The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-05
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
HY DOROTHY DIX
WoelA's Highest PHad Woman WHITES.

Widows Preferred Risk in Matrin,ony.
A Munich doctor Is urging the en-
actme1t OF law In Germany to pre-
vent widows from remarrying so as to
leave the few available men for single
women.
Let US trust that this peculiar ex-
preston ct German frightfulness will
| not be initiated by the allies. and that
no law will stop a gallant soldier.fr from
getting his just earthly reward, after
the war is over, by marrying a nice
comfortable widow. with a tidy for-
tune in her pockct,-an settling down
to live happily ever after In peace and
quiet. 80
For widows are tho preferred matri.
monial risk, and tho man who espouses
one almost invariably gets winning
ticket in the lottery run by that prince
Of gamblers. Dan Cupid.
A pretty girl may mean romance
and poetry. moonlight nights and
thrills. but the widow means q warm
| heart and q good dinner, and a. snug
haven into which q man steers his lit
tie boat away from the storm and
stress of. the outside world. No won
der SO many men choose widows, for
for q brief season. whereas a mans in
terest in good cooking abideth for.
exer.
The reason why a widow makes q
better wife than a young girl 10 pre-
cisely the same reason why any ex-
prentice can possibly be. 1t H. the
advantage that the professional all
ways has over the amateur, for how
ever gifted the amateur. he or she
lacks the knowledge of details and the
craftsmanship that only long experiences
gives.
To begin with the widow knows
men, and tho young girl does not. The
widow knows that men are neither
demigods. matinee heroes nor brutes.
and that even the best and the most
intelligent of them are nothing but big
babies. in the privacy of their own
homes. and are TO be treated as babies.
| The young girl. on the other hand,
goes into matrimon$ firmly commit
ted to the belief that she Is marrying
a little tin god. or. At Nast,>a romantic
hero who will always hold her hand.
and quote poetry to her. and feed her
on impassioned Romeo stuff. Hence
when she finds out that he thinks
more about his stomach than he does
i about his heart and that he Is peevish
streak when little things 60 wrong
about the house, she makes up her
mind thatAshe has gotten brute for Q
husband. Which isn't at all the case.
but the situation calls for many tears
and ouarreis, aHd 10 rough on the
-
full maiden having bestowed upon him
angel perauisites to which he never
laid claim.
The widow has been thru this
course in the matrimonial school. and
has found out that the best OF men
have their faults and weaknesses
upon which \ wise wife turns a blind
eye. and that man may fall . mil.
lion miles short OF ones ideal OF Q
perfect husband. and still be very
satisfactory person with whom to live.
Therefore. the man who marries .
widow gets . wife who knows how to
make allowances. and saves himself
the painful process of being cut over
visionary maiden.
Also. success in matrimony 10 large.
, ly . matter Of . wife's ability to walk
on eggs without smashing them. This
Is a feat of skill and 1ugglery that no
young girl has the ability to perform.
hut the widow has learned the trick
in her previous experience in the holy
estate,
She knows how to jolly a man along
and rub the fur the right way. She Is
an adept at sidestepping her husbands
pretudices. and keeping the subjects
off the carpet that are a. q red flag to
q mad bull. She has developed =
sixth sense that informs her when is
the psychological moment to strike
him for q new dress or present the
months bills.
ALSO the widow knows from expert
ence that It Is folly for q woman to
keep her husband tied to her apron
strings. because no apron string Ia
strong enough to hold him, and that
the mere knowledge that he II not