Evening star., 1938-09-10
Dorothy Dix Says
Lack of Sophistication Is Shown
By Public Display of Affection.

e"ee1AAo"A 70 W poIAAo LIlelT AI1eCJlOn
before = gaping and derisive crowd.
Yet you see 1t every day. Girls rid
ing in automobiles with their arms
around boys who show that they real
lze they are being made figures OF
fun and loathe it.
Girls with their heads pillowed on
boys shoulders at the movies, with
everybody around snickering at them.
! Girls and boys jay-walking down the
street holding hands. And everybody
thinking that petting parties should
be private function and not a pub
lie exhibition.
Everybody loves a lover, says the
old proverb, but 1t loves to laugh at
them when they Go their billing and
cooing at the wrong time and place
nEAR DOROTHY DIX: For two
years have been corresponding
with a girl whom have never seen.
She likes to do all kinds of house.
work and am sure she would make
me a good wife. Do you think it
best to send her An engagement ring
by mail and then marry later?
am afraid If do not act soon some
other man may get her. How will I
60 about asking her to marry me?
HENRY
Answer-My earnest advice to you
Henry, is not to get yourself mixed
| up in any ENHANCEMENT of a senti-
mental nature with girl until YOU
nave gone to see her, given her the
once-over and are certain you like
her looks. Surely there are enough
risks in marriage, even when you tie
/ up with girl you have known ever
since her kindergarten days and with
whose every quirk OF disposition and
! character you think you are familiar
without courting danger by uniting
yourself to . perfect stranger whom
| you have never even seen.
Have q little sense. Use A little
prudence. Show a little judgment.
You know perfectly we'll that YOU
can't tell thing about a woman from
her letters. OF course, in writing. the
girl Is going to put her best foot fore
most, so to speak. and describe herself
to be just the kind of woman you
have pictured as your ideal.
WHEN you ask her if she is a good
cook and If she simply dotes on
housework, she is going to say "yes," ,"
just as she would If you had told her
that the wife Of your dreams would
be an airplane builder. She would
say there was nothing she enjoyed 50
much as making a China Clipper in
her odd moments.
And there is this to consider, Henry:
Looks count for 50 much in marriage.
don't mean beauty I mean a wom-
ans personality. Whether she is easy
on the eyes. Whether she is neat.
Whether she has a nice way" with
her. Whether she is entertaining. Oh,
all the little things that would make
wife agreeable to live with and
pleasant to have around. or just a
pain in the neck. Lots of women are
good as gold They are good cooks
and thrifty managers, but they are
just the kind Of women who would
spoil the best meal that was ever
cooked if they sat across the table
from you; who would bore you to
death II you had to listen to them,
| or who would have such cantankerous
dispositions that they would make you
long for death to get rid OF them.
Believe me. marrying a girl you
have never seen is buying a pig in
poke. Don't do It, Spend at least
the price Of railroad ticket to take
look at what you are getting.
Xxx *+
DEAR MISS DIX: I have found
out how to handle a husband
and his mother, both good people,
but who 60 periodically into dour dark
anger in which they do not speak
over some real or fancied fault Of
mine. 1t made life like living in a
tomb, for I could never find out what
was the matter. I found my nerves
breaking under the strain and dur
ing one OF their sieges I took to my
bed. was exhausted and defeated.
Imagine my surprise when the clouds
lifted Immediately. They were lonely
and disturbed by my lying-in strike.
Now when see the storm signals
going up take to my bed and re-
main there until the domestic at
mosphere clears. I find this method
Of dealing with their intolerance SIM
pie and soothing. WIFE.
Answer-A grand recipe for deal
ing with those who pass into the