The Detroit times., 1909-03-15

you bit and study the wild
ows and orphans you encounter
There arc few sons and daughters
who are really benefited by the. for
tunes left them by Woodworking IA
theirs.
The average will is contested and
leads To discord and ill-well among
heirs, and the fortune accumulated
with industry Is dissipated in eXtrava-
gance
Not one man in one thousand is
great enough TO derive benefit from
money he does not earn.
Then behold the widows of rich
men.
On every hand you may see them
| past middle-age and worn with the
7 cares OF helping accumulate the for
tune they were never allowed Ia enjoy
until death called the holder OF the
purse % the land where banks are not
known and coupons are not valued.
7 And now. behold the result,
Here is one-a type of thousands.
All her life she has pinched and saw
ed. and stifed woman's natural long
ing for pleasure. social life aud becom-
ing apparel. She married an enter
prising young man early In life. and
together they established home
Reapng Lies Harvest Too Late.
She helped him save and accumu-
late. but while he found recreation In
business Journeys and in coming in
contact with bright men at clubs and
political dinners, his wife plodded
along i'm monotonous domestic ca
reer. and rarely saw beyond the linn
its of her native town.
She longed for a yearly outing, but
was assured they could not afford It,.
The husband explained his desire
to provide for their old age, and as
sured his wife that competence at
90 WAS preferable to Il trip to Eu-
rope or soiourn at Saratoga or a
winter in the south at IS or 40.
When the husband died ia his late
sixties. and left a rich widow. she pro
ceeded TO do the things she had al
ways longed TO do, despite the fact
OF advancing years
She bought beautiful gowns. which
would have been becoming 20 years
earlier. and she arrayed herself in
! Jewels. silks and laces. and sailed
forth to see the world.
She finds many others like unto her
self whenever she goes. So prevalent
I is her type that they might be called
! the widows OF the aftermath. They
! are reaping the late harvest and win
moving the sheaves they missed in
/ the summer season. Many OF them
arc as full OF sentiment and romance
as "A girl Ia her teens and far
more frank in the exhibition Of it.
Is Your Own Wife Coming to This ?
If they seem ridiculous to the men
who watch and criticise woman's con
duct. would il not be we'll for these
critical men TO pause and ask them
selves whether they are preparing the
way for other widows OF the same
type?
Are You. sir. denying your wife the
recreation and the apparel YOU can
well AFFORD TO bestow, In order that
you may leave her fortune when you
die? II YOU are. be assured IL will be
spent ia fine clothes, travel and amuse
ment not In monument to you
II you are allowing sentiment 10
| become thing or half-forgotten
youth. and II you expect your wife To
plod along With a silent understand
ing OF your regard anu appreciation
OF her charms and worth, be assured
she will sock for sentiment ia young
or men when YOU are turned To dust.
Take YOUR chOice--giye your wife a
happy time while you are alive. take
her on a Journey and treat her like q
lover. and know that she Will miss
You and love you If YOU pass from
earth before her, or hoard up your
money and your affections and leave
her fortune TO squander in forget
ting you.
II is the undemOnstrative and mis-
erly husband who makes the gay
4 spendthrft widow.