The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03


not interfere" And who'll do the
watering? They'll need a deal of care"
continued the woman, looking sulky.
why, l want to do that myself, of
course; it is so delightful to work over
plants" rejoined the other, but as
Mary loves flowers so, perhaps I'll let
her do it sometimes" You'd better
iet me attend to that" says cook hast
lily, Jealous of Mary's privileges. I'm
not saying that I mind the flowers.
used to grow them myself in the old
country" And from that time on the
Mowers were her especial care, and
grew and flourished more satisfactor-
lily.
Wives of great men. says the New
York Herald, all remind us: To live is
10 see. 10 see is to judge. To judge. to
take Things at their face value.
Fielding, the novelist, married a
maid servant.
Sir Thomas Mores wife scolded him
on the eve of his execution.
Hazlitt's wife cared nothing for his
ability. Her temper was an intensity.
and the tragedy OF the unsympathetic
played itself to the bitter end.
| Milton had troubles with both of his
wives. Nor was his the monopoly of
the martyrdom.
Moliere, at the age of 40, married an
actress aged II summers. She ran
away, and it showed and covered her
tracks.
Coleridge left his wife and children
without apology or farewell and never
would see them again.
Napoleon conquered the world, mate
rial. But he often swore at Josephine
Ia woman who was once his wife), and
when she cried said Hush; it makes
your nose red" But he was a great
man.
Catherine II. of Russia had her hus-
| band assassinated, and. from his death
to her own ruled alone-very much
alone.
Shelley married an innkeepers
daughter. 1t was problem in enequal-
| ity, with a demonstration in the dis
! aster which followed. He left her
| She committed suicide. But they did
not hang the man.
Alexander the Great was accustomed
| to beat his wives with the fiat of his
sword whenever they talked back" to
him. This was a custom peculiar to
him, as old records show that the
swords in the hand of a gentleman
was used to protect the gentler sex.
Ben Jonson's wife went to the inn
| after him if he stayed too long and
brought him home, tongue flashing him
all the way. And you all know Ben
Jonson.
BoswelPs "Uxoriana" is collection
of his wife's sayings to him, which do
no little credit to her as a scold.
| Cervantes drew picture of his own
wife in the Mistress Housekeeper for
| the Devil" whom Sancho Panza (not
! also spelled "Heartease') abused so
| bitterly.
Richard Wagner's first matrimonial
venture was a pathetic sonata, the
fra cradxy nf 10 t1b El1tf ha
| realization, which is ever the bitter
| of the inadequateness was spared him
| until after the mistake had been hap
| PLY rectified in mating with a con-
! genial understanding. To this second
wife, who impressed upon him what
he had gained in the second instead
of lost in the first, he owed debt of
gratitude which speaks to the seeing
in his latter works.
Robert Schumann fell in love with
the daughter of his piano teacher. The
inspiration she gave him was the
worlds gain. When the irate father
refused a union with the daughter
"Davidsbundler" "Kreisierana" and
"Noveletten' were given to the World
eted became his. So much for adver-
sity.
Robert Browning understood his wife
and his wife understood him. They both
accomplished. What of the signifi-
Eacance?
George Washington had wife who
knew how to courtesy. And he sat in
the presidential chair in peace: This
was before a vestibule was added to
the White House.
Bach married on s35 a year and
wrote immortal music. This was before
automobiles.
"And they call this the age of femi-
nine Independence" said the self-sup-
porting young woman, to representa-
tive of the New York Times. But
don't let any one believe it, Women
never were intended to be independent
and there will never be time when
they will be, unless this world is made
over on another basis. Oh. yes, L
used to believe it all. but I don't now.
Try your independence this summer va
cation season and see how it will work.
OF course women can travel around
alone with tolerable comfort, but they
have to use the greatest amount of
discretion to keep the world at large
of the opinion that they are what they
are and what they wish to appear.
That is while travelling. But stay at
some place for two or three weeks
where there are nice people whom one
would be glad to know, and see what
happens. If she does not arrive armed
with introductions there are nine
chances out of ten that not one of the
nice people will more than speak to
ner of the happy independence. That
is, II she is a halfway decent looking
sort of a woman. If she is so old
or ugly that no man would possibly
think of her twice, though bearing the
outward and visible signs of being a
gentlewoman, she may be recognized.
Otherwise every one will stand aloof.
mo one need worry for fear the wo-
men will get over the marrying habit
because of their business interests.
continued the same pessimistic young
woman "I know any number of girls
who are on the road to taking up with
the crooked stick because they once
dreamed of the possibility of the beau
tiful independence of women of which
neople talk so wildly. Women never
can get on in business as well as men
because they can't get the home idea
out of their heads. They always have
little homes wherever they are. They
buy pretty dishes. have plants and a
cat, darn their own stockings, wash
their own gloves, and make their own
shirtw aists. It is only the most affiu-
ent, and there are mighty few of those,
who reach a position where they can
have a maid to look after them. Now
YOU can't do business and care for cats
and plants, make shirtwafsts and cook
nice little teas and wash the dishes
afterward. Something suffers, and ii
is usually the woman after a few
wears. Then she realizes that she has
an unhappy middle age before her, she
can't get along without her cats and
NV dfGhos and her stocking darning,