The new South-news., 1908-04-04

hat there are
Dmeu who break down
the strain OF bearing childroa
domestic burdens - there are
who have. nervous prostratiol
trying to do 4 mans work In
and live . woman's life At h00UO
But there IL this difference: tn
woman who sacrifices herself on the
domestic altar may leave behind her
4 living, breathing memorial in the
sons and daughters who revere her
memory. and who hand down to pos
terity the influence OF her strong
character, as overwhelming circle for
good; while the woman who sacrifices
herself to business success can leave
only a few tangled skeins In ONCE or
store for some other woman to
straighten out. The woman who il
normal and healthy. and performs her
work in the normal, common-senss
way, will not break down either In
the home or In = wage-earning field.
Wage-earning women ~ = class I
believe to be even more moral than
their sisters who lead the protected
life. Contact with the worli shows
them the wages Of sin ~ we'll ~ the
wages Of work. They are less cred
ulous. less trusting. than the girl who
idealixes every man who comes upon
her horizon. The girl whose virtue
Is inherent and strongly entrenched
does not yield to the blandishmen
of the man she meets In business:
rather she becomes absolutely i'm
pregnable. On the other hand. the
girl who Is naturally Wild and un-
restrained does not require the influ-
ence of ONCE. store or factory en-
vironment to show her the downward
yway.-Anna Steese Richardson, In the
Woman's Home Companion.
Women More ExtFavagant Now,
The question Of whether women OF
the present day have become more ex-
travagant than those OF 4 bygone
age II one which will undouhte lily
provoke more assents than dissents
ON the subject. Men are finding It
more dimcult year by year to make
enough money to keep their wives in
what they would call absolute neces.
stiles" 1t II becoming more an4
morn essential to the ups4o-dAtS
woman to try and outshine her neigh
Dor. The married man who was pass
ing rich on $500 a year now reckons
himself poor. His wife wants. In
fact, the income CT $4,000 instead
OF $4,000 to keep up with her extrav-
agances.
1t Is not entirely her fault. Per-
haps in those far-on days when .
woman's sole occupation seemed to
consist of her sitting at home running
her eyesight over tapestry and Ane
| needlework there vas not much oc-
casion for her to spend money.
There were no motors on which to
spend fortune. Women were more
or less cyphers then.
Now things are different, and wom-
en- are allowed more liberty, license
and ~say" In almost everything. Very
few women really know the value OF
money. save those who have learned
It through bitter and hard experi-
ence, and the consequence IL that
when = woman has the Spending Of
money It generally runs through her
hands like water.
To Z great extent this Il mans
own fault; everything Il done now on
= large scale. and 1t must be obvious
to everyone that. unless Z person reg.
uiatss his expenditure by his income.
20 - to live within 1t, ruin, or some
thing equally bad. must ensue. What
would be extravAgance with woman
OF limited means. might be Just ex-
pendtture with Z person OF larger
property. and yet We all-or many Of
us-try and live up to the standard
Of the latter without consi1ering that
We are bound to come = cropper.
People say ~One must 90 with tho
times" but II ~the times" are beyond
ones going" what then? Isn MT
better to hang back and be I q
old-fashionsd than to follow
times" and meet ruin At the end !.
i America Il said to be one q
richest countries In the wus31.
| AuDricaA peopls the most hpep
| and generous: but also tho naq
travogaAt. TIE schools oe -
octoooos eookoFy ard lamn13Y
abonn1 nowoAnyU oAou11 tonon
- 80 unAooh1ooax.