The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-12

( WbtlHu Is HOl TIC DFtdUNIilNeE OF the
| family. 1t is the husband, who, as q
/ lawyer wins fees in the courtroom: as
a physician, gains money from pr.
! ticnts; as a soldier, fights his country s
/ battles; MS legislator cnaets laws,
4 which the male executive cnforceS; he
/ Is the mcrchAntman who sells the
/ goods he is the foundryman, who
/ manufactures the steel rails Man.
man. everywhere Is man the bread
/ winner. We find that man tiils the
/ fields, and man rules the money mar
kets, and man sits upon the judicial
bench and the professional chairs Is
| that fact, my brother? Tis true.
| man is the visible breadwinner. But
when you are looking for the driving
force which produces results in society
! do not make the mistake of supposing
that there is no power but what you
see.
The power behind the throne is some
times greater than the throne itself.
II this be not true, how can you ac-
count for the wonderful results which
come into many mems lives at the
marriage altar and end with the deaths
Of or the separations from their female
silent partners Who was Napoleon
Bonaparte? The greatest military
strategist of the ages? Yes. But aft
or all YOU can find his wonderful sue
cess hanked by two incidents in his
/ life They started with his marriage
to Josephine They ended with his
divorce. Had Josephinc'a partnership
nothing to do with Napolcon's success!
Who was William T. Gladstone That
statesman whose energy and com
handing genius were the wonder Of
his countrymen, ACKNOWLEDGED that
the reverence and trust Of his devoted
wife had been a source Of inspiration
and stimulus to him all through hts
long career, and that TO have her sit
ting by him on the political rostrum or
looking down at him from the gallery
of the house Of commons Qulckcned
jill LIS POW ~ - " nv Ast@ bNItb 80 sNAit'
the great commoncr? He also was the
husband of a woman his equal in per-
sonality. On the day Of their mar
riagc She turned and said to him,
"John, attend to thy business and thy
public affairs, ana | will provide for
the home ana relieve thee from all
cares ut home" And SO great is the
value of true wife in relation to her
husbands success that nearly all great
men are ready to testify to this fact
and declare that they can never repay
the obligations which their wives have
placed upon them
| was taught the obligation which a
true husband owes to a true wife some
years ago by an eastern minister whom
consider one of the greatest pulpit
geniuses Of his age. was about 10 be
married, and was talking with him,
when he gave to me this characteristic
advice: always love your wife But
more than that, always learn to respect
and follow her Judgment, because She
can be your best adviser. When was
a young man started ont with some
success. knew ! could speak and |
could also write And often when |
would write something thought very
flnc | would take It down to my wife
and read it. Sometimes she would look
M from her sewing and say, John.
don't say that With that | would
throw down my manuscript and stalk
up and down the room IN disgust
why do you say thatT | would ask
30 you know how to preach? Are you
q better judge Of preaching than my
self Haven't | spent four years in
college and three years in the semi
nary? What business have yon to tell
me what TO dof You are nothing but Il
woman anyway Itut after long eN
perience | found that my wIfe's jndg-
mcnt could always be depended upon
When | followed her judgment | al
ways came ont right, and when | fol
lowed my own against hers | always
came ont wrong. And, though ! am
now nm old man and one of much eX-
perience. yet whenever | am in doubt
about anything | have ever written
always 60 to her. And when she says.
John. don't say that take my pen
and scratch ont the whole page. My
success is due in a great measure to
my Wifc's judgment and not to my
own"
Susan Tnimagc's Influence.
| know that the world honors my
fathers memory. But personally !
know T. De Witt Talnages success
was due TO a great extent to Susan
Talmage, who was his wife and my
mother What most Of us can say in
reference TO our fathers successes we
can say in reference to cur own It is
TO the good advice. the loving intuition.
the sound judgment of the wife, whom
we have taken as a partner. that we
owe III great measure all that we have
gained in life
Alen. husbands. friends. how are we
going to repay our wives for all the
sacrifices they have made for US?
oh some husband says. Il do my
full duty to my wife | provide for
her good home. | give her all the
money she needs" You do? oh. that
is very kind As far as | can make
out you give your wife nothing but her
own property She earns her support,
just rs you do, and she has a right to
Mt least one half of your income. If