The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-22
Men viii Run From Clever
Women, DOROTHY Dix Thinks;
They Prefer Silly Baby.DoNs

TT men themselves were idiots and un-
educated one could understand how
they would prefer female idiots as
companions and wives, but men are not
idiots and so the wonder grows when
We see them preierring. dull women TO
bright ones.
Vanity IL Factor.
OF course one reason that may he as.
signed Tor men liking silly women bet
ter than they do clever ones il mascu-
line vanity. Men have had the whole
display privilege for brains so long that
they dislike to share II with women. A
man Il afraid II he marries a brilliant
woman that she may occupy the spot
light in their home instead OF his
monopolzil its benefieient rays. Also
a man Is we'll aware that u he marries
a woman no Is as intelligent, as well
educated. and az we'll informed as he is
that he cannot pos a. an oracle 10 her,
or expect her 10 accept all Of her opin-
ions ready from him
Undoubtedly these considerations
cause many a man TO pass over the
clever woman for her stupid sister. but
when he does so he pays a terrific price
for the qualification Of his egotism
For in its last analysis the one alb
soluiely essential ingredient TO a happy
marriage !. .or the wife to drop into il
a full weight brain, and no woman
without intelligence can be salts
factory life partner.
Beauty Is Not Everything.
A woman's beauty Is a matter OF a
very few years at the longest. When IL
is gone what charm has she TO eonjure
with II she has not intelligence, read
ing, wit. II she cannot entertain and
amuse man she has no lohget the good
looks to charm hi, eyes
7 WING pictures deteriorate year by
II year, but brains are like wine, they
grow in flavor and richness with age.
And this also is to he said, that no
woman in the world grow 90 homely
with age as stupid women who have no
intelligence to light their faces when
the gamor Of youth is dead When yov
travel in the Orient, and observe the
hideouS. dull blankne. OF the oldswom-
ems faces you realize that us worth
while to educate women just for the
sake OF their looks.
It's the Long, Long Trail.
Matrimony is long, long trail.
It's queer that men who arc intelligent
themselves deliberately pick ont as fel-
low travellers on this journey that is go
ing to last perhaps for forty OF fifty
years companions who will bore them
stiff after the first brief lap OF the
honeymoon.
You would think that a man who Is
clever himself would hunt up the
cleyercst woman he could find for fell
low voyager, that he would get one who
could discuss the books he liked with
him, who would understand his little
half word re. rences TO this and that in
literature on history and who could
catch the subtlest flavor OF all his wit
and humor. But he seldom does. He's
afraid OF that sort OF women God only
known why. No woman ever does, es-
pecially the clever woman doesn't who
sees her pin-headed sister gathering in
for husband the man she doe not un-
dcrstand, and never can undo stand,
while the woman who could understand
him breaks her heart with longing for
him.
Afraid Of Clever Women.
Men are afraid Of the clever women
and yet il takes brains to run a home
thriitily, to lisc children properly, and
to meet with philosophy, tials and
tribulations of every day l'fe. II wom-
an has intelligence she can, and will,
adapt herself cheeriully to any emerg-
enty that may arise. II is only the fool