The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-22
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.


A WORLDLY wise woman wa
~ speaking Of her young daughter
The other day
"Oh. yes" she said confidently. ma.
bel will sure he a great belle and vii
probably make a fine marriage. SheN
lust the type that men admire most
very pretty and not very clever. brains
mostly In her heels and hands. YOU
know. so that she can dance and play
tennis and golf with them and do things
10 make them comfortable and make
them tcel like Solomons because they
know 80 much more than she does"
Lucky girl" exclaimed pretty
Young woman who was listening 10 this
description Of the masculine ideal.
there's nothing ihA, the average man
has such a horror Of A. intelligence in
woman. Hes as frightened Of il as
children are OF a bupahoo Now I'm
still In my sweet and .twenticS. I'm
not bad looking When.it comes to
dancing athletics and even to flirting
! can tread n measure with even the
silliest debutante
Afraid OF Brains.
Consequently, when | meet a young
man we get along famously together
until " some chance he discovers that
! am college professor, whereupon he
withdraws himself from my presence A.
eSpeditiously as decency permits, and |
&c him no more The knowledge that
! was a leper would no more quarantine
me from the society Of the majority oi
men than does the knowledge that I
have several college degrees and teach
higher mathematics for living.
Men Usually Flee.
II wonder why II isn't because I'm
a pedaniic bore who backs a man up
against the wall and asks him what he
thinks Browning thourht he thought. or
y no insists on coniining her conversa-
ion 10 highbrowed subjects Far from
L. I'm willing to chime in on anv
key man wants 20 strike il
le viii only permit me But he won't
He flees from me in a panic because he
,uspicions me Of being clever, and that's
Noman's capital sin in his eyes.
OF COSRSE there are exceptions
~ to this rule. There are some
,old and adventurous men who have the
,ardihood TO go over the ton and marry
college bred women, and even school
na'ams but they arc the iron cross he
roes Of their sex The average man
still takes to hi, heels in FRIGHT when
he sees a woman who has the reputa-
ion Of being a blue stocking approach
ing
Masculine Mystery.
This is true, and it is ono OF the mys
.tereS Of masculine psychology at
which women perpe'ually marvel, and
which they can never explain Why arc
men so afraid Of elcverness in womcnI
Why has it always been a reproach to
say Of woman that she is "strong-
minded thereby inierring that feeble
mindedness is a feminine virtue' WHY
do men prefer feminine brains in half
portions and scrambled at ,hat'
Baby Dolls Most Popular.
There is no use IN saying that they
don't, because all common oh ervation
1toyes the contrary. 1t is the baby
doll girls who have the most attention
from men and who never lack for
dancing partners or automobile rides
or hunger for chocolate creams. not
the intelligent, cultivated college grad
uate Any little puny fool of a baby
talk lady can marry all around a sensi.
bic woman, The first question a mar
ever asks about a woman is whether
she Is good looking or not II apparently
never interests him to know whether>or
not she has any intelligence. He !,
concerned solely with the outside of heI
head not what is within il