The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-02
THE FAMILY PussE
why women Are Entitled TO "a Pnrs
of Its Contents ~ 70 Iiig lit.


why Women Are Entitled Go "a Pnrt
OF Its Contents ~ n Isig lit.
In the want of a proper understands
ing between n husband and his wl1e
concerning %pecnniars matters lies Is
source OF fret on. Where the man
agement and labor of n wife count as
nothing she Is conscious vi injustice
and wrong. "My dear" said an emf
nent philanthropist to bis wife n
day as he suddenly burst into the Sit
ting-room, AZ have been counting tho
windows in our house and find there
are forty. 1t just occurs TO me that
you have to keep these forty windows
clean. or superintend the process. and
that is not the beginning of your work.
All these rooms have to be swept and
garnished. the carpet made and
cleaned. the house linen prepared and
kept in order. besides the cooking to
be done. and | took il all as n matter
of course. l just begin to see what u
woman's work is, wen when she has
help. which you are not always able to
procure. You ought to receive II month";
ly stipend as n housekeeper would.
Why haven't you made me sec it be-
foreP / have not been just to you
while L have been generous to
others"
The wife, who told this in after
years, sat down with her husband and
for the first time since her marriage
opened her heart freely on the topic
of woman's allowance. She confessed
TO having had many a sorrowful hour
at her position As a beggar. AT the
head of a large household in a west
ern town where domestic service was
both scant and incompetent. she had
hardly been trusted with SIS at a time
during their united lives.
Robert and l talked it over" she
said, land decided that the woman
VIII o takes care of any household ar
ticle. like a carpet, for instance. from
the time it is first made till it is worn
out has expended upon it an amount
of time and strength fully equal to tho
labor that made it. counting from the
shearing of the wool till it comes from
the loom. 1t may be unsk He'd work,
but it is work all the same. And this
is only one small item in her house,
keeping labor. Does not she deserve
some payment besides her board and
clothing?
Robert saw wOman's work in a
new light. From that time until to-
day he has placed a generous share of
his income in my hands, not as a
gift but as a right. And he knows that
l will n 10 more fritter it away than he
will If choose to deny myself some
thing / need and bestOw its cost in
charity or buy some books | crave, he
no more thinks of Gliding me than 1
think of Gliding him for spending his
money as he likes" says Good House.
keeping.
There are other Roberts who have
yet TO learn this lesson of Justice, and
they are fou nd in every walk of life.
l have known rich men who were
ready to buy silks, velvets and dia-
monds for their wives. sometimes far
beyond what were desired. yet who
grudgIngly doled out five dollars at q
time when appealed to for money.
The reason given is that it may be
spent fo~olishly. If anything will pro-
long babyhOod into maturity il il such
treatment. Against it a wOman's ma
ture rises in a rebellious ind gnation-
Thoughts OF bitterness rankIe in the
wounded heart. and there are Eighty,
hooking. fippant creatures made 81
bv just this want of trust on the part
of their husbands. The gravest and
most elusive faults are always found
among dependent classes.