Show V aa c wa e ep p I I Dorothy Dixs Dix's Dix Letter Box I A FLAPPER ANSWERS THE QUESTION WHY MEN DONT DON'T MARRY NOWADAYS HOW MUCH CAN A WOMAN INFLUENCE A AMAN AMAN MAN THE SCHOOLBOY OF 18 It WHO WANTS TO TAKE A WIFE TO COLLEGE DEAR D EAR r ER DOROTHY Why DIX DIX DIX Why Jt Is It that bo boys boy who I can cannot net keep a wife In hose bose much less lees support them are ar girls girl to marry them I am 19 IS years old eld very attractive looking and make mak a good salary Now this hi Is II my argument and and I 1 suppose that ot of the th rest of ot the th girls too iW I am used to nice nice- nic thing and I 1 wont won't marry any anyone anyon qt one poorer than I 1 am because I have hav seen leen en how bow mi mother has bad to rake rak and serape scrap to get ft along alone w drudging for a husband and children I wont won't livo 1110 at home horn or with any laws in-laws and the th average fellow relloW would have hav to save sae about ten years ears to make mak On the S first first payment on en as b h be ba has haa to spend 10 so much taking you yeu around during courtship And he h has got cot gotto lotto I to do that because b caus no nil girl tirl wants want to stay at home and have bave other girls eirls giggling l at her because her 4 sweetie Is l too cheap to take tak her h r out eul Most women think that a be b so to get a hueb husband nd that she would be b willing to fie crl-fie I lice flee overy everything thing for tor his little sake eake sak alone But Dut It 11 time now for fer the th man to start the th sacrificing and DIX give the th girls Iris a rest rut It seems se ms as aa If it some som girls can hardly wait Walt until they got get married but the th poor poor- boob dont don't know what they are art get tine let ting Into Love Lov soon die dies and there is friend husband just juat as h he really is and you ou cant can't live JIve on en love Too many haTe bare tried It and none con survived Dont Don't you eu think I am right JUSTA JUST AN ORDINARY GIRL Answer Why I 1 think that you yu supply the th bet beet r that hu has huyet yet been bun given n to t the question Why men dont don't nt marry They Th cant can't under all of f the conditions you yu impose Let us us begin with that matter matt r of ef o hose bo to which you so feelingly t j refer in the th lint first paragraph of o your letter l It Is without doubt douht true that loves love's yeun young dream has been throttled in many a youths youth's youth heart by the th price pric of ot silk lIk stockings For figure figur as aa he be b would he h could not make hIs bis salary provide provid bread and butter and chiffon hose hos an and nJ h silk and all the other ether luxuries without w which w life Is l not wort worth living Jiving to many a modern gIrL zIrL girl Therefore fre the tho th man stifle stifles his hi yearning yarning for fr I a wi wife u as he h does for a edel car or a yacht or some gane ganee that Is II beyond his hie reach ruch and he h dont doesn't d nt pop po th ques quee tion or If he doe don does the tho th girl turns turna turn him down because she sh has no notion as a you say ny or r slaving as a her mother did You Yeu further discourage matrimony by making the th hIgh cost or of loving so great creat that th the man can never sav save sava up enough to get mar mar- married married ried sled upon upen And perhaps you cool coel oft ot ef the th mans man's enthusiasm for do- do domesticity domesticity do domesticity a degree detree or two more mere mor by letting him know knew that you OU dont don't Intend to be one ene on of ef o the meek patient wIves w who find Ond their greatest happiness In making a home heme horn and are cont ot to stay put in It It It seems to me m that it Is rather a hard bard bargain that you want to tomake tomake snake make with Ith men You Yeu demand a husband who shall be b able abl to support you yeu In idleness to Indulge you In extravagance extravagance and you dont don't seem to otter offer him much in return Believe Bellve me my dear dar you yu are aro ar all wrong about this thief The Th women wom n who get the tho th most out ut of matrimony are arc not those who take but those thole who give Riches RIehe and nd luxuries do d not happiness and I 1 have heard many a millionaire ny that he herbest her but best days were those th when abe h wore cotton stockings and made he her own clothes clothe and cooked co kd and washed w sh d and helped her ambitious husband ge get g t a start tart In the tho th world orld Dont Don't pity your eur mother met her who has bas had th the full ull lit life of ot upa up upa upa a family and making It comfortable by the th work ork of ot her own hands bands And dont don't believe that love lov always all dies dl's or er that poverty kills love But happily you will change chang all of o your opinions n on these thelO subjects te when the right man comes eme along and you yu fall fallIn fallin fallIn In love with him Then chiffon eto stockings wont won't w nt seem tm so ee necessary n ce sary to ta you DOROTHY DIX I S C I e a aD EAR EkR DOROTHY DIX How DIX How much Influence good or er bad do wo women wO- wO wOmen DEAR D men have over men How much can a wife Influence her husband To Te what hat extent should hould a husband permit his wife wife's Influence to gov- gov govern overn ern em him In his business affairs and in his support and respect tor fer his I parents CONFUSED Answer Nobody is wise wis Ise enough to answer these questions Question Certainly they are far tar beyond my poor ability but I think that womans woman's Influence over men Is Js very much overrated Womans Woman's power over man Js I mainly as ae an In exhilarate She can speed him up and hurry him on en n the way he h is Ie I going but she eho h can seldom stop him or r make mako mak him go g In a different r If a nan man is ie i good god a woman womans woman's Influence can mek him bettor better bett r It Ir he Is Ie ambitious she eho h can stimulate him to greater efforts If hs he h is Ie I bad she can make mako mak him worse and If h he Is I lazy and shiftless she the can take away from him even v what little Initiative he ha hu has But I have hav never nver known a woman who wh could made mado mad a abad abad bad man good god or put pep Into a one n or T make mak a leaf loar lafr er en r go g to work Probably because It H Is easier to go to downhill l than than han to climb up the influence of ef bad women s seems seem ema far tar greater than that of ef good tood u h The Th Influence ot of runs same sam Influence her husband to make the roost most of ef his powers and to ne- ne de- de de his good or er hi his bad to their fullest extent but there ther are ar very few t w wives whose Influence has ever even been treat great enough to reform a drunkard or a roue rou How Hw much a wife's wit influence should huld govern a ms man In hIs business depends altogether upon un what business buels ability and wh what t sort rt of Judgment nt the th woman has hu There are arc many women omen with positive financial c genius who ar are farseeing far and shrewd and whose I advice their husbands husband would always be wise wis to take Ute buts buta but but- butman man is foolish to let his bis wife wit Influence hIm to I I go go Into inte wild lId speculation because she wants more mere mone money or to give gITe leave leav her family or to up some wise wis move mo because she doesn't want friends A man I Is a II weakling who wh lets his hi wife Influence lu c e him against his hll family DOROTHY DIX DIX- C e e BAIt MISS DIX I DIX I am a boy bOT It 18 years ears old eld graduating from high bl DEAR BEAR D school I would like to go to to college If It I could take tak the tb sweetest sweet sweet- est eat girl In the world erld with me But my family are very much opposed to this If I should go without her life would be empty and I 1 couldn't fix my mind on my studies What would you yeu do If K you were mr In-mr In my place JOE 4 Answer I should pray God t to give m me a little sense ns and n to t nv save av me m from from doing a fool fl thing that would wreck my life lit I I A schoolboy has bas no business with a wife wHo lie He H would be n x a of fun un that wo would ld excite the th derision of ot all sensible people What I you yeu feel Joe Is l just puppy love lov that you will in six lx lx months month I If you yeu will gIve yourself a chance Just try to realize tha that and put all crazy thoughts ot of marriage out of ef your head If you really rally Iv love thi this girl dont don't marry he her h r while you are ar still tilt a kid Go G to t college colleg and study tudy hard and nd make mak a man men of fy I yourself who wh Is I worth some semo m womans woman's marrying Make her to t marry you yu ve years yar hence henc ln tad of f sorry Try ah she h did I marry you yu at as a she h certainly will be If she he marries you yu now nw DOROTHY DIX DIL by Public Ledger |