Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-18
ny DOROTHY DIX.

seventh woman. was because de
msnded too much in a husband.
II was looking for paragon, and al
tho countryman said when he saw hip
popotamus for the first time, there ain
J no sich animal
'As ! look back now on my artlesi
girlish ideal. with the light OF many
ycars experience Of human nature and
much knowledge Of the world to ilumi
nate my vision. | don't know whether
to laugh or to cry for my purpose was
80 high and my practice so foolish. and
IN reaching out after an impossible idol
missed all Of the nice consolation prizes
that might have had.
II had many chances 10 marry--good
chances. too, and TO marry men TO whom
for one reason or another was greatly
attracted and with whom / could have
fallen In love II had permitted myself,
But no. In my youthful egotism ! had
decided that ! would marry no man WIN
did not measure up 10 the standard OF
perfection that had erected, and, Of
course, no mere mortal man did.
HE couldn't for my specifications OF
the kind Of husband that thought good
enough for me require a composite Of the
salient characteristics Of Paul swan, Sir
Gallahad Mr.. Rockefeller, Keats and
John Drew.
"The man that married must 10 hand
some, toll, with piercing eyes and a dark
mustaehe lie must have unblemishsi
morals and yet be n man of the world
who knew his way about.
HE must be ablo to make money and
plenty Of It. because ! hankered after the
fleghpots. but he must also be Of a soul
ful nature and able to quote poetry ef.
fectlyely, and 10 understand my soul rs
pirntlons. and he must have all OF the
eocial Graces. and wear his clothes Ike
the godiko young creature In the tail
ors' advertisements.
That was the kind Of husband that
! was looking for and poor Hide goose
that I waa, didn't know that the feas
of life Is served la carte. and that We
don't get all Of the goodies. We have
to make our choice from the menu thar
fate serves us. and the best we can do
is pick out the one thing that we relish
most
Later on, ! discovered that masculine
pulchrtude and brains seldom 20 10.
gether; TINT q giant may have the soul
Of pigmN and the heart and mind Of 4
fiye-foot-four man may be 80 big they
crowd his small body; that man wh5
occasionally zigzags orr Of the straIzi,
and narrow path often maker the ten
derest and most adorable OF husbands
while model of all the virtues generally
is grinding tyrant at home; that money
making md yearning after the whatness
Of the what are as incompatible as oil
and water.
That q husband who Is a Beau Brurn-
n@l In his dress spends the clothes a.
lovanoe Of tho family on himself instead
OF his wife, and finally. and above all,
that romantic love is as evanescent NJ
the dew on the rose. and that any klnl
OF plain old prosalc love is better than
no love at all.
But like most discoveries that we make
for ourselves, my discovery came too late
to do me any good. | had let my youth
and my opportunities to marry all pass
by me while was seeking for the i'm
possible he
There was Jack. who was as hand
some as 8 young Apollo. but ! wouldn't
marry him because he was as vain as
peacock. and had nothing but his gooI
looks to recommend him. There was 4
Clergyman who proposed 10 me. an
aseetie, saint like young fellow. giving
himself IN a passion Of devotion 10 work
n the slums. but / couldn't SEQ myself
preachers wife. living In smelly tene
nents, and doing mission work instead
u going to teas and balls
And Tom, who was born with the
Midas touch that turned everything 10
'old, asked me to share his fortune. But
Tom hadn't an interest in the world ex
ept business and the prospect ot spend.
ns all OF my evenings talking 20 a man
yho thought that Browning was n new
Industrial stock, and that the only book
with a genuine heart thrlll IN Il wac
didn't appeal to me. 40 I turned
hat proposition down.
'on the other hand there waa Al
honse, who was a quiverinK bunch %
rtstie and literary senaibilities. who pal.
itaied q every shade OF meaning In
eoks, or pictures. or music, but wha
auld never make living and whose wife
'sa due 70 take In boarders ana support
I'M
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mhiueu was sehteved when ne intros
Aeed q new figure into 4 coiillion. or was .
ae tlf" - wear mathe ribbon On he
Feslasses Thai exactly matched his snk
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