Show Dorothy Dix Talks THE TRULY SUCCESSFUL WIFE SOMETIMES ADMITS SHE'S WRONG ASKS HER HUSBANDS HUSBAND'S ADVICE EVEN IF SHE DOESN'T TAKE IT USES TACT IN REQUESTING fAVORS AND KEEPS DISCREETLY SILENT ON HOME FAILURES WHILE TELL TELL- TELLING ING INC ONLY OF HER TRIUMPHS ONT r ONT BE DE ASHAMED TO SAY YOU ARE AHE SORRY DONT DON'T D iJ Be De the first to make nuke up a quarrel Pride does doe not rate rale r te In domes domes- tie lie life Ure When you OU have made a n mistake acknowledge It It- It When hea you OU have havo dono done wrong have hare generosity enough toto to to apologize That Is a ft two edged sword word that cuts both ways way because nothing more Dore can be i isaid fi said to a woman who admits her fault Cault and andIs 4 J I J III Ii sorry for Cor or It ft- ft i And nothing makes make a mau manned Ceel 10 ao noble and and tender toward his wire wife a n j to forgIve her ber He lie adores adore makIo that thai i fE superb gesture i At a Orien Otten It Is good policy for Cor or a wife vICe to taker take lake r T the blame for Cor mistakes which n she sho ho really reaBy ii hasn't made Men never n Ter like to admit to av a n v woman that they have been wrong and no nn P wives are better belter loved than thaix those thole who offer themselves up as ni scapegoats goals for Cor their hus bus husbands V a 4 bands banda weaknesses t ALWAYS ASK YOUR HUSBANDS HUSBAND'S AD AD- ADVICE 0 VICE ICE DOROTHY DIY DIX You Vou dont don't have to tike it you want to but it pleases him and ind doesn't hurt you FEW F men are really petty pelly tyrants tyrant who desire desira to lo control every detail de- de de- de tall tail of or their wives lives II live but all men crave the tho public acknowledgment acknowledgment ment th thet t they are arc the th heads ot of their houses and th boes nes In supreme authority whose WhOM word Is law Therefore It If yot you rOt want to keep peace ence In Iii your our home and ward oU oft crIticism never nevel fall Call all to ask your our husband husban It if you ou shall hall have haT the bed bedroom room papered in blue or yellow or what he thinks ot or your joining the bridge club or what hat dancIng school you shall send Mary Iary to He will be sure to reply to do as you please and not to bother a busy man with such trifles But all the same sam he will be tickled pink that you consult consulted ed his wisdom and deferred to is is taste and ho he h would have been a little tittle miffed and censorious If you hadn't done It Besides which asking your husbands husband's advice gives a perfect alibi If things turn out badly You can tan always say I 1 followed your advice I did exactly what you told me m to do USE j I TSE DIPLOMACY IN HANDLING G YOUR HUSBAND 7 As soon as is you get a close up on the man Ulan you have married sn sit down own and study his ittle peculiarities and put up a the Keep Keep Od the Off Grass sign on all or of o his prejudices Dont Don't do the things that irritate him Dont Don't drag Int Into l the conversation the subjects that you know before hand that are arr as good for a family row as IS a nickel Is for a ginger ginger cake take cake Never make an unpleasant communication to a tired d and hungry man or ask him for money Walt until he h Is rested and fed and is in a soothed and complacent humor ITE he raises ructions over o your our mother c illg to pay a aV's Yf Vs nice long visit or extends her a hearty welcome or whether you get the tho new car or not nol depends upon ho iho he subtlety with which you choose hoose the Ume and the th place and nd the mood la IR making your com communication Dont Don't make jokes at your husbands husband's expense and hold him up to A man may forgive orivo his wife wHo many things but not for Cor mak log 1011 him hini n a figure of oC o fun Dont Don't boss bosa bos your husband publicly Defer to o him before other people no matter mailer how low much you henpeck him alI at al lOme home I WRen you want anything done plant the seed of sug aug suggestion in your husbands husband's mind Let him think h he thought of it first and after aft r many days you shall come tome back and sit in the shade of the tree of your desire Use as much tact in dealing with your husband as you would in handling an employer if you had a good job and you will never find yourself in the divorce court ONT F ONT TELL YOUR HUSBAND TOO roo MUCH DON'T DONT D J There ate are foolish wives who believe belief that they should tell their husbands everything they do and think and think they think This Is Isa isa Isa a mistake Dont Don't tell your husband the things that would worry him unless it Is absolutely necessary that he should know them DONT D ONT r ONT spoil his hii nine eve at home b by t A lIing MOl hint ot of the naught n 1 things that thal the children have done and that you ou have promised Mary that father rather would give her a good scolding and told JImmie your that father would whip him Use your OUI own brains and settle your problems as 3 you go o along alone Dont Don't tell your husband about all your little tiffs with your family Long Long after alter you have forgotten what you got mad with them about you will be surprised to find out that he doesn't like your people and resent resents the th way they treated you Dont Don't be b forever telling him that mother said you should do this and mother said you should do that The reason that most men hate mothers law is because their wives have always thrown mother in their teeth AND A AND ND dont don't tell your husband ot or your our mistakes When you get stung at the tho bargain counter tuck it away on the back baek shelf shelt and say ay lathing about It It Throw your our pan of oC o heavy biscuits Into the tho garbage can and be mum muni on the subject but when you affect a brilliant saving and your biscuits are light as thistle down blow your our own Most t trumpet Most husbands take tak their wives at their own and when wh n they boast of what prizes they have won In the matrimonial lottery it Is beta because use the tho woman has had sense enough to boom her own o stock The commandments for tor wives will be Ie concluded on Friday DOROTHY DIX Copyright by Public Ledger |