The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-16
WOMAN WITH MONEY
Mr. Fryatt Married and Hasn't
Done Anything Since
BUT WISH He HADN'T
AWfuIest Case of HenpeCked
Husband on Record.

New York, June 15.-There is a hen
pecked husband in fact who discounts all
the henpecked husbands in fiction. There
was never another such henpecked man in
all the history Of the courts
Judge Almet jerks, OF the Supreme
Court of Brooklyn, says so, and he has
weighed and adjusted the woes of many
an unhappy man.
This most henpecked husband in Amer
lea is Edward K. Fryatt. He is not APP
parently a surly person. He looks as
though his chief joy in life is in being 'let
alone" That is d Jolly which his wife has
never permitted.
Last week Mrs. Fryatt's suit for separa-
ton. alimony and costs came to an abrupt
end. Judge jerks brought it to an end by
his laconic decision: Motion denied with
out COSTS Evidently the Juds<s SYM
pathes were overwhelmingly with the
henpecked husband
Men who read the henpecked husbands
statement will not be surprised at Edward
King Fryatt's statement that he doesn't
want 10 go back home" Here is the
statement:
Most Of my troubles has been about
money matters Ny wife did not take
into consideration that had never been
trained to any trade, profession or bust
ness. Being without these made it very
difficult for me TO get study work. I al
ways did the best I could. When didn't
have employment I helped her in the
Homework. She was always EDITORIAL She
90 that from her fater's family. never
could please her, no matter what I did,
and now I've give up trying. I never was
cruel to her. 1t was the other way. She
didn't hesitate to throw things at me when
she was angry, although she was well
trained and knew 1t was Unladylike to act
so. She had a little legacy, and was al
ways taunting me with it. 1t is bad
thing for a man to marry a woman with
money. If She has only five dollars when
he marrieS her she's likely to throw it up
to him the rest of his life. Our troubles
were mostly about money matters, but
some were about the piano. I love music.
I think if I had had a musical education I
might have had a profession and avoided
a good deal of this. There are two lessons
to be drawn from my troubles. When a
man marries he should put it in the con-
tract that ne Is not to be henpecked. He
should marry a girl who has no money and
never viii have any. A woman may be
good mother whether she is a good wife or
not. Nine is.
MY wife never allowed me to have
company.
IF any one called on me she treated him
rudely. She told him to not dare to come
around the house without permission from
the boss, she being the boss,
when she found a friend IN the parlor
with me she carried the lamp out and left
Us in darkness,
when the same friend stayed all night
she let hime sleep on the sofa without any
covering.
'she made me sweep all the downstairs
rooms and the sidewalk before breakfast.
"She made me wash all the dishes and
make the beds when We wera without help,
and sometimes when we had it.
''She would not take music lessons from
a lady in the daytime, but would from
man in the evening.
"She said was crazy, and threatened
to send me to an asylum.
"She would not let my relatives come to
the house. but always had it full Of hers.
she found fault if I sat in the parlor
and ordered me TO go to the Kitchen She
said that was the place for me.
"She caused her father and brother to
lecture me.
''She and they drew up what the called
rules Of conduct for me. There were f1f-
teen rules They all had to do with what I
should do with some money left me by
relative who had died
"She scolded from morning till night
when she did speak, and when she didn't
she wouldn't for days or weeks.
'She often turned me out Of doors. Once
I did not go home for six months.
Sometimes she struck me.
IN consequence Of all this my health is
POOR and my nervous system is shatter-
ed"
Mr.. Fryatt lis q mild featured man. His
manners are as mild as his face. He
speaks N light, upper chest tones that
hint at iuCipIent consumption. He crosses
his hands famnirely in his lap when he
talks. He affects rocking chairs. He IS
very slim and he Stops ungracefUlly. lie
IS a very tired and respondent man.
lie is living with his sister, Miss Frances
T. Frya,t, the editor of the Ladies World.
Mss Fyatt Is a progressive woman. She
is a member Of the Audubon Society AID
believes IN wom3n's rights Il is not
known whether she approves of them to
the extent that her sister-jn-laU p~actisas
them. Presumably nos. for she mas given