The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-13
Usually Tells Story Of Peace Or oIr
Discord in Home -; : Ware
Shoals If Wife's Purse S Not
Properly Ordered Stingy
Husbands ceptional-Man-
aging the Income Division i ion Of
Responsibility.
5Bv Margaret e. Sangster.l

Copyright. 1904. by Joseph B. Bowles.o
we used 10 be instructed when We
first ia kled geography that the equator
was an imaginary dividing line running
across certain portion OF the eartns
surface, The zones. torrid and temper
ate. held a sympathetic relation TO TINS
dividing line. .S3s5i .iis 59
An equatorial line. imaginary yet ma
terial, runs across the surface OF domes s.
tic life, and the tropical zones OF eff ore
scent 10y and the temperate zones q Sc
rene comfort hold n sympathetic rcla LION
tosit. $ zi , {st5S8gE3 20
On the map OF the home the equa 70 70 IS
Ina glnary line may easily be discovered {,
You have only to look for he sign @ tllt
wifes purse Fiiulng tna.. sou ne -
straight on and unerringly arrive q the
haven OF peace or discord which the home
has rea ched. If the wife s purse rs as y
should be all round about the nome ls =.
land.locked bay as smooth as glass, ~
otherwise, II the poor denizens q TIE nome
have neglected to order Alright the Ht1es
purse, then ware sll oals. The waters arg arr.
ruffied II The sea is stormy. {i}ss,
THE matter strikes a little deeper than
the purse. II starts with the pockets.
From the day when the little lad 3 oc:'s
trousers and the little lass doHs s.lort
frocks there Is an unfair dist tipl; ~, III
rockets. This distinction lasts u lltetlTae
with both t.s -.
John has at least fourteen pockets dis
tributcd In convenient localities apoul '' =
clothing. bly, more
Jane has not the ghost Of a single pocR
ct IN an available spot There y the mei resi-
fraction Of q chance 4 ha t some benevolent
dressmaker has inserted a pocket IN me
Inside lining of James gown, but IT mlgnt
as well DO buried III the crave OF q eF
grandmother for all the good ~ IS % net e
Jane cannot stop in the market @. me ue,
partment store to uplift her skirt I'M
dive into the recesses q her petucoas 'ps
note or change. and she does not Hla .! he
Instead she depends on q bag fastened
tentatively to her belt and liable % 20
lost in a crowd, Or she carries her purse
IN her hand, This would be MS dangerous
as 1t looks, II there We're ever mucn y, u y
Mays purse. Tho predatory classes be-
hold It with contempt, only women p's e,fs I
pockets stoop to steal the purses O. ~o,
men. The malo thief knows It Is not
worth the risk.
James purse itself.is apt to be orla-
mental, made OF seal on q lligator skin w1th
trimmings OF silver: 1t Is daln ty{ and deli
cate and matches Tie pretty furniture OF
her dressing table, It gives her sol1le-
thing to hold III her hand besides her
|Imuff, or her parasol, and comp loates the
NlUVU|Sf
trained skirt. 4
Johns wallet lisa bis, sensible and un-t
Ionpronislpg convenience intended for
service, 3iy .3 .
Bank bills lie fiat In It's roomy compa 1T !:
ments, John can slipia check book IN ~
| he likes His wallet n q pledge Of re,
spectacle comfort. witt no nonsense about
iit. and such a, one was probably Ct rried
by The famous Edmund sparkler, John
Is chancellor of the excheauHr. Jane IS
usually q rather depressed beggar Al the
door. ,.
Whatever husbands may fancy, their
wives have a pronounced and Nnconquel'-
able aversion to asking I hem for money.
They do ask, What else ca n they do !?
But loving and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT men
would be sorry IL they could even family
comprehend, how much their wives dislike
the process. how At sl'ois the cheerful
acontentment OF the home, how II humili-