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Show Dorohy Dix Talks THE iFE'S MAGNA CHARTA By DOROTHY D the World's Highest Paid Woman Writer If wlvea should file H of rights. 1 cs some husband havne ln NSW fork, what should ' demand?' They would have a rl to ask: 1 That their husb give them a square deal when ' sign them ; 'up on the matrlmonlnntract. Tho I moat cruel and daatu' crime that any human being cv commits Is j when a man marries ignorant and ; Innocent young girl. f'lng that he j Is dooming her and ' children to I pay the price of the 1 oat9 ho has sown. Compared to it murder Is an Innocent potlme. The first riji.it. thef every bride Is to know beforchuithe kind of .1 I life a man has lod his bachelor days. She can takt or leave It, I but she at least kn what she la j doing. She Isn't bel tricked into a' bargain ln whkh sh" foreordained! to lose out -Nor has any mar right to marry a girl without t IllnVr the absolute truth about his lnco- Every' woman has a right to k whether h 1 partnership Into w she Is enter-I enter-I ing Is a going co'. w'th '-l'' likelihood of a pnerou future, or one that Is hopeles bankrupt. There I aro men so lovea' and fascinating that a crust with ni Ih better tha.i 1 a stalled ox with shut, uui a. gin should be made V to the situation , and know thut she espousing a cook-' ; lng stove Instead a limousine whe.i she docs it. I A wiic has rl&ht to demand that her I.usbantr,-at v her fairly about money, u.iiK've her her share, of the family lrm'' inan he la right to huhte his wir- by : making her coin, hln llkt' a beggar foi every penitjfror has '"-' ft rlght ! to ask her hovvie spends her otfa I personal al lo srnjS I 3 A woman M a right to expect I her husband ted his share towards making a hap home That is a two-handed j6?9at n" ulfc can c" Icompliah by -8''if No mattsx if a woman wcarftke smile Hint wont I come off. sh can't m ike a chcory place of a he" In which a man lltS 1 around as mpy and grouchy as ' a sore-heade bear 4 wifthas a right to dcmaiy some persoll liberty. She Is a jfjj better Judg-than her husband IP "' the thlngjlhat Immediately a1 or and it' n affront to her U"".. 3-cnce to hve to ask his leave10 this, and 0 that, as if she er I loeble-mlrSd child. The rqfif at 10 man, sjfOWS I'- ar the lOf of 1 '' ' . ba;5&h.uch chrtgw-sgj :" - "; rtadot neJSni ' 1 '-n' fP ti X SSents' author-- rhey wet from tlielr p lty to their husbands' authority, and never beforo have they cver been able to Hpend a dollar without having to account for It, or go to a place without with-out first having to ask permission. Thoy have never had a right in an their exlstenco until they acquired rights by widowhood G "Wives have a right to some pleasure and amusement. Of course, most men think that being married to them Is all the Joy and diversion any woman needs Also they regara doing housework and taking care of the children a3 a perpetual picnic. Of course thc-y don't enjoy lt themselves, but they think that women are o constituted that thy are having tho tlmo of their lives when they clca.i. and sew. and darn, and push a perambulator per-ambulator along the streets. This Is a mistake Housework Is deadly dull, and monotonous, and ' taking care of children the. mot 'nerve-wracking occupation on cart);, and every wife has a right to demand at least aa much time off every Week I as a cook and nurse maid get. She has also a ri;ht to demand that her husband shall take her out at lea-it once a v e k, and give her a good time. 6 A wife has a right to demand that her husband ithall make some real effort to make her happy It Isn't enough for a man Just to feed and clothe his wife, and refrain from beating beat-ing her A:.y aple-bodled woman can earn a comfortable living in the.-ie. jj days, and generally with less Work and worry than It takes to run home Aleo few women have either parents or employers who mistreat tin m. so no woman is called upon to be particularly grateful to a husband who Is decent to her But when a woman gives up a good home, or a good job for a man, aim has a right to )rpfcct him to gle her his companionship, to show her terf-dorneJt terf-dorneJt ild affection, and to pay her the llrtle attentions that fill a womun's lire with gladness, and that maV mftrlmony worth while, and repay h-r for all the suffering and sacrifices fiat wifehood entails, ' 7 A wife has a right to demand that In r Husband shall treat her with as much courtesy as he shows to hn stenographer, or his cosual women acquaintances. She has a right lo demand that she bo treated as a lady-even lady-even lf she Is his wife. These are the rights of a wife. All the balance that she gets are her p.- .-requisites .-requisites Dorothy Dlx's articles appear ln this newspaper every -Monday, Wednesday und Friday. , |