Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-15
Mother q Tyrant
TO Business
Woman
ny DOROTHY DIX.

IT'S queer thing" said the Success
ful Business Woman, that no matter how
old nm unmarried woman gets she is al
Ways a helpless, toddllng infant 10 her
mother ana no matter how much she
achieves nor how many other people she
bosses her mother arrogatcs the right 20
boss her and settle every question IN life
for her Talk about no man being q hero
10 bis valet, no single woman has any
powona rights that a mother feels bound
10 respect 4,
'Now, when my father dicd, his affairs
were found 10 be- In hopeless muddlo
aud there wasn't % dollar loft when his
e4talc waa settled up, rolled up my
flenffa and went 10 work and have been
fortunate enough not only 10 keep . roof
above my mothers head, but 10 make
II better roof until now sho liyos more
comfortably than she has ever done be
fore Ia her lifc.
When my rathor was alive and sup.
ported the homo II waH run 10 conform 10
bia tHstoe. Tie was the broad winner and
my mother felt Il nothing but right that
be should 5e pcttcd and cod1lcd md ihot
tla word should be- law, / nm the bread
winner In Ibis home ami every dollar
that aupDorl6 n ! earn but does my
mother feel that lbe same dcfcrencc
~ p''" w wv "lul ~ WINS lNnt
she paid 10 my father Not NJ alL !
mn Hti her little Erl whose comings
hud R0ingr And associations abo feels that
she baA lnal as much right 20 control
af ahe did when ! Wns z years old and
p'N1"'s o'Nn lnF ph'"
"e tlp",''i Ior 'ntt"''e'' reHHrUt tn.
W.. V"I" Ho' ~ I"S p"'''uua'
,''H,f W. h' p''olR'nR 10 lHe 'nuF'
'"'lf w Nn' ~ 10 p''l'''lon ~ w
'" '''s y 'I9', Nl"'E ~ ''''o ., w, 2,
"' ~ "''f ~ tH''t N"n,p''" Inv i'''p ~
~" l"'''''"i '''"A 'N'F "'''"
'Ho IVY "'N' p'V'N'l',H
~ SlF 'lIeI " rulnh'g' lDroI9h In'
e'o't8' ~ E''' ,'a' 70 HI"n,'o "n'll
~ N'1 url' tU' olnrf a"y an" tnN'
" F'"l WHh 1851 WIN lhe IohR l'n'"''
w. 'ne looh'' ~" F"''' W w. my
'"'''i W" ''P't hltn'N' 'pIH'nR "pF
pug p'tiop ~ In' InjuHu'o hhe ~ 40
u'@ ~ ~ 'ovp"k nc eio""'nB n'F IIpnu,
"orof alip' 'nf IoleeS me- poea"so )
b'ff hol NC h'Hft 20 huri ncf' 10 sup
port D. IaHy no 'f-do-well brother VINO
'lhp' IL eah'el 70 gran ms h'lhs lh'n 70
"'lh TOT w. ""u ny i,ol'''' po'"'"'lN NV
't' "'u 'n',''"i"l ''op'u,u p',"'"e
IN" hpo"h 'n't 90 ul" unHi'hnEN'
no" 'nn you pn ~ 'la'u on your
pool' unfortunate protnor' tne WINE. ~
~ ''sru"Kc Nun p's ioou an' clotnest
o1 bIo" u ~ pee'p8e nc N sons,t'Vc
llmt ne e1lnol chhur' tpe crpel "'nRh
t"PloS''h HhE ~ H'"' t""' ~ '""'V'
R''P 'hpHlIon'
Nho" lhht n' "H' never WprN W
lohS ~ eoncpoug elHe suppoI" MN M"
fhat ~ encouraging ms ulIUhbheSs you
hfe ihhlns away ms iaht ehah'e y 81 pe'
coming lHah' Fetort aiu tl'n po'"uHe
eh'lhot pe"r 70 gee W" .'u't Ioos W ny
holhefs aehf oid eNeh bpoioRlze hhn
give her money th"t hh"" sue - ~
hs 70 Sllp 70 rom
Buehs lts JUST part o. the "orlo-oln
laea mat woman snouid De s'aFc 70
man thht makee my mother tee' lnht
rus pcffeely ihir ana rignt ior me 70
WORK % support my nuSNy protncI'
NY hlother eohFluers u her "u'S 70
ktep shafp eye on my hcquaihthhcoS
nhd Ahe ahut me door IN INC tace OF my
dcerest lfichd when Hhe iound Guy snc
WIS niForece ana saw her M1ohe
clsarot' explained 10 my Ho'her that
INC woman III questlon was ono oi tne no.
blest creatures pod ever mace ana Una,
hhe hah porhe WIN prute ol nuspanu
uhlh pauehce hau ceaSou 70 pv N',tue
anu bhs eould not longer HNe WIN "nH