The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06

half he had was mine an l wasn't
goin' to skimp myself an try to get
along on the butter an egg money like
so many women do.
That's another trouble with gettin'
married young. The poor girls know
how hard up they be an that both OF
'em have to skimp an save all they
can, an so the fool wife does the house.
work, an makes the butter, an tends
the garden, an maybe feeds the pigs,
an always gather the eggs, an takes
care of the chickens an turkeys, an
picks the fruit an cans 1T, an maybe
helps milk, an cuts an husks corn, all
SOS to save money, an how much does
her husband skimp himself? He has
hired man to help him, an for his wife
to do the cookin' an washin' for, an
he works fourteen or sixteen hours a
day. An he always has money to
spend when he goes to town But his
wifel How much money does she get
to spend? Just what comes from the
butter an eggs, an that she takes to
run the house on. Instead Of turnin'
that money into the common fund an
then drawin' out what she needs, she
gets along on that little egg an butter
money an the man gets into the bad
habit of thinkin' that's all she needs.
So II comes harder an harder to get
anything more than that out Of him.
An by an by when the children come
there's the children's clo'es, an her
own, an dozens of other things, all to
come out Of that egg an butter money.
Well, you've seen so many cases just
that way that don't need to tell you
about 'em.
Now 1 made up my mind that I
wasn't goin' to depend on the egg an
butter money. That was goin' into the
common fund an the household ex-
penses was comm out Of that same
fund. Oh, it was new for Jim. but you
know there's two times to get a man
to agree to things, an Of course, after
he's agreed to 'em, it's a poor stick Of
q woman that can't make him hold to
'em. One of the two times is when
he's just married. That does for young
married men. The other times when
he's courtin'. That's the time to get
things out of widowers. So Jim an I
understood just how things was goin'
TO be run before / even set the day.
1 told him that when 1 said what he
should plant on the hill forty or the
corner eighty he could tell me how to
run things in the house. an not before.
Henpeckin' him? Not muchl An
besides, If a man is henpeclxed right he
don't know 1t an thinks it's fun.
Eyes, both the boys is in school now.
You thought Jimmie wasn't? Oh, that
didn't last long. Come school time last
month an Jimmie said he wasn't goin'
to school. Just had a girl for school
teacher an he'd stay out an help
round the farm an then go the winter
term. So frankie went alone the first
day. The next day was rainy an
Frankie started out alone. Soon's the
breakfast dishes was cleared up 1 saws
to Jimmie, I'm glad it's rainin' to-day.
You can't do anything outdoors, an I
want you to help me- It was lust
pourin'. but Jim had to go to town on
business an so we was left alone. We
started upstairs to that big room over
the kitchen, you know. 1t had been
used for a storeroom, an my plan was
to clean that. We moved ev'rythine
out an then we started to scrubbin'
down on our hands an knees. Queer
time to scrub, you say? Oh, we never
used to go in there. so it wouldn't get
tracked up, an / says to Jimmia-