Evening star., 1938-09-08

beaters. The worst husbands in the
world are the men who deliberately
make their wives unhappy for no
other reason than because they get
a kick out of torturing any helpless
creature within their power.
nEAR DOROTHY DIX: I am a girl
Of 1s, entering college. I want
to live in the dormitory. but my
parents want me to stay with my
grandfather and grandmother, who
live in the town in which the college
is located. II stay with my grand
parents there will always be a houseful
Of company, which annoys me. Also,
there will be my aunt, whom I have
never liked, and her children, who
are the noisiest, meanest brats who
ever lived. would feel obligated
to work while my grandmother worked.
which Is every second Of her working
time, and I would not feel free to
have any company or to go out with
boys. because grandmother would
think she would have to sit up and
see that returned safely. Don't
you think 1t would be better for
me to 60 to the dormitory instead
Of to my grandparents? MVB.
Answer-I certainly do. The ex-
perience that girl gets in going
off to college and being on her own
and living in dormitory with other
girls is just as valuable to her as
anything she Is taught in her classes.
As long as a girl is at home she
is more or less OF baby. Her
parents do her thinking for her and
make all of her decisions. They tell
her what to do and what not to do
Mother picks up after her and takes
care Of her clothes, and she has no
responsibilities whatever.
But when she goes of to college she
Is chucked out into the world, where
she has to stand on her own and make
her own way. Nobody pampers and
Spoils her. Nobody puts up with her
selfishness and unreasona bleness be-
cause they are Mary's little ways. No
body Is careful not to wound her feel
ings that she keeps spread over the
place. She has to observe rules and
take discipline, and like it. and be .
good scout, or else be ostracized.
Also, one Of the things that makes
going to college worth while to a girl
is that 1t leaves her SO many pleasant
memories Of dormitory life, Of inno-
cent pranks, Of midnight suppers and
all the foolish fun that girls have to-
gether, and this she misses If she Is
a day scholar and does not stay within
the school walls.
EVERY adolescent girl should be sent
- of to school II 1t Is possible, be-
cause at that time Of life she needs to
get away from home into q new en-
vironment and among strangers. 1t
bridges over that dangerous period
when q girl thinks she Is q wise and
sophisticated woman of the world and
her parents think she Is still a baby,
and they rub each other raw.
BY the time she has been away four
years mother and father have got used
to thinking Of her As grown up and
having right to adult privileges, and
she has found out how ignorant and
helpless she is and is willing to be
guided by her elders!
But no young girl should 60 to live
with her grandparents. It isn't fair
to either Of them, because grandpa
and grandma should not have their
peace Of mind wrecked by coming IN
contact with modern manners and
customs and clothes. and the girl
should not have her happiness de-
stroyed by being forced to dress and
do as grandmother did when she was
a girl. DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright, 1889