The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

given the scornful laugh yesterday after
noon by prominent Washington women
for openly declaring that business men
made poor husbands.
Lady Cowdray and Lady Alexander.
and all the other ladies' Of London may
think as they please. but the women OF
the National Capital will not back them
when they come to make such SANDER
Gus declaration as the one concerning
the business man In the role of lover
and hubby that Is now being heralded
abroad throughout the civilized world by
the press
The business man has a champion and
a most powerful and spirited one In the
women of the Capital City. When inter-
viewed yesterday afternoon. the leaders
of Washington femininity laughed heart
lily, gave voice to some interesting ex-
CARNATIONS, and then proceeded to prove
by means of forceful argument why the
London ladies were nigh crazy. and why
business men made about the best hus-
bands on the market
Mrs. Fcmmick Gives Views. -
Mrs Christian Dominique Hemmick,
one Of the shining lights Of Washington
society, was utterly astonished when
asked IL she believed business men made
good husbands
SILLY question:" she exclaimed. Good
husbands? Why. who in the name OF
heaven ever doubted It? Business men
make the best husbands In the world
the most interesting. the most helpful.
and the most clever. The idea Of busi-
ness men losing interest in their wives
and their homes solely because Of the
love of their work is absurd. I'm
friend of the business man. They make
good hubbies-"
Mrs William Tindall, prominent In local
suffrage work. and wife OF the secretary
to the Board of Commissioners, agreed
| with Mrs. Hemmick in defending the
| business man.
II see no reason" she said. "why busi-
ness men should not make Just as good
husbands as other men. There seems 70
me to be nothing in the work Of q BUSH
ness man that should interfere with his
relations to his family and his home !
do think that as a rule business men are
not so wrapped up in their work that
| they neglect their wives and their house.
| holds.
| II am very well acquainted In particu-
lar with a local patent attorney who u
| immensely interested in his business ana
who puts all Of his energy and all OF
his spirit and life into his work: yet he
is as loving a husband as woman could
desire He has never lost interest In his
| household, and he never has permitted
| the love for success and wealth to sti1e
the more important love for his wife and
his family.
"But, after all, it's the man himself.
and not his business. that makes him
either a good or a bad husband"
| Mrs. william E. Andrews. one OF the
national directors Of the Federation OF
women's Clubs and former president OF
the local organization. likewise espouses
the cause of the business man.
| How perfectly absurd" she ex-
claimed, when told that Lady Cowdray
and Lady Alexander thought business
mer very poor husbands. TT Is unques-
| tionably true that some business men.
| az well as men following other voca'
lions, do pay more attention to their
work than to their families. but this Is
always because of the personality. OF the
| man. not because he Is engaged in bust
ness This statement OF the Lonoon
ladies is certainly a dreadful stigma TO
place upon the business man-ons that
he does not deserve
Good Husbands Born.
Good husbands are born. not~made
The following of this business or OF tina,
profession will not make faithfu
spouse-it requires an inward inoori
fitness. It Is individuality and person
autv that make the model husband-no'
tn trade he follows.
Il see no reason why business mer
should not be fully as interesting as any
other men. The argument that the pro
saical and often sordidness Of their vori
| renders them uncompanonable is foolish
=, man may be engaged daily in the mos
tiresome, monotonous, dry, uninteresting
routine work. and yet when away IRON
his toll may be delightfully."- companion
/ able and interesting.
1T is the business Of the wife to De
come interested in manner in the wori
of her husband. do not mean thar
the supper table they should discus
nothing but business and politics; Z
mean that they should be vitality con
cerned about each others activities.