The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-06-14
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP.
The way Out OF Very t'i.asreeatie s'as

The Way Out OF n Very t'isagreeahte Ssase
OF Affairs.
r However advanced the world may DO
said 20 be, however quickly we may
grasp and ndopt new fads, fancies and
notions, and however much we may
think we have improved upon OLD
times and former usages. there are yet
great many things that arc suscepti-
bic of decided bettermcnt.
Among these the management o.
household affairs stands ont proinl-
ncntlv, especially that phase Of it that
involves the financial understanding
between the husband and the wife.
For great many years II was
thought that women were not c:p Ole
of managing their domestic concerns
1 as far as money matters won't. There
was. TO an extent, some show OF reason
in this idea and in som. Instances
there is yet, but. as o rule, the exls-in0
state OF things is just about as bad as
civilized people are capable OF making
1t. A little analysis of the situation
will readily discover why this is SO.
A man Of moro or less mature years,
who has made or Is making compe-
tence or good living, ,narries young
woman, sometimes scarcely more than
q child. She has bcrnin school almost
all of her life, and has never assumed
any responsibility in money matters
other than to bc expected to make her
| allowance buy candy and other petty
luxuries. If the money were all gone
she went without confectionery and
trinkets until the next time. and 1t
was Just as we'll, perhaps better. This
constituted her limit OF financial ex-
perience. Her bills were paid, her
necessities provided for, incidentals
were looked after, and shortage was
made up Whatever she wanted in ex-
! cess of this shc coaxcd or cried for I'M
| til she got it. or maybe was snlky,
sullcn or diso6liging until the coveted
] article was forthcoming as tue easiest
way out of the unpleasant state OF al
fairs.
Fairly launched upon the sea OF mar
ried life, that condition in WHICH young
people feel at liberty to do AZ they
like, her natural inclinntions. I'M
trained and unguidr.d in the bud,
blossom out into extravaganza ana un-
reasonable demands. apd feeling por-
] feet riQht to call for whatever she de-
sires. trouble comes sometimes sudden:
| ly and without warning. 1t Is safe 20
saw that money matters are RESPONSE"
I bic for moro domestic infolicities than
all other causes combined. The man
! is not long in discovering that his wife
manages badly. and he tightens the
purse-strings Instead of carefully in
structing her in the use OF this neces,
sitv of life, he becomes arbitrary and
! often unreasonable. insisting. in many
| cases, that all articles shall DO bought
on credit and the bills sent to him to
| overlook. $50
I There are few things in the worlt!
more annoying than syst"'naflc es-
pionage of this sort, and the knowl'
! edge that even the most trivial pur-
chase has to be accounted for 1T is
I humiliating and puts the mistress OF
| the house on the level OF an irrespons''
! bic child. How much better it would
be to arrange at the outset some f1xed
4 nsethod in which forbearance on both
sides form an important part Hon
/ orable, straightforward, honest men
+ have very little reasea e fear the
knowledge which their wives K%y
! have of their business. 1t is only when
4 illegitilnate pleasures and indulgences
are to be provided for that there is any
/ occasion for such secrecy.
A woman who is contided in and
trusted will, as rule, feel quite as
I much pride IN and interest for her hus-
| bands prosperity az he himself does,
| and it is almost always possible, when
I business is depressed, for q HGll-!n-
formed woman to curtail expenses and
suit her demands to the eXigencics Of
the situation, But where there is no
understanding or Gspfidence, where
money is literally doled out, and that
too, in the most grudgtng manner, a
feeling of resentment springs up. and
the idea prevails that there must be
Just so much contention anyway in
order to get what's required. Under
If the demands are excessive and infe-
licities follow fast upon one another's
heels.
The money question, more than any
other, is responsible for the reluctance
of women to marry and their ambition
to provide competence for themselves.
IN. S. Stowell, in N. Y. Ledger.
A Wonderful limo Keeping Automatlon.
One of the most wonderful time
keepers known to the horologist was
made in London about hundred years
ago and sent by the president of the
East India company as gift to the
emperor of China. The case was made
in the form of chariot, in WHICH was
seated the figure of woman. This
figure was of pure ivory and gold, and
sat with her right hand resting upon
tiny clock fastened to the side of the
vehicle. A part of the wheels which
kept track of the flight of time were
hidden in the body of tiny bird, which
had seemingly just aiish ted upoR the
lady's finger. Above was q canopy SO
arranged as to conceal silver bell.
This bell was fitted with miniature
hammer Of the same metal, and, al
though it appeared to have no oonnee-
ton with the clock, regularly struck
the hours, and could be made to repeat
by touching diamond button on the
lady's bodice. In the chariot at the
ivory lady's feet there was o golden
firure Of a door and ahOya and in front