Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-04-16
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rectly from lady IN the city Jnat sne
is, unknown to her husband, scrimping
their living expenses and laying up
small sums from time to time in the
savings bank to her credit. This is
saved from money grudgingly given her,
oftentimes, for household expenses.
And she says she knows a neighbours
wife whohas quite little money in the
savings bank, which she has from time
to time taken out of the money drawer
at her husbands store when she
could do it unseen. At another
time when her husband was called
downstairs at night she took some
money from his pocket-book. The
remark was made that she had got
through begging for what was her own;
she had found out better way. These
cases / can vouch for,
A lady says on this point, in recent
number of the n Y. World; Husbands
seldom pay their wives the compliment
of thinking they can manage bank
account. What is the result? The wife
grows cunning and underhanded, and
condones the ways and means she en-
ploys to get money from her husband as
legitimate self-defense. She enters into
unholy alliances with her dressmalIer
and milliner to send in bills for larger
amounts than she really owes, and
through their connivance receives the
difference. She resorts to coaXing and
all the pretty juggling woman pos
sesses-nay, she even picks her hus'
bands pockets at night"
think it was Beecher who said that
if you wanted man born right you
must begin with his grandmother. |
would like TO inquire what sort of men
we are likely to have in the future from
such grandmothers as the above-mcn-
toned women? hope every man who
reads this will do what he can to put an
end to this terribleState of affairs. If
he isn't yet prepared to take his wife in
as full and trusted partner, let him at
least surprise her, beginning the first of
next month, by handing over to her a
reasonable amount of cash, according
to their circumstances, once month to
| do as she pleases with. Let this be not
less, if possible, than she could earn by
doing housework for some one else. If
it doesn't bring tears of Joy to her eyes
and gladness to her heart, in many
cases, enough to well pay you, | miss
my guess. But do it because it is simple
justice; because it is right. Do it for
the good of future generations if you
haven't any love left for your patient,
hard working, faithful wife. Give her
a little taste of the freedom you enjoy.
But, for heavens sake! if you must
continue to be lord and master and the
head at home in private, when you go
to the store to trade, and other people
are around, do not make your wife's lot
doubly hard by showing up your true
character.
! was standing in a store in large
town once, when well-to-do farmer
and his wife came in to trade. He was
profuse in his loud talk to her to get
everything she wanted; but he kept
close to her side, and, as it seemed to
me, really decided about every purchase
made. ] watched her face closely and
thought it told sad story. After they
had gone out quietly asked the mer-
chant about them. He boiled over i'm
mediately. l would not like to repeat
all the harsh things he said. The sub
stance was that if the poor woman had
dared to buy a thing on her own ac-
count-simply taking him at his word
that she would have got such blow
ing-up when they got away that only
such man can give. God forgive him.
But this is certainly better than public
insult. Let us have all the charity pos
sible. He is our brother man and none
of us is perfect. Be patient, dear sis
ters, and do right. One wrong is no eX-
cuse for another. Justice and right
eousness will prevail in Gods own
time.-T. b. Terry, in Rural New
Yorker