The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-10

oui hlitteiS. And our "mittenS"-
th4t Is, yours and Bilrs-is in the little
yellow envelope that the cashier hands
oat through the grated window every
Saturday That little yellow envelope
IS the basis Of all that is material and
much tEat isn't material in our lives
ana should therefore be treated with
| profound respect. 1t Is Of the utmost
Importance tG all Of Us that it come to
US with regularity, but what we do
win 1t after we get it Is a blamed
| sicht moe important STILL Most peo-
pie seem to think that it all depends
! on the number of dollars it contains
mat, | admit, Is a highly interesting
subject. but 1T doesn't count for much
alongside the problem of placing the
dollars. Whether it's ten a week or 4
hundred Il week it takes stretching to
carry it over seven days and leave q
margin to button up on Monday.
Maybe you've heard the politicians and
other financial experts talking about
elastic currency" Bill has, I'm sure.
wen, they don't mean exactly the same
thlnS as do by it, but it's mighty es
seAti'l that the cashier puts elastic
currency into the yellow envelope, and
IL lot more essential that you know
now TO stretch all the little kinks and
curry cues out of 1t. That's the kind of
pull every man ought to have, and
II his wife catches hold with both
hahds ami pulls as hard or harder than
ne Goes they can draw it out to the
MID OF next week without getting
cramps in their muscles. It's WONDER
Iul what Il woman can do in that way
"hea she wants to, and it's also sur
prlSlh% what weak back the ayera 90
man sets when he tries the lob by him.
self
To hlake Both Ends Lap.
NO. my Little girl, this matter of
Stretching salaries or of making both |
ends Jap over is team work. Most |
women seem to think that they've done |
Their whole duty by their husbands
salary when they've helped him tn |
pioW 1t in. I'm whole lot afraid |
you We got some such notion in your
own Gear little nOggin. But it's q mis-
Jake bad mistake. The good Lord
uiuilt put men on earth for the sole
purpose or providing pretty clothes and
Ice cream sodaS for the other soy
max prevalent idea. I'll admit. and
tnatS about all good many men
really do. hut I'm willing to stake NV
judgment that its wrong. The main
business of life is home building The
governments of the earth, the treat
hnancial corporations. the discoveries OF
science. even the women's clubs are
OF secondary Importance And in the
work of home building. the man and
the woman should stand side bv side
shoulder 10 shoulder. Do you remem-
Der, ilttle girl. that piece of poetry you
recited the day you graduated from
nigh school: Cracky, but you did look
lhe IN your pretty white dress with |
me elne ribbon around your waist.
1idnt catch much of what YOU were
saying, | was so busy thinking how
proud l was OF YOU but few lines
stuck IN NY craw that went something
Ike this:
s uato the bow the cord Is
So unto the man is woman ,
Duh'p'E. dumptE. dumpty, dumDty
Useless each without the other.
There's something missing right In ,
ne middle of it, but the points there. :
ma It's just the point | want you to !
ee. u ScleSs each without the other" |
mats it exactly. The man who wrote |
[. whoever he was, probably wasn't G
about yellow envelopes. bat S
Ills every phase Of married life. You t
on Dtipu get 50 much p-octicaI oo,,, | n
non se@Se out of poetry. Useless S
acL without the other" La me. Bill b
ant d. al The home building by him. |
elf. You've got to pitch in and help
lm. ana the place to begin Is right at a
lie cashiers window on Saturday V
fternoou. ,