Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-16

It is a curious thing that when a woman loses her husbands afsoE
tons tic she she Invariably 1yii1l!y attributes tribute it to losing her looks. She pins her faith "a
90, nine e" out of of fy m nI women a ~' half Tp star Sn eU bem seTnAr
aand going through all sorts OF toturng exercises trying to keep a grlkh
d fsp5e' to and sm arr dse in tnetb hair and and painting mn3 ngo their he Fn faces fi in s a futile en-
to believing they ire still in the fapper class.
So obsemed ne women by the idea that the only thing
Standard aHoi for every deserted ted Wife 6a' -" mas come :" . IN
We continually hear it said that after Mrs. x got fat and srzzls-
"g% Of her a' sisters St 1S' Tsep 9sa So Of a sympathy y1aasfg a ON a Psf: Ss B Brsasa a Ths assPSs.
chrttude and who was seOrned as 500 a $ it was gone
ship of Of f Ssaasy. @ sSd tq 3hs sssst q fh %9@ a ns @2sq i5 msq \. a sna9 v sas
entirely dependent upon a woman's good looks, is a Grand and
Won. It saves their faces faces as @t the e'e Chinese s"s saS 59' for '9 it m asss
pres pesef tHfg aod husbands n. lection $ a matter of pure luck, be
o W 1 a&ai %1'N' nj self '0'fF'lt tina lies entirely within their
fact P s9o i is b %S%Gq To is lose ss'R f baaaS. for ftm 5Ssi tsad af toll hee OF even As ah e B %sss5 e
iuas s%'s f6S fo %s' fad %' oat Of or t s9 snssas. s ad l iSss sd hts Sh ns story sys s tnsss
t o. Of the living S% sY peyu Fe' sbe E Es at T f%e%97. at A iSdg II is ioS "a 'a as %Sm ssps sSns.
is hung s % a. hair Or is only s1n doen. then there isn't a woman in the the
But fortunately for women, this notion that their husbands y
t Gg when when % fSey loser scr it tn is G Pase Go @nq will 1 Gef s to fp ear n, for
hn no don't tina marry " women f9s for their looks r else there would
s et fSe m wo 5GHd have ot @ taFon a yS blue " rib perceive Inv a t4 bssa nt ssa~,
they are generally content to to let SOME other ptma n R Ra1e i. o"
When a a maries a woman she looks good to him, o else he wouia
p p@ edV to P hn on her her vi iT a % %r h @d IL he o continues us @ S see her a she aps
that wakes him ut Of his trance and makes him give her the cold and
I doubt extremely if any a ever quit loving his wife be-
he ever pc Perceived 9H 'G that af she S% Sad los " Ser ' ffsaro DO her ! co e1sGt 4
ION . n was was, N longer tn slim and beauteous maiden o his
sss Pssr Ra~ vsa ! t9s '. saHs@1shg e91@t @ asy te s@a he ani say he a
most o a ii spiritually unoveIy a
In proc OF this take thu fact that among the most adored wives "a
our acquaintance are women who have no earthly claim to good looks
women VINO are frankly Us homey as nature mad them: women who ID
not ever attempt TO palhate ther appearance by articles of the toilets
50 sympathetie and d. kindly indy 9 o S% i1@re ae in % e ss y9 I4sy t h9 f Essb snsdsf sss
interested N, tina ther men have neyer discovered that hev were nor
|Venuses, o if they have, they don't care.
No, the way women lose their husbands is not through
their looks, but their way
uas mon my acquaintances, for instance is a young woman who is mars
in love. with her. The husband smokes, not excessively, but he likes his
after-dinner cigar, and a n occasional cigarette. The wife objects re 10
pacco' IN doesn permit Ter husband to smoke sin the house. There
is a ceaselessa arguments IN the subject, and after dinner n oor man has
to &C n sit OF the steps, or seek the garage, o r take a stroll with his
cigar.
1t humttates him that he cannot do is he pIeases fn his w home.
Every argument OF the subject leaves a little bitterness behind it, The
wires prejudice is Killing Ill the chumniness between them. n / nron6a-~
nat IN i've Years hme tn man will have ceased to caref for his wife, and
popaoy VIII nave found some other woman with broader view owarA
tobacco. The wife will attibute 1t to her fading looks, but 1T won't be that
1t will nave been her disposition.
This is only me o n thousand other causeso o. whv wo-
men lose their husbands love. Exuavagance. bad housekeen-
ing, lack of appreciation, discomfort perpetual criticism. all
drive a husband away from his wife otter enough. But when
a Wne is enec1onate to her husband, and fuses over him
ahd tells him he is the greatest thing on earth, he doesn't
care whether she is at o. thin, OF whether hr hair is gray
If purchase.
For pretty is as pretty does with wives.
DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright 1923. by Public Ledger Company.