Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-19
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that the most beautiful superstructure
must have q firm financial foundation.
Then will come, or at least ought TO
come, the question of an allowance for
the wife-a very modern question In
the opinion of many, and foolish one
in the view Of the old-fashioned and
conservative. It is true that 1t Is raised
more often than it used to be. The
reason is that women's views OF life,
especially Of married life, have ad-
yanced. Many were self-supportlng
before marriage, and many more might
have been so if they chose. 10 them
the exchange of financial freedom Tor
absolute dependence Is not attractive.
They had the control of money before
marriage; they reasonably desire the
control of at least q little after mar
riage To men of sympathetic mag
nation this question may never pre-
sent itself. They supply unasked not
merely the wife's known and expressed
needs, but, realizing their own rond-
ness for a new tie or the occasional
entertainment Of a friend at luncheon,
they appreciate woman's need or
funds for which she need not account
The other type of mantle type which
pays the regular bills and takes no
thought Of extraneous wants-should
remember that married life Is often
compared to a partnership. 1t is not
necessary that both partners draw
equal sums from the profits OF the
business, but even the Junior partner
expects to use his small share as he
pleases. If he is worthy to be mem
Der Of the firm he will not take adj
vantage Of his position, nor draw more
than the business will stand. The ne
cessity Of asking for every cent she
spends is humiliating to any woman
Of sensibility. She want her allow
ance, and If she has it she will use
it. in most cases, wisely, and both she
and her husband will be happier.
The recent death of James l.. Blair
of st. Louis at Eustis, Florida, points
a moral if 1t does not adorn tale.
Let us briefly go over this dramatic
life narrative, If only for the moral.
blair was the son Of the famous Gen
eral Frank L. Blair. He was hand
some, talented, successful. He was
chief counsel to the worlds fair Mt a
salary of $4,000. His wife, a leader
of society, was president of the board
Of lady managers, at $4,000 year
He owned one Of the handsomest resi-
dences In the fashionable suburbs. He
delivered lectures to young men on
commercial integrity. In short, he was
put on pedestal as n paragon of hon
or. In a single day he fell from this
high eminence to the level of com
mon criminal. Let us correct the fore
going statement: He did not fall IN
one day. He fell as all men fall-by
degrees He was found out In a day,
that's all. The crash came when
Blars clerk announced that this III
legged paragon Of virtue had been
forging deeds and mortgages for IF
teen years. Blair twice attempted to
kill himself He went to pieces and
was sent to hospital and thence to
Florida. Toward the last he was lit
tie more than n gibbering imbecile.
The only bright page Of the last chap
ter is that which recitcs the heroism
of the wife. She gave up to the cred
itors her home, carriages, furniture,
everything, and was at the bedside of
her husband from first to last, And
the moral? 1t is the old, Old one-''Ho
sure your sin will find you out" No
man IS brilliant enough to escape the
consequences Of his wrong Mortal
prescience is in vain. A mans sin may
not always find him out to the public.
1t may be that Providence, or fate, OF
what you viii, will punish him by
forcing him to bear the burden Of re-
morse alone. Or by forcing him to
keep his ill-gotten gains. Or it may
strike him through his children. Ore in
one Of the thousand ways justice has
for it's own. The law OF compensation
holds. You may not believe In the de-
claration of the old book. vengeance
is mine. I will repay, saith the Lord"
You may believe only In fatalism. 1t
matters not. The law Is sure 1t is
written in your members, in all human
experience, in all history Be sure
your sin will find you out!
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