Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-16
ADVICE TO MEN
Who Look on Their Wives as Unpaid
Hrelinas.

Hirelines.
The latest contribution on the much
discussed institution. the home, is
from the pen Of Margaret Sangster
Her new book or The Little Kingdom
Of Home u. F. Taylor and company
New York; advances no rev0Iuti0nary
theories regarding the domes fc rola
tions, bat says 4 good many thing
that are worth remembering. as il
follows The bride and bridegroom from
the altar through their trials Wit
their relatives in-law, The selcc ion
and furnishing their home, their al
justmcnt OF their characters 10 each
other the coming of children. etc
j il steers a middle c0urs" on race SUI
eide and domestic service problems.
advocates a uniform divorce law, ana
V hi!e pointing ont serious dangers
that threaten the time honorcd nsti-
tuition under discussion. detec S ele-
ments of hope in the situation
One chapter entitled Bricks With.
out Straw, deals with the financial
policy OF the home and the wife
right 10 a share Of the income.
"Despotism never had more ev
1reme illustration nor was the erue1tr
ever more refined says Mrs. SANG.
slCr. than when he ancient Egypt.
ians insisted that their Norkmen
Should do unpaid pieceworlz. but re-
fused to suply them with materials
10" thu iah. Yot in thousands and tons
Of thousands Of modern homes simi-
lar iniustico is perpatrat cd. not on
@l5ves. #btt on loved ones, and it is
nov e1eiy morning and fresh every
#c1eHiG4
"Adori9s husbands do rat i .sttate
/, inflic upon heir beloved wives a
"o'1less humiliation. amounting -
ttlln oXreri9nC" of sl1porsonstive wo-
Men TO snAipri"o which is almost to1-
7Rlrc. The woman does not live who
el Joys aSFiae her husband fer money
7H.j rendering 10 him an account Of
tie was ia W!.ich Sha spends what h
gives her, whether he pour it gener-
orslE into her l"p or dole il arudgine
l. from his POCKET. openly wonder
ing why her purse is so OF, Ell ampt%.
and openly discussing her economy
q her lack of the same. Men seldom
sj,=p"ct how deeply ingrained in Il
Wuman.s soul is the aversion to be
ing simply licensed mendicants. #
theN did they would. in the language
OF the Scripture, abhor themselves
ana rets.at. if no' in dust and ashes.
a. least in such wise that an entire
change of condition would speedily
if not mangnamimouS. There is no
reason Why. in the family firm. the
husband should claim and maintain
the sole right to disburse the family
income. Nhile the wife is a tolerated.
pensioner on his bounty.
"OnIy those who have studied the
subject and observed its application
in many homes, from lha OF the poo"
est laborer TO The millionaire knows
how necessary is reform in thi~
one Particular continues Mrs. Sang
ser. mistaken domestic finances
weeks homo happiness. Women live
in palaces, wear rich raiment and
frrcs vump.uouslv, Yet seldom
have any ready money or
thG least liberty to spend or
give away or invest a dol
la, of their own. being treated all
their lives as if they We're irresponsi-
HE ch:l1rcn. In the cvens Of the
death of The husband or father, such
women are often at the mercy Of un
scrupulous advisers. who find them
an easy prey because of their mex
perience.
1T is not an uaheard of thing for
a wife of rich man. permitted to-
have running accounts at stores and
70 accumulate hills which her huS
band examines aud pays, to lack small
Change for cal'tares and tips to the
drivers Of cabs and hansoms. Ia
reality the women most favorahly sit
uated for their own esae and con" ont
mcnt are the wives of mechanics and
day lahorers and fac Cry operatives.
te whom the weeks wa@es are ros'l-
larly brought minus the s'71all sum
the man keeps for his own nrrnoses
The custom Of this class is based on
larger Justice than Tie Other Gus
tenn. which makes he husband the
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