Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-11-15
THE FAMILY PURSE.
Why Women Arc Entitled to . Part of Its
- Contents Is q Right.

Why Women Arc Entitled to q Part of Its
80 Contents Is q Right.
In the want Of q proper understanding be-
tween q husband and his wife concerning
pecuniary matters lies q source OF friction.
Where the management and labor OF wife
count as nothing she is conscious OF in
Justice and wrong. my DEAR" said an
eminent phllanthropist to his wife one day
as he suddenly burst into the sitting-room,
~ have been counting the windows in our
house and ind 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 carpets made and
cleaned, the house linen prepared and kept
in order, besides the cooking to be done,
and l took it all as matter OF course. l
just begin to see what woman's work is,
even when she has help, which you are not
always able to procure. You ought TO re-
ceiye monthly stipend as housekeeper
would. WHY haven't you made me see it
beforei have not been just to you whiie
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
She confessed to having had many sor-
rowful hour at her position as beggar. Al
the head OF q large household in western
town where domestic service was both
scant and incompetent, she had hardly been
trusted with IS at time during their
united lives.
"Robert and / talked it over" she said
"snd decided that the woman who takes
care of any household article, like carpet
for instance, from the time it is first made
till il Il worn out has expended upon II an
amount of time and strength fully equal to
the labor that made 1t, counting from tne
shearinR Of the wool tall it comes from the
loom. II may be unskilled work, but II is
work all the same. And this is only one
small item in her housekeeping labor
Does not she deserve some payment Dc
sides her board and clothings
ssRobert saw woman's work in new
light. From that time until to-day ne ha'
placed q generous share OF his income II
NV hands. not as q gift but as right. Ane
he knows that will no more fritter IT away
than he will II choose to deny mysen
something / need and bestow its cost II
charity or buy some books crave, ne nc
more thinks Of chiding me than think o.
chidinR him for spending his money as n'
likes" says Good Hosiseseepsn0
There are other Roberts who have YET v
learn this lesson of justice, and they arr
found in every walk Of life have know,
rich men who were ready to buy Silks vel
vets and diamonds for their wives, some
times far beyond what were desired ye
who grudeinsly doled out ive dollars Ts' a.
tine when appealed TO for money. IN
reason given is that it may be spent ioo.isn % -
K' II sny thing will prolong babyhood IN
70 maturity it is such treatment Agains =
it ! womsn,s nsture rises in reoeii'ous "a
dignation. Thoughts Of bitterness RANKS
in the wounded heart, and there are nlgnty
mocnng, fippant creatures maze 30 " tus tus
this wsnt Of trust on the part OF .heis n.s
banda. Tue grsvest ana mos. nsan
faults ere always found among aspenasA
cissses,