The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-30
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Is
Worst Trait
of Women
BY MARTHA LEE


Ask any man Especially hus-
band) what is the worst and most
widespread fault woman has and he
invariably will give the same answer.
Hardness.
OF course plenty of men have the
same failing. But somehow it. does
not seem to "go" with being a man
as it does with being woman. A
woman who is consistently late for
engagements is proving the rule.
A woman who rarely is late is an
exception. A woman who is never
late is a marvel.
Starting in childhood, the female
sex is most frequently late to school.
Later she is the one who gets in
just under the rope for business
hours. And then when she is mar
ried, her habit of hardness usually
concentrates upon her husband.
Hardness is a terrible habit. 1t
causes more unnecessary rows, hard
feelings and loses more friendships
and positions than any two other
reasons up together.
Don't Keep Husband Waiting
Nothing starts husband off
worse than to keep him waiting
fifteen or twenty minutes in front
of a department store. And the
wife may have plenty of good ex-
cuses when she does arrive, but it
doesn't help her husbands temper
a bit. In fact, her good reasons
usually add fuel to the fire.
Procrastination is not necessarily
confined to women, but they do
seem to have big corner on the
market. They have a sort of bliss
full disregard for both time and tide.
And they have found out that II
tide won't wait for them their nus
bands will, even though he is a bit
disgruntled about it,
There are so many reasons why
woman must be late when they go
out. It takes them longer to dress;
they have last-minute orders to
give: they can not walk as fast, or
the clock was slow, are some OF the
favorites. And by the time a hus-
band has heard that set three or
four times, he's ready to believe he's
married a half-wit. The reasons
may be true, but repetition is dead
", especially for emphasis, In mar
ried life.
Ready to Give Up
This man whom I hope is the
soul of promptnesS himself Is just
about ready to give up!
Dear Miss Leo am married man. If
II were not for one thing my married life
would be extremely happy and as smooth
as the proverbial mill pond. Because OF
this one thing / am miserable and life Is
one strenuous battle after another.
NV wife is never on time! No matter how
late I get there she is half hour later.
No matter how many times I remind her
before she is to meet me. that she must he
on time. she is late. And her excuses
can not decide whether she is complete.
ly daffy, or takes me for simpleton.
AS a consequence, just get over being
mad at her and she sets me of again.
I could bear up under anything else but
this. 1 feel like a flying buttress on every
building in town, I've stood in front of
most of them so long. waiting for her to
show up.
It's embarrassing to be standing in
front of store for half or three-duar-
tiers of an hour and have all the customers
eve you the way they do when you are
standing there when they go in and when
they come out. too. Is there any cure,
Miss Lee. for such as this?
WOODEN INDIAN.
Give Her Own Excuses
The next time you have an ap-
pointment with her wait long
enough that you are sure, even
though she is late, she will have ar
rived at the appointed spot.
Then wait about half an hour
longer and when you show up, hand
her one of her favorite excuses. Do
that two or three times.
She will be angry, but you will
have something to go on then.
Simply tell her you have reached
the limit of endurance about stand
ing around waiting for her.
If that does not cure her, I sug-
gest that you avoid the one cause of
dissension by never making appoint
ments with her at all.
Continual hardness is an mex
cusable and maddening trait that
should not be tolerated.