The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-08
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
LITTLE PATHS TO HAPPINESS.

The only thing that ever shakes my
faith in the mighty masculine intellect
~ the stupidity that men show In their
dealings with women" said Il woman
the other day,
when | tee airplanes flying like
birds In the sky and mighty bridges
ilung across torrential rivers, and think
OF guns that fire a shot that hits it's
objective 70 miles away, | am filled
with awe OF the mighty brains that
conceive and execute such marvels,
But when | observe the absolute
lack Of all human Intelligence which
the average man brings to bear on the
solution OF his domestic problems |
wonder where the fool killer Is, and
why the home for incurable male i'm
beetles IL not crowded to OVERLOOKING.
For to a man, as to q woman, the
most important thing in life Is the do
nestle relationship. He must find his
happiness or misery inside OF the FAM
NY circle, The applause Of the world
Is a poor thing compared with getting
the glad hand from his wife, II he finds
contentment, peace and affection at
home all Is right with mis- world, and
If he doesn't everything is wrong. no
matter how much money he makes or
how famous he becomes,
This being the case, you would
think that Il man would spend q few
minutes, now and then, In making a
slight study OF the feminine psychology
and try to find out some OF the things
that women like and that endear n
husband to a wife, But they don't
whether they think 1t is too much
trouble To try to please a mere wife, or
whether they hold to the cheerful the
Dry that they are so fascinating that
their wives cant help adorinG them, no
matter what they do, or whether they
believe that a woman ought to be
thankful to get any sort Of n husband,
I don't know The fact remains that
tens Of thousands Of good men go blum
dering along through 40 or so years OF
mntrimony, making the whole weary
eNpanso OF domestlcity IN arid desert to
their wives, when they could 80 easily
and with such a slight expenditure of
effort and thought have made it an
earthly paradise to the women to whom
they were married,
This is not because men are indif-
terent to their wives happiness. Far
from It. | don't believe there Is a man
IN the world who wouldn't like to know
that his wife went down on her knees
IN thAnkfuluess every time she thought
OF her luck In getting him for n hus-
hAnd, and this Is what makes 1t so
strange that men wilfully shut their
eyes. and refuse to see the road that
leads to domestlc bliss.
surely II Is some sort of mental as
Ftigmatism that keeps men from seeing
that it is the little things that count
with wumen-the little rem~embrancos,
the little touches OF romano and senti-
mont, the little compliments and Cour-
tesics, and II a husband viii show these
to his wife he may neglect all the
wcightier matters Of the law and she
viii never find 1t out. OR II she does
she won't care,
Il saw an interesting illustration OF
this the other day. | was calling on a
woman In very moderate circumstances
when the door bell rams and n florists
boy delivered to her II Few red roses,
rho woman's face was u glow Of happi-