The Washington times., 1933-09-11
EXPERT ENDS BLACNEAD ONE OF MOST COMMON BEAUTY BAONs
to
Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Asks "COde" for Active Husbands
Wed to House Plant Wives

Asks "COde" for Active Husbands
Wed to House Plant Wives
A young man, married only
a year ago, thinks it might be
well il the National Recovery
Act (NRA could be applied to
the domestic code. He is mar
ried to a charming girl with
whom he is still very much in
love, but she doesn't believe in
evenings off for husbands.
He seems to think this ques-
ton is entirely modern, but
we've had wives of this type
from the beginning-when
they could get away with it.
Really, it has nothing to do
with self supporting wives or
the new freedom" for women.
Abuse Of power isn't confined
to either sex, or any period
Of time. It's a grand sport
that few can resist.
On the other hand, it would
be well for every couple, about
to be married, to consider we'll
If they have congenial tastes.
And for an out-of-doors man
to marry a house plant is to
court trouble from the begin
ming. But here's the gentle
mans letter:
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
II have been married a year,
devoted to my wife, but it seems
a good deal longer than that to
me. Perhaps the trouble may
be difference Of ages; my wife is
10 and 1 am 20, and she has
been self-supporting since she
left high school. Is that the
trouble, or is it our difference in
ages? Positively, there's no
other girl in my life. I like to
camp, cook in the open, and am
proud Of my skill. Swimming,
walking, rowing are fine, and
I'll even fall for golf If nothing
else is doing.
my dear little wife is a
house-plant and doesn't like to
go out. except for window shop
ping, or a trip to and from the
movies. When we were mar
ried, I made the fatal mistake
Of taking a friends shack in
the mountains, thinking she
would enjoy camping, but, al
though she was pretty sporting
about the honeymoon, I know
she didn't enjoy it. She couldn't
swim and didn't like to walk.
So we came home at the end of
a week, instead of staying the
three we had expected.
"She objected to my resuming
my out-of- door life. She doesn't
exactly sulk or pout, but when
I leave her, even for a game Of
golf. I realize am a diSappoint-
ment as husband. Without
wishing to be facetious, I think
it would be a good thing if the
principles Of the recovery code
were applied to domestic re-
lations. How much time off
should a husband have without
finding fearful eyes on his re-
turn home from a perfectly in
nocent card game
COR why not have the wives
get together and hold a confer
ence about it. Let them deliber-
ate about our evenings and Sun
days off, the way they do about
the hired girls time. I, for
one, will promise to obey the
code laid down, but for goodness
sake, let something be done
about it soon, or there may be
an uprising in the husbands
camp. For I find I'm not alone
about this keeping of union
hours"
"Just a Husband"
Indeed, you are not alone, my
dear man. We've always had our
dictator wives. just as we've had
dictator husbands. And I don't
think your trouble comes from
difference in ages, but from a
difference in values, standards,
or ideas of authority. The pos
sessive wife" isn't new. She
didn't come in when women be-
gan having jobs and being eco
nomically independent. The do
mestic lady law-giver has always
existed when she could get away
with it, and it's just as well for
a man to deal with such sltua-
ton gently and firmly IN the
beginning.
Announce in your sweetest
tones that you're going to play
golf or cards-then go. 1t would
be quite another matter if you
we're meeting a girl friend, which