The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-08-03
HER WAGES AS WIFE.
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the factory hands their week wages.
why, Donald, F" said she, L thought
as ! had worked for you all the week, I
would come for my wages, too. You
and l ruld like very much to have it as
my own ,"
"Pshaw, Nettie, how ridiculous you
talk. You know that all / have belongs
to you and the children-and don't I
furnish the house everything? What
under the sun would you do with the
money if you had it?"
Il know Donald that you buy the nee
eSsarieS for us ALL and | am willing that
you should do so still, but l should like
little money of my very own. We have
been married fifteen years, and in all that
time / do not seem to have earned 81. As
far as money is concerned / might as well
be slave. cannot buy quart of ber-
ries, or book, without asking you for
the money, and should like to be little
more Independent.
Mr.. Jarvis, proprietor of Jarvis mills,
worth thousands and thousands of dol
lars, laughed derisively
ou're fine one to talk of independ-
ence, he said. If you would start out
to make your living you'd fetch up at the
poorhouse soon enough, for what could
you do to earn living? The girls in the
factory know how to do their work and
them oil my duty is done, but have to
board and clothe you, and take care of
you when you are sick. If had to do
that for the girls / would have precious
little money left, I can tell you
Donald, l gave up good trade when
/ married you. For five years had sup
ported myself by it, and many time
since have envied myself the purse of
those days. As for my not earning any
thing now, IleaVe it to you to say whether
1t would be possible to hire another to
take my place; and how much do you
suppose it would cost to do without me
year7 know the girls have little after
paying their expenses, but they enjoy that
little so much Allie Watson supports
herself and mother with her wages, and
they both dress better than l do. Jennie
Hart is helping her father to pay the
mortgage On the farm, and she is happy
that she can do so. Even Jane, the kitchen
girl, has more freedom than l, for out of
her own money she is laying by presents
for her relatives, and will send them
Christmas. Yesterday an Indian woman
was at the house with such
handsome beadwork to sell, and, al
not dollar felt like crying when Jane
bought half dozen of the articles I
wanted so much. You often say that all
you have is mine, but So would have
given me more pleasure yesterday than
your hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of property did.
"No doubt of that Mrs Jarvis You
have no idea of the value of money, and
would have enjoyed buying lot of bead
trash that would not be worth cent to
Jane needs a guardian if she
fools away her money like that She will
be in the county poor-house yet if she
don't look out It's very lucky, indeed,
that the men do hold the money, for
there's not one woman in hundred who
knows how to use it,"
For shame, Donald Jarvis! You
know better. Look at Jerry and MHly
Gregg, will you, and say that he makes
the best use of his money. She is at
home with her parents every night, making
her wages go as far as possible toward
making them comfortable, while he is
in the village wasting his time
and money, and making brute of him
self besides And why does Mrs. Sarton
come to receive her husbands wages her
self Simply because he can not get by
The saloon with money in his pocket, and |
4 she did not get the money they would |
al 90 hungry to bed after his wages were
paid. And / believe that every woman !
who earns money here, spends it as wisely |
Is the average man, and have yet to /
lear of one of them being in debt.
hr. Jarvis knew that he could not gain
ay q word his wife had said, for they
Vere all true. Luckily he thought of
Tane.
Well, how much do you suppose Jane
yill have left when New Year comes? If |
he got sick how long could she pay for
ueh care as you have?"
1t is not likely she will lay up many
ollars out of 800 year; but she
3 laying up something better, I think
asst winter she sent her mother a warm
hawl and pair of shoes. and to her
Tother and sister new school books, and |
De warm, loving letters they send her
o her more good than twice the amount
T money in the bank would. This year
be is laying away number of useful
nd pretty things for them, and if any
Misfortune should happen to Jane they
yoqld only be to glad to help her. y
Well, who do you suppose would help !
GU If you needed help?" said Mr. Jarvis
Or want of better question. Mrs Jar
Isl eyes sparkled angrily as she answered:
Nobody. If you should lose your
roperty to-day, | should be beggar,
Tithout claim on any one for help. You
ave always held your purse-strings so
ghtly that it has been hard enough to
* for my own necessities, leaving others
70 would have enabled me to do some
DOR man or woman untold good; but
Though you have always said that all
our property was mine, never could |
Id cannot now command dollar of it.
Lucky you couldn't if you wanted to
'end it on beggars.
Donald, you know that l would spend |
oney as wisely as you do. Who was it
lat only last week gave poor, lame
.ggar So to pay his fare to Burton and
en- saw him throw his crutches away
I'd make for the nearest saloon? Your
life could not do worse if trusted with a
w dollars. You say that the money is
mine, yet you spend as you please,
bile cannot spend dollar without ask ;
g you for it and telling what l want it
T. Any beggar can get it in the same {
ay! Christmas you bought presents for S
and expected us to be grateful for
en- A shawl for me, the very color I
mot wear, a set of furs for Lucy that
e did not need, drum for Robin that ,
IS been nuisance ever since, and a lot
worthless toys that are broken up in q l
eek. There were $40 or $50 of nv /
oney just the same as thrown away, vet {
hen ask you to trust me with 50 q !
eek you cannot imagine what use you {
we for it, and fear it will be wasted I {