Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11
SAVED FROM
 BANKRUPTCY.
ey esrglLe cLalsmopr.
tcopyrigntea. 1898. uy Assoclated i.iserari
 llfa.a

Tat. Afthuf fzFe HH9 E4Ah @eHNiah5 ! was iove mafeb Edith knew thu Arthur bad thousand dollars and n' more 10 ge lato the gents furnisilai f,usIuf.ea la inadfsi lIffie store. aaf che knew that ste wauid hare every thing i0 ieara aipaf housekeeping. a II would be fauz flme ifeiere thei could afgana ts keep 8 sefsaut=
 EveryfHi6e Hsa u.He liong splendid iy for tse veebs bmh II fhe sinr' and af fhe g8 tHea thai old maid Miss Headlt sH fsisiaz her nese it one dfg sfe Uaa aD acquaintance of boih husaal.d md .fe sbd had is be sssefed gf eaarse sHe pfemenad ea fhfaush fhe aFf f,aIute aad praised nothing. sui aeitHef dId -he condemn uhfi. inc ur.de felafed to 2 vacant spaee tu tlls iasflal and observed that ii was resersed fof the plano when they ennIa anard me
 Then tbe zptustet sal down as siif nsa poker with her nauds in her lap and replied
 Wei. I expected IL
 "Expecfed ahatf'
 That you would bankrupt your bus. band Inside of year ky your ex. sravaganee You'fI coax him Into get ting a plano. and then will come fur coat and opera tickets and rides In T hir@d auts. nud if you teuse hard enough he mag esen buy m auto on IH.8.a d. | # lf.ag day thnt the business failures In the country last month were g7s. or 7s more than for the me month last year 1he men afr nai to blame for it but nnTe been driven Into bankruptcy by their wivcs.'
 .i.ut we may not get piano for two Ssars," protested tbe wife, and walk 10 aape street car fire
 sIui what afr you doing 10 assist your husband Y''
 ssNay. I'm keeping honFe."
 .Yes. and hHving uething Tn do half the tlme bnt read novels If WIS T wife. sifnated aA you are. I'd he earn tnR and safuF neninst the crash '
 .sIs fhere crash ceminee"
 .cerlainls. and lis going te be in the gents furnishing goods too. l meant to bring along the article saw in the paper yesterday. but ieft home ih Il great hurry. Edith. do you imagine that men are always going to wear shirts and caliars and cuffsf Has II never occurred fu you that the time will come when They alli make one suspe,,oer do in place of two or wear poue at Blf Are they going 10 keep on choking themselves with neektlesf Are they going to continue 10 wear socks when all writers on hygiene de clare that wearing none at all is the way 10 avoid colds. eatarrh and con. sumptionf tell you that great change Is coming. and you should pre- pare for IL Any day your husband may come in aud tell you that hr is a bankrupt"
 Why. how can men ge, along with. out shirts aud thlngsY' asked Edith as she turned pale.
 'sBy returning ro the simple life Adam had 10 use for those things You may yet see millionaifes walking the street. by advice af their doctors with only n b.dquilt wrapped around them
 And if my husband goes to smash in his business then then
 "Theu suppose you had the noHey in the house to start him in t deiieates sen store: lhefp K a business that is not In dangrt There are no fashions to menace Il There are no doctors holding out warnings You sinply ge in and gv, potato salad and sausage and come out again. If you are the owner of he store you mak. ao per cent profit Arthur can slice the roast bcef and such while you make the sal ads If were in your place would not let another day pass without try Ing Co get something to do to save op monet for lh. crash coming. but wouldn't say word to Arthur to dts courage him aud 50 bring 1t all tn, sooner"
 u Uaylng said her say and been as mean aboat it as she could, the cid nlatd departed aud left the young wifs in tears Satnrt hing to dof Why. yes She had always been asked why sh' didn't develop her talent for painting She would begin iiitle picture thai very day. she would paint one ever, day untll she had six on hand and then send them te different art stores Each on. would probably he accepted and paid for en sight. She mlshl start her. savings account with sst1
 The young wife dried her tears brushed her hair and within an hou had begun picture No. !. Nothing wa' taid about bankruptcy when her has band came home She did not ever mention that the old maid had called Once upon time. before her mar Yiage. the wife had had occasion {, send olf q telegra tn. and friend had told her that II it was marked rusi il would be sent and answered in bal the usual time She remembered thu wben her pictures were ready to sent o1. On the wrapper of each she wrot' rush. In red ink and then waited with hated breath for the checks t' come in He arr stores obey the in iunrtion. They rushed the pictures hack with feeling tha, life and deatl depended on their haste.
 Her artistic career was failure and Mrs. Lee had the sense even ir her bereavement to recognize the fact There must be other things at whief money could he made, however. and she consulted f've or six hundred ad vertisemenrs and nnaily found one where persuns were wanted to address enNeInnes at honlr Tor liberal pay.