Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-10
THE FAMILY PURSE.
Why Women Are Entitled to IA Part of IT.
Contents as "a Right

Why Women Are Entitled to "A Fart OF its
Contents as Right.
In the want Of proper understanding be-
tween a husband and his wife concerning
pecuniary matters lies source OF lrcolon'
Where the management and labor of wife
count as nothing she is conscious OF IN
Justice and wrong "My dear" said an
eminent phlanthropist TO his wife one day
as he suddenly burst into the sittingroom,
~ have been counting the windows in our
house and find there are forty. II Just
occurs TO me that you have 10 keep these
forty windows clean, or supcrlntend tho
process, and that is not the beginning Oh
your work All these rooms have 10 DE
swept and garnished, the carpets made and
cleaned, the house linen prepared and kept
in order, besides the cooking 20 be done,
and l took it all as a matter OF course
lust begin to see what woman's work IS,
even when she has help, which you arc not
always able to procure, You ought 20 re
ceive monthly stipend as housekecper
would. Why haven't you made me see II
| beforel have not been just 10 you While
! have been generous TO others"
The wife, who told this in after years, sal
down with her husband and for the trs'
time since her marriage opened her hear'
freely on the topic Of woman s anowgnce
| 6lG tOnlthStu " HdNllE lA'tA A''''tF - 90
rowful hour at her position as begHar. Al
the head of a largo household in IA western
town where domestic service was both
scant and incompetent she had hardly been
trusted with Is at time during thclI
united lives.
"Robert and talked 1t over" she said
"and decided that the woman who takes
care of any household article, like carpet
| for instance from the time IL is first made
| till 1t Is worn out has expended upon ly an
| amount Of time and strength fully equal u
the labor that made it, counting from th'
shearing Of the wool TIL IN comes from tn,
loom. II may be unskIlled work, but IL h
work all the same And this is only ont
small item in her housekeeping labor
Does not she deserve some payment be
sides her board and clothingi
"Robert saw woman's work in a new
light. From that time until to-day he has
placed q generous share Of hls income b.
| my hands, not as GIT but as right. AnC
he knows that wIu no more friLter it away
than he will. If / choose 10 deny myself
something / need and bcstow its cobt IL
| charity or buy some books 1 crave, he n'
more thinks Of chiding me than think o
chiding him for spending his money as h'
! likes, says GOOd- HDtEekecpttJ,
| dhefe are OlutI Ipu'INa Who HhFt 1't v
learn this lesson Of Justice, aud they are
found in every walk Of Ale. hAye known
rich men who were ready 10 buy silks, vol
yets and diamonds for their wives, some
times far beyond what were desired ye
who grudglngly do.cd out Ave dollars at
| tin when appealed to for money rhi
reason given Is that 10 may boz s.ont ioDlsh
ly. II any thing wil pi9i,ag DabyhDol in
10 maturity l. 10 such treatment ARans
y woman's nature rises in reDeAlous ia
1iRnati0n. Thoughts II bitterness ranh'
in the wounded heart, and there are HlsA'y
hooking, lippant creatures made 81 boy jus
this want Of trust on the part Of their hue
banda. The gravest and most elusive
faults ara alw.ys found anH" d.H@De s
| ella. es.