The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-01
BY DOROTHY DIX
The WorlPs Highest Paid Woman
Writer.

~ course even to speak oi a hus-
[ ] bands authority aud Of h,, for
~ bidding his wife to do certain
things is to indulge in archaic chatter
The thing simply isn't done now. The
modern woman IS 80 thoroughly CON
ynccd that the gray mare r the lead
horse that she has taken the bit IN her
teeth and run away and no more hus-
band dares ever say WHOA TO her.
This state OF affairs is based upon
the presumption that an adult married
woman is a responsible and intelligent
human heing. II is supposed that a
woman who is old enough 70 marry,
have children and be at the head OF a
house has acquired enough Judgment,
discretion and scli-cortrol 90 enable her
20 fulfill properly her part Of the mar
rlagc partnership
Many Know Better.
Unfortunately this is not always the
case There arc many married women
old enough 10 know better, who are
nothing but spoiled children, without
reason. wirh0u, common sense, without
prudence without any oi the qualities
that 90 to the making up Of a good
wife
These women are lust as irresponsible
as any child pf seven yclrs-thcy need
authority over them just as much as
any child does. they even need spank
ing lust a, badly as any peeyish
young'ter that howl, for the moon, and
It is a thousand pjtics that their hus-
bands haven't the nerve to deal with
! them kindly, but firmly As a wise
father would deal with a bad child.
Weakness Appeals to Strength
II is sad fact that the finer and
nober a man IS, the less capable he Is
| Of coping with a mean and selfish
woman All that is chivalrous IN his
nature forbds him to take advantage
OF his wifes dependence upon him, even
10 cocrcc her into doing the things that
are for her own good. Her weakness
appeals to his strength Her very lack
OF reason and judgment cause him 10
| make pitying excuses Tor her faults,
AND this is her own undoing a' we'll
IA, his. for thercis Just one thing in the
world that appeal, TO the vixen woman
| and that is brute force. She never un-
derNanls, appreciates, or lose, for long
! the gentle man who bears with divine
patience her weaknesses. She has a
contempt for him. The only man she
respects. and who can hold her, is the
| bully who lays down the law TO her
and who sees that she obeys II, and
who keeps her in terror Of her life.
He Must eB a Caveman.
Therefore. when man finds out that
he has had the Ill luck to marry a
vile who shows that she lacks either the
reason. or the moral principle TO govern
her conduct wisely, it is his bounden
duty to assert his authority over her and
| force her to conform to his higher ideals
OF conduct
To give such a woman her head and
| let her 90 her own gait is as foolish
| and as disastrous as il would be TO
give a child fire to play with because
she cried for it, or to refuse TO re-
strain a lunatic
EXuavagancs ls Ruin.
For instance. man is a fool II he
lets his wife rum him by her extraya-
qancc. Every husband should be as
liberal TO his wife as his means permit
What he gives her he should give
freely. but he should draw the line
absolutely on the safe side OF the
bankruptcy court, and should forbid his
wife to go one penny beyond it.
THE woman who runs her husband
in debt and who, for the sake OF
! gratifying her love OF spending. is
willing 20 work him to death, and cause
him days and nights OF sleepless anx.
iety, wondering how he is to get the
money to pay her bills. shows that she
has no affection for him He is moth
ing to her hut money-making ma
lEhnc and this being the case, a mar
fShould have no hesitation in declining
to let her punch the cash register toe
frequently
To Safeguard Her.
More than that, a man should refuse
w lcl llN WIG AptHu an tndl IN HldhV'
because that is the only way that h,
can safeguard her from want as wei
as himself. II she is so sighteC
that she cannot see beyond her dasir,
for a new frock or hat, or keeping III
with the JoneSes, he at least, has
longer vision. He knows that a waste
iul youth makes a pauperized old age
and II is his business to force his wifi,
TO practice thrift no matter how mucl