Evening star., 1935-06-01
Dorothy Dix Says
Girls Leave, Perhaps, to Get Away
From Unreasonable Parents.

her peril. Strange that they canhot
realize that their children grow up
and feel that they have q right to
regulate their own conduct and, above
all. right to their privacy into
which even mother cannot pry with
impunity.
Certainly girl who Is 10 and who
has sense enough to hold down a good
job is capable of deciding most of the
questions concerning her conduct.
and II she is uncertain she will ask
mothers advice If mother has kept
her hands of and recognized her
girls right to life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness in her own way.
DOROTHY DIX.
nEAR MISS DIX-I am 30 years
~ old Six years ago I met q boy
of my own age with whom I fell
deeply in love. We we're planning to
be married, but he had a motor acci-
dent which, after years of unSpeakable
suffering and vain hopes, cost him his
right leg, making him cripple for
4lLC. we flCO W DC SCIlSlUiC dI1u pdlJs
and did for a long time, but when 1
saw him again / realized that life was
nothing without him This man is
fine in every way and he is grateful
for my affection, which he calls de-
votion, but do you think will regret
it if mary him? Personally, l can
not say 1 suffer walking by his side
slowly and seeing him leaning on a
stick, but 1 want to know your opinion
so I can judge others. Will other
women approve of me or think I am
crazy? UNLUCKY.
Answer: If you love the man and
he suits you, why do you care what
other people think? You are the
one to be pleased. not they Certainly
you will have the appreciation of your
own sex for standing by your sweet
heart in his misfortune. Women will
think it was the right thing for you
to do and what any one Of them would
have done who had heart in her
bosom.
WOMEN are not repulsed by physi-
cal defects as men are. You
often see woman marry blind man.
or one who is deaf or who has been
manned. She sees the mans intelli-
gence, the beauty of his character,
his courage and the patience with
which he meets his misfortunes and
she loves him with peculiar tender
ness, but it is very seldom that a man
marries a woman who is crippled.
Anyway you can thank Heaven that
your sweetheart is lame only in his
legs and not in his brains. and that
he is not debarred from making what
ever he will of his life.
DOROTHY DIX.
nEAR MISS DIX My husband
rises in the morning, fixes the
furnace and then picks up the paper.
which he does not cease reading until
he comes to breakfast. Then he
comes 'to the table unwashed, un-
combed and unshaven. / am very
neat and good-looking. and having to
eat with slovenly man is becoming
unbearable to me. I have talked to
him about it, but he does not seem
10 see LnaI ne Is losing my respect
and endangering the happiness of our
marriage When I look at him across
the breakfast table I wish 7 was q
thousand miles away.
NEAT WIFE.
Answer: Men know how much i'm
portance they put upon their wives
being easy on the eyes. 1t is strange
that they do not realize that women,
who put so much stress upon appear
ances. are even more offended by
having to look upon a slovenly man.
But how you are to make your hus-
band feel that you are worth dressing
up for of morning, I don't know.
You might tell him that you refuse
to sit at the table with the great I'M
washed. or you might give him a dose
of his own medicine and come to the
table with your hair in curl papers
and cold cream on your face and a
dirty kimono on. and. if he objected.
strike bargain with him and tell
him that if he will doll himself up
for breakfast. you will. too
DOROTHY DIX.
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