The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-06

lin horn ports.
Says Dorothy Dix
b. Dorothy DIX.

Thu great thing that the present
mania for outdoor sports - DONG Tor
women IL not 10 much In giving them
stronger muscles a. It - IN giving them
stronger mental ana moral ncre. Ano
its crownlf3 blessing - tnat II Is teaon-
Ing them how 70 play sne sane % s,, .1e
w womsn srs not sports by nature.
They ike 10 gamble. but they want to
do Il without risk. and when they lose
fhav howl to heaven. They cannot
understand why you cannot have your
cake and eat II. too, nor why one
should stick to the bad bargain one
has made.
One Of the chief reasons that there
are 10 many divorces Ia because wom-
en- are so lacking in the sportsYnanhke
spirit. A girl will deliberately marry
Z man knowing him to be drunkard.
and then divorce him because ne
drinks, which In manifestly -both
absurd and unjust. Or. girl VIII
marry poor young man and make
his life a torment by her continual
complaints because she can't nave the
clothes and Jewels and automobiles OF
q millionaire's wife.
What They should Do.
II these women had DROP on
eportiur blood in their veins they
!. would accept with philosophy the
fates they had brought upon them.
selves. The drunkards wife wouio
meet her incorporate spouse Win
red rose In her hair ana q smile on
her lips when he came Keeling home
M. and spend the balances
of the night applying Ice cloths TO
his feyered brow. The poor mans
wife would be strong for the love-in-
a~cottase stuff, and simply fiaunt her
hand me downs in the face or her
little world.
Indeed. to do anything Is for the
women to stultify herself. and give the
, husband a crooked deal, for he. poor
man, was under the impression that
his wife knew what she was getting
when she married him. and that he
represented her choice in life part
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Tin Horn Sports.
This spirit OF the tin horn sport Ia
also abundantly manifested In the way
that no many women perform their
OBLIGATIONS to their families. They
- their duty, but they do it with
groanings and complaints that make
their ministrations hard to endure.
How many a housekeeper do you
know whose abode Is Immediately
W
cooked, whose thrift la marvel. YET
who makes her home worst than q
place Of pestilence because she is al
ways complaining about what a slave
she In. and how hard she has to toil7
How many a wife do you know who
really does do her wifeiy duty to her
husband to the last button on his
shirt, but who robs 1t of all flavor by
continually reminding him of the sac
ri6ces she makes for him. and the
work she does for him.
Sclf.Advertfscd Martyrs.
How many mothers DO you know
who do devote themselves to their
children. who toll and economize that
their girls may have good clothes
and their boys go 70 college. but who
never weary Of bemoaning the hard
ships of n mothers lot, and telling
what martyrs they are to their chill
dren.
These women can never understand
why they are NOT honored for having
done their duty by their families, and
loved for the sacrifices they have
made. IL IL because they have not
played the game in spcrtsmanliks
manner. They haven't taken the loss
along with the gain, with an ever
mind.
There r. q gambling maxim which
says, put up. or shut up" to the bluff
er. To women might be added this
further admonition: If you are COINS
TO do your duty. be sport. Do Il
without whining.