FI \ s??s72?_==:a: i . a tif ‘-. _-it C .ia a';,'. ._.-_i \.\`i li 1- . 5,.: i I. : ¢ . ~» ,»\ ”\"L .. 1 \ l ~ 1 » a 4 1 i i- -. at l l i -f' \'/"F L_-_ t.: . ..‘ _ ff ';`-{-.~1'~\ . _ .*‘,~s_ ’» -'.51 _'I f . , \.. l. ¢/_.__ _,_ . + v ‘»;"i* .-..,_,_ ._ , ffl /L_* i "I, l . 1’ 1. ‘- f,¢ /' l 1'/ 1. ,___ »,.,. K -1' ~.. :.,1-Q l ,. ,.,.y. 1. A i. _ ..~ ~-- HE cHAiu.orraTowN oUaap_15N __ _gr _ _ » > f 1 __ JANUARY 3, / 193; ___ Pass sioirr _ _"___ __ ____ __ __ s _ . _ _ Woman’s Realm -:- Social and Personal -_.'-__Fashio__ns -.°- Literature__ _ ,_ __ rf. " Dorothy Dix’ Letter Box ;Wife Who Took All During Husband’s I’r0S- i perity Begrudges Him Penny D\11`\“g § Depression - Fake Invalid Needs ‘ Hard Jolt to Effect Cure 2 Dear Miss Dix-When I was working I E2\`~`0 DW Wifil all U10 mme!! ~ ' li d ' d ever questioned her about what she did \\ ith it. \\e a 1 made an n 8 car, good clothes, a nice apartment and a maid, and were halli-ii’ find ilhe seemed very fond of me. Now I am out of ___ 5.-._;, ,__ ii in .i- _Y ,_ .i _ Iwork Bhd my Wife' ""h° has 3 trade' 15 t C 'Cn' " """` ' "" ` ' brims, are sleek und iinhiarred by .Wm“°"‘ But' she is completely changed' ami'-,‘:.-" " extraneous quirks. Brims are fair- Seemf* "° “W “°mm5' 1°’ me' Treats mgwry ly narrow although wider ones are -wldly' Buys heme” whatever clothes she “?m's' ll ' Promised for later wear and crowns 'but “ev” mmks that 1 need even B new pmt of -‘:' .> are as flat as thov cali be to iw- moes' GMS on to the movies alone and' amwugh coinmodaie the iiciv close Icciflurcs 1 A she knows I have no money of my own now. n W1' __ . \ me eien a dollar Z *film ~ Sl '65 ' ' _ » _ -_ ~ I do all the housework now to save her as tm, __r°"'..__ or back rather than on _he , h t h evidently has no use for _ _ _-x_'.-;_;'i-5." I mmm as I can u 5 E ’ ` They are simple and gay, with col- nie because I am not bringihs in “HY m0“PY» I im,” » ~ . - ' ‘P 0 am so disgusted I feel _like packing up and going DISCOURAGED. Dwlly. ?_<._-- B Answer= I think your wife is a rotten poor sport not to be willing to divide as generously \vith you in your hour of need as you did with her in your day of prosperity- When you had money you lavlshed it on her and delighted in giving lu and leasure you could possibly afford and the least she her every xury p should do now is to make you as free of her pockctbook as she was of ours I don’t wonder that you are hurt and disappointed when you find y . her a little tightwad who begrudges you even the bread you eat when she has to pay for it. - Whether women are fundamentally stingier than men arc or not I rl alwn s don't know, but my observation has been that wives are nca y y less generous to their husbands than their husbands arc to them. V' When a rich man marries a poor girl, for instance, he pours out money and the things money buys on her with both hands. He gives her fine houscs. He decks her out in jewels and expensive clothes. He gratiflcs , licr every whim and taste and she, figuratively speaking, has dollars to ` throw to the birds. But when a rich woman marries a poor man she is nearly always very parsimonious to him. She lets him eat at her table and ride in her cars and she provides him with suitable clothes in which _ to do her credit as her playboy, but she often does even this with s. be- 3 grudging hand and seldom gives him as much money for his own as he ‘ could earn as a gigolo. Perhaps all of this is the age-old tradition that man should be the breadwinner and the purchaser and the dispenser of favors, and perhaps i women haven't been money-makers long enough to bc able to rea'lze that ‘ marriage is u partnership, financially as well as seiitimcntally, and that is _ why they still cling to the old feminine theory that what is my husbands ' is mine and what is mlrie is my own. ,______- The hard times we have been going through have brought about many strange conditions that have upset old relationships. One of these i is the reversal in the family in many cases of the role of brcadwinner. I Women have frequently been able to get jobs where men could not, and the result has not always been one that strengthened family ties. For in many cases it has shown the wifc in hcr true colors as a gold- digger, a grafter who only cared for what her husband could give her, not for him, and who had no use or affection for him when he was down and out. But, happily, such wives have been in the minority, Most women have met the crisis with rare courage and fortitude. They have sym- pathizcd with their husbands and have dohc their best to buck them up and keep them from losing heart, and they have been thankful that they can in some way repay their husbands' generosity to them. DOROTHY DIX. l l I O C l Dear Miss Dix-My mother has an illness complex. Ever since I can remember she has been riulning io doctors. She has never done any work. She always complained about how badly she felt and when we were child- ren we would come home from school and do all of the housework. Lately we have discovered that there is nothing the matter with her. Her in- validism is all fake. She enjoys poor health, but it drives her wild to tell hor so and she weeps and says her children don't appreciate her and will be sorry when she dies. It all got on my nercvs. I decided that I woulcln't be a further slave to my mother's imaginary ailments and mov- I e her every evening and it is the same old story of ed away, but go to se _ how she suffers and it makes me feel that I :vu ii brute to leave her. Did I do right in leaving her or didnt I? C. B. Answer: I think you did exactly right. There is no reason on earth why your life should be sacrificed to helping along your mothers litt'c game, and I think that if all of hcr children would withdraw their support and put her in the public ward of a hospital for a. week that they would cilcct a per- UIIXUCIII. CUTC- ` There is nothing in the world more pitiful than the husbands and children who spend their lives tolling to pay the doctors' bills and the nurses' bilis and the sanatorium bills of women who hzivc nothing on earth the matter with them but chronic cases of laziness and selfishness. ` There are thousands of such women who take to their beds to escape work. They don‘t want to cook and sew and baby-tcnd and take care of their husbands and children and so they dcvclop mysterious ailments that excuse them from doing their duty in lifc. They ure alwayr. bcmoaiiing their poor hearts or their wretched nerves or their weak lungs or their bad digcstions and everybody has to walk on tlptoes around the house. And they always have to have the most comfortable room and dalnties to r-at and lovely negligccs and the family have to do without the things they want and need to pamper them and throw in tons of sympathy to boot. lt is o great graft and thousands of women work this racket for ull it is worth because, you- see, it has A great many agreeable angles, It is a career for the woman who otherwise would not attract any attention. Poor Mrs. X., who has been an invalid for twenty years and who bears ner sufferings (because she hasirt any) with such fortitude, becomes a ure in a nci hborhood It also gives the woman a chance for a transparent thssue, suede, nickel n flowers. as leaf and apple, bcigrr, honey yel- ' low, bright reds, dark blues and blacks, while the straws may bc either rough and rustic or fine and smooth. iluivering FIRST \\'0RD IN EASTER BON- NETS SAYS FLAT (`ROW.\'S AND FRONT' OR BACK 'l`Rll\1S - crowned sa‘lors stamped with the mark of chic are being eahili ted in the smartest modistes' solo here as the arst word in 1933 spring headgear. Lines of the new hats, which pre- dict a return of the vogue for PARIS, Jan 2.-'I`rl.m flat- DS ow in vogue. Trims generally appear in front side. rful fantasies of straw, string, nd galalith more often used tha Colors include brisk bright greens, Hats F or Spring Have Brims Yeddn is New A new straw called “yodds." made in a variety of rough weaves is an outstanding material, while ben- gals, and linen straws are also seen. An apple green yeddl straw de- signed with a flat crushed crown is trimmed with nothing but a rib- bon band in a darker shade of green. A red sailor of rustic straw has a little galalith knick-knack in front, while a black straw sail- or turns up in th back and is stud- ded in front with a little ornament of red, yellow and black string. While sailors promise to hold the spotlight for strcct and informal wear, :i trini little trlcom which ilic Pmnch call a "marquis" and c. flat crowned chapeau with neatly rolled brim are shoum in dark col- ors for more informal occasions. A sprinkling of white straws also ap- ,pcfirs in the more formal models. Veils :ire zi matter of lmortance in these earlier showings. After- noon rind evening hats are shown with provocative floating veils end- ini; at the tip of the nose. For dancing and dinner wear the “last word" is a little close-f’it- 'ring toque of black or white satin clcsigncd ln cut out work to reveal the co’fTurc. It may be worn with Nerves Steadled and Soothecl by Lydia E. Pinkham's ' Vegetable Compound _ 1¢=§;<;s-~; = . Is".--<=-2. .._< ._‘---fr;-f:='¢-?-'§,';'> - _ " sires "si - ._ :-:.~:-'-;-:-:»:--,._.;,'-- _ ` ' "" .;..<‘ -~.-.=: ~= .-==---.wt ~ .yrs Y :f ': _ __ »-1:.: "Sf-f_. f"?‘5if5i5I?‘.?==. " “i§‘?3%€ifii:fif‘."/.`:5 "My mother uscfl to take Lytlizi E. l"inkliam's Vegetable Compoiintl and she gave it to nic. I am uow tho mother of three small children. Last winter I was nervous and ruu down. strength. I can do all niy worl. noiv and take care of thc i-liilfli-|~n.”-.\lus. oi wlili out ci vcil. _ ______-_-.___ _ AMorningSm1°le What the Fashionables are Wearing _ By Annabelle , '.- .1/, 5 t ii - \ ~ .P.h'° T'I:".' 'l l E. -if, ` :?`3`=.§`. " yt 1 3 "f ,» -_ . _ _ I »-, .` 2/ it ' ._ i @ _ __ ,-_ 2. -> ra? I 956 | The lady laid the book on the ` coimtcr and demanded her money back, The proprietor replied that he could not sec his way to do this, as she confessed to having read the book. “Is the type wrong, or pages miss- ` iiig?" ! "Oh, no!" sold the lady: “it’s ' that I don‘t like the way it ends." l Walter (seeing dissatisfaction on lgucsts face): Wasn't the dinner 1 cooked to suit you, sir? l Guest: Yes, all but the bill. Just i r-_lim that back :md tell them to boil 1 it down o littlc. __,___..._.-_--_. Fourbottles of the Compound gave me M,-_<_ ];,~;,,gg5 says 'er boy is imiigliiy. Wont take no notice of `ci'. 'E only listens i/.> foolish talk. N. Giocann, 536-i Chabot St., `i\1ou- I _DM .er she ought L_ get .is mm, treal, Quebec. cr to talk to ’im. ' .- I have sccn c:‘.:~i:g,‘.i of zi~.:ii'”;f.