Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-06

continually called upon to listen TO the
walls of the married women who want
10 find out some way In which they
can earn few dollars. Nor are these
married women always the wives OF
poor men. oftener than not. they arc
the wives Of rich men who give them
everything but money.
Indeed there are 30 many rich women
who are anxious TO make little money
with which they may do as they please
that the managers OF the Woman's Ex-
changes, which were established to help
the needy, have found IL necessary TO
bar out the cakes and pies and jellies
and preserves, and embroidertss. that ara
offered by women who not infrequentiY
drive up in limousine when they
fetch the wares for which they hope
to get a few centes.
There Is no meaner injustice on earth
than that practised by the tight-fisted
husband who refuses TO give his wife
personal allowance in accordance with
his means. Yet there are thousands ana
thousands OF such men. They permit
their wives to indulge in the widest ex-
trayagance In dress, and to live luxuri-
ously, so far as maintaining an estao-
lishment is concerned. but the women
buy on bills which hubby religiousiy
audits. and they never have penny OF
their own. The poorest show girl handles
more money and has more financial IN
dependence than they.
aNf
TO terrible embarrassment for the lack u
money. Very often they suffer cruelty
from II, for many of them have come
from poor homes, and they would HE
to help some unfortunate sister or
brother, or make the last days Of a
father or mother easier or more com
Portable.
In order to get money wealthy women
or at least women whose husbands are
weaIthy-are often driven to desperate
and dishonest expedlents, Sometimes
they 20 to money lenders and become
the prey Of those sharks; sometimes
an accommodating grocer advances a
needed ten-dollar bill and charges 1t
up to potatoes and onions. Sometimes
woman sells q new frock for a tenth OF
its price to get a little money to buy COM
forts for someone near and dear to her,
and whom it is her duty to help.
Nor need any stern moralist blame the
women married to stingy men who do
these things Any wife who makes her
husband comfortable home. who beaFs
and rears his children. who keeps up his
social position and does all the multi
farious things demanded OF the modern
woman who is at the head Of an estab-
ushuent. earns not only her board and
clothes. but money in her hand. and II
her husband refuses to give IT to her she
is perfectly justified In taking her own
any way she can get It
But the wife's lack Of money II not al
ways the result Of penuriousness on the
mart OF her husband. oftener than not
it is the outcome Of poverty. Of an In
come that is net sufficient TO meet the
demands made upon 1t in this day of
high cost Of living The man does the
best he can. He is as generous as pos
sible to his wife. and she knows and ap-
preciates 1t, and her desire TO make
money is the outflowering Of her love
for him. She wants to ease the burden
that he bears.
II is hard thing for a woman to look
at her husband and see him working be-
yond his strength TO support his family.
II is a cruel thing to have little child
that needs some surgical operation to
correct some physical defect. and not 10
have the money TO have 1t done. or to
have q talented boy or girl to whom
you cannot give the advantages that
would enable them TO take the place
they are entitled to in life. So It is no
wonder that multitudes Of married
women are asking eagerly what can they
do to earn little money in the hour or
two that they have at their disposal
while they watch the pot boil or the
baby Is asleep.