The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-11

day bordering how to manage to get
more money. He bought the evening pa
per and started home with just ten
cents in his pocket, while in his mind.
ran many thoughts of how to manage 1t
TO ask for more
..Ill ask for some tomorrow, he plan
ned. but mornig came and he was so
delighted he could rot ask for any more
money. so he left without it, On his way
he met his old friend and chum. Mr..
Robins. who noticed the great change in
Mr.. werley, and greeted him with, Say,
old boy, what is the matter with your
We'll, Charley, / must confess that
my wife carries the pocketbook-
What, You don't mean to say that
you let your wife lead you like that,
WHIP"
mo, not exactly but let me explain and
give you a little advice OF why marriage
is failure in so many cases. And the
two walked slowly along and MIR. Wer-
ley said, My wife wanted ne to let her
carry the pocketbook just one week. to
see how delightful it is to play woman
and. Charley, il is no wonder our wives
grow old so soon. 1t is just because they
have to tax their brain day and night,
to scheme up some way to squeeze out
the few dimes ana dollars they so justly
earn. Charley. / am ashamed TO think OF
it: If / can possibly live to the end of my
week as woman, I'll wager this question
will be settled forever In our home"
We'll, VIII, 1 have looked into this
question, and ! think it a very wrong
y1,.o dc
Noted for their generosity, it is mostly
pretense; for we men are on to that trick.
WILL There are great many faults to
find with our American marriages.; our
wives should be treated as our sisters are
over the ocean. There should be mar
riage settlements so the wcmen could be
Independent in money matters
And. Charley. women should be treat
ed as our equals if not our superiors.
Well, l will be on equality with May at
the end OF the week, and stay that way
will, / am glad you have talked to
me in this light, for it is true women
are placed in very humiiiating positions.
Just from being a beggar to the wealth
that is hers" and the two walked back
to Mr. Werley's home where a nice din
ner awaited them. and May Joined in to
finish I'D the matrimonial question. She
began on Charley.
Now, Charlie, If you ever get mar
ried. be sure to let your affections for
your wife run clear through each pocket;
love her; don't be SO shallow for he that
giveth shall receive. Make the cage that
matrimony has planned Tor her happy
one, for the nineteenth century has
brought enlightenment We are no longer
inferior-we have stepped from the ranks
of lunat:cs and children"
II agree with you. Mrs. Werley, for
to me the Independent woman has the
ambition to earn money rather than beg
for il from her husband; is more fascin-
ating than the one that can be lead by
the nose; for the ambitious girl there is
always a place of importance: independ-
ence is the greatest gift We have
There and then things underwent q
great change in that home; and today
Will and May live as happy as king and
queen.
There are no more squabbies and heart
aches over the pennies they spend. put
all is peace and joy, and in nice cottage
In a lovely park, live WIN and May.
where clouds and sunshine are equally
shared. AS the nineteenth century has
brought the new woman. so VIII TIC
twentieth century bring the new man;
and il will be a settled fact that the fam
ilv functs are equally divided.