Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-10-27
Memen aud Money.

know that l shall excite the wrath
or contempt Of the devotees of the
higher education of women when I saw
that 1t Is not necessary for every woman
to be an accomplished musician an art
student, thoroughly educated Girton
girl; but 1t is necessary that she should
he woman of business. From the day
when her baby fingers begin to handle
pence and shillings, and her infant mind
is aroused to laudable ambition by the
possession of the enormous income of
three pence per week, she ought to be
taught the true value and wise expendi-
ture OF money, to keep accounts and
balance them; to repay the minutest
debt, or, still better, to avoid mourning
1t; to observe the just proportions OF
having and spending and, above all.
the golden rule for every one of us.
whether our income be Elk pence 4 week
or twenty thousand year-vaste
Nothing.
May not the growing disinclinstion
d our young men to marriage arise
partly from their dread, nav, conyic-
hon-alas too true-that 80 few of our
}oung women have been thus educated.
and that. so far from being a helpmeet
10 the man they marry, they are an ex-
pense, hindrance, a continual burden :?
Without wishing to defend the selfish
young bachelor, who waits till he is "in
position to marry which means till
he has had enough Of the pleasures of
freedom, and finds them begin to pail
II often see with pity Young fellow
who has never had occasion to think OF
anybody but himself, and never had
done it, learning by hard experience
the endless self-sacrifice demanded of n
pater familias good for him, no doubt.
but none the less painful. Often, when
going out of London about . a. M, 1
have confronted the trains full of busy,
misunderstanding men hurrying into
London, and have said to myself: II
wonder how many Of these poor hard
worked fellows have wives. or sisters.
or daughters, who really help them.
take the weight of life little off their
shoulders, expend their substance
wisely, keep from them domestic wor-
ries, and. above all, take care of the
money!" But for my wife l should
have been in the poor-h house, (" is the Sc
cret consciousness Of many man; and
1t is curious fact that while mapy n
woman makes the best of not too esti-
mable husband, no power on earth can
save man who has got an unworthy.
or even foolish wife. He cannot
raise her, and he himself will gradually
Love to her level day BY day,
What IS nne within him growing course to svrn-
pathiso with clay"
Or even il she means well, but it is by
nature or education what / may term
an incapable woman" he finds himself
saddled with not only his own share of
the life-burden, but hers. The more
generous and tender hearted he is. the
more he is made a victim, both to her
and his children, until he sinks into the
mere bread-winner of the family, who
has his work to do, and does it through
pride, duty, love, or combination of |
all three, usually without a word Of
somplaint---does it until he drops. Men
have great deal Of error to answer for. |
but the silent endurance of many mid
ile-aged family men" to whom often.
Mas. through the wife's fault-domes-
&c life has been made a burden rather
han blessing, ought TO be chronicled
~ the Recording Angel with q tear, !
lot OF compassion, but admiration
'nough to blot out any mans youthful
in.
It y 70 prevent this--to try aud make /
Z ous girls the sort u wives thss are