The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
Just a Case Of Goo Much Wife Z;
Why He Failed to Get a Raise.
By T. S. WINSLOW.

The people they go with are middle class
young married couples and their pleasures
consist Of dinner parties, evenings at cards
and at the theater. None Of the parties.
and many of them are informal, ever breaks
up before IL o'clock, and many last even
: longer. Sanford. who has to be at the office
at $50, looks haggard most Of the time Ind
looks much older than his 30 years.
Loss Of sleep once in while isn't so bad.
but II Mrs. Sanford hasn't been out at least
three evenings a week she considers the week
an awfully dull one. Sanford told me this
himself. He doesn't mean to complain. 1t
just leaked out. Sanford rises at $50 and
then Just has time to battle. shave, and eat
a hurried breakfast. before catching the L. "
Mrs Sanford can lie in bed until 0 or 10. usu-
ally so she doesn't feel the strain of the
late retiring.
She Pays High Prices. q
Mrs. Sanford is extravagant To be sure.
she does not have large charge accounts at
the big department stores Things might be
worse in thatdirection. Some women. mar
ried to men on the moderate salary that San
ford Is getting. spend far more on clothes AMI
leave their husbands perpetually wondering
when they can pay for them.
Mrs. Sanford has a moderate charge &C ,
count each month. She buys most Of the
provisions herself and the meals are usually
rather plain. AS she has never studied the
subject Of nutrition she cannot understand
food values, but she buys what is displayed
in che markets and groceries. buying food Of
the best quality and paying large prices. The
waste Of the servant and the guests, whose
visits are not infrequent help bring UP the
account. She dresses well and must keep
UP with the fashions"
OF course. Mrs. Sanford has maid. Other
men on the same salary do not often have
servants, but Mrs Sanford says she isn't
strong enough to get up for breakfast and
take care of six room fiat. Other women are
satisfied with three or four rooms, but Mrs.
Sanford can't consider that. She must keep
up the standard set by the Weather MEM
bers of her set She would like an autcmo-
bile, but knows that is out Of the question s.
she gives dinners to fortunate possessors IN
order TO graft " rides. and envies them
Sometimes her envy finds words, and she
smiles cynicaly when Sanford tells her he
is doing the best he can.
Too much wife that's what's the mat
ter with Sanford. He isn't unhappy, ax-
actly. He wishes things were different. bit
doesn't know how to change them. Some
times he talks with her seriously and then
there is scene" and she is Ill FOR few
days and there is more frequent telephon.
ing. There Is no question of a divorce be-
cause they are really congenial, in some ways
He is never cruel or unfaithful. and she
never even threatens &c leave him. He gives
her a good home and alone she would have
no way of earning q living.
Sanford keeps on working. He never saves
anything, but he isp't. very much in Gebt.
He spends everything he makes and wonders
way he can't have bank account like Others
on his salary. His wife blames him because
he is not forging ahead. and he almost
blames himself. He has rather dull, hope
less task in front Of him and "too much
wife " 10 the cause