The Topeka state journal., 1922-10-02
Dorothy Dix Tails
E1 DeEorHY DIX
Worla's Highess Paid Woman Writes.
Hypnotism. of Love-1.

A marriage has just been annulled
because the woman claimed that she
was under a hypnotic spell when she
entered into the holy estate, and was,
therefore, not in a condition to un-
derstand the nature and quality of
her acts.
My word, but that legal decision
makes 81 breach in the marriage con-
tract that you could drive an army
truck thru, for ninety-nine couples
out of a hundred could take their
Bible oaths that they were hypnotized
when they were married, and hadn't
the faintest idea of what they were
doing.
Probably nobody in full possession
Of his or her faculties would ever get
married, because as long as men and
lwomen can see clearly, and argue
logically, they lack the courage to
take the hundred to one shot on
happiness that matrimony is They
get cold feet that refuse to support
them to the altar.
They know that if they guess right
they win paradise on earth, but that
If they guess wrong they doom them
selves to hell before their time be-
cause there is nc middle ground in
marriage. It's either bliss or misery.
And the odds against winning out
in the matrimonial game make a
roulette wheel seem like sure moneS.
Perhaps in their acquaintance they
can pick out one or two marriages
that have been successes, one or two
husbands and wives whose love has
withstood~the wear and tear of daily
domestic life. With the balance,
marriage has been a failure. Love
has gone into the discard and hus-
bands and wives quarrel, and nag, and
fret, and pray for patience to endure
each other.
Therefore. as long as men and
women maintain their mental poise,
they see nothing in matrimony to
compensate them for the risks it in
wolves, and they conclude it is better
to keep the ills they have than to
dare those they know not of.
Undoubtedly" reflects the woman,
| 1T would be delightful to have the
strong arm of a husband on which to
lean, and some one to protect me, but
now do L know that if L marry that I
will not get a weakling that I will
whom will have 10 corkscrew every
penny? There is no way of finding
out before hand what sort of a hus-
band man will make, so 1 had bet
ter hang on to my job, and my in
dividual pocketbook"
1T would be fine and dandy"
| thinks the man, 'to have a nice little
home to come to of an evening, with
smiling wife and a good dinner wait
ing for me, but how do 1 know that
the woman l marry will not be one
| of those danes who spends her after
noon at the movies, or clubs, or play
ing bridge, and who stops at the deli
catessen store on her way home. and
gets some cold junk that she feeds
her husband upon, which she calls a
dinner? I cannot know beforehand
whether woman is domestic or not,
so my bump of caution warns me to
stick to the club chef"
1T would be heavenly" say the
| man and woman both, ''to have some
one upon whose love and loyalty YOU
could count, no matter what hap
pened; to have a companionship of
which you could never tire; to have
an understanding and sympathy, and
tenderness that never fails, but what
| If you got husband or wife who was
| champion knocker, or who nagged
| or who was a tyrant on the hearth
who deprived you of every vestige of
personal liberty? There is no acid test
that you can apply in advance that
Will enable you to know the kind of
a life partner any one will make, SO
we think we had better stick to our
single blessedness instead of qualify
| ing for double wretchedness