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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1934
Page
20
Dorothy Dix argues unselfishness harms more than it helps. She cites business, friendship, and most of all family life, where self denying behavior turns spouses into parasites and creates petty tyrants who erode affection and harmony.
The passage portrays the traditional view of marriage as a partnership where the man provides material and social benefits, shares in family duties, and accepts his wife’s demands for her share of profits and prerogatives, including clothing, outings, and childrearing responsibilities.
The text describes a man who asserts control at home, demanding obedience and spending lavishly while his partner, reduced to a meek figure, appears downtrodden and demoted, like someone rescued from ragged conditions. The tone satirizes gender dynamics and power in a domestic setting.
Unselfish mothers are hailed as saintly beings who put children first. They wear simple underwear to dress babies in lace and bake multiple cakes to satisfy each child. They endure hardship to provide for sons and daughters, keeping hands soft through work.
Dorothy Dix argues that unbalanced mothers who demand nothing of their children foster selfish, undisciplined offspring. She warns that many failures and divorces stem from overindulgent parenting, a virtue turned vice, and urges moderation rather than selfishness.
Athens Junior and Senior High students heard J. Smith Damron describe pottery making in a combined assembly. Damron, a 24 year Chautauqua lecturer, spoke on the potter and his clay and demonstrated vase forms including an Egyptian water jug while explaining tests of pure china with Whitehouse china from Roosevelt and Wilson administrations.
Mary Margaret McBride profiles Frances Farmer Stevens and her partner Mrs. Jennings who run New York Courier Service. They provide guides and experts from Harvard Yale and Sorbonne to escort tourists, with multilingual foreigner tours, child friendly routes, and specialty outings including a midnight market crawl followed by breakfast. The service promises accurate art, architecture, and historical lore via card index files and seasoned staff.
Public installation of officers of the White Shrine of Jerusalem drew 91 attendees to Athens from Logan Nelsonville Murray City Middleport Pomeroy and nearby towns. Adda Hohenadel was installed as new high priestess Nellie Karich became past high priestess and numerous officers were inducted or appointed including Mary Lines Charles Cameron Esther Phillips P J Huffman and James Palmer. Tea and refreshments followed the ceremony with leaders presiding at the tea table.
Grace Harris Angell bride of last July was honored at a bridge shower hosted by Mrs Roy C Shirley at her South Lancaster Street home. Guests presented gifts and played bridge with a late lunch served. High score went to Miss Eleanor Minister, second to Miss Leona Hughes. Hostesses assisted were Miss Norma Lestie and Miss Nettie Brown.
Nephew William Prescot Fouts and Edward Barnhart of Willoughby are guests at the Shepherd and Zenner homes. Gara Farrar of Morgantown WV returned after Easter with sister Mrs George Biaho and her son Teddye from Baltimore MD. Mrs F H Eccles and Miss Bertha W McVay came home after three months in Florida. Adelba Woodworth Holt of Holiday's Cove WV visits her parents James and Mrs Woodworth in Franklin Avenue.
Miss Eileen Rauch hosted a bridge shower Wednesday evening for Mrs. Clarence Billets at Rauch home on South Court Street. Three tables of bridge were played with Mrs. Billets taking high score. a blue and white baby basinet framed the occasion. Guests included Elizabeth Foley Irma Betts Anna Mae Mower Pauline Jones Betty Jones Mrs Harold Taylor Esther Roberts Verna Panford Jean Rauch Bees Lamoreaux and a Muskegon guest.
The marriage of Miss Maxine Williams to James Pilcher was announced by the Williams family. The couple wed December 17, 1933, in Catlettsburg Kentucky. Both attended Ohio University. he played music and acted in a musical comedy, she was a Pi Beta Phi member while in college. They will reside at 20 Main Street McArthur after April 16. Mrs. Reeves and Mr. Fisher visited a hospitalized J. S. Radford, brother of Mrs. Reeves and father of Homer Radford. Mrs. Jessie Bessire from Laurel Nebraska visits Ohio University and will accompany Dr Edith Beechel to Columbus for educational meetings.
Dr. I. E. Ash of Ohio University will preside over a session on High School Sociology at the ninth annual program of the Ohio Sociological Society to be held at Ohio State University in Columbus this Friday and Saturday. Several other district residents plan to attend.
Cless Class of the Presbyterian Church hosted 36 members and guests for a spring luncheon at the Hillcrest Inn. Honorees Mrs. Jesse Bessire of Laurel and Mrs. Ray Palmer of Barnesville received corsages, with Mrs. Cleas and Mrs. Russell Rupp among teachers acknowledged. Other out of town guests included Miss Margaret and Miss Ray Nilis, house guests of Professor A. V. Wiley, and Mrs. Palmer, daughter of the Cless family, visiting Morris Avenue.
Proceeds from the Athens High School auditorium performance of Culture in a Madhouse will support local child health work. Mrs. T. M. Wolfe, chair of the Athens County Child Health and Protection Committee, cites needs for tonsil and adenoid operations glasses and dental care. She thanks Kiwanis Club for sponsoring and Rotary Club for assistance as the all Athens show was polished up at dress rehearsal.
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