The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-24
A WIFE AS 4 Press AGENT.


abroad his failings. and that oftener
than not what the neighbors think OF
Mr.. Smith is just the impression that
Mrs. Smith has given them?
In word, it Is in the province OF a
wife to become the most valuable and
discreet and convincing and indefati-
gable OF press agentsif she will
1t Is one OF the anomalies of the
world that every woman wants her
husband 10 succeed but very few ever
know how to lend him a helI ,ng hand
yet II is an axiom that tn ere is no
other side partner In the world equal
to a good wife. Most OF the self-made
men who are prominent in finance
and politics and what not get lot OF
valuable assistance in the job from
their wives.
Ii is the ambition of many woman
that goads her husband into effort; it
IS the shrewdness OF many woman
hat gives the suggestion that leads Il
man to fortune; 1t Is the thrift and
saving of many woman that supplies
the necessary funds for her husband
that mean success.
She took the chances | wouldn't,
and | followed your mother blind.
says old Sir Anthony Glouster telling
many another successful man might
have repeated the same tale
A mans wife is either help or a
hindrance TO him. History has many
an example of men who have been
made by their wives, and the woods
are fun of men who have been ruined
by the women they married.
Logically, We should choose our doc
tors and our dentists by their skill
and attachments, and our erocers by
the cheapness and excellence OF their
wares; but three-fourths OF the time
We send for Doctor Smith instead of
Doctor Brown because we prefer Mrs.
Smith 10 Mrs Brown, and we telephone
our orders around to jenkins grocery
instead of Smithers because We met
Mrs. jenkins at the club, and she was
such a nice, agreeable little woman.
On the other hand all of us have
known brilliant professional men
driven from town TO town, and neigh
borhood to neighborhood, always fail
ures because of their wives skill in
making enemies for them.
Another piece of wisdom is for
wife 10 hide her husbands faults from
every one. and never to permit other
people to criticize him in her pres
ence
In the matter OF publishing their
spouses' weaknesses to the world.
women are far more dsloyal and dis
honorable than men. A wife thinks
of telling any chance ac-
quaintance about her husbands faults.
She makes no secret OF the fact If he
is stingy, or grumpy. or cross and dis
agreeable: while il he has any serious
fault. such as drinking or gambling,
she simply beats upon her breast and
calls upon everyone in hearing TO
come and pity her and condemn him.
Men seldom complain of their wives.
and no matter how shiftless a house
keeper, how extravagant. how unrea-
sonable and nagging woman may be,
IL is rare thing for her husband TO
crticlse her TO Others.
Now as a mere matter of fact, we all
write our own price tag. The world
takes us at our own valuation. aud the
valuation OF those who know us best.
and thus 1t inevitably comes about that
a wife either booms or bears her hus-
bands stock in the community.
II she thinks that he is good, and
wise, and progressive. and talented, a
feeling grows up that crystallzes into
/ conviction that he has ability and
IS trustworthy and deserving of sup
Dort-all the intangible influences that
90 to make popularity and success.
But if the wife, in popular parlance,
IS always knocking her husband-if |
she represents him as a selfish, grasp |
ng curmudgeon. and magnifies his |
glass Of Scotch or beer into love OF |
rink, and his occasional attendance |
It the races into sporting proclivities |
she has destroyed public confidence |
n him and put upon him a handicap |
hat he cannot overcome in the race
or fortune.
Many woman's desire to be SYM
,athized with has given her real need
or sympathy later on.
No fault among women is more to
,e condemned than the almost univer-
ial habit they have of criticising their
as long as woman lives
With man. and lets him support her.
he should be loyal enough to the
,read she eats to keep silent about his
aults.
Success and happiness in matri-
nony, as in business. are not ques-
ion OF luck They are a matter OF
'olition, and anybody can work them
nut who has the patience, the determi-
Iation and the self-control to do it
Dorothy Dix.
The Right Sort OF Wife. !