Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-01-31

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mentality, the wholesome simplicity
and the determined ambition of Mr..
HarmSMorth.
wv hen we were married, we began
at the beginning. | shall always be
grateful for that. The girl who mar
rles man after he has attained wealth
and fame loses the very best part of it.
From the time was old enough to
realize hoped it might be my let to be
part of my husbands success. l be-
lieve that wish has been fulfilled. At
least he says so. In the beginning we
lad not much except hopes and ambi-
ton. But they We're the same hopes
and ambitions, and we worked toward
them together. We We're happily mated.
Our tastes We're similar, and we had
taken the pains to discover the affinity
in our dispositions before marriage.
MIR. Harmsworth was inclined to be
moody-most men are-and | was ver-
satlle. At times he was all business.
his head and heart filled with schemes
and projects, and | was all business
too. listened to the schemes and prof.
ects as they were unfolded to me-
saw them from woman's point of
view and criticised them accordingly,
which Mr.. Harmsworth could not do,
and so it was help.
''At other times he was wearied of
business. A word of it would have ir-
ritated him. Then | was wearied of
business too. He wanted music; we
went to the opera. Or green fields; we
drove into the country. He longed to
angle for trout; we followed the
stream. Or he wanted to get out of
England anyway, so we travelled bit.
with sure relapse of the business fe-
yer, and home we came and glad Of 1t.
Every woman ought to fit herself
for matrimony and get married, for if
she doesn't some worthy man may
miss being great through the want of
her influence. Now, don't mean by
that" said Mrs. Harmsworth smiling.
that mans genius is his wife. Con-
corning the vital. fundamental quail
| ties which make his success. he must
| possess them. and he succeeds entirely
on his own merits. Sometimes gen
luS lacks courage, sometimes he lacks
faith in himself. sometimes he is so diff
tident the world never hears of him,
and sometimes he is so bold and frank
the time is ripe.
IVY lille a man may possess all the
elements of greatness in himself, he
needs a wife. for it is in the nature Of
things that nothing in itself should be
complete or perfect. \ great mill may
be perfectly constructed, but it needs
the pressure of the water before it
turns out work. An ocean liner is u
wonderful piece of construction. We
| know that it is as nearly perfect as Il
vessel can be. that all the parts are
there. accurately weighed. measured
and fitted. but it doesn't begin to break
records until the fuel is piled on. And
when it gets to shallow water, when
there's rocky basin or harbor lined
with mines. it's perfectly helpless with
out the little bit of pilot boat that
IL ONcI IOchS anu liCllu
ly avoids the explosives.
"A woman may be any one of these
necessary adjuncts in mans life. For
my own part | have endeavored to be
an unceaSinS encouragement to my
| husband and any sort of commentary
adjunct he needed at the time. could
never have edited his papers. could
hnv yitt
none of the qualifications for a genius.
| am not clever | would have to be
American for that But | can keep
| house in the best sense that hOuSekeep-
ing means, and you would have to be
| English for that. mean the sense that
covers everything in the keeping of
home. from sutiiciency of logs for the
open fires. which you deprecate here.
and Il complete stock for the Harder to
the filling of the rose bowls. the service
of the wines. the flooding OF the sun
| shine into every room from wing to
wing and the atmosphere of home tina,
is so strong in our English houses
England is country Of homes, you
know. and every one who can afford it
keeps Il country place. where life can
come so much nearer to the ideal"
And yours? is in Surrey-Sutton
Place. It's one of the oldest places i'll
England, having been built in the early
part of the sixteenth century. | al
ways love to get to it and regret to
leave it. Its gardens and conservato-
res are beautiful I'm great garden
err Won know don't inst die and
plant. but I'msreally the head gardener
at Sutton Place. and I've studied holti-
culture as an art" And honsekeep-
ing" Not as an art. but real pro-
fesson. Next to the study of human
nature-a particular male human ma
ture. | Notwithstanding is the best
paying profession wife can follow"