The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-08
uEY BUSINESS WOMEN
MAKE GOOD WIVES

n rs business women one considers
Il If the middle classes who for
-. reason have had to earn their
nm living. the question, DO business
y.or,en make good wives % may be an
-rored I'm the affirmative.
1rhera are many good reasons for this,
,caording 10 a writer for the Family
Herald.
sb,olute need of punctualify. She has
learned that it is necessary for business
Ionic To go by certain train in Or
5er that the office may be reached by
The nroper time and she also knows,
norbaps by hard experience, the need
5r1eayins the breakfast table still hum
cry so that the train shall be caught.
therefore she has also learned that the
fev minutes which to the girl who
etavs at home all day mean but a little
evtra self-indulgence mean to her, the
business woman, selt-denial which
ouicklv makes itself felt, and she will,
when married, make point or being
nm early enough, to send the bread
winner off in good time for the train
and VET give him sufficient leisure for
his breakfast and for glance at the
paper
learned to earn money and TO spend
n 10 the best advantage. She has
learned to save for coming necessities
ord nerhaps. out of the little she has
N nor own disposal, even to pay her
Tremi,Inl toward an "old age pension
for herself. she viii be able to guard
against the fascination OF sales through
tbo ,uaful remembrance of times when
she gave way to the delight of bargain
bu.-ing and purchased several things
@rbean with the result that season
.icl,et'' ppriod came round all too soon,
aps lunches had ia be brought, down to
mo cake and tea" point. with the ac-
,omp2nving attack of Indigestion.
she has learned to be spoken 10
sbarnlr and perhaps unjUstly. without
.oinr into sulks or giving way 10 tears
both OF which luXuries the business
woman soon lears to do without.
she has learned to sympatliZe with
the tired feeling in the evening that
NAV even prevent the husband wish
Ing to keep his word and take her 10
the concert or theater; on such occa-
sions ike the wise woman she Is, she
win 3u1 aside her own feeling Of dis
}pnointment with quick remembrance
Of old times when she came home feel
nC too tired for anything" and, in
stead pf looking injured. viii mako
hucs cosy and quiet. thereby earning
he gratitude Of her better half" VII"
has been dreading to be reminded o.
the treat he had promised.
She has learned what it is to feel |
al times as if life is not worth living, |
and good temper is g thing Of no value
and she win not feel inclined to go !
o,F t.-T -t-1, I'D VIII :
nearly snaps her head off for nothing.
She is much more likely to retain |
her servant than her sister who stays /
at home for the simple reason that she |
will allow her more latitude in the /
matter Of evenings out" while max /
in gher feel that the work must be |
done ard done well
1t is often supposed that the bust
hess woman cannot cook. Men see hel
IN the morning starting by train. meet
her in the evening returning. and be-
cause she is reading a book many
Logical men are fully convinced that
she would be OF small value as a wife.
They arc wrong in the majority OF
cases, Nearly every business woman I
can c0OE-and cook we'll; in fact nj
many families where the women go
cut to business they take it in turns
10 DO the cooking on Sundays. the only
day they have 1T their own disposal.
and the verdict Of the brothers-most
critical Of all eritics-and brothers
friends would astonish the logical
mon
With an respect to the women who
lave not to FACE the ordeal-for To
many women going out to business Is
% ordeal-it must be maintained that :
business women often make the very
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