Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-30
The Wife Who Goes to Work
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

books; and she has found It an easy
task with love as o teacher) TO nourish
her husbands syst@m with good, appe-
fixing food, to make her table attractive.
and TO be always pleasing sight TO
his eye
Besides this, she finds time for study
and for reading, and II growing mentally.
81 do not find my housekeeping the least
tax or strain" she says, because have
systematized the work: and fully enjoy
seeing how much I can accomplish I'm the
line OF home. making, and each week lay
Ing aside a little OF my husbands SAL
ary"
This young woman was born wholly
feminine. She was born 70 love and be
loved by a man, and TO find her happi-
ness within the four walls of n home
But there are many other bright beauti-
full and charming girls today who were
not born with this temperament. They
have, perhaps inherited an active fathers
restless desire to be doing things out In
the big worlds; or they have been men
tally marked by a dissatisfied mother,
who suffered from the failure of hus-
band to provide properly for her before
the birth OF the daughter.
Or they have been thrown upon the
world to support themselves early, and
have learned the pleasure OF independ-
ence. and cannot endure the idea OF hav-
ing TO lean upon another, even a hus.
band. for money,
To such young women land such
Judge Is the author OF the letter quoted
above) IL would be folly to say, you
must give up your work and turn your
self into the domestic angel. You mus
abandon any idea OF earning money your
| self"
IL would be worse than folly 20 insist
upon this; for unless the taste and the
inclination accompany the work Il will
be a failure. just as Is the attempt OF
many parents 10 make musicians OF
children who have no talent for, and no
interest In. music.
When a young woman has won a place
for herself in any position where she
finds happiness and good remuneration.
and when she desires TO retain thst posi-
ton after marriage. II Is n sure Indication
that she was Intended for wage Garner.
instead OF dependent upon the bounty
OF love.
| II Is little short of cruoifixlon for such
woman to be compelled to accept the
/ quiet uonesuC role.
Every woman has a right to make the
most OF herself. Love is not love when It
| demands that a woman give up her aspir-
atoms for growth and limit her outlook
on life. But a great many women who
are striving to DO wage and salary earn
ers today. with an impression that they
arc developing to thoir best possibilities,
would be much further toward the goal
Of actual development had they chosen TO
remain at home and think and study and
create that rare and much needed thing
An ideal home.
II, OF course. takes two to make an
ideal home. But many a masterful man
Is marred by having his wife the finan-
oial power in the home. He loses the
spirit of the protector and provider and
ceases 20 think OF himself as necessary
to the maintenance OF his family
In all these questions the particular
temperament OF the two parties inter
ested must be studied and understood be-
fore any counsel Of value can be given
There is little great, absorbing, ail-be-
slowing love 10 be found today between
men and women When It is found, every
question regarding the home the habits
and the occupation of both husband and
wife is settled by the wonderful mentor
love
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