The Washington herald., 1917-06-02
The Clinging Vine
By DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman
Writer

Two or three women had forgathered
for rrl I'm IN" houdulr of one Of them.
and III" conversation had turned upon
masculine p"ruliar,tirs. AS il is apt to do
ru such cases. for women Hgr'o with tho
lar" Mr. Pop" that the "prorc- study Of
w"mankiud IS man"
i want my Young daughter N he a
Sl'c"~s in society. to he admired and have
h"1UN. and eventually TO make good
marriage. ~0id Il handsome matron in
> BROWN and 10 that ond am teaching
h'r 2" ho a frst-class Ginger"
"a c.lnE"rH" inquired the woman IN the
Tr"'.-" hat. as she stirred her tea.
eyes, responded the woman in brown
velvet "H limp. 1ahbv. dish rag that Will
urnE on 10 1ut'Hng that is masculine
r HrnhHh'- Gn'~r'' sound romantic. but
'nr most va."Hh." rHarActcristic a woman
.nr haE" in ..' .- TO be- utterly sTpne
AND helpless she'll ALWAYS ho carried
around. wrapped in pink jewelers. cot
tom ~hoN E"' all the sugar plums IN
III" offered to her ON A silver salvcr."
Il Thought that n" 1"ppy v,ne had
gov" ".t OF fashion" remarked the
woman in gray.
"NNrrN women But sro j. still the
h"tdnur attraction with mon" declared
rnr woman IN brown "TharS IN" reason
that ~. taught my daughter that she
must never stand on h"r own foot when
tho" are any mon around. She must
appear. At I"sst To- be a cripple. or t.
have such t"sny. weeny feet that they
are useless. If she does she'll hay" som"
man always Offering himself for crurch
And he'll low" 10 DO IT,"
THAT'S rl-ht.' exclaimed tho woman
On gray. do YOU ever notice the express
SION 0f man who = fairly shouIdcrIng
ltro GuttorIuE butterfly across the
street. or holding an umbrella over her?
HIS frr'' wears a perfectly beautiful look,
h"oau~" his So"I $ papuat.ng with the
thought of how h.g and strong. and love,-
hcaacd he is
And "u tho other hand put in tho
Wnmau Nirh III" rictur" hat. "kindly take
NOT" of IT.. ~rowl that adorus the Coun-
t"uau,e Of a mar",d man who's" wife
always tak"s tho lead, wh" shows him
how {" cl"av" through q crowd, and who
nnds her own seat in tn" car, and tells
him wh'r" 10 sit"
II don't know what the statistics are
about VIII" d"S"rt"rs. and breach OF
promise suits bat Id bet my new hat
that tho women who are f0rsak"n were
every ou"'of them hiE. strong. Independ-
ont. bo~=v ladies'. never little. helpless,
rHuEinE rreatUrcs.' asserted the woman
IN brown velvet.
''You can't shake porous plaster"
I""r"l the woman in the picture hat
"W"il," said tho woman In brown vel
N"r. my observation is that the wives
wh" ar" loved best and who have most
don" for them are the ones who arc Of
no earthly MS" except As hangers. I'VE
seen women like this who were such
miserable. houS"k"cporr. and SO generally
shiftI"-~ that you would have Thought
that their husbands would break the
speed law getting away from them. But
th"y didn't. They seemed to like it. They
oven "Nruso1 their wives Incompetence
by saying HS if they We're Dragging on
virtue, that 'Maudic. or Sadie was
."Ch lIlrl"ss little darling"
"They ar" tn" foxy grafters. the cling !
ors." exclaimed the woman in the pic
turo hat.
And that's no Joke" said the woman
i'm gray. the woman who knows how to
do 2 thing can count on having to do it
! always shuddcr al the spectacle Of
th"s" foolish wives who try to show off
hnf0r" their husbands. and prove what
sensible. economical. competent help
meets they are. They have to make good
the balance Of their lives. and instead
"f getting tho glad hand. no matter what
they do. their husbands Just take it as
the usual performance"
IF you will notice you will see that
the men who bring candy and violets ,
home to their wives lay these offerings
~ the shrine Of some fluffy headed little
kitten who lives in an apartment hotel
because she can't bear to be worried
over ordering things for dinner" said
the woman in brown velvet. The indus
rious woman who does her own cook |
ing TO save the price of A servant never
even gets an arctic gun drop from hubby. !
And the reason is simply this that It
occurs to man to feed a woman who
acts like a child on candy. whereas he
supplies tho sensible woman with beef
steaks. and lets it 60 at that"
EVrp
picture hat. let a woman show that she
can make her own clothes and she'll /
have to do it. Let her prove that she can