The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-15
FOYER MORRISON
OTHER W0MEN'S HUSBANDS.
THEIR sHoRTCoMINGs GO A LONG
WAY TO RECONCILE EACH WIFE.

To Her Own Matrimonial Partner.
Women Are Born Pharisees When
1t Comes to Their Domestic Griev-
ances, and Are Ever Ready TO
Thank God Their Lot Is Not Like
the other Woman's.
New York, July 13.-The greatest waste
OF sympathy in the world is undoubtedly
that pity expended by the public upon
the woman who ie not married as happily
as society considers she should be- Wo-
men are Phartsees when it comes to their
own domestic grievances - Pharisees
thanking Providence in their hearts that
whatever may come to them, they are
a least spared the notifications that fall
to the lot of certain other women they
know.
sewing and make a round of visits in
the neighborhood as I did one morning
recently. Mrs. Jones of the tricky hus-
band was the first one called upon. Her
home was luxuriously and artistically fur
nished; it had the air of material COM
forts; Mrs. Jones greeted me in gor-
geously embroidered kimona. She is a
worldly woman and although the things
she has found out through some lawsuit
in which her husband was proved ras-
cal, have furrowed hard lines of cynicism
and dlstrust in her face, there beams
above and beyond this expression one of
material comfort and Astounding self-sat-
isfaction.
admired the kimona She smiled with
gratified vanity. yes" I think It's a
beauty, Tom bought it for me on his
last trip from Japan"
l think just here Mrs. Jones saw in
my eyes speculation as to what sort of
a underhand business venture had taken
Tom to that country for she said. with
a quick flash of comprehension, IT de
clare-Tom IS the best fellow in the world
to his family, so generous, so consider
ate. He loves me to have handsomor
clothes than any other woman, and as
for bills, he never fuses about them. Did
tell you he has just given Mabel a
diamond necklace?'
No" I replied.
well, he did. You know she has her
coming-out party this winter and she was
crazy for one; diamond necklaces are so
swell for debutantes."
ut is lovely" said, FOR her to have
such generous father"
Yes" agreed Mrs. Jones complacently,
L Tell you a. woman can stand a lot of
shortcomings in a man. She has TO put up
at least with some dreadful fault when
she marrles. but I think l could endure
anything better than selfshness and sting
less. If a man is open-handed and gen
erous TO his family, other things can be
forgiven. They will be human, you
know"
Her hard lips gave cold comprehen-
sive cynical twitch. Then she looked
down at her gllttering rings with smile
of cheerful complacency. rWhy," she
went on, there are some things woman
just can't endure. Look at Mary Smith
next door. Now, IL had a husband like
Fred Smith, I'd have deserted him long
ago. He is what people call high-toned
in way. but don't call il honorable for
a man to live like the lilies of the field
to dress Immediately. and spend every bit
OF the little Income he has on his blessed
self, leaving a wife to struggle and
skimp out an existence any way she can
for herself and a lot OF children. That's
not my idea OF honor"
Nor mine either" agreed. And then,
after a bit OF mere chat, ! betook myself
next door to see what Fred Smiths wife
had to say about II. l found her darning
beside a basket of stockings that must
have seemed as hopeless as the sea did
~ the vessel with the sievA She smiled