The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-04-04

when his wife dts him out IN this
fashion,
At heart that man was q cad. Blu,
he expressed feeling. dormant In
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
Said jeweler once IN my hearing
Il have been very much touched, now
aud then, when wives have paid me for
presents bought for their husbands,
tn price hal SO manifestly been saved
up. bit by bit, from the housekeeping
money"
by good management and con.
trivance, shipping here. cutting of
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 where the carpets and curtains.
the pictures and sofas are q dream OF
luxurious ease. But Mr.. - sees no
use for literature beyond tho daily
journal.
In many cases, and especially dur
ing the collaborating 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 q wife's adding
her share, pecuniarily. to the stock
in trade Of the family, increasing d.
rectly, SO to speak, its available cap
ital.
It Is not that men wish to be mean
or churlish. They simply do not ap
preciate the situation. We're il re-
versed. and themselves compelled tc
ask for every dollar and shilling from
the best OF wives, how soon they
would rebel against the teasing tyr.
rany Of such q fate.
Again, it is urged, and with much
truth, that all women do not know the
value OF money. Women will be la
boriously frugal in one direction and
ridicnlonsly extravagant In another.
They are often inscnsibie to the just
laws Of proportion. and, though they
play at keeping accounts, are not
moro brilliantly successful in that role
than was the child-wife Of David Cop
pericld.
Yet again. a mans sense Of the fit.
ness Of things, his sturdy independ-
ence, IL sometimes scandalized Mt the
notion that he can not by his own
right arm. his own good brain and
hand support his wife and children.
Il don't want her to do work while ]
can work for her. he protests, with
eager and almost wounded feeling al
the bare suggestion. 1T will be time
enough for my wife to earn money
when / am laid by. or am 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 nc.
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
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 the making ol
gowns. Possibly she had a wonderful
knack Mt making pickles and pre-.
serves. or was famous for her bread
or homemade cake. There are 9
dozen occupations which a woman
may carry on. never leaving home
nor neglecting solitary one Of its
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.
II she have the trained facility, the
discipline of eye and head. for the
finer tasks, why not exercise that mar
ketable skill, while by the additional
means thus gained she hires another
servant to perform what to her ii
drudgery?
II, with many young people jus,
starting in life. the family are board.
ing. it is distinct advantage to the
wife to have some money-making avo
cation, saving her from the tempta,
tions to idleness and gossip which lie
at the root Of much mischief when
women have the leisure of boarding.
house on their hands
That which cost us effort we prize.
The penny saved may be q penny
earned, but in the case of q woman
Loyalty working to help her husband
along, the penny earned is likely to be
the penny saved, and thriftily put al
interest.
Last, a 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-
bility. One periIous rock is removed
from the channel OF life. and with
Hope at the prov. and Pleasure al
the helm and Love, the captain. di
recting all, the good ship Home swing.
cheerily from her moorings when thu
wife, as we'll as the husband. is 1
bread winner.-M E. Sangster, il
Once a Week.
80, A Tough Wstch 6tory:~r
On his last birthday, month or tw,