Show INTERESTS DOROTHY DIX TALKS Cj DOROTHY DL the Worlds World's Highest t Paid I d Woman Writer HOMES ARENT AREN'T BROKEN UP BY VilLAINS OR ENCHANTRESSES BUT BY THE WIFE OR HUSBAND WHO LETS LOVE FLY OUT THE WINDOW A BILL BlU ha has been introduced in III the Ohio Legislature providing for tor aprison aprison a aA A ABILL A prison sentence oC ot from one to fifteen ears a a penalty for In a husband or a wife to de ert do ert or divorce hI lih or her wife or orl l This would be a great law lav if it could be enforced The idea of making husband and w fe stealing a penal offense Instead of a parlor game is a good coed goodone one and certainly no punIshment J enough tofit to J a coul could be devised severe ise fit t ih the crime 0 of those who sow ds die v dit-v I Si cord in an the family circle and alieni alieni-A alieni v H ate from each other two hearts that 1 beat as one UT Uie difficulty of dealing with Ith the sll sit wk iaM BUT n is 15 home w is al an inside job No 0 hu huband band or wife Was tas aSCer eHr everS JJ H set et stolen trod his 1115 or her lawful mate who s- s sj j m was not part to or at best I f Ha who ho bo was w wa not guilty of contributory i pence benec I i As long Ions as a mm n really io 10 loves es his wIfe I 4 he be Is 15 just as safe from vamps Tamps as If it ho lie pr w Pr I r up in a chilled steel ault suit Not ot tho this i I- I wiliest heart their that ever In lived lied cd lan Carl an pur- pur purloin loin pur-loin loin 1010 a 51 single gle throb of ot affection from him um DOROTHY DIX Ie lie a pretty face but with the im tin admiration that he be gives a prett picture He is interested in I a bright and clever woman oman but ju just t as aslIe aslie aslie lIe would bo 10 III in a bright and deH clever boo book He feels tender to alt all omeD just because bl cause one woman is the very ery core of his 1111 heart But Buthe Buthe IH he is in no more danger of falling failing in 10 love e with Ith ith another woman than thann thanIn thanin In n Iceberg Is of catching fire Sirens ply their arts in vain on a man who really cares for his wife He is blind to their charms deaf to their blan bin bin- blan It is only when he has ceased to love iove his wife I when he is tired of her that he is in danger Then he goes out and begins to look for temptation looks for some tome woman I I 1 to kidnap him and any girl babe can turn the trick Its It's exactly the same Wa way with women As long as a woman I that her husband is JS the greatest man in the the- world he is the i iman man juan in the world orld so far as she Is concerned The handsomest mos jag I picture hero that ever had his ills classic prof profile o na flashed hed on a 8 screen could not win WiD from her a second glance The mo mot moct t romantic mall mati mallnee matinee nee actor would woo her In ain vm am No villain could be subtle enough to win her away way from her allegiance to her husband It was only after Eve got tired of the everlasting same same- sameness ness 0 of of Eden and fed up on Adams Adam's society that she the listened to the serpent and nibbled at the forbidden fruit The snake was there in the grass all the time but he never got in his work until the lady got get ready to listen to an earful A ND It t Is thus with allot all of o Mother Eves Evea daughters No man enters AND A into a hom home and ad breaks it up unless the woman in it leaves the thedoor thedoor door open opell for tor turn rum and be he Is pretty leUy sure that theres there s welcome elcome w printed on te e doormat No man steals a womans woman's omans oman's heart lIart h art away from her Un- Un un union ion be sti has left it it lying around loose m in a conspicuous place As Aa ii 11 matter of fact the wrecker home-wrecker is 15 a mythical figure and like Mm Hams in Dickens story there aint amt no such a When a mans man's wife divorces him it saves his rus face tace to lay the blame on some s scheming blackguard whom he accuses of stealing his WIfe away ay from him and breaking up his home When a womans woman's bus lIus baud band falls in love with another woman it salves the hurt to her ber th tD picture an enchantress who wove spells about him that be he was pow f erless erles t tp tl resist and to moan that a conscienceless creature took rum him from her and wrecked her home It is much mOTe more soothing to ones one's to accuse a t love of having baying stolen the of your husband or wife than to admit that YOU ou lU lost them through carelessness or indifference or because you ou were too lazy to make the pro proper r effort elfort to safeguard our treasure When a man marne a pretty and gay young girl and dumps her down at home and never provides her with any amusement or pleasure when wt a man marries a sensitive and affectionate woman and treats her with cold coW and callous In- In IndIfference Indifference In Indifference difference when a anan an is grumpy and grouchy at home and stingy and mean to his wife it is he himself who alienates his wife's from him and not another It is he who wrecks wreck his own home not another When a woman lets herself get sloppy and Iou hy and disgusting to look at when she the always whining and com corn corn- about everything she the has to do when hen v hen she is nothing but a bundle 0 of nerves and temper when she makes a home that Is ill iii kept and untidy and sets a table that ts is s first aid to dyspepsia she mans the wrecking crew that lays her home in ruins and throws her husband into the arms of the nearest good natured woman who has her hair combed and a clean collar on It mighty is-mighty seldom that YOU jOU ou hear of a real first-class first husband being stolen away from his wife tte It is still sUit that you iou hear he-ar of a man being robbed of a devoted wife And iou jOU ou never bear hear of ot a ahome home being lieng broken up in which both the husband and wife are faIth faithful I lot ful and true to each other and working together to m make e a happy t home m I Certain the bonu bonie wreckers i should be punished but their ac acc accOmplices accomplices c who bo help the III law the dynamite under the tile hearthstone acI I have something with aith boiling oil in it itI DOROTHY DIX I I CopYright Copy ight 1923 by Public Ledger Company Compan |