Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-26
A TIP TO MEN
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The WORLDS Highest Paid Woman
Writer.

YTis pity that men who devote so
much time to admire the female
j countenance spend so little time in
studying it and trying to find out what
it indicates.
Physiognomy may not be an exact
science, but it makes some mighty
good guesses, and if instead of prais'
ing the curve Of cheek or the dmple
in a chin or writing sonnets to his
lady's eyebrows, lover would try to
ascertain what traits Of character
these features indicated he would save
himself from making many a bitter
mistake.
Man seldom does this. He has yet
to learn that woman is built on the
cause-and-effec plan. Therefore
every day we see ignorant and unso-
phisticated SWANS leading thin-lipped
maidens with .quiVering nostrils and
arched eyebrows to the altar, without
a suspicion that they are Wedding
tempers that will keep them cowed
the balance Of their lives.
Also we observe other men deliber
ately picking out wives with square
Jaws, heavy chins and steady eyes
with a steely CLINT in them, and then
wondering how 1t was that they hap
pened to get their necks into the hal
ter.
BY the same token we see other
men tying up with pale, frail, thin
chested anemic little girls, and then
considering themselves cruel victims
OF bad luck because they have to
hn h ~ re
shaving to pay doctors and nurses and
sanitarium bills, while cher men es-
pouse pink and white baby dolls with
rosebud mouths and caIf-like eyes,
and are disappointed to find out that
the only furniture in their wives
heads consists Of few ideas about |
clothes and the twostep
Men always excuse the mistakes
they make in marriage by saying that |
you can't tell beforehand what sort Of |
a wife a girl will make. Therefore |
they call neither the science Of physi- |
ognomy nor even plain common sense |
to their aid when they undertake the |
tremendous task Of selecting a life |
mate.
This is a mistake. There is some
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wrong man because she has to take |
what she can get. She is denied the |
liberty of exercising her own inteli.
gence and taste in the selection of a |
husband, but man has no such han.
dicap. He can pick and choose, and |
If he gets the wrong woman, as he so |
often does, it is simply because he
does not use as much intelligence in
selecting wife as he does in buying |
horse or an automobile.
To begin with, most girls have their
characters written in their faces, so |
that he who runs may read, II he will !
only look for it. The smirk of vanity, |
the hardness of selfishness,' the fret |
full look of peevisrness and Ill temper,
the smile Of good nature, the tender !
warmth Of sympathy, the light of I'm.
Outstanding in the eyes-they are all !
there for any man to see who isn't as
blind as bat.
More than this, very few girls have
the art to conceal their real DISPOSE.
ton and character. They give. away
what they are and the kind of wives
they are going to make at every turn
to any man who will take the trouble |
to observe them. Hence it is possible
for every man to find out on the safe
side of the altar just the sort of a wife
he will get If he marries any particu. :
lar maiden.
Take the matter of extravaganza
for instance. Every man would like
to marry a wife who would be a real
helpmate to him, who would be thrifty
and economical and willing to save
and hustle until they got a good start
in the world. How is he to tell
whether a certain girl will make that
kind of wife or not?
Easiest thing in the world. Make a
study Of the girls home conditions.
If she dresses far in excess of the
family means; if her father looks old
and hump shouldered and tagged out,
be sure that the girl is one of those
who has got to have glad raiment at
any cost and that. she will work her
husband to death to get it with as lit
tie conjunction as she has her father.
But on the contrary, if the girl
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