Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-05-03
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
WORKING GIRLS MAKE THE BEST
WIVES.
fhey Are Usually the Rest Help
meets and Are Economical-Trnv-
cling Gowns-A Combination Gar
ment-A New Spring Costume.

Nv DeSI anu ndppleSt wire In InlS
and the next generation is and will be
the self-supporting orna 1t is so
evident that argument and proofs seem
supertiuous. From a severely practical
standpoint, a woman who has made her
living, knows the value OF money,
has had experience In making 1t go as
far as possible, has sown all the wild
oats Of small e~Xtravagances and subse-
quent scrimping that make trouble in
many new homes, says Donahoe's Mag
azine A dollar to her represents so
many hours work, not a few coaxing
words addressed to papa. She knows
what kind of home it is pleasant to
come to after a firing days work, and
what sort Of breakfast is the best
foundation for eight hours toll.
She has been used for so long to look
after herself that it is almost heaven to
have some one ask If she had her rub
bers ON this morning, and the trihing
attention will be repaid by a devotion
to socks and buttons which the maScu-
line mind will enjoy while it may not
entirely understand.
No matter how plucky and successful
she has been, the self-supporting woman
has been for years very tired, mentally
and physically, with the weight Of re-
spOnsibility she has carried. If one
week has been brought to a close sue
cessfully, in comparative comfort, and
with no debt incurred, she can only
draw a very short breath before the
next n commences. 1t may be very
selfish, but isn't it delicious to feel that
some one else, whose shoulders are
stronger, has taken this wearing bur-
den from you, and carries it easily,
too?
What can be more delightful, after
years of rushing down town immedi-
ately after breakfast, or shutting ones
self up in a study or office early in the
morning, than to draw a comfortable,
happy breath at the table, and then set
about domestic duties? The sheltered
feeling is indescribable, and one that
cannot be appreciated by any woman
who has not fought her own battles.
Men, as a general thing, are good
natured and pleasant enough to women
whom they meet In a business way;
bat however kind they may be, the
woman never can feel that she is at her
best outside of her home.
Do you think a self-reliant, plucky
bread-winner, who Is after all the more
a woman for all her brave march
abreast with men, is going to toss her
head and give utterance to the hack
neyed statement about not giving up
her liberty for the best man living, and
is there anything particularly desirable
in the liberty which consists III work
Ing day after day for food and clothes
and q place to sleep, barely gained by
wages which will be lost the moment
some one else Is willing to do the same
work for less money?
This applies to every wage-earning
woman, from the girl who spends her
weary days behind the counter, to the
successful brain-worker, who is more
envied because less understood than
any of the women who eat their own
bread.
Just that ability which makes them
successful in their various lines will
make them excellent homemakers, for
that takes ability Of no mean order.
OF course, there are women specially
gifted in one line, and those whose tai.
ents are greater in another, but in gen.
eral it will be found that q woman who
is Of no use to herself is not wanted
by any one else, and the woma whose
employers really don't know what we
shall do now, that foolish Miss Smith
has made up her mind to marry young
Jones'" will make a better wife for that
young man than her sister who was
brought up at home.