The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-27
BY Dorothy Dix.

One OF the things over which We
mortal, wonder and prieve is that
marriage is such a lottery. and that
when we take the most important step
in our lives We make a leap IN the
dark without the slightest certainty
oi whether we are going 10 land IN
heaven or hell OF curse we hope
for the best. or else We wouldn't Ia e
the courage to take the Jump, but We
only hope that we are getting the kind
OF a husband or wife that We want
We don't know that we arc.
Perhaps in the lnteres, OF the census
bureau It is Just as well that marriage
is \ matter OF luck, instead OF a sure
thing. because at heart all of us are
gamblers. and the very rlSkiness OF
matrimony is possibly the thing in It
that appeals to It's and keeps VS. TAX
ing a trial.
Still, OF courSe. ever the mos, neryv
gambler has times when he gets cold
feet and begins to hedge, and there
are those OF Us with more prudence
than sporting blood who wish that life
partners might be standardized. so Ia
speak, so that when we made our
choice OF one we would have at least
some elementary idea Of how he OF
she would pan out as life partner,
The optimistic tell us that II We
wish 10 mako sure OF being happy
though married. that we mast ge'
20 know thoroughly the individual.
whom We have proposed 70 accom-.
pany 20 the altar.
Tina. listen. we'll but as a practi.
cal guide TO domestic felicity il ism
worth a button. A boy and girl may
have played together when they madt
mud pies. They may have gone t,
school together and seen each o,her
every day of their lives, bu, wher
they get married they find out tina
they are just as much strangers t,
each other a, il they had married
somebody whom they had kidnape'
in a strange crowd, and whom the
had never set ewes upon before.
Marriage bring. out quirks AM
peculiari,ies in peoples characteI
that they didn't even know ,hemselve'
that were there. 1t opens up secre
chambers that are full Of unsuspecte'
sweetness and life, or that lead Il
unexpected Cavern. Of bitterness, AM
gloom. so that no man or woman
ever knows how fine and noble o
mean and little another human beint
can be, until they are married to he
or him.
That's why men and women VIII,
marry perfect. strangers that the
met At the railroad station and recog
nire by their wearing white car
nation pinned on the left shoulder
have Just about as good a chance o
getting the right mate as thos
who marry their next door neigh
bors.
Men are also told TO pick out a
amiabl., swee. tempered girl for
wife, but how is a man TO do it
All girls are amiable before marriage
They have TO be. They arc on N
husband hunt. and their saccharin
smile /. their deadliet Weapon.
II mar would bcliev. hi. obser
walton. he would conclude that a
girls are patient Grizeldas, and tina
he couldn't 60 amiss in picking ON
any of them. Many a n does g
upon this insufficient evidence, an
find. out TO nj, CONSERVATION tina
he has caught a tartar who has save
no TO say 10 her husband all tn
things she didn't dare TO say to he
beanS.
And lust a. there are NO infallibl
signs and p%er,en,s BY which = MA
can tell what .or, Of a wrie . wona
will make, neither is there any way b
which a woman can dope out viii
sort Of a husband 4 man will he,
A stingy husband is the type OF hui
band 4 woman most desires TO be d,
livered from, but there Is no way b
which she Judge whether q man vi
hav. a yale lock on his pookctbook {
not. That he is a lavish suitor l. n