The Washington times., 1936-01-10
TacHulness
Is Always
Helpful
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX

C6nLS OF LUG uTtU H"' '"S0
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
Before we were married,
my husband seemed the jolliest
sort of a person. And now,
though we have been married
less than a year, he is grouchy,
and seems to care for nothing
but to listen to the radio.
When he's home, he never
turns it off.
"When my old friends drop in
to see us he does not like it, and
Is barely civil.
eve can never take a motor
ride unless his mother goes along.
She wants to know everything
about our home, who comes to
see us, how much we spend for
everything, where we 90. All this
As killing my love for my husband.
UNHAPPY BRIDE"
So many men are tired when
they come home evenings that
they do not care to see even con-
genial friends. They like to
listen to the radio, unless some
special plans have been made.
Is he card player, and would
he care about having his friends
in for a game of bridge or poker?
You can arrange a nice little sup
per for them to have afterward,
and let the evening be a strictly
masculine affair.
If he has any sense Of justice,
he will not object to you having
your friends.
You will have to be very tact
full about your husbands mother.
It's pretty hard for some women
to understand that they no longer
come first in their sons life. Try
to confide in her of your own &C
cord and win her friendship.
You will be happier if you do
this than if you break UP your
home before you have given your
marriage time enough to smooth
over some of the difficulties OF
the first year.
HE'S FASCINATING
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
when I first met him, he re-
pulsed me. He was SO homely.
But he is so cOnSiderate, charm
. ing and thoughtful that / have
learned to love him devotedly.
Some of my friends tell me it
would be q dreadful mistake to
marry so hOmely man, especially
as he is 10 years older than I am.
ANNETTE"
The criticisms and advice of
your friends have nothing to do
with the caSe-in fact they are
highly impertinent. And as this
man has proved himself fine and
most interesting, why worry about
idle chatter?
SHE FRIGHTENED HIM
Dear Miss Fairfax:
"She is really beautiful and
little older than / am. We met
at a dance, and I fell for her
Immediately. was terribly
humble in my admiration It'll
she took the initiative and told
me she was crazy about me. /
think if she were serious, she
wouldn't have done that.
ITO tell you the truth, I'm
really afraid Of this young lady'S
headlOng l0ve.making. She may
be making a fool Of me. Or, If
she is serious, I'd like to do q
little Of the counting myself. /
play in an orchestra.
WANDERING MINSTREL"
Perhaps your music may be
responsible for this young lady's
lovemaking. Great ladies have
fallen for gypsy fiddlers, and
popular tenors have to keep sec
retarial stats to open their fan
mail. But, music or no music,
it's a mistake for girl to take
the initiative in counting. Watch
your step, and don't yield too
quickly to the siren.
This will also answer L. E. F.
FIRST DUTY
SDear Miss Fairfax:
cts the old, old story Of the
other woman. And q good man,
almost against his will, giving
way to an unprincipled woman
who hunted him day and night.
"For myself, I would not hest
tate a moment; I would leave
him to her, 60 away and earn
my own bread, but / have four
little children, all under 10 years
of age.
'"When he is with them, he is
fond and tender to them. Then
the phone rings, and he can't
rush from the house fast enough.
There is no longer any pretense
about his relations to this woman.
He has begged me for a divorce.
hesitate, because she has wrecked
two families before she fastened
on my husband.
"DISCONSOLATE."
When there are four little chill
dren, all under 10 years Of age,
mothers cannot indulge their
Dride and 90 away without know