The Washington herald., 1920-04-05
By DOROTHY DIX
Copyright 1890.
wheeler Syndicate, Inc.
Excellent Advice

Of myself IL one that I can attend
to. and after I am dead II he can
find consolation in another love /
would not keep him fronf 1t IL I
could. .--s..... 49,
II cannot think that II would
add to my joys in my heaven to
know that the man, I loved. and
whose happiness and comfort had
been the chief thing had striven
for in life. was lonely, and old,
and neglected, with no one to see
that he had the food that agreed
with him. or that he changed his
shoes when he came home with
damp feet. The idea of an angel
playing on her harp with one hand.
and holding on with q death grip
to her mortgage on her ex-hus-
band. has never been one that ap-
pealed to me.
Now, II I were going to be
| married again I should let the
sentimental inquiries go and trust
to luck that the man who was 60
ing to assume my board bill and
shopping ticket entertained an af-
fection for me that Offset the liza
| bilities he was assuming. and so
should get right down to brass
| tacks.
81 shouldn't question him so
much about the state of his heart
as the state of his~iiver, for it's
a mans liver that makes him liva-
BILE, or otherwise. I should want
| to know is he sung while he shaw
ed Of q morning, or II he was one
who got up with q dark brown
taste in his mouth. and who kick
ed the cat. and grouched over his
food. and whom 1t wasn't safe to
| speak to until he had had two
cups of coffee. and the eggs and
bacon had gotten in their molify-
ing work.
And I shouldn't ask him how he
intended to treat his wife
should inquire whether his idea Of
a wife was q show window that
he could deck out with Jewels and
fine clothes to exhibit the state Of
his prosperity. II Or whether his
conception Of Hwife was a COM
bination cook and seamstress. and
nurse and baby tender. and a gen
tic machine, or whether he want
ed a wife who would be a friend,
and companion. and business part
ner.
Yes, before I married again
certainly would find out whether
my husband was going to parade
me around to show me OF. or leave
mo at home while he went out to
enjoy himself. or pal around with
me at home and elsewhere be-
cause he enjoyed my society.
"And II were going to marry
again should certainly try to get
q line on the temper and DISPOSE
tion of the man with whom I was
proposing to spend the next forty
or fifty years.
"I would want to know what he
was likely to say to me when he
quit telling me was the most
beautiful and wonderful! thing on
earth and how he worshipped me.
and had to discuss the bills with
me. I should want to know II he
was the sort Of man that would
take out on me all the temper, Ind
nerves. and irritation that he dare
not expend on his clients, or his
patients. or his customers because
my whole happiness as q wife
would depend on the answer to
that question.
And I would ask the man I was
going to marry for his views on
the financial question and whether
he thought q wife was entitled to
IN individual y,oclr ef bootr or sho,rld
be grateful to her husband for per-
mitting her to toll for her board
and what clothes he chose to give
her.
And imagine IL my husband
were going to marry me again he
would skip lightly over the love
stun. and try to ascertain whether
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