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Show II . I Dorothy. Dix Talks j 1 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS , j HI By DOROTHY DIX. The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer 11 Of course you Individually do not need to turn over any new leaf at the H beginning of the now year. You don't H; claim to be perfect. You may have a m. few little weaknesses if you want to H call personal characteristics weak- nesses but nothing that anyone could H. object to who isn't a grouch, a crank H' and overly critical, and heaven knows H you're a million times too good for the B people with whom you have to live! H So there's really no reason for you R to make any New Year's resolutions W to live a better'life the coming year, Wjm hut there; are lots of people who could be benefited by wiping off the slate WfmtP and taking a fresh start. Don't you ;Bf -wish, for instance, LH1 That your husband would resolve: 'HI To take as much interest in his HJ home during the coming year as he 'Bl does in his business. -1 To treat you with as much con- MW sideration and politeness as he dos H his best customer. To watch what his chlldern are doing and thinking as closely as he MM does what his clerks are doing and WM thinking. . , Don't vou wish that your husband jH would resolve not to take" out on his MM farailv all the nerves, irritability and MM general cussedness that he is afraid and ashamed to show to the outside Mm world? 'Mm 'That he wouldn't say things to you 'Mm that he wouldn't dare to say to any 9 woman who had an able-bodied mm brother, or to his cook or stenographer M who could give notice and leave. M That he wouldn't take everything M you do for him as a matter of course and without so much as a thank you; M that be wouldn't row over the bills H every' month and act as if you hadj mm ' eaten everv particle of the food that; mW. - came into the house, and worn all the: Sk'-C- clothes; and monopolized all the light-M light-M and heat, and occupied all the furnl- J Mm ture. Don't vou wish that your husband . would he'lp you to make a happy home H by being cheerful in it and interested, in It bv being human instead of just ;l Check"book, or a tyrant before whom M the whole household trembled. M 1 That he would resolve to pay you ' tnre0 hundred and sixty-five comph- ; ments, each one of which would make a happy day for you. That he would resolve to get ac- nuainted with .his children and win M their confidence so that he might give i them the help and guidance that they 1 M need so sorely and that only a wise and loving father can give to his chil- j dren. i Don't you wish that your wife would resolve: i To be a better housekeeper and to, bring every bit of intelligence that she's got to running her home scientifically scien-tifically and efficiently. To devote more time and attention to the kitchen, and less to bridge. To make herself look as attractive at breakfast when there's nobody but the family present as she does at dinner when there's company. Don't you wish that your wife would make and keep a cast Iron New Year's resolution: Not to drag you around to parties when you come home half dead from a hard day's work. Not to spend money as if it grew on trees. Not to fret and complain because she can't dress like a millionairess. Not to nag and thresh over the same old grievance a million times. Not to have nerves and hysterics every time she is crossed in anything and can't have her own way. Don't you wish that your wife would resolve: To be a real helpmate, to take an Interest in your business and be willing will-ing to deny herself things to enable you to get on in iti To be sympathetic and affectionate and to show you that she appreciates how hard you work for her and the children. 'To let you see that she admires you and thinks she got a prize in a husband. hus-band. To act like a rational human being instead of a spoiled baby. And above all don't you wish that she would resolve: To always turn a bright and cheerful cheer-ful face upon you and make your home the gladdest place to come to instead in-stead of the spot that ?ou'd most avoid if you dared to. Don't you wish that your in-laws would make a New Year's resolution: To keep their fingers out of your pie during the ensuing year. To visit you only wlyjn pressed to do so and to make their visits short when they do come. To refram from handing you unsolicited un-solicited advice. To quit criticising what you eat and drink, the books you read, your politics, poli-tics, religion, ctothes, how you raise the baby, and your right to use your i best china when you want to. j Don't you wish your friends would I make a New Year's resolution: Not to load you down with all their ' troubles. I Not to tell you all the disagreeable things -that they hear about you. ! Not to believe that friendship gives ; them a right to monopolize you and to dictate to you what doctor you shall I have, what dressmaker you shall go t to, what other friends you may in-; in-; clulge in. Not to feeltflhat their friendship gives them the privilege of invading the privacy of your life and dragging the secrets of your soul from you. Not to make - of their friendship a burden but a pleasure. Don't you wish that mothers would make a New Year's resolution; To i.ght it out with thoir self-willed self-willed children and rule their offspring instead of being ruled by them. That they would seo that their young daughters were decently clothed instead in-stead of letting them go out half naked as they do at present. That they would teach their girls to bo modest and dignified. That they would teach their daugh-, daugh-, ters thai there is something higher I and better in life than having a good time or wearing the latest fashion. That they would teach all of their childrenJrobedience, regard for tho rights of others, the nobility of work, ! and how to speak the truth and fear I God. I Don't you wish -that all men and women would resolve to make this j coming vear the best year of their' lives? oo I Twickenham, England, has now five horse butcheries, owing to the Influx of Belgians to that district. |