The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-06
Dorothy Dix Says
THE BOND OF CONCENIALITY
BY Dorothy Dix
The Worlds Highest Paid Wou,, W,;,.,
BY Dorothy Dir
The World, Hishe,. Paid Woman Writer.

A WOMAN who is applying for a
~ divorce cites, among the othss rea :
sons for breaking her rifnonial
letters, that when she pointed out beau
tiiul and inspiring bits OF scenery to her
husband his only response was just to
grunt
Considering the tragic grounds on
which most divorces are asked a huS-
bands lack OF taste in views seems a
trivial cause for breaking ones marriage
VOWS, but. in reality the very essence Of
domestic misery is summed up in the
simple circumstance.
II is uncongeniali,y, and we can for
give another tor every sin on thefSalen
dar quicker than we can that. Ckcon-
geniall,y IS the stone wall between hus
band and wife. between brothers and
sisters, between parents and child tina,
no desire, no sense OF duty. no effort oi
will can break down. and that can
separate those who live so close together
that they can touch each other more
widely thin il all the seven seas flowed
between them -
So iar as the happiness OF the home
is concerned. i, depends absolutely upon
husband and wife being tuned in the
same key, and having the same general
viewpoint on liie There can be nothing
more maddenng than for an enthusias
tic man or woman to he tied to a cold
blooded, emo,ionless clam OF life part
ner without a single thrill in his or her
system. Nor is there anything more cal
culated to get upon the nerves OF an
optimistic man or woman than TO have
to live in close daily companionship
with dark blue pessimist who feels II
to be her or his sacred duty to be a
perpetual domestic wet blanket in the
household.
There are millions oi perfectly good
men who only grunt when their whe,
point out to them the rose flush Of sun
set OF the top OF snow capped noun.
tain, or the rainbow in the waterfalls
who sit stolid as blocks OF wood Will,
the music wrings the heart out Of your
bosom at the opera, or some actor grip,
your very soul in play who never ee'
the real message of a book: who never
see anything in crowd but jus, a lo
Of people gathered together, and thes,
men are married TO tcmperamental WON
Ell who are as finely attuned as AZ
aeolan harp, aud who respond to ever,
breath OF sentimen, and feeling
And there are men OF high and gen
erous souls. men with ideals, men with
passion for humanity. men who Low,
big simple things men with plan. anc
hopes, and aspirations and dreams
great men who are married TO marrow
little two-by-four women whose worl,
Is bounded by the fcw,people they know
whose aspirations reach no higher thai
being invited TO walk under fa,hiorabl,
awnings, who are standing objections I,
everything their husbands desire to do
and prophets Of woe TO their ever,
scheme
There Is nothing more terrible tha,
for two such people TO he pequail
ycked together, to have to 10 throueI
life each pulling a different way. Fac
is desperately lonely. a. only a strange
can be in a foreign land, surrounde,
by those whose language he docs no
speak nor understand.
+ Happiness is made up Of very It'll
things, II is principally made up o
the things tha, We share with ano,he,
The lovely vista that We behold vii,