Evening star., 1936-02-13
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Dorothy Dix Says
Women Should Appreciate a Husband
Who Is Absorbed in the Business Of
Making a Living.

they just simply had the time Of their
lives shaving over desks or wrestling
with cranky customers or listening to
sick people tell their symptoms, or
whatnot.
A PPARENTLY 1t never occurs to
these moronic wives that every
business Of every kind is q treadmill
on which q man tolls until he Is ready
to drop with exhaustion, and that IN
the great majority Of cases he under
goes this torture for the sake Of his
family and In order that his wife may
be kept soft and comfortable and
have pretty clothes and cars to ride In.
Personally, I should have much
more sympathy for the women who
wall and weep over their husbands
being absorbed In their business II
they were ever willing to give up some
Of the luxuries In order to have more
Of their husbands time. But they
never are. They want all the money
they can get, but they want their
husbands to somehow get it without
working for it. Which can't be done.
As between giving up a good business
and an unreasonable wife, would ad-
wise you TO stick to the business, be-
cause the minute you cease to be a
moneymaker you will lose your wife
anyway. DOROTHY DIX.
DEAR MISS DIX-which is more
likely to be happy and to hold
until death do us part-a marriage
that is the end Of q long engagement,
where the couple have known each
other since childhood, or a marriage
that is the result of love at first sight?
A. AND 2.
Answer-In a scientific survey that
has recently been made on this sub
ject it was found that the most sue
cessful marriages were those in which
the couple had been engaged me-
dunn length Of time.
The consensus Of opinion seemed 10
be that an engagement that dragged
on for years wore romance to tatters,
and that the man and women got
tired Of each other even before mar
riage. On the other hand, the mar
riage that was entered on the i'm
pulse Of the moment and without any
serious consideration on the part of
the two contracting parties. was Just
fash in the pan that burned out as
quickly as 1t was ignited.
The conclusion, therefore, Is that
the safest marriages are those in
which q couple have been engaged
long enough to get to know each other
and test their own feelings. and yet
not long enough to have lost all their
illusions.
There is, of course, such q thing
as love at first sight, but the aver
age person Is less likely to experience
it than he Is to be struck by lightning
90 it isn't safe to risk it.
DOROTHY DIX.
nEAR MISS DIX: Why is 1t that
- when q small girl writes to you
about her size you say that ID all
right with the boys, and when Q tall
girl writes to you, you say it Is all
right for her to be tall? Why don't
you tell the truth?
Answer-That is the truth. There
Is no set formula for feminine size
or looks to which all men subscribe.
There are men who like pocket
Venuses. Other men who prefer girls
who are daughters of the gods, di-
vinely tall. There are men who like
the cuddly type and others who fall
for Amazons.
There are men who like living skele-
tons, others who like them plump
and roly- poly. Platinum blonds,
golden locks, redheads, brunettes all
have their worshipers, and q girl has
just as good q chance to be admired
by men If she Is any one Of 9 thou
sand types Of female pulchritude.
For every man has his own particu-
lar taste In women.
DOROTHY DIX.
lCopyright, 1850