The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-11
WOMAN'S
WORLD.

on the subject that marriage should be
a partnership, Mrs. Amelia Bougham
says:
Thine" and urine" should be strick-
en- from the vocabulary of husband and
wife. The words should never enter
into q discussion of the transactions
conducted by the corporation in which
they are the sole stockholders. ours"
should be the name under which are
deposited the joint earnings. 1t mat
tiers not whether the feminine partner
of the firm contributes wages earned in
the business field or savings gained
through the application of strict econo-
my in the conducting of the household.
This rule need not be applicable only
to material possessions. Fame, in fact,
success of any description that might
came to either after marriage, should
not be considered a separate earning.
A man and a woman in perfect accord
of aims would naturally strive together
for the prize.
When won it would belong equally
to both. Marriage is presumably for
mutual good. If there be any differ
entiation of possessions the matrimon-
for it places either the man or the
woman in the position of a ''suppli-
can't" rather than "sharer."
There are wives who retain exclusive
rights to the profits accruing from the
exercise of their business talents. But
it amounts to the same thing in the
end, for no true helpmeet would refuse
to come to the aid of husband tenn
porarily or permanently incapacitated,
especially when he has placed no OBJ
stacle in the path of her quest after
individual success. No loving man
does.
Much is said about mans aversion to
be known as the husband of Mrs. So
and-so." If he loves her devotedly he
glories in her triumph. A wifes success
as a wage-earner does not rob her of
the desire to seek the protecting care
of her husband. 1t simply gives her
the JOY in her heart of knowing that
no matter what i'll may come the firm
can meet its liabilities with its earn
ings.
Personally, I cannot conceive of
woman voluntarily continuing the
drudgery of service behind counter
or in a counting house in minor ca
pacities If her husband be in position
to provide for her a comfortable,
though modest, home. I can under
stand, however, the reluctance with
which a woman would sever her con-
nection with an establishment of which
she was the owner or vital factor.
But the mere unnecessary pursuit of
dollars to gain additional luxury should
not interfere with the care of her home
and the rearing of her children. Those
two occupations should suffice. If she
be childless her talents should be eXer-
cised in the main avenues of charity.
1t seems hard to believe that a wo-
man is as strongly impelled along the
lines of money getting as those of art.
Then an artistic vocation is different
in its demands upon her time. Writ
ing, painting, singing, acting gives its
exponent the leisure to give attention
to the supervision of her household.
If the artist assume the responsibility
of maternity, then she should be pre-
pared to make sacrifice as readily as
the follower of material pursuits. Fame,
as a heritage, can no more compensate
for the childs loss of a mothers COM
partnership than can wealth lavished by
the business-woman upon paid instruc-
tors atone for the proper parental
training. Mothers as wage earners
should be a condition produced only
by the sternest necessity.
Every young girl should learn 10
work. Better be inspired by the ambi-
ton to adorn themselves than be
drones. But the results of her toll,
if she elect to labor outside of the
home, should not be diverted to her
exclusive enjoyment. Parents would
do well to insist upon their contribu-
ton to the home treasury, that the
children may learn the proper appreci-
alton of a dollars value.
II their assistance is happily not an
essential, the money can be set aside
as a fund, giving it's compiler to COM
prehend clearly that 1t is for a rany
day-not to be used as a protector from
an annoying shower, but as a relief
from q steady downpour. o, the vir-
tue of savingi If IL be but dollar a
week, or even lesser fraction.
We hear much about a business wo-
man lacking the requirements of good
wife. That is the veriest nonsense. 1t
is the wage-earner whose salary has
meant only over-indulgence in ribbons.
feathers and fripperies who fails to
comprehend the true value of wages.
What life companion to be more de-
sired than the woman, who, in her
struggle with the world, has learned
prudence, who, in the husbands deep
est difficulties, can give him advice
based on knowledge.
Good-natured May Irwin, says the
New York Times, is excessively fond
of children. 1t was therefore no sur
prise to the elevator man in one of the
tall office buildings, where the actress
has business frequently, when the lady
looked with deep affection upon the
form of a boy OF ~ CARRIED I'm clothes
that had the cut OF those OF a man.
Finally Miss Irwin, beaming down up
on the diminutive form, said to the ell
evator man:
isn't he Interestingly"
THE interesting" little boy turned
up to her a countenance that the years
hadn't touched lightly.
Madam" he said slowly, III you
please, 1 am forty"
The actress stammered in confusion:
but really, you are interesting"
Then the two walked up Broadway
together. In the dwarf Miss Irwin
recognized Osman Sardon, one of the
best-known Liliputians on the vaude-
vile circuit. That was how the ac-
quaintance OF the actress, who is GER
tainly nothing of Liliputian, and the
dwarf began.
The wise and facetious Minister WI
Ting Fang, says the Philadelphia
Times, made his appearance in a new
role the other evening at a large gath
ering where both ladies and gentlemen