Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-05
DOROTHY DIX TALKS.
worId-s Hlgn~w PAID woman Wv5tse.
(Copyright. 1890 by ne wnseisr bye~
dioAtA. yno1
TRAINING A WIFE.

destined cA1rer Df the preUt UA1ofitT VI
women, md the one that every mothers y
daughter Of them intends TO embrace
at the first good opportunity, it is passing
strange that only negligible number OF
them over take the trouble to prepare
themselves for it, They seem TO think |
that tho knowledge Of how TO be n good +
wife comes by nature, as Dogberry thought
n knowledge Of reading and writing did
Nothing could be farther from the truth T
To turn out first class job OF wiiohood ~ |
20 practise one of the learned professions, |
II requires the combined talents and skill |
of the chef, the financier, the Psychologist, |
the vaudeville artist, and the iupaier VINO |
can walk on eggs without breaking them
and this being the case, no girl who IN
tends 10 get married can begin her study
Of the fine art of matrimony too young.
For it's lifelong study. And difficult
on course, tho training of girl Tor ~iie-
hood should begin in the kitchen. Every
normal man has twice as much stomach
as he has heart. and he cares only for the
finer things Of life after he has been ted up
on tho substantial things.
No man ia sentimental when he u
hungry, nor can love survive a daily die,
of ovrr-done meat and under-done bread
and soggy potatoes Dya epaa Is death
20 illusion.
The first time many a man discovers
TINT tho woman he has married is not the
angel Of his dreams, .is when she sets him
down 20 n dinner that would XII an os-
trich and when he finds ont that tho nome
he has been looking forward 10 al MS NE
ia first aid station 20 the undertaken, IN
stead of an abode Of comfort and peace
II !, IN. n diahonorable for n woman
10 marry man without knowing how To
L fnr fnn
TO marry n woman without being able to
support her. It's his place to make the
living. aud hers 70 make comtor ahie
home, and each is Stacker # he or she
fails To do his or her part
A glrl should bc trained for wIfehnod
by beng taught how 20 handle money
BUSINESS girls have not only learned how
10 epcnd money, but how 20 earn u, and
that u why they make eIch good wives.
The average home STAYING girl is leit
hv her cruel parents 70 learn the use 9f
money NJ her husband expense winch
- pretty rough on Friend husband
There are tens of thousands Of girls who
have never had ton dollars oi their own
10 spend They have had things charged
Ia Papa az the stores Mother has bought
them what she thought they should have,
but they have never handled actual money
and haven the slightest idea 81 row leF
dollar viii go. or how to get the most Vhiue
out II II
Therefore when they get married and
take possession of their husband pocket
books. thcy O. Wild Money seems 70 them
lncxhaustlble. and before they know i
the, are hend over heels IN debt
Every girl should be taught how 70
handle her husband money hy baiHg
gwen M allow aucc and made t. live on =
Ihc should hc taught hoW to save here.
so she can spend there and 70 deny herself
! little things that she may have big ONES
There i no shorter cut 10 the divorce
court than cxtrav agancc and no tie plnds
+ 4 man - a woman more strongly tnan
thrift Soif woman wants 70 be happy
and prosperous wife. she must be good
fnancicr
To he 8 successful wife, woman must
know how b handle her husband With
! gloves, and 70 run the domestic machinery
with the least possible trction Most
! women have an idea that i they love their
+ husbands enough, they can treat them -
mean as they please.
Acting on this theory. a woman whose
me burning desire IN life Is for her hus-
band 10 be alwavs romanticaily II love
with her will appear before him daily
slo,ichv. unattractiye. with unCombed
falr and uncorseted figure. Or, woman
Vho loves her husband we'll enough - die
for him. will nag him about everything
under the sun that he does, until ms home
comes TO BE- symbol for the place of tor
ment in his mind
The very ARC Of girl S training for mat
rimonv should be that II she wants 70 be
kissed she must keep herself kissable,
and that ulst because husband and wife
a, have IL live So close together Is the
more reason for making every effort to
keep themselves as personally attractive a.
possible II takes care, and work, and
trouble Tor woman - keep her halo al
,says polished up bnt Il pays for the effort
L costs
II should also be grounded INTO the girl )
consciousness that when she marrles. she
doesn't become her husbands jaIler nor
Is she made the custodian Of Is manners
and habits By the time a man - old
enough to get married, he has found out
what he likes 70 eat and wear. and read
and how late hc likes to sit up at night
and his wife Is wise If she leaves him tm-
disturbed in his little ways And If she Is
big enough to give him night off without.
raising ructions about 1t he Will arise and
bless her name.
The girl Who IS going to be marnedl
should take course III diplomacy. and
find out the million different combinations
byWhich man can be worked She should
Learn how t. choose the psychological
time for asking for money. ana imparting
the news that her mother Is coming on a
visit and how TO play upon masculine
vanity ~ upon a harp with a thousand
strings
Above all, the woman who wants to
make a success as wife, should he trained
70 be good sport to take things IN life as
thev come. hard and soft to be faithful
comrade and good loser who will stand
bv her husband in his adversity, rs she
enjoyed the good filings he lavished on
her In his prosperity
Being wife IS full-sized woman $ job
It's no jack-leg trade for amateurs, It