The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-25
CAN YOU HELP Her
Broken Hearted Wife Makes
Plea for Advice.
Wants to Know How Husband
May Be Saved.
RECOMING .DRUNKARD.
BECOMING DRUNKARD.
Now Spending Most Of Money
for Liquor.
Fears to Invite Friends to Their
Home.

A sweet, Sa0-1dceQ little woman,
wife of one of the successful profess
sional men of Topeka, has asked the
State journal to secure her advice as
to how she can break her husband
of the drink habit and cause him to
stay al home with his wife and fam
lily. There was tear in her voice as
she made the request. And because
some one may suggest a plan where
by the sought results may be accom-
plished and the mental agony of the
broken hearted wife ended. the State
Journal calls attention to the case
The identity of the woman. if dis
closed, would shock hundreds of peo-
pie in Topeka. The friends of her hus-
band are not confined to the city, but
all over the eastern half of Kansas.
And it is not notoriety that the woman
seeks. nor yet sympathy, but advice.
She is not poverty stricken. Her hus-
band does not abuse her. On the con-
trary, he is good to her and provides
we'll for her. But she hopes that some
woman will advise her how to reform
him before it is too late.
Here is the statement of the wife,
made in the hope that some plan may
be suggested to save her husband from
a drunkard's fate:
MY husband is under the influence
often unfit for business and also to
take care of himself. He makes good
money, but spends most of it for drink.
ST have given up all clubs and social
functions to devote my whole time. to
him and striving to please him, but in
vain. I am afraid to invite friends to
our house for fear of his coming home
drunk and making scene. At times
the shame IS almost unbearable. I
would make almost any sacrifice If it
only hiV,o fro he Irir II
evil.
What can I do to reform him
What would others do if they were
situated as I am? We have children,
and 1 love them and he loves them.
love my husband and do not want
to separate from him. but would stay
with him and reform him.
Ell am certain that / know where
| he secures his liquor. but could not
prove it in court.
what help is there for me and how
many other wives are there in this
position?
81 have tried in every way that 1
! can think of to win my husband away
from liquor. I love my home. My
| husband would be a splendid husband
and father if it were not for drink.
! He has a host of friends, whom I am
afraid he will not keep long, and is
| known far and near. How long. I
wonder. will this life he is leading last.
and is there no way to stop it? Is
| there no help for me?''
| The woman who makes this appeal
| is not an ordinary woman, but one
who is educated, refined and pretty.
There is no story of abuse or i'll treat
| ment. but a plea for some one to tell
her how she may save her husband
| from the fate she feels he is drifting
toward. Will Kansas people advise her
how this may be done?
| Letters marked advice and ad-
dressed in care of the State Journal
| will be delivered to the little woman
who Is ready to make any sacrifice to
I save her husband. They will be strictly
| confidential and will be seen only by
the woman for whom they are in
| tended.