Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-24


an engaged in business pursuits soon
becomes unified for the duties of a
wife. Such an idea, however, does not
seem to be borne out by the facts.
There are many good reasons for this.
The business woman has learned the
absolute need Of punctuality. She has
learned that it Is necessary for bust
ness people to go by a certain train
in order that the office may be reached
by the proper time, and she also
knows perhaps by hard experience,
the need of leaving the breakfast table
still hungry, so that the train shall be
caught. Therefore, she has also
learned that the few minutes which
to the girl who stays at home all day
mean but a little extra self-indulgence,
mean to her, the business woman, a
self-denial which quickly makes itself
felt, and she will, when married, make
a point of being up early enough to
send the bread winner off in good time
for the train and yet give him sufi-
cient leisure for his breakfast and for
glance at the paper.
Then, again, the business woman has
learned to earn money and to spend it
to the best advantage. She has learned
to save for coming necessities, and
her own disposal, even to pay her pre-
MUM toward an "old age pension" for
herself. She will be able to guard
against the fascination of sales
through the cruel remembrance of
times when she gave way to the de
light of bargain buying, and purchased
several things Cheap" with the result
that season ticket period came round
all too soon, and lunches had to be
brought down to the "cake and tea
point, with the accompanying attack
Of indigestion.
She has learned to be spoken tC
sharply, and perhaps untustiy, with
out going into sulks or giving way
to tears--bCth of which luXuries the
business woman soon learns to do with
out
She has learned to sympathize witt
the tired feeling in the evening that
|, may even prevent the husband wishing
to keep his word and take her to con
cert or theater; on such occasions, like
the wise woman she is, she will put
aside her own feeling Of disappoint
ment with a quick remembrance of ole
times, when she came home feeling
"too tired for anything" and, instead
of looking injured, will make things
cozy and quiet thereby earning the
gratitude of her "better half" who has
been dreading to be reminded of the
treat he had promised.
She has learned what 1t is to fee
at times as If life is not worth liv
ing and good temper is a thing Of ne
value, and she will not feel inclined
to "go and tell her mother" when Ed
win nearly snaps her head off fol
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 thu
matter Of Evenings out" while max
ing her feel that the work must bt
done, and done well.
1t is often supposed that the bust
ness woman cannot cook. Men Sc,
her in the morning starting by train
meet her in the evening returning, anC
because she Is reading a book, man!
logical men are fully convinced tina
she would be Of small value as a wife
They are wrong in the majority o
cases. Nearly every business woman
can cook, and cook well-in fact, il
many families where the women go on
to business they take it in turns to d,
the cooking on Sundays, the only da.
they have at their own disposal, ant
the verdict of the brothers-most crit
lcal of all critics-and brothers friend
, would astonish the logical men.
Wit hall respect to the women VIII
have not had to face the ordeal-fo
to many women going out to bushes
Is an ordeal-it must be malntaine,
that business women often make tn
very best of wives for business men,
New Orleans Picayune.