The Washington herald., 1920-03-31
By DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright, 1920.
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
Excellent Advice

to grappls with the difficulties of a
profession, as they do.
To begin with, a woman must
have the bravery that does NOT
finch before pain. The most she'll
riddled soldier ,on the battlefield
does not go through greater agony
than the agony every woman cx-
periences when she goes down into
the valley of the shadow to bring
up her children. Nor does he pass
through a greater danger than she
does. If she had her deserts every
. mother would wear a hero's medal,
! with palms, upon her breast.
A woman must be a soldier. A
woman must be fascinator. Every
woman who gets a husband must
| have certain deftness in casting
the spells Of siren over men, and
she must do this subtly and insidu-
ously. for custom does not permit
her to openly 60 forth and choose
her mate. In some secret way she
| must conjure to her side the man
she desires, and having gotten him
she Is in for lifelong job Of vamp-
ing SO that he will not perceive that
she grows old, and fat, and loses her
girlish figure.
A woman must be a soldier. She
must be a siren. She must be a
household efficiency expert. She
must know how to cook. and how to
jew down the butcher and the baker
and the corner grocer, and keep the
bills down to the last penny. She
must know how to camoufiage NUT
ton stew into a ragout, and make
! cake with one egg that will taste
like angels food. She must be
seamstress who can take an old
| dress and twist and turn II until
it looks like new, and convert last
springs hat into a 1920 creation
that even her dearest enemy will
not recognize.
A woman must be a soldier. She
| must be a siren. She must be a
household efficiency expert She
must be a thrift campaign and a
savings bank. for on the woman
who is at the head of a household
depends whether the family shall
go on to prosperity, or down to
: the poor house. No man can make
headway against a wasteful and ex-
travagant wife, for most men are
wasteful and extravagant them
: selves, and depend upon their wives
to keep the Yale lock on the little
old family pocketbook. -.
A woman must be q soldier. She
must be a siren. She must be, a
household efficiency expert. She
must be financier. She must be a
doctor and a trained nurse and. a
health commission, for she holds
the physical well being OF her fam
ily In her hands. She must under
stand dietetics and give her hus-
band and children the right food.
She must be a bacteriologist for
ever on the still hunt for the MIN
Bile and deadly microbe. She must
know what to do for minor all
ments and be able to bind up John
ny's cut finger, and nurse Mary's
cold, and take care Of hubby when
he has a headache and thinks he Is
going to die. And she must be able
to be on the job of a sick nurse
more hours out Of the twenty-four
than any professional nurse would
even consider.
A woman must be q soldier. She
must be. a household efficiency ex-
pert. She must be q financier. She
must be q doctor and a trained
nurse. She must be diplomat of
the frst-class. who knows how to
walk on eggs without cracking a
shell. She must know how to
wheedle, money out Of stingy ma n
IN the way that makes him think
that he Is generous. She must know
how to rub . cranky mans fur the
/ right way. She must be able 10
make man who is conceited do
nestle tyrant think that he origin
ated the plan of the things she
wishes him To. do. She must be able
to- smooth down the quarrels be-
tween the children, and keep the
cook and the chambermaid from
pulling hair. and any woman who
can do these things-and millions Of
lwomen do do them every day - Is
worthy to be Ambassador. Extraor-
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
4 to any court on earth.
And these are only few OF the
I! stunts that belong to the job Of be-