The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-15
MERELY As INVESTMENT.
How Marriage Has Been Made to
Pay Big Dividends to Ger
tain Men.
Some Wives Who Are Fully
Worthy Of the Name
They Bear.
Women who Have Been of Inestimable
Help to Their HuAbands-H History
Full OF Them.

There has been hystsrical and protracte
discussion Of marriage - q failure. posi-
mistic agitation Of marriage a. = luxury
and poetic description of marriage ~ n
ideal state of e~sotsric b~lessedness; but ha
has anyone considered marriage in tn
light Of an investment to the young maj
ambitious for place in the literary. social o
political world. says the New York Sun.
There 10 In New York 4 busy physicia,
whose wife, colleas-bred and clever. keep
him informed on all the current literature
Of the day. fiction. scientific articles ant
medical discoveries by reading them her,
self and giving to him their leading fea'
lures during their afternoon drive-the
drive which would in itself be impossible
but for her skill in accomplishing for him
the work that otherwise he would be
obliged to stay at home and attend "a
himself.
And every good man who ~rsjoices in the
possession of = good wife and isn't too con-
ceited to acknowledge the truth. knows OF
1000 ways in which his wife has been instru-
mental to his success and one Of the best
investments he ever made. even if she has
little ways Of her own, If she makes him
wait half an hour after he is all ready while
che pins her veil and puts the last little dab
of powder on her nose; even if she
does get her dear little feelings hurt
over things no doesn't understand. and,
when she gets over il, insists on forGivin0
him for something he knows he hasn't done.
even il she does think that the Declaration
of Independence and the book OF discipline
Of the church to which she belongs puts
her in possession Of oil tho top drawer and
more than all tho closet hooks, the privi-
leRe of reading his old love letters and be-
ing jealous and unhappy for 4 week after
ward. and the right to make him wheel the
baby cart and carry knobby bundles that
she has done up herself and fastened with
pin.
To the influence, the wealth, and the
nsver-failing interest of his wife. tho great
premier who made the queen OF England
empress of India acknowledged that his
political success was largely due. a an
impairment questioner who asked him
older than himself" was answered by Mr..
Disrasli with, IA feeling unknown to your
naturs-that OF gratitude" Very sasily dis
turbed was this great man by any diverting
incident occurring before hs delivered a
speech in the house, and it 10 said that
his wife. who always accompanied him
whom be spoke, rode tho entire distance
from her home to the house Of parliament
With. her fingers caught beneath the cnr-
riaQe window rather than put to flight his
carefully prepared periods by telling him OF
the crushed and aching members. Very
pleasant it 10 to read Gladstone's tribute to
the wife who il the closest friend. the best
adviser and the seversst critic of the grand
old man, where he says: N words that |
could use would ever suffice to express the
debt I owe her in relation to all the offices
she has discharged on my behalf, anu OH
the behalf of those b are nearest and
dearest to me; not only is she the dearest of
companions, but the most devoted of help |
meets, but for whose self-consecration to
the service of her husband and her children
my " public works must have been ser
iously fetteted and hindered." Over all
the domestic comfort of the household she
exercises untiring watchfulness. feeling
as we'll as to her wi happiness.
to preserve the health and prolong
the life of the amous statesman. A
bright, entertaining conversatlonsllst, it il
in her CHEEKY oompanlonshlp that he seeks
rest and forRetfulness from tho cares of
state. Whenever he makes a great speech
she is present TO share his triumph, and
when the speech is over, she it is who wraps
him in warm garments and brings him hot
tea, in loving, wifely ministratlon, which
has never failed since the then beautiful
Catherine Glynne. more than fifty years
ago, Joined hands with his at the altar.
And Nine. Carnot, wife of the French
president, who acts as secretary to her hus-
band, has the care of his private eorrespon-
dence, and during his absence takes bis
place and transacts all current affairs with
q perfect knowledge of business routine.
- Ah,o ahn 4-,-
the care of overlooking the menus for her
household, designating tho apartments to
be occupied by her guests and the general
supervision of all domestic details. She
frequently expresses her regret at not being
able to explore the beautiful neiRhborhood
Of Fc~ntainebleau because she has no time
for walks and excursions.
And we all know the devotion Of the wife
OF our own Chauncey to her husband and
children. Until she took charge of his
private correspondence. it seemed impossi-
BILE for the popular after-dinner speaker
not to have accepted two or three invita-
tions for the same evening through his sec
~retaries, or to make more than one appoint
ment for the same hour at widely separated
places. In addition to this. she super vises
the education of the little son and Of her
two nieces. speaking French with them at
breakfast, German at luncheon. and Eng
lish at dinner, to which she frequently for
mally invites and makes the appointment
for the Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew to dine
with her. These appointments he rel
giously fulflls.
Everyone knows Of Lady Randolph
Chur chi!l's Identification with her hps-
bands interests and ambitions, of the de-
votion Of her exceptional abilities to his
service, and of her corporation in his sue
cess.
Among the wives OF wealthy men it is in
deed refreshing to hear in these days of
f~rivolity and pessimism, of the magnificent
contributions to charity and educational
advancement made under the supervision
of Mrs. Leland Stanford. The school es-
tablishsd in memory of this woman's only
son, through the generosity OF her hus-
band, has been her constant care through
out the process of its construc-
tion,' and to it has been cont.ib-
uted from her private purse a mu-
scum 10 contain the works Of art and
curios collected by the son during his for
eiGu travels. The chiidren's hospital IN