El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-08
''The SeIf-Made Woman -
The Woman Who Rises With Her
Husband From Poverty to AffIu-
ences a Word About Her.
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y He was poor once herself-and
~ now, her husband having made
- money, she feels above her old
neighbors-
He was a stone mason and she used
to do her own work-and never
dreamed of having company for sup
per unless it was some old aunt or
some one Just over the old country
She went to church on Sunday and to
the church society meetings on week
DAYS and she always helped get the
supper at the annual baZaar-and with
that social life she was perfectly sat
isfied-but now
Wen. what "but now?''
Why shouldn't the poor woman live
in a bigger house if her husband has
the money to pay for it2 Why should
she do her washing when she can
afford to hire somebody else to do it2
Would yOu2
What's the use Of a mans making a
fortune if his wife won't help him
spend it2
"FeeIs above her neighbors." does
she2 How do you know she does
And, whisper, wouldn't il be odd If
she. really was above them just a
Not because she has money now
when she had none once, but because
she is sensible enough to know what
to do with money when she gets it.
perhaps she is tired Of hearing about
the weeks washing and the weeks
fruit canning Maybe she likes TO
learn something now once in a while
Her husband may not be the only
one in the family with brains enough
to get out of hard. wearing work
HOusewOrk drudgery2 Not a bit Of
it. no more than any other work. But
this particular woman may not care for
homework. Ought she to keep on do
ing it now that she doesn't have TO,
just TO please you and her neighbors
who knew her when She etc
What a nuisance the knew her
when she"-bOre is, anyhow
heard one of them talking the
other DAY. Tt was in a little old
fashioned village
she" had gone away from the vii
lage and made name for herself as
a sinEer-she had married a man with
money and she had made for herself
good solid niche in the wOrld-and
then she went back to the village to
visit She thought she might find some
young girl there who needed the same
chance she'd had and was worth help
Ing to get it. She asked a lot of ques-
lions. took pains to meet all the young
peOpIe-Was the laughing stock OF the
village for her pains
Why
She said pigs instead Of "hawgs-
and never used a double negative once
all the time she was there
Did they admire their old friend for
her good sense and cleverness in adopt
ing the new ways Of the new world
she lives in when she is at homer Not
they. They nudged each other and
giegled every time she spoke and
called her stuck up" behind her back
John smith may go to town and
make his way in the great world OF
men-make it honestly, fearlessly,
fairIy-fight his fight like man and
the son of a man. What is he when
he goes back hOme2" Just queer
Jack smith, whose father drank too
much and whose mother was the worst
housewife in town
Come. come. old ueighbOr-dOn't keep
your eyes shut so right-open them ana
you'll see something interesting
You used 10 lend her your gloves
to go to town with and her brother
always had to borrow a bat from your
brother when he wanted to play ball
and now she has three hats 70 your
one and has a laundress and a cook
well what of it2 Be proud Of her, re
joice with her in her good luck and the
good sense to know how TO use IT.
Feels above you" does sheZ Wen,
then she's learned very little with an
her good fOrtune-unless as I said
before, she really is above you-and IN
that case-you know you can hardly
blame her, can you?