The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-17
Dorothy Dir'S Letter BOr
The Witc Who Exaggerated Her Husbands Faults To Her MotheF-H0aU To Choose G Wife-The Young Man Whose Fiameee Does Not Demonstrate
 Her Affection

Dear Miss Dix My fanally eoasists of my wife, a lIHtIe dauShter mime years old ana mys~af- We" have had a happy home am uhese gears, uEtil recently we ma&e a viset to her nFath- er- Contrary ulo Eae1S amd to my Srsat surprise, I fowmd uhat my wiEe had magnified every i4HRe arnpsea i;sn. lne6- dent durInS OLE m1-nRa-e, and so@1 each ene ito her -eeaR If iu <1Hwh ;a wsx that I ann plarra inn al vwnF eimbar- rassing positl0u, aml Sm Sersndxd as the meanests unaa nm uIhe wsrEa
 I cannot mmArrSaamM the rvnssn for my wifeis deinS uinSsy smd the EAS1rs- tice of Ut aHl makes nse saeA Bike Siv- ing up everyuh5nS amd slippImg out into the world aRp@e- What shnll I do i'm this caseE N Y- 4
 Answer TWur w1fes e0m@Iuef IS certainly most reprehemslble- 1t shows both bad fai1h amM htaa taste. butt many etber waunem are gruilty of doinS the same thang- When they are angry with their hmsbnmas- sr peeNed abaut amy little timing, or whem they are sore over some family $Rnt- they rum to their mothers with Ut beeaulse they know that their mothers will always side with thena. Furthermore, the women who do ahEs 1e mot realize what a dis9oyaa uhIm% they are doing because they have 0@ly tggd mother. They forget that Hn0dher Rs generally a hraadcasHimg xtadlpm that sends c1t lurid stor1es abDwt whar brIuHe of a husband her p@or, dfarlamS dauShter has got, and how Radly he tre.ats her.
 And mother exaggRrats:s ewerythinx her daughter te1Rs her If daughter wails out that she doesn't bel6exe thar her husband l0ves her amy mare be- cause he stayem @ut umtil IF o'clock last night, mother Temps to the e@nelu- sion that he iS Readfamg the ds0auble life. If daughter weeF,s heenwse her hursbnnd said he couldn't afF@rd sgrne extFava- gance she had set her heRrt sm-r nneth- CT puts husband down as a tlShtwadL If daughter tells uhRt her husband criticized the coekimg, m0ther says that she knew all aBwmg uhat he waS am unfeelins beast who eAreM for m@thing but his own s10maeh- Ama Bpmg after daughter has fgrg0utem what she was unified with her hWSRam@ Ab@ut, m@th- CT stiIl remembers ama hqgds Ut against him.
 Why does a w@unhm dte sEneh a dis honorable uhlmgE Because w0uen lowe to be considered umar1yrs- and tV be wept @Ner amd Rdule@ am@ poor deared" And mother eam alwayS be counted on to uuHm @m the fenr duets whenever dRIShaRr mQkRs bRA for her sympathy
 It IS no wonder that y@W feel hurt and outraged a1 yDwr wife mEsrepTe> senting vou to her m0rher nm @rder tO indulge herself i'm am Wu=y 0f beIns cried over, and SEmpauhEzRd with
 Rut her excuse Rs that she dld mol realine what she dlM- When she sess how she has wOwmded y@u amd per ceives how desyleah0e her egm@uet has been, it will give her a leSss1m tlSat She will never forget am@ she wlNn pr0a' ably never Offemd uhat way agHim-
 Forgive her amd set her fault down to one ef the inexpl6rab0e weaknesses of her sex which eraves putty as a drus addict does dope. DOROTHY DIX-
 Dear Dorothy Dix I thought would write to y0u am@ ask E@u how can get a good wlfe- WIHh you please tell me how to choose one,
 Answer We'll, D. A. if were s9 ing to choose a wife I wWInDd puck @trt girl who was neither u@0 E0Img mea too old, say, between s5 am@ S9-anG who was good go0&amS am@ meat amG trig and trlm nm aPpenramee- beeaust I would wamt Seme0@e who w@lld bs easy on the eyes if was pGnmmlmS td sit across the tahHe frwm her for ths next 30 or 40 years
 But I would EEEss wR the behutles