The Washington herald., 1912-02-24
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can imagine the picture In the newly
established home when the bride telfs
her young husband Of the policy from
which he will reap benent when. she Is
dead-provided he pays the premiums
Regularly during her nfetime-and ! hope
the man In question Is gifted with an
extraordinary sense Of humor. for ne
will need Il.
THIS incident has its pathos as well as
/ its humor.
The girl who has insured her life for
her fiance has the helpful spirit. how
ever much she may have disdirected u.
Suppose she were TO apply the prin-
ciple back of her action to domestic ef-
ficiency as a pre-matrimonial insurance
against dilemma and disaster. IL would
be policy from which she and her nus
band would each reap the beneht while
they both lived
], too. believe in dots
!. too. think that every girl should
bring something into the domestic part
nership.
OF What ''Dot'' should Consist.
She should bring a knowledge Of her
end OF the business that equals the
mans knowledge Of his end.
Suppose a business man met a girl and
offered her a position in his office as
stenographer. Do you think she would
dare accept his proposition II she had
never studied shorthand and didn't know
one key from another on the typewriter!
Do you think any young woman would
have the audacity TO enter any mans
place OF business In any position equip
ment for which she had absolutely none?
The answer is so plainly NO that IL
Is superfiuous TO make Il.
Yet every day In the year young
women enter the most important busi-
ness in the world with no knowledge OF
It: no training for Il: no conception OF
its demands; no ability to perform Its
duties.
was in the home recently of bride
Of six months. Before marriage she had
frvoled away her time in what she
called having a good time" and she
entered the business OF matrimony with
out any practical Enowledge OF home
making, and thought. because her hus-
band could afford to furnish her with q
servant, that nothing would be required
OF her. Since her marriage a wasteful
hireling has practically run her domestic
affairs, until the other day the young
wife found herself without a cook and
faced the necessity OF getting a meal
for her husband. The dinner was a rank
failure. Foodstuffs were wasted and
the experience wound up in the couple
taking their meals at a restaurant until
another servant was procured. when
once more this mans home was prac-
tically run by his hired girl.
Disappointment Inevitable.
Can you wonder that the male member
OF the Partnership Is disappointed that
he is contracted for life to one who is
utterly ignorant in domestic efficiency?
II a girl is to have a dozen servants in
the home to which she is going after
marriage, she has just as much need OF
domestic knowledge as IL she had none.
The majority OF domestics are igno-
rant. They need directing and teaching.
And when they find that the woman
who employs them Is utterly ignorant and
dependent upon them to the utmost. they
take advantage OF the fact and run the
ranch pretty much to suit themselves.
In addition to this. they lose respect for
the woman who lacks the ability and
knowledge TO properly direct their work
and the home loses Its atmosphere OF
distinction and individuality.
II has been my sorrow q good many
times In my life TO be present In homes
when domestics retired from the scene
OF action leaving their young mistresses
in helpless tears, and IL Is some OF these
experiences that make me very poesi-
tive in my belief that the happiness
Of mora homes Is wrecked because OF
woman's objectionable ignorance OF do
mestic science than for any other reason.
II ] were a man contemplating mar
riage, / would be very sure that the
girl ! loved knew how TO make a home
and keep it before ! asked her to be
my wife. I would know that she would
bring to me assurance OF my OWE life's
comfort and happiness, as well as for
her own, before I would Invite her 10
become my full partner for life. / would
know that she knew how TO take care
of little human life before I ran the
risk Of placing one in her charge. !
would be very sure that she knew how
to direct her end of our matrimonial ar
rangement before l made her my wife
] think a man has just as much right
to this assurance as a girl has to the
knowledge that he has the business
equipment to meet the financial end OF
the proposition; that he can furnish her
q home TO keen