The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-05-09
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OF family stores is involved, or when
the question Is one Of bestowing a
gift on their wives, have an uncon-
scious drawing zof the purse-strfngs-
when their wives spending is con-
cerned. | once heard gent eman
ftP1 make this ungracfous speech, dis
playing thes while a watch-chain and
seals just bestowed upon him by his
wife on their wedding anniversary.
Pretty little plaything, isn't ite
Juliet gave it to. me this morning IT'S
very much, you know, like taking a
fellows money out OF his pocket to
buy him something he doesn't want,
when his wife fits him out in this
fashion,
l. At heart that man was a cad. But
he expressed a feeling, dormant in.
4 some Of his sex, who would be shocked
II informed that they were selfish and
coarse in their assumption that wife
Is herself only part OF their personal
| assets.
4 Said a jeweler once in my hearing ::
nave been very mucn touched, now
| and then, when wives have paid me for
presents bought for their husbands,
thu price had so manifestly been saved
up. bit by bit, from the housekeeping
money. -
"By good management and con-
triyance, shipping here, cutting off
there, doing without butter and sugar
myself for days together, | got the
money to buy books for my own little
library was the confession OF lady
to whom books. are as the breath Of
life. She is the presiding genius Of. a
home whore the carpets and curtains,
the pictures and sofas are dream OF
4 luxurious case But Mr. 49, sees no
use. for literature beyond the daily
journal. y
4 In many cases, and especially dur
ing the child bearing years, the wife
can not we'll be bread-winner to any
great extent But granting that the
conditions are favorable. or that they
may be made SO. what reasonable OBJ
lection can be urged to a wife's adding
her share, pecuniarily. to the stock
in trade of the family, increasing di-
rectly, SO to speak, its available cap
ital.
/, 1t is not that men wish to be mean
or churlish. They simply do not APP
preciate the situation. We're it re-
:; versed, and themselves compelled to
q ask for every dollar and shilling from
the best ef wives, how soon they
would rebel against the teasing tyr
Z rany of such fate.
Again, lis urged, and with much
J truth, that all women do not know the
& sVallIe@ofInaneyys@ zAHomenwiII la
boriously frugal in one direction and
ridiculously extravagant in another
They are often insenstble to the just
laws of proportion, and, though they
4 play at keeping accounts. are not
more brilliantly successful in that role
than was the child Of David Cop
J perfield
Yet again, man sense of the fit
ness of things, his sturdy independ-
ence, is sometimes scandalized at the
notion that he can not by his own
right arm, his own good brain and
: hand support his wife and children.
: | II don t want her to do work while I
can work for her. he protests, with
: eager and almost wounded feeling at
) the bare suggestion. ut will be time
enough for my wife to earn money
when 4 am laid by, or am a helpless
cripple on her hands =
| Suppose we put It in this@way: The
, wife had acquired, before her mar
: riage. some -bread-winning art or ac-
complishment. as indeed every Ameri-
can girl ought to do, in these days OF
: changeful circumstances She sells
| her pretty decorated cups and saucers,
her embroidery, her designs, her
J poems or stories, and has small but
regular income from that source. Per-
haps she puts her artistic skill to the
trimming of hats and 1.-The making of
gowns. Possibly she had a wonderful
knack at making pickles and pre-
serves, or was famous for her bread
or homemade cake. There are a
, dozen occupations which a woman
may carry on, never leaving home,
neg lGCblAS roOliVdlJ OnC VI luS
duties, while her nursery, her kitchen
: and her drawing-room are the more
carefully looked after, that she has
systematized her time and cut off ex-
traneous pursuits.
If she have the trained facility, the
!, discipline OF eye and head, for the
:. finer tasks. why not exercise that mar
ketable still, while by the additional
means th@ gained she hires another
servant to perform what to her is
drudgeryp, ~
If, with many young people just
starting in life, the family are board
ring, it is a distinct advantage to the
!, wife to have some money-making AVG
cation, saving her from the tempta-
tions to idleness and gossip which lie
, at the root of much mischief when
women haye the leisure of boarding
house on theip hands.
That which cost us effort we prize.
= The~penny saved may be- "a penny
earned, but in the case of woman
loyalty working to help her husband
, along, the penny earned is likely to be
i the penny saved, and thriftily put OF
/ interest.
4 Last husbands respect is in,
= creased. not lessened, if he see in his
wife the ability to produce that which
! stands the commercial test OF availa-
i bility. One perilous rock is removed
=. from. 4the@ehannef Of life, and with
: ssHope at the prov, and Pleasure al
1 the helm, and Love-. the captain, di
/ recting all, the good ship Home swings
r cheerily from hor mornings when the
T wife.Ea s#well =as=the=hu husband, a
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