The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-08
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman
Writer

Why are men so afraid OF speaking
the truth 10 women
Why do men seem to think tina,
nrict yeracily is strain that the iral
feminine constitution is not able 10
endure, and that they must camouilage
all the facts in lie before they present
them to the consideration Of woman.
Why are men shocked AZ the mere
thought OF woman bcholding the
naked trmhi
A Mans Idea Of It.
They are, YOU know. 4 mans idea
OF a perfect brute Is another man who
tells woman 'hc truth. Practically
the only time the average man ever
indulgcs himself in the luxury Of
speaking the truth to woman is
when he is angry with her. Nj the
balance OF the time he hands her ont
nice little, inocuouS ialsi,ics
All of the relationship between men
and women is built on a foundation
Of lies. SO tina, il every woman should
say as did the Psalni't, u said in
my heart that all men are liars" she
would be no more than telling the ab-
solute truth.
4 The man begins !, by telling a girl
the first minute her meets her how
beautiful she is, and how unlike every
other moman, and that he never saw
such wonderful eyes as she has. and
that she has some peculiar quality OF
personal magnetism, and so on, and
so on.
The Girls Mirror
The girl has mirror which she
ccnsclcntiously uses. and she knows
that every word the man has said is a
lie and that he knows that she is ly-
iny because it would be impossible for
anyone to think her either beautiful
wonderful. or magnetic. She would |
much prefer for the man 10 tell her
the truth, and that he liked her for
what she was instead OF romancing
about charms tha, they both are well |
aware she does not possess.
Then man pursues his courtship via |
the Ananias route When ne comes 10 |
wooing the maiden he wants for a |
wife he relinQuishes his last hold or
veracity.
He tells the Girl that she Is an |
angel in whom he can see no flaw, and
Mat he asks nothing of life but Just |
to be to her adoring slave and wor-
shin a, her feet. He loads her down
with gifts and spends money on her
as il he were millionaire. and he
pictures future lie together that
will be one prolonged thrill, with no
sordid cares marring his bliss. And
the girl marrieS him and finds out
that he is .human instead OF a little
tin god, and that he is in debt for
the money that he spent on her while
Inc was courtlng her, and that instead .
OF smoothing his alabastcr brow she I
has to do her own cooking.
False Pretenses.
Every girl is inyeiGlcd into mar
rbge under false pretcnSes. That is
why there is so much divorce. II men
would only tell the truth TO the girls
they were counting, instead Of waiting
TO let them find i, out afterwards
there might be fewer marriages, bu,
there would be more lasting ones.
Furthermore, il would be the saliva
tion Of matrimony II husbands would
tell their wives the truth instead OF
lying to them. Every man has got the
right to STAY down town occasionally
II he wants TO. and 10 20 TO a mans
party, and enjoy some masculine so
cieiy among men and without any
pttticoatS around
II husbands would come straight out
and assert this Inalicnahle right it
wouldn't make halt the domestic
rumpus that !, does when they tell
their wives some tlrradiddlc abou,
sick friends, or out OF town customers,
or lodge meetlng, No wife believes
this transparent iih. and when she
catches up with hubby as she is sure
n do, She rcycngcs herself nv sus-
pio;oning him ten times as much as he
deserves.
Women Good Sports.
Women are lots better sports than
men give them credit for being. They
are much more human and under
standing than their husbands ever
dream they are and il a man would
only tell his wife the truth about how
his jaded nerves cry out for little
change, why she would sympathize
with him. and tell him to 60 to it in
stead OF raising a row about it,
She would be actually flattercd be
cause she would realize that her nus
bard was paying her mans highest
and suhiles, compliment, he wasirca,-
ing her like a real in,elligen, human
being. instead OF merely as a wife. flc
was telling her the truth.
One OF the main reasons that women
waste their husbands money is because
men so seldom tell their wives the
truth about thir earnings. There are
not many wives who deliberately run
their husbands into debt. Let wife