Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-13
The Winning Attitude Again
by DOROTHY DIX

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS than the man. ar
nicted with what tho alienists call the
exaggerated ego"
The cheerful sinner will. at least, have
moments when he will consider YOU;
When ne VIII be In sack cloth and ashes
before YOU; when no will be human and
companlonable. and anxious TO please
YOU but the man with an incurabIe
case OF swell head never thinks Of any
body else except himself, never admres
anybody except himself. never loves any
body but himself. never talks OF anybody
but himself for he thinks he's really the;
only important person In the world. =;
And he's tiresome, goodness gracious.
say, did you ever notice that these pom-s
pous gentlemen. that swell out their
chests so their shirt studs won't hold,
and who commence every sentence with a
capital Il" have all OF them been utaf-,.
ried two or three times or moreg Wen,
what allied their wives was that they-'
were bored 10 death. OF course the doc.
tors may have given a certificate that
they died from pneumonia, or typhoid,
or something like that, but what really
Killed the ladies' was that big ~" that
eternal ~ Of hubby's. No feminine con-
sttution could stand Il.
Therefore my dear girl. as you value
your life. to say nothing OF your peace,
OF mind and happiness. pass up the con.
ceited man who can't oven come down
off OF his pedestal long enough 10 court
girl properly. but wants her to do all
Of the love maklngs 81 $50 ..
Take II from me. my dear, that bel!
fore marriage a man should be In the =
| dust before a woman's feet. beating I.
his head ON the ground and crying eout
Unworthy Unworthyg' for after mar !,
rage the humblest sutton becomes uppishs
enough as husband, and secretly thinks
that he conferred such favor on his
wife by keeping her from being an. old
maid that she never can repay him even
with life times devotion.
Hence / repeat my advice: whatever
you do. whatever kind OF husband you
pick out. don't marry a conceited man.
In the first place, the egotist Is incarnate
selfishness. He will have three new suits
and furlined overcoat while you mako
over your year before last dress. and
shiver around in thin jacket lie will
60 TO the thester. and begrudge you the
money for a moving picture show. lie
will eat at s2lunch downtown and expect
you to have hash for yourself and your
81 ildren. He will turn over and sleep
the sleep Of the Just. while you walk the
chollc through the Silly hours OF the
night. fr
Don't marry a conceited man. because
no matter how much you may do for hlm
You will never be able TO do as much
As he thinks that you should do. In his.
opinion wife was simply created for the
sole purpose Of ministering to him and
making things more comfortable for him.
When she had done that he considers
that she should Just fade away and not
stand in his light.
You may work your fingers to the bone
for hun. you may make yourself a reg
ular miser pinchlng and economIzing 10
help him along, you may offer up your
self as a burnt sacrifice on the kitchen
stove cooking things that he likes, and
you will never get bit Of thanks or
appreciation. The most that he viii do
will be to pat himself on the back for
his good judgment In having picked out
such an efficient domestic slave.
Don't marry a eenceited man. because
to have an oracle in the family is worse
than having a perpetual case OF small
pox. Observe the wife OF the egotist, my
dear. She has less liberty than a ticket
of-leave woman. She Is OF mature age.
She ls intelligent-very likely "a eollegs
graduate. She reads and thinks, and
possibly has ten times as much sense
and knowledge as her husband. But shf.
is as much In tutelage as IL she were >
feeble-minded child OF 10 years. Sh.
can't join club. nor buy dress, nor
even express an opinion until after sltee
has asked husband and the oracle has
spoken.
OF course the conceited man is easily :
worked. He is putty in the hands OF any
woman who is expert In Spreading the
salve, but think how tired you dan get
Of always having to fIatter man into :
doing the things that he should do Con-.
slider the contempt you would come 10
have for a man whose vanity was so
enormous and so ridiculous that he could
be managed through 1t. Believe me:
waiting hot air at a man Is an occupa-
ton that gets on a sensible woman,
nerves in a mighty short time.
Don't marry an egotist. Just reneu,- {
Der that the bigger mans head it. the
smaller his heart, and that seif-love
crowds out every other emotion. The
eoneeited man never has. real passion
for any other human being but himself.
Leave him to it.