Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-17
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME

parties If they are wild women, they
have not the courage or the self
control or the high sense of honor
that would make them refuse to pay
the price.
SO we may pity the women of the
streets and scorn them-scorn them
for the weakness that yields to
temptation, and for the lack Of in
telligence that makes them throw
away all that is worth having in
life for nothing.
Dear Miss Dix am closely con-
nected in business with a man whose
wife has recently become unjustly
suspicious Of us. The man and L are
very much interested in our work
and have worked together for eight
years, but no question of sentiment
has ever entered into our relation
ship, and neither of us would do any
thing to worry or injure the wife in
any way.
If give up my work it will mean
the loss of years of hard labor and
study. / would have to change en-
ployment. which would be very diff
cult for me to do, as l am past forty
years old. Also, it would take me
away from my parents, who need
me, and [ should be very unhappy
to leave them.
If [ were younger I would attempt
a new field, but ! don't believe [
should sacrifice myself by giving up
so much when there is nothing but
n eroundless jealousy the matter. Yet
l hate to think of another woman
suffering through me. What should
l do? WORRIED.
Answer: I should think the best
thing to do would be to go and have
a real frank heart-to-heart talk with
the wife. Make her see that you
have no designs upon her husband
and that he is no gay office Lotha-
rio. Make her see that she is cruel
and unjust in her huspcion of her
husband and you. Make her see that
you and the man are two middle
| aged people who are far more inter
ested in making money than you are
in making eyes.
Often it is only a little wind of
/ common sense that Is needed to blow
away the cloud of jealousy in WON
ans mind and make her see things
clearly instead OF through mIrky
mist of her own imaginings. If the
wife has any intelligence she will
be amenable to reason, but if she
is a fool she will not listen to you,
and you can do nothing with her.
In that case deal with her according
to her folly Brush her aside as if
she didn't exist.
In any event, hold on to your job.
There is no reason why you should
throw away all that you have
worked for so long because a silly
woman sees ghosts. If you and the
man were in love with each other
it would be different story. Then
it would be your d1ty to leave, but
inasmuch as you are both entirely
innocent it would be foolish TO break
up a good business connection to
please Il woman who would be still
! more jealous of younger woman
employed by her husband.
Dear Dorothy Dix-We have quite
lot of trouble in our house in re-
gard to my husbands carlessness
about himself and his clothes. He
always used to look so nice before
we were married, but he has grown
so Indifferent to his appearance that
he never brushes his shoes or his
clothes or keeps himself shaved, or
does any Of the things that a wom-
an aOD1lreS ABOUT man. w nat can
l do? DISC listed WIFE.
Answer: 1t is a pity that men do
not realize that a woman bates a
sloVenly man even worse than a man
hates a slovenly woman, and that
q man with a two days bristle of
heard on his face is no mere kissable
than a woman with cold cream on
hers.
Perhaps if you would tell your hus-
band how repulsive he looks to you
he would doll UP a bit. You can
keep his clothes cleaned and pressed
if you are willing to take that much
trouble, and you can turn the hose
on him if he doesn't battle often
enough, but L know of no way to
get an unshorn man to shave. Ger
tainly safety first thing in the
morning should be the slogan OF
every man who wants to retain his
Wife's affection.
DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright, 1924