The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11
NEW WoMANT BEST WIFE
NOT THE ULTRA WOMAN, BUT
THE BEBF-SUPPORTER.

Able TO share Her HusbRnd's TASTES.
judged dispasslonately according TO desert.
works and conduct, l hold that the new wo-
man-new In the sense OF sell. and hay-
ing compassed q bank account, not In the rant
ing ultra acceptntion-ls better equipped In
those qualities that make for mans happiness
IN the married state than Is her normally con-
ditIoned sister," said n New Yorker with two
married nephews and two married contem-
poraries and their households to Take points
from. 81 know that man has always loved
woman most and best because she was woman
and not man, and that the world has echoed
and re-echoed with Trades against the now
woman, but, for all that, there is something TO
be said In her favor. or. rather. In favor OF the
circumstance and conditions that evolve her.
Ny nephews have married opposite types Of wo-
men. One wife has had business apprentice
ship. been buckled down 70 work and respon-
Sibility for Eve or six years; the other has led
the sheltered. uuknowing life Of q girl In
the average American home. where means
were not stinted. 1 know which OF these boys
has got the best bargain. and when 1 argue In
favor Of the new. the self-made woman, / know
what I'm talking about.
Business rubs the bloom OF q girl. docs I'll"
this to the young fellow he was talking to.
The law student, who had his own notions and
maybe ideals. about women. but who was not
averse to Saining new insight IN the matter.
'Outs In or her d~ellcacy. units her for do
msstio Joys. the hearthstone quiet and all
thati MY dear fellow. that's Just whore you
are mistakOni Business. a knowledge Of the
world. may rub the bloom Oh. "a you say. but 1t
puts q something In the place Of that bloom that
q Ear more lasting and worth having, and as
for her business experience uniting g girl for
tho hearthstone. it's the very thing that makes
her value o home and o husband-provided he
70 o husband In the true sense-more than she
ever could have valued them had she never
had contrast as . gauge OF measurement; and
THAT q woman values, mark me-. she takes care
Of and tries to keep. Her enlightenment. In
stead Of being o drawback. only tntensihes
her appreciation. and I count the man Q lucky
fellow who wins for o helpmeet the woman
whose bump Of common sense has been dOvel-
oped and her ideas set going by contact with
men and things. OH l know it's setting ones
face against the wind to advocate the attrac-
tiops OF the wage-earning yoman, matrimon-
Tally considered. against the ,unknowingnoSs
ena uRS ssI 1Ea6FG1SsS re- he a tTS% a ism slmIme SRSrml
pSriGonS spd am convinced that the girl who
Tor or more 1:Se Book iear ming and %astersS Lessons
ptheE than the regulation studies taught there.
more SiEnSilyT qualified Tor Yifs6ood and viii
Re beu Hil sas 1 9SSsESs SS aBe Ssd sS. e tboSs ys Snd
In. sheltered ,irresponsibility. oil, the rough
winds warded Of. the shoals and makeshitts
and creations OF life kept ~sSdulously away
First and foremost, the woman who has
shoes i Knows as no other " Woman can Know
one who 96 SetS int. sDd hf is2S 81 e tS E OS sFsdP,d hOS u
egEmspss g" 81 "a Sa: :vsnt Ell =! 81 jSss E4 What Slcfsss
satlsfSetic'n IN r this regard rather than enjoy
the %eIOitomept Of f~heetregoing Or company
P PISs 3 Or s gooIRs tie SI Woman 1a DS Who h aST BEEN
lp business knows the value Of money Just az
ehe knows th9 value Of h9nsgt an
climbing. She d. no. at to attempt the stTiv-
O ~ st = great N% deal X The he way y no 81 psrso aad s d
yeniene0 and p~ersonal dignity; Nobody viii
a Hdnss that Sn. ! sh @an the sa PEESSG and S1 psSTiass 1911 St f his
S hO11se mos.1 Is one sb Ssii e Il p9 fSs s Of Tif lei S dSHtty;
ruin. 50 I can safely claim for my iovel-6oaded.
cidevant business woman. who has been
s sSe9sG do IL as' ss sa ! Rlfs y d RS5 ST On h shis
poiiP Nsu :, ~. ,,,,,., =, .omn.n,on,,,n
Tatins It for granted that the, man who mar.
will DO al the better companion for hin be,
life and having boen weAnod way almost un-
ma inconvenience that form The usual bulk
Of women's interest. Gossip. small talk. may
!ntsrG la'' ior a Ipr r as5; o. a GSdpf styl g t n Su aaHe
I 81 sSii; q &: I'd Ts :Rslf i I'M H.. y0 Slr K III SSys SF SssSS
IptonSi1ed ~ . glimpse Of greysr Issues. In
Six year, In business wrestling with facts and
pGuEea. ~gtSnoEraphIo SYMBOLIC, maybe. or
SSSsSi5SFlSS sI FosS sa% tL,T 5i:SIiRsSn' / R5n. f 1S5 ,s E:
fT60 thipgS that are ESSENTIALLY OF wo-
R HSH'I q H DFSsOaRd 'Ri SsSf::st niS Sa hS 80 a 9y i nsssPsss;
Snd meaning that they, never would have had
S eaS sn and g: so SsSa I&iSSS s2 f saRS a P SSse sn3
Favor for her that the woman, who was never
sSESaSd th ant iS Of .a e sGRS s. Gs sSs Esss9P baths f T cah
euFstna duties ina pinlSterinrs 70 tho house
tsnSs,. shS win Ssyots hour q thSaEhs and
ne humdFup or eloquent, Just e you, make
then, S9d r. she n Eii 1DS Ss Ssn as much n a., art h IN I'm
quetIy Or soois, diDlomSoy. Il there lS,a
SSSgw .. ESy q sTdyaE e TIE SemS end In
- she has seen mep ln business discard old
long-Way-round methods and take up now.
Last but not least 4 this buSiness convert
. burden to be stood as best " can. or as a
6Sndiwork. but as q little wonder. GWesome,
important delight:imParting. Sonething to be
subjected TO the touchstope Of thought and
you think. young mar, that I have, pictured
o very tiresome. t0o-in-earnest kind of per-
son. and that those very little ~tnRnities that
non-initiAtion. nOn-understandlng, and, not
properly estimating Of things that my bust
ness apprentice would have outgrown, and that
are eonspieuops IL the Normal woman: con;
that they make up q sort OF unlikeness to
himself. which, while he may make fun OF il.
most delights him.. You win say that q wife
who stands up square on q level with her hus-
band tso far as she can reach 10 adorable and
more dear in the romantic sense than II she
gtood a little way of, a little aloof, not see
ing with his eyes. not knowing as no knows.
Wrapt In an elusive element OF femlninity. =
We'll. you may be right, theoretically speak