The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
Dorothy Dir'S Letter B0r
The Wife Whose Husband Is 4 Good Provider, But
 >Who Has Forgotten HoW To Court Her-What Is
 The Age Limit For Bachelors To Marry?-The : Young Man WhO Has TaUo Girls To Loue With Hi,n

Dear Dorothy Dix: I have been married nine years to man who has no bad habits and who is a home lovef He does everything he can for my com fort and that of our two children. Here is my trouble: My husband does not shove me any Affection what ever, and his undemonstrativeness cer- tainly does hurt me. 1 have tried as only loving, affectionate wife can try to get him either to say something laffectionate or to act that way; but he meets me with coldness, and oh how it hurts! Please advise me what to do. A LOVING, DEVOTED WIFE. | Answer: My advice to you, dear lady, is to try to bring a few rays of common sense to bear on the situation. Perhaps that will make you see how foolish you are in permitting a little pecularity of your husbands to ruin what should be an exceptionally happy married life.
 Of course, you would like your hus- band to be Romeo who spent his mar ried life, as he did his courting days, in making love to you, and in holding your hand, and kissing you, and tell ing you how beautiful and wonderful you are. Virtually every other woman in the world craves the same thing, and, personality think men are idots not to perceive that all wives have this com mon weakness and cater to it. For as long as a mal jollies his wife enough, she is deaf and blind to his every fault, and he Ncan beat her, and starve her, .h x.ktlI hs,,Iv hot .h. t.a n matrimonial prize.
 However, men don't see the situation ifrom this feminine angle. They are not sentimental. It embarrasses them to make love, and the reason why the average man hurries on his wedding is to get the courting over with as soon as possible.
 But because he quits telling his wife every day that he loves her and that she looks good to him is no sign that he has ceased to love her or has lost interest in her. He thinks that she will take it for granted, as she does the sunshine.
 I beg you to consider this, sister : Words are the cheapest things in the world. The man who really loves a woman is the one who tells it to her in kindness, in faithfulness, in working for her. As long as a man tolls to support you and your children, he doesn't need to talk about it. That's certificate of devotion that you could draw money on at the bank. ;.
 A beefsteak may not be as romantic as bunch of orchids, but it can be just as much of love token, as long as your husband brings them home to you and doesn't forget to pay your bills, you needn't worry about his remember | ing your wedding day, and the day you got engaged, and other anniversaries that sentimental women set such store by. 2.
 As for the kisses. look out for the husband who is kissing bug! He is generally trying to kiss his wife's eyes shut. Besides for your comfort re member this: Still waters run deep. And the very people who love most, | find it hardest to talk about the thing that is most sacred to them.
 DOROTHY DIX. Dear Dorothy Dix: What would be your advice to man forty-eight years of age regarding marriage? He is a bachelor. He has two women in view. One is thirty-three. the other twenty two. Which of these women would it be, in your judgment, most advisable for him to marry?
 Mary Johnson, writing the other day, says: Marry for love. To please yourself is the first eugenic law. With in certain limits there is no best age