The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-04

A careless maid had placed 1t there.
It's glistening surface. innocent of
flies
AS yet, an altar for the sacrifice
Of victims to the greed of house
wives neat,
Waited for unwary feet,
Which came-oh yes. they came.
The cat,
A stately creature. sleek and fat,
Pride of the household. happening
along,
Purring it's contented song,
Leaped lightly in the air
And came down on that chair.
Here the plot thickens. Down again
Upon the floor she jumped, and then
Tribulaton, anguish, woe
Broke loose. for 10!
paws
And trpped her. Nose. ears. whisk-
ers. jaws,
Smeared with the goo. she rolled
along the floor
And smeared herself some more.
And Tabby swore
And howled and tore
Like wild prize fighter.
And the paper stuck still tighter
And wrapped itself like warm
And clinging blanket round her
squirmng form.
With maddened screech and yell
She Topped and jumped and fell
And clawed her feet
Out through the sticky sheet
And tried to pull it off her head.
In vain. 1T wouldn't shed.
In vain she squirmed and tore
swore;
Twas there to stay. And Tabby
changed her mind.
With bristling tail straight up be-
She made one desperate jump,
side kerbump.
Then through the grass, rank, thick
and wet,
Ran off and people say she's running
yet.
A splendid subject for discussion
whenever there is a good opportuni-
ty, is the percentage of a husband S
income that should be turned over
each week or each month to the wife
to use as she chooses. In all of
these discussions one conclusion is
reached that some such practice
should prevail. rather than that the
wife should be compelled to ask her
husband when she needs little
spending money.
How large portion of a husband s
income should be allowed to the
wife? Some women think five pei
cent, others think ten per cent, but
it really should vary according ia
circumstances and to the conditions
Of living, and the portion of the
household expenses that the wife IL
expected to look after An allowance
enables a woman to feel her own in
dividuality and some women claim
that nothing is more conducive t.
happiness than not to be compelle,
to lean on ones husband. That
good for sentiment, but how abou
the other way of looking at it, whel
the husband pays her off every Sat
urday night, as though she were
hired servant? 1t is undoubtedly
two sided question to determine
which should serve as cashier of tn
partnership Certainly it must b
one of them and in some instance
the wife is more competent to act
that capacity. but as the husband
usually the wage Garner. it has b.
come the custom for him to act 8
cashier.
The ideal marriage is an equ,
partnership. financially as we'll {
otherwise. The law makes the vii
an equal owner in the property a
two women occupies the more digr
fed position, the one who accepts 6
allowance from her husband in II
same way as does the domestic VIII
perchance, may receive considerab
less, or the wife who stands clear
on her domestic and legal rights al
asks for dollar or ten dollars wh'
she needs the money to use? WI
should a woman stipulate for CT
tain sum when the marriage contra
gives her fifty per cent. The ba;
of a marriage contract is mutual &C
fidence. In households where the
come is small and not always c.
tain, the family expenses leave lit
to be used for personal pleasure
The wife should have portion, but
making her wants known she sho,
not ignore the multitude Of SIN
expenditures that a husband is call
upon to meet. 1t is trait of ma
people that they spend their mon
as soon as they receive it and v
mon are No mora nerfect in this