Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-03

VINO looks cuooly ana HAS u Soou "1'S
and seem sort Of confused when she
Is about and feel like spending money,
but I know nothing about her capa-
bilities or mental equipment. She
walks about on stilted heels, her lip
stick and rouge glorify her pale lips
and sallow complexion, her hair Is
tinted and eyebrows penciled. Can /
trust so artificial q creature to be the
real Mccoy? OF course, If we become
life partners must give her COM
Portable home, take out life insurance.
support her relatives, be at her beck
end call, listen to her inane chatter.
And, II tire Of 1t all, she will sue
me for divorce and alimony. Do l
really need such q partner? Would
1t not be better to hire pleasant
faced housekeeper to look after my
creature comforts, adopt some nice
orphan for a heart interest and enjoy
nv club in peace and comfort with
nv cronies, go to bed II like and
read II SO desire7 When contrast
my assets against her liabilities, Is not
| the risk too great? l.. M.
Answer: Perhaps it is the risk OF
marriage that gives 1t its allure, and
it 1t were o sure thing instead OF a
great adventure, so many people
would not be anxious to try it. 1t Is
the uncertainty OF the thing that
rouses our sporting blood.
But the thing that Is inexplicable
about marriage Is that people seem
to be unable to bring to Its problems
the intelligence and judgment that
they use about every other transac-
ton in life. No man, for instance,
who needed a truck in his business
would be foolish enough to buy q de
luxe. limousine. Nor would any girl
even contemplate buying a hat or Q
| frock without considering its lines
and color and whether 1t suited her
individually or not.
4*E
VET. every day we see intelligent,
highly educated men marrying
little nitwits who haven't an idea in
their heads and are bound to bore
them to death as soon a. they get
through asking Dose duckie Is 90?
We see poor men marrying butterfly
girls who are utterly incapable Of
cooking or keeping house and whose
only idea Of dollar is how to spend
It quickest.
We see girls marrying men with
whom they have not one single taste
or habit or thought in common.
Frivolous girls marrying serious
minded men. Puritanical girls mar
Tying FOUNDERS. Domestic girls mar.
rying playboys. Otherwise sensible
girls marrying drunkards and vast
rels and loafers.
| And why? 1t isn't because either
men or women are lured into mar
riage through some deep deceit on the
part Of the party of the other part
Few people are capable Of playing q
part. They show just what they are
No man needs to be Sherlock
Holmes to discover whether q girl
has any intelligence or not. 1t takes
no inductive reasoning for q girl to
realize that the man who has never
supported himself will never support
her. And yet the man will 60 on and
marry the female moron and be sick
of her in a month, and the girl will
marry the Weary Willie and come
back on father to support her.
y II
IN YOUR particular case you appear
= to know what you need in a wife.
vet to be tempted by the exact oppo-
site: which is natural, since We all
prefer luxuries to necessities. But
perhaps you do her wrong in your
Judgment of her. Certainly her use
Of cosmetics to enhance her looks IS
no indication that she is artificial.
1t is merely a proof Of her intelli-
gence and her enterprise In trying to
get a husband. But If her converse
ton Is inane and you marry her YOU
bring down your punishment on your
own head.
Generally speaking. a man does not
secure his happiness by being so afraid
Of marriage that he remains a bache-
lor. Nothing venture, nothing have"
is as true in marriage as 1t is else
where in life. And while the man who
marries always runs the risk Of not
getting a wife who comes up to his
ideal, the one who stays single doons
himself to a lonely and unsatisfactory
life. A club is poor substitute for a
home. Acquaintance and even friends
do not take the place Of q family. We
want something of our very own even
II 1t isn't the very best. And, Of course,
there is always the chance that you
may get q wife who Is all your heart
| desires. DOROTHY DIX.
| Il \ X
Dear Dorothy Dix-A young girl has
been asked to accompany a young man
alone on a long automobile trip. He is
well known TO her family and held in
great esteem by all who know him.
Upon my questioning the propriety OF
such a trip was greeted with gales Of