Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-21
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
There's Always a Way +
Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syndi-
cate, Inc.
n HR w. L. GEORGE, the English novel;

N n r. w. L. GEORGE, the English novel;
INR ist, says that woman is lacking in !
what our colored friends call "problus-ss
ness" if she doesn't find out en- her honey
moon whether swearing Or tears is most ef-
fective with her husband
man is equally lacking in gumption if he
doesn't improve the same shining hours by
ascertaining the magic formula. which will
make his wife as dough in his hands and keep
her thinking that he is romantic hero seven
feet high, who is !. combination of Solomon,
and Pan Swan, and Babe Ruth.
Considering that a mans ,appiness and
comfort, and most of his prosperity, are de-
termined by the kind of wife he has, and
his ability to get along with Ter, anC to in-
duce her to do the things he wants her to do, :
it is curious fact that so few mS1 take the ,
trouble to study the psychology of the ladies )
to whom they are married, SO that they may s
have, at least, rudimentary idea OF which
way the cat viii jump under any given Cir
cumstances. Still less do they now how to-
make the cat jump at will, and in the direc-t
ton they desire
Yet to manag> a woman is absur1ly simple.v
It is only necessal for the man to find out
whether to use the big stick, or glib tongue,
and then go to it.
Undoubtedly there are few women who
enjoy having master, who like to be pulled
about by the hair OF their heads, so to speak, y
and told where to set on and where to get
off, but the clinging vine kind of woman is
about as rare il these days a blue rose,s'
and man needs to be very sure that he has
gotten Patient Griselda as life partner be-
fore he pulls the cave man stuff. Or else he
will find himself in the hospital, or the die
vorce court
There is, however, type of neurotic wom-s
an, the woman who is utterly selfish, and
heartless, and mean, and who works herself
up into hysterical RACES, or else sham 1nVal-s
idism, in order to get her way, who never
really loves any man who isn't brute, or
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There is something yellow in the makeup OF
woman of this kind and she will lick the
hand that beats her. -
Therefore, when man finds he is married
to a woman who does mot respond to kind
treatment, and who has no code of honor or
duty of her own, only two courses are open
to him. One is to leave her. The other is
to terrorize her. For this type of woman the.
only motto is, "Treat 'em rough" Z 81.
With the great majority of women diplo-1
macy is the thing: They like to be jollied
along the domestic highway, and any man
who will do it may lead his wife witherso-s
ever he chooses
A man is indeed stupid who does not find
out within six months after marriage that
the hammer is the most dangerous weapon.
you can have about house, and that when
husband begins to knock his wife's faults.
he simply drives them in, and makes them
permanent. part of her character, while, on
the contrary they can be permanently re-
moved by copious application of salve to the
bumptious places
For husband to find fault with his wife's
cooking and her wastefulness simply makes
her get her back up, and say that she hates
cooking, and she\ did not marry to be any
mans servant, and if she had known that she
was getting cheese-paring miser she would
have stayed at home with mother, or stuck to
her job, and there is no use in burning her
self to crisp for a man who makes god or
his stomach. So there
| But when man praises his wife's cooking.
and brags before her of what wonderful
artist in sauces she is, and When he extols her
thrift, and advises his friends to get such
helpmeet as he has, he raises before her
standard to which she will come up, or die in
the attempt. She's got to maxi good She
got to live up to her blue china, and it Is
pleasure to cook and save for man VINO
gives you the glad hand, and appreciates
your/ev effoIt
If man has wife who has high temper.
it is waste of words for him TO argue with
her about controlling it. No high tempered
person admits to anything but nerves, but IL
he will make point of telling her how beau
tiful she is when she is calm and serene ana
how repulsive her face is when distorted WIN
rage she will cultivate Mona Lisa smile
that won't cone off For even the pest OF
women will jeopardiZe the happiness or their
families before the, will their looks.
If you. want to keep your wife happy and
contented, pay her little attentions. Send
her bunch of flowers by messenger now
and then. Take her home box of candy.
Get her the book she has expressed a desire
to read. Wire her loverlike message when
you are away from home Don't forget her
birthday, nor the anniversary of your mar
rage. Do these things and you may beat
and starve your wife, and she'll sure thank
God on her knees for having gotten you.
The thing that most men forget is that the
key with which they unlock womans heart
is love, and as long as the woman lives, it
works. After the are married they throw
| away the key, and the door slams to, and
they can't remember the combination that
works their wives and makes them pleasant
and agreeable to live with.
The magic formula is love, turn to the
right and a kiss between each letter, and the
door will fly ope again, for as long as wife
believes that her husband loves her, as long
as he shows an interest in her and she knows
that he is trying to make her happy, nothing
else counts.
And the man who doesn't find out during
his honeymoon that the way to manage a
wife is through her heart deserves to be hen
pecked.