The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08
WOMAN'S WORLD

II is a mans own fault if his wife
Is nor a companion. OF course, to be-
SIN with, ne must have married the
IIsnt sort or woman. If he chooses
doll weman, he hasn't any right to
complain II her head is stuffed with
saMu9st instead of brains, but if he
picked out a fairly-inteIligent woman
II is up to him to develop her along
the line in which he is interested. F,v7
cry woman is fiattered to death by
man talking to her as if she were mis-
equal and there is not one wife in
million who will not abandon the
Duchess and Marie Corelli for Oar
WIN and Macterlinck, if her husband
VIII make her his companion in bis
scientific and philosophical reading or
VINO Will not take a burning heart
interest in the price of salt goldfish ar
COTTON FUTURES, If her husband will dis
cuss his business with her. II is he
cause men leave their wives so com
pletely out of their real interests in
NE mat so few women are compan-
ions to their husbands. The only sub
jects that the average couple seem ~ ~
have in common are the children ana
the pllls. Hence the prevalence of the
domestic spat because either subiac+
aHords sufficient provocation for a
shindy -'4
1t is also true that every man NAV
eeaSH MS WIRE the value of money.
eng eng merely avoid the quicksands of
Feminine extravaganza in which 50
many promising careers have gone
ooWn. Except in rare cases, before a
sIIl marrles she has never handled
any money. Everything she has had
mas been given her, and she knows
absolutely nothing of the purchasing
power OF dollar 1t is the young hus7
pdHo DUTY to teach her this. and
do.
l'dtiolS or their finances. A man is
a churl who is niggardly to his wife
put ne is coward if he allows her
10 run him in debt. Women have
horror OF owing money, and if their
husbands would frankly explain TO
then just what they can afford to have
ana give that freely, no matter how
ltlle IL Is, few women would ever
complain. The man who does not do
this, and who does not make his wife
partner in his business as well as
ms nome, makes a fatal mistake. He
mas TO combat extravaganza that he
might have turned into thrift; inefi-
cheney that might have been his great
est help, and he has always a mill
stone about his neck dragging him
down, instead of a helping hand push-
ing him up the ladder. Women are
nearly all good f1nanciers when thew
get the chance, and it is a wonder of
wonders that men so seldom take adj
vantage OF this talent that is rusting
at their own f1reside.
AS for a woman being a good house
keeper, a man has simply the right to
demand that of his wife. Mean bread
ought to be the first cause for divorce,
and muddy coffee offers sufficient
grounds for separation and alimony
In these days of good cook books,
there is no possible excuse for a wom-
an who has even rudimentary intelli-
gence setting her husband down to a
meal that is not properly cooked and
served, and he should refuse to be made
the victim of her laziness and incom-
petence. In this respect there is moth
ing like getting off on the right foot,
and I would most earnestly recon-
mend to any young bridegroom that
he start out with a high standard of
housekeeping, and require his wife to
live up to their bridal presents. If
she won't do this, if she has not love
enough to make her anxious to make
her husband comfortable, if she has
no pride in wanting to do her work
well, If she has no sense of duty to
make her want to fulfill her part of
the marriage contract, l should send
her back home, and sue her mother
for having palmed off inferior goods
under false representation.
lldSIluCu DIS tIldlTliuOuy is the pre-
destined career of the majority of
women it is a crime that they are
not trained at least in the elementary
knowledge of how to be a good wife,
but men have one comfort. Woman is
wax where she loves, and the hand
of the man she adores can shape her
into anything he pleases. If he estab-
fishes high standards for her, she will
measure up to them. If he holds her
to the best that is in her, she will
give it to him. If he demands of
her thrift and industry, she will even
become a Russell Sage in petticoats.
In word, if every man does not get
a good wife, it is because he lacked
the strength, the wisdom and the skill
to clip and prune and train the cling
ing vine that festoons about him into
the shape that he admires.
One word of warning must be given,
though, to the young man that is
starting out to train his wife. Re
member that women are kittle cattle
to deal with, and that although they
may be led, they can never be driven.