New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10

grew threadbare, when she has asksd
order suit at tailor whose wife v.aHea
her patrons as favor to her. B,t mo
spite Of such pretexts the financial s;,.NI
frequently has been most hurniliat;n" asa
Each year she has invited me to accsv ON
her abroad. ] went once. 1t was ~
bought the tickets, paid the stexar,A;ha
and paid Our hotel bills I had N. : "a
all the while that was merely nar, =:
baggage.
Yet I cannot blame her that she n,.s.
pay the bills herself When I was ,,rrs.sh
the family income it was one of nv rassaaaas
to paw the accounts. Some Of .ha s-'sE
gettes, in discussing the wage earnino ,s aH
in the marital relation. have suyees.'1 sF
pooling OF the family income as +" =
way. To my mind this does not seern y. "a
ticable. 1t is human nature for the ,t -
who earns the money to want TO spend =
to direct the spending of it. No shs..."s,.e'
suffragettes can change human na.,,n.
AS to the ultimate result Of the ,-,. !.
IA drifting apart between Helen md =
self, / can see but one solution. S1cr.aas'
later our marriage will end in diynrrs
think it would have happened long ago 8.
wife had not been held back bv 60. 4'
duty toward me, not unmingled WITH =.
Perhaps she is waiting until our da.yb,s..
married.
While | cannot feel otherwise than No.,
Of both Our children and am glad thai ~
have had the opportunities for educatio, =.
travel that Helen has been able TO give -. -
| have the feeling that they are far -
proud of me. Naturally they look n 80
mother for money, for advice. for everv,S;-.
If there was a convenient and hono-T
wav that could take myself out Of .he,-Ss'
and of Helen's, I should be strongly te-r,.-:
to do it. Every day | am impressed r..
the fact of how little any Of them need -
least of all my capable, successful, pror.-
Gus business wife
Somehow, though. have fallen into 9.
habit of letting Helen decide most ras...-
for me. When the time comes that =
wants her freedom, I shall give it 70 her p
haps she has the project IN mind even No.
Recently she invested some Of her savings
a farm, ostenSibly for a country resider,s
II is in another State. where a brief res;ds-r.
makes divorce for desertion possible =.
has been talking lately about nv going ~
to the farm to look after l. Being now y
employed, have no pretext for refusing
90. Separate as is the existence We now L.
/ am still familiar with the workings Of :
mind. When she is ready for the final y
that will part US forever, | suspect that I.
will offer to transfer this farm to me. fIr
let her sue for divorce on the ground Of Z
sertion. She will then feel
HOW wrong, utterly wrong. I was
II Helen came into my room Just as III
written these lines. / saw at once from r.
manner that there was something On II
mind. felt that at last the crisis had be-
anticipating had come.
NV dear" she said, and somehow X
voice and manner seemed 70 have lost son.
OF the business bruskness, I've sold N
business"
What" / exclaimed in surprise Im-i
not believe that she would relinquish herzc
cess when 1 knew she was making u1
thousands a year.
"Yes, dear" she said softly. and nCEx
can go to our little place IN the county, w
we two, and be happy
''But-but Istamnered, Il thought
Il know what YOU thought" she zi, !
"You thought and felt that business hzi
come between us, and | am afraid il iii
VO,, cae. 1aa-aS+ r felt thai orr co,aii,y ,s-