT Nor r lathere la Is there anything else ele el o that so to disillusions Jl a man as a to t see a girlen girl en n a rage her face bce distorted dl t rte with anger her hT vOice vie shrill thrill and high her tongue saYing mean and cruel thIngs She would no nomore more ore disgust him If she were maudlin drunk and he h thinks along a along along long time before he h commits commit himself to a lifetime of f such sueh a ideal of f wife Is I shrew throw who wh maks spectacle No N mans man's man a a scenes who wh has ha to t be handled with gloves to t keep her from getting peeved and who wh keeps keeps keep him In terror of f her tongue la lath lathing h- h Ings ing I should say ay that the tb best nay K ay to get ct your young man mM back and nd to hold him Is la to convince him that you have hav conquered the th devil withIn you ou and bare ha e learned to control your our temper DOROTHY DIX 0 0 EAR kEAK MISS DIX I DIX I have hav been married thirteen years ears and have hav five IT DEAR children My husband has been a good tood man devoted to his hi fam- fam famIly family taix-lly taix Ily and we have been very happy until now But recently he h has bu become Infatuated with a woman of bad char char- character char Actor acter He spends all he be makes makell on her b r and tells me that he be does not care for tor me and that he h wants want me to gIve five him his freedom But we have no money I cannot support the children alone alon and besides J I Ilove Jlove Ilov love him my whole heart The children cannot understand what 28 wrong the daddy they th y worship What shall shan I Ido do dof j BROKEN WIFE Answer Just Juit be patient Sit tight Shut Your eyes ey to t what your husband huband is doing Quit nagging him about the th other ther woman Stop discussing the situation n with him at all Try to think of hIm with pity as a sick man who Is Js out ut of f his head for the time being and It will all come out ut right In the end He will get over ever his fancy for the other woman and come back to t you and the children an humble and a chastened chastene man an you will have the whip hand over ever him the th remainder of f y your your ur life be be- be because be cause caule he h will be b so 10 ashamed of f what he has done one that he will willbe willbe be I In n a an n apologetic attitude toward you This is a a hard piece of advice to follow but desperate cases need desperate remedies and there Is no easy way out ot of a difficulty such as yours ours I believe In la the righteousness ot of o divorce but I dont don't believe In Its it efficacy always Especially In a cause case like yours all that It would do dotor for you would b be e for you you f to lose los your husband forever and to leave you with five ire helpless children on your hands tAs As long loni as you an al ar married to a man the law forces him to support you and your children i but no money in the Tt world orld Is s so 80 hard bard to collects collect AS alimony r I Besides this any man whose children love him must be Worth saving He must have something good goo and kind and ten ten- tender tender der In his soul under the selfishness and weakness which makes him indulge his passions at the expense of f his hi family and that makes him the easy mark of f a designing woman That type of tires of f philandering He yearns yaws for fT home horn and anil his faithful old wife and an the feel of f little childrens children's arms around his neck and he repents his folly In sackcloth and ashes I grant you It Is la not easy to t forgive the erring husband but when there th r are children it Is I oftener better bettor to t forgive him than lose 1050 him Let watchful waiting be your yur policy hearted Brokenhearted Broken and In II i til you y shall regain your own wn again z DOROTHY DIX o o e DEAR DIAR DOROTHY DIX I DIX I am twenty three years old I am look good f Ing and dress well but I never neTer have any auy tun fun I never go to anywhere except to my and back bade again acain and and I nearly die ot of lonesomeness How can 1 J get jet acquainted with some nice young oung men nun a i LONESOME H I i has to t do her own wn man stalking my dear unless she Is lucky enough to t have a managing mamma Busl Busi Business ness offices are arc full of f men and should be bo a happy hunting ground Thackery said that any woman who wh didn't have hav an actual hump on her back could marry any man she pleased How much more pore more easily then thon for the pretty well dressed girl girla a to be bo able tp t to attract the attention of f young fellows follows who would be glad to make dates witt with her DOROTHY DIX Copyright l 2 by Public Ledger Company |