Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-08

| THINK L dIu dCL'
| ing wisely in studying my position
first? When l see so many young
married couples in want | always
congratulate myself on being single.
ENGLISHMAN.
Answer. I think you show not
only good sense, but good principle,
MIR. Englishman, in staying single
until you have some good, settled
way of supporting a family. 1t shows
| that you have a chivalrous feeling
| toward women not to be willing TO
drag one down into poverty, and
it also shows that you have a real
mans sense Of responsibility to re-"
frain from bringing children into me
world whom you might not be able
even to feed and clothe.
Riches and luxury are not neces
sary to happiness in marriage. Tx
fact, people who have to work and
struggle together are generally bound
| together the closer by that eXpe-
rience. But it is not safe to under
take the venture unless there is a
margin of security.
No home is a happy home in which
there is not bread and meat in the
cupboard, and warmth and decent
|
where the wolf bowls at the door,
and where the dread of sickness or
being out of work for a few days
hangs like a sword over the head OF
the family.
A single man can shift for himself.
| It is the married man who looks at
| his wife, old and broken, and worn
| before her time with hard work and
worry, and at his children. ragged
and half fed. who knows the worst
Of poverty.
The poor man who marries before
he can afford it never has a chance
| to get ahead because it takes all ne
can make to support his family. The
single man has a better chance 10
| lay by a little money and get into
a better position.
| SO wait until you see your way
clear to establishing a home on a
good, sound financial platform. 1t
is sad, but true, that matrimony has
| become a luxury il. these days of the
high cost of living.
DOROTHY DIX.
My Dear Miss DIX am a musi-
| cian L teach music and play in
public very often. / contribute as
much toward supporting the home
as my husband does, but every time
I play, even for money to spend on
| the home. nv husband is perfectly
| furious. He either curses like a mad
| man or else does not speak to me
| for several days, sometimes a week
| or more. I fairly wOrshipped him
when we were married, but his con-
| duct has so disguised me that I
would leave him except that I have
a child who is exceptional. and it is
his welfare that l am distressed
about, as he is above the average.
[ work very hard, and the double
strain of my dom estic unhappiness
and my work is breaking me down.
Can you throw any light on my prob
lem? DISGUSTED WIFE.
Answer: Your husbands attitude
toward your work is not unusual In
fact, most women who continue to
follow their professions after mar
riage find that their husbands take
a very unreasonable position on the
subject. They want their wives to
keep on with their work because
they want the money the work
brings in, and yet they are jealous
of the work 1t hurts their pride
and vanity that they are not able
to support their families alone, as
more successful men do.
And so they take out their spite
by throwing every obstacle in the
way of their wives following their
careers, and by being as disagree
able about it as possible.
If you will recall the women you
have known who have continued to
support themselves after marriage
you will hardly remember one whose
husband treated her decently.
OF course. in time it is gonig to
be an accepted thing for women to
continue with professions for which
they have talent and for which they