Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-05
JUSTICE TO MRS. JOB AT LAST.
A Woman Who Deserves . Better PiAoe
In History Than She Occupies.

A Woman Who Deserves Better Plaoo
In History Than She Occupies.
Job was wonderfully afflicted man.
but, as partial compensation for IT.
he has had the sympathy of the hu-
man race for 1000 years But II has
not been so with Jobs wife. Nobody
has ever spoken kind word OF her.
On the contrary, she has been held up
for forty centuries as a horrible ex
ample. But for all that we are conf.
dent the poor woman deserves better
place in history than she has ever oc-
cupied Ii she was sour tempered she
had enough 10 give an acid tinge 10
her disposition. She was made 10 drink
the dregs from bitter cup. and it is
possible that she bore her troubles
| with about as much equanimity rs the
average woman would do.
In Inc first place she was suddenly
reduced from luxury to pcnury, Any
unfortunate woman who has suffered
this ordeal knows Just the frame of
mind poor Mrs. Job was in.
In the next place, she was bereft Of
her children. There is no grief so
burdensome rs that which falls upon
mothers heart when the grave hides
her children from sight.
In addition TO this accumulation Of
sorrows, she was left with an invalid
husband on her hands. job was COW
cred with boils, and experience has
taught us that there is no more exas-
pera.ing patient than man with a
boil on him. There are wives, and
good wives, too, in this Christian land
Of ours whose lives have been made
most miserable for days and weeks at a
time by husband and one boil. Just
think. then, what this poor woman
had TO endure with husband with
perhaps from 50Oto 1 900 boils on him!
Is il any wonder that the woman en-
couraged her husband 10 terminate his
existencel The only wonder is that
she didn't cut her own throat in de-
spair.
But these were not all the troubles
that Jobs wife had TO bear. Her hus-
bands friends came on visit to him
and took possession Of the house for
six weeks at time. Other women,
and good women, too, have had 10 en-
dure the same affliction, and they can
easily account for Mrs. Jobs exhibition
Of bad temper. Job got worried with
the three visitors himself, and yet he
didn't have TO wait on them, to clean
up their rooms, TO wipe the tobacco
juice from the parlor carpet every day,
10 sweep out the mud they carried in
on their boots, and to submit 10 the
thousand and one annoyances that
male visitor gives the housekNeper.
II is about time that somebody was
raising a voice in defense of Jobs wife
and saying kind word for the poor
woman, who for 1900 years has suf.
fered the slings os unjust criticism
In uncomplaining silence.
There are a great many Jobs wives
in the world today; we meet them
tvery day. They may not have hus-
bands with boils on their bodies, but
they have husbands who go to the
clubs of evenings. They have hus
bands who are selfish enough TO devote
all their time TO business and pleasure,
without considering that a portion Of
that time of right belongs to the
woman, the charm of whose existence
is his companionship. The Jobs wives
of today are the women who are bur
dened with the cares and sorrows Of
this life and who get no sympathy.
And their name is legion.--Ladies'
Home Companion.