The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-22
TWO SORTS OF WIVES WIVES
SOME ARE HELpMEET8 AND SOME
STUMBLING BLOCKS.
llves Of Successful Men Remind U.
Of Credit Due to Wife-ltttie Said
Of the Wife Who 10
Htndrance,

In these piping times Of ~prosperit!
iwe see many articles published tell
ing how the writer achieved success
IN this Oregon country, and principal
" on small pieces OF land. Sucl
stories are highly inspiring, particu
larry to the young men and young
women who are just starting out fol
themselves.
II n will take the trouble to tab
ulate and analyze these stories it viii
be discovered that in nine cases ou'
OF, ten a good woman was the actua
cornerstone upon which the success.
was founded and worked out. The
same has been true since the world
began. we suppose. IT certainly has
been the rule. that the good helpmeet
has. done more for man than any 9th.
er one cause-than any other score Of
causes-since our forefathers landed
on the bleak New England shore
There are, perhaps, fewer exceptions
to the rule now than ever, particular
~ among those who have risen from
poverty to a%fluence on the land.
We must give the wives of nearlJ
all successful men great credit. IL
many cases they. have suffered more
hardship than. their husbands, IA
theirs. or brothers have labored hard
or, have worked for longer hours. No
credit is too great for them.
. But how often is the other side OF
the. story alluded to? Where can
We find the stories of the wives wnc
yer not .helpmeets, but rather. hin.
ORANGES and stumbling blocks to their
husbands? How about the wives who
almost from the day of marriage
were begging for -fneries. Injuries
and unnecessary articles beyond their
means? Do we read of them?
'ss'tftRfs fg"hot. assss.p1easainlitFE subject tc
touch upon;tb but many of us can point
to cases where the extravaganza Of
the wife has kept: the husband in pov'
erty,. is. still keeping. him In poverty,
or at least keeping his nose to the
Wheel grinding, grinding his life
out inch by, inch. Would it not be
we'll to take up this phase Of life and
Row and then speak OF the failures:
Why not cali attention to the woman
who has begged the money from her
young husband for the purchase oil
q new dress which she does not need
or a new hat, which all know to be
above her means, when the same
money put into a COW or two would
mean success. !
In telling about the CHEEKY and
encouraging words of the true help
meet why not give a little thought tc
the poor husband who has had the
very soul and. spirit nagged out Of
him by a woman who did not know
what she wanted, but was bound tf
have. II nagging could get them. many
Of the 11neries Of her richer neighbour
had?
Few such stories are published. fol
the eason that the husbands are fail
ures. or SO considered. and no mar
likes to exploit himself as q failure
But would It not be we'll for some Of
the unfortunate ones to tell their stor
lei. for the benefit Of the young. wivea
who. with their husbands. are sjust
starting out on the road Of married
life? All praise to the good won
en-, the good wives. the self-sacrihcinl
and noble mothers: but let US nov
and then have o word for the unfor
tunate husbands Of the other sort O
Svomen.-Portland Oregonian.
-aN +HsNL :.