Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-05
DOROTHY DIX T A L K S
ARE YOU GOOD WIFE?
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
Copyright 1920 by the Wheeler Syndicate Inc.)

Almalgamated Order Of Lady Knock
ers.
your husbands nose so completely
out of joint that it has never got In
again? So many. women never thlnk
of their husbands as anything. put
their children's father. convenience
mercifully ordained by Providence
to supply the. wants of johnnie ano
Tommy, and Mary, and Janey. ne
has no rights where the youngsters
are concerned, and if he has to be
worked to death to indulge them in
everything their greedy young hearts
crave, well, it's a pity, but 1t has 10
be done.
sit up alone while you hold tne
baby's hand while it goes to sleep
until some other woman begins to
hold his hand?
money out of him for the children?
Do. you let him see that ne is NO
real account in the family, and that
your first thought is for them, not
him? There are not many men so
humble, and with So little self love
that thew enjoy knowing hat they
are nothing but the cash-reglster IN
their homes,
Are you good housekeeper? No
matter whether. you have every
poor cook, and keep a messy and
untidy house, you are a failure as
wife It's just as much wom-
ans business to be thrifty and eco
nomical and spend her husbands
money wisely, as 1t is his business
to make the money.
What sort of a dinner do you SIT
your husband down to at night? DID
1t come out of paper bags, or is it
the kind of a meal that man Things
you buy finery that you cannot af-
ford, or do you keep within your in
come? A man can't think many nice
loving thoughts of a wife when. he
realizes that she has sold him into
bondage to milliners and dress
makers, and that his whole life work
goes to their enriching.
Are you a good sport? Have you
got the courage to smile, and buck
your HUSBAND up when things , 60 60
feel that no matter what happens, ne
has got one loyal friend who will
fight with him, back to back, to the
bitter end? Or are you one of the
winners and complainers who are
always .frettiing because they can;
who take the last bit of nerve out of
man by telling him they don't know
why he can't get along as well as
some other man?
1|O yOu ollOW Sou1 hdSboAu cIhS
appreciation? The average man
doesn't get a thing out of his daily
toll except his board and clothes
All the balance of it goes to the
support of his family, and If his
wife takes this tremendous sacri-
flee without one word of thanks. he
is bound to feel that he is the
goat that is offered up on the do
nestle altar.
Do you ever tell your husband
that you realize all of this, and how
wonderful and sublime you think his
conduct is, and that he's one of the
unsung heroes of the world?
Finally, do you make your home
a place of cheerfulness. of quiet. Of
peace and rest. a place to which
tired man may come and gather up
new strength and courage for the
next days battle? Or Is it a place
OF nagging. and fretting, and quar-
rels and discomfort that nobody
would return to if he could help him
self? Do you think the ind of
home you make is the realization
dream of the bachelor you married?
Just listen to the turn Of the key
in the front door tonight when he
comes home, and you'll have a close
up, as our movie friends say, of
how you look to your husband as
a wife.