Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-27
DOROTHY DIX'S COLUMN
Love Can Survive Any Great Calamity, but
1t Dies From the Accumulation of Daily
Bad Manners, of Slovenliness, of Unjust
Reproaches, Whines and Complaints

THERE Is nothing more curious than that most IF our theories about
,or. t is so% 9%r roma romantic ass theory ,4 for instance s@s ts@t the s. 94Ig thing sl%, that + s Y
that if a man and woman once love each other, they will go on loving each
s SIMPLE "a and 'e eShdhRs sen Sf3'@e%a at tt the e'o om a @sg you en as s 1aE' i6Re Is u e q
@'9 with sn' the afP PstsaS1 # thher @ ~iaes a @%p h ana ID axe ''''nss n0ss
n.v. c Soss asG Gs the for f Witch sRa sa s9y are Of T 3S%P 5 aas nps esad
hal then into thu dvorce oIrt they DO o. feel 1ncum- NJ
tive. OF make themselves nvp Charming and interesting, o prae- X
te any of the arts and wtes of the lover. "
Nor do they ever dream that their husbands and wives have ceased
the to G mos snf robust N he sa s0a and DOING 5nsy BUSINESS asS sS9f as @su N in e taefr homes saasy be.
cause they have never taken a club and knocked him in the head.
nnd In reality love dies s. oftener Of little miserable petty CON-
get upon o %S% nerves, and @S f disgust @%" US. s. . '' "'S '"s' 'M'
This is why women SC often stick to scapegrace husbands throug~
s %sn times in" 9@@ ve a"a It a%o eapIai na ~s na9a are frequently %qpsa ds" devoted se Ou s
and why they G so Often @aD Weary rS" SO quickly uS d' f s women 1WTSoo are ' models ess Of al
80. Lqys has survived what seemed a mortal blow, but it has bla e
yous prostrauon brought o by having to endure irritating little personap
Perhaps the thing that Kills love oftener than anything
COURTESY and I poItsne s@' 1 Love ii that % ooafd be s faifSfu st%9aes
when it has to endure daily rudeness. anu '"s ~' 0ON &
:. + T lSS % as p5 Is%y, Of T %R a1 NEVER gSsss dream Ire s.s Of treating tstas their wiyss
Their hats %asn they SPEAK to tSels @ Wives 81 sT TSey a n s@%s p . 's oaft 'th Ss
let E tas f% ~%ss a tr e4G aI Ie%' oeHn %f4 like se' little &c d aay"h'r' they stalk ahead ana
goes wrong and they %a the riot ao to their "a ue e1% IS families families ' Rhs al
l ngi A %SFe tR a if a 5eg e% ns1st' fSs s a prize a9s5 9@ro So hog I'll than as a human ~ .s
ns,s sa$ ;ss5s 1 asS Sl%i e T . rs r; ri i%.' r Ps ss az to a their Of Husbands sSs s%n as amy any
e slstnS' fault THEY yn g5D ts19 sy %%ad5 t %asn husbands {%ss. %. They find Per pss.
s5s" a 1 pret @%ss% of snj Sasz sq tna%sav ssout rs sssFy mahe mo- s9 effort aa . p 9s &
PERTAINING, and they never show any appreciation.
A mar who is counting a girl shows her all sorts OF gallant atten~T1
TONS lie fatters and praises her and ne win her by making her feel
that he viii always be Ter W true knight, ready to dc battef for he~.f
and that ne will always surround her with tenderness and considsras
ton. SUus@~
Every girl who is trying ito catch a husband puts honey IN her tonpue,
dNlduai who appreciates what a wonderful man he really is 81
Ihfs being the case is it not passing strange hat men ad worel
l1el nat after marriage they "a afford to dispense with The taetics wien q
which they % love-? "A
n mex thing that kills love is sloveniness Slonni-
ness Untidness The grand passion a endure suffering at
II sorrow, n poverty and want, md ersecuu but II
canno survive cur papers and dirty 1imonos M the 1ack ~ f
lazors m suspenders n shoes. No la ever wanted 70
KISS n woman who had cold eream o. hr ACE. nd who wore Nf
Shippers down at the heel. or did m ever see n -
nero OF her girHsh dreams in a man with n three dave, -
feet -" N STOCKING f
ne couple h consider that marriage is a carte blanche ~ ~.
pmHaa mo go any old way at home, had as well kiss we coodbv Tbs
ave give 1t a body blow rom which it lever RECEIVERS. -
The third thing that kills love is the beorv tha In.
D mus ana wives have a perfect right to fight. and that it
- an Innocent indoor diversion that does nobody am harm,
90 Ia IRON thisb being the case there is II o famnv scran that
fostering sore that poison the very fountains of affe1fon
NO 1t is not the big things that kill love. 1t is thu rep,or.w -
a ". Wnume o. rudeness, the slovenlness, the memories Of fehts rs Nv ~
whine" anu ohlplanS- is theset that kill owe
co,yr.h, ,m, a. DOROTHY DIX.