Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-03-20

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duty and stirred him to instant action.
The result Of this would have been
greater peace of mind to all concerned
and a hardly noticeable increase of
present expenditure.
For the future protection of the f;1a-
lily, for n given sum of money. nsur-
anee will yield greater returns than a
savings bank. which it so admirably
supplements. Two or three annual
deposits in a bank mean at the death
of the depositor merely the return of
his capital with interest. A single pay
ment in insurance. shortly followed
by the decease of the insured. gives
prompt payment of the full amount of
the policy at the time of greatest need.
Until the questions of saving and in
surance, the two great provisions for
the future of the family. are fully met
in the home one of the great problems
of married life remains unsolyed.
There is a theory held by many that
a man should not talk shop at homes
that when he puts his latehkey into
his house door he should leave busi-
ness. with all its cares. fears, worries
and trials, on the outside. as the orr
entails take off their sandals before en-
tering a dwelling. 1t Is a gold brick OF
advice that will not stand the acid test
Of wisdom and experience. 1t sounds
unsel6sh. sacrificing. considerate, he
roic and m~agnanimous. but it Is u dam
gerous half truth. The husband has
no right to bring home his irritation.
his Impotence and his restless anger
and vent them on his wife and family.
but cutting off his whole business life
from discussion is %unjust-to both.
Talking business matters at home
does not mean that the husband should
save up all the nagging details of every
day business and recall them at night,
like a child showing a pin scratch and
gently squeezing it a little to widen 1t
and redden it a bit to make it look
more awful and to win more sympathy.
but the real big things that puzzle him.
that worry. that mean much. that inter-
est deeply-whatever interests him VI
tally should interest her.
Business is not all sorrow. struggle.
strain. There are the keen zest of COM
petition, the red blood of enterprise and
accomplishment. joy spots of pleasant
interviews and special successes. There
are incidents of quaint people, the hui
NOR of funny customers, interesting
news of new inventions, improvements.
changes, tendencies. movements and
trends. These are worthy of the tell
ing and may be Of value as informa-
ton or warning.
Wives should know of the tempta-
lions and trials and tests of business
life. Many Il man has been encouraged
to stand bravely by the right by a wife
who heartened him in his ideals, who
counted principles higher than mere
money and who would not consent to
some ge%t-rich-quick scheme that might
get under the wire of the law. but
would not square with sterling honesty
and the higher ethics of truth and JUS
tice.
The wife. whether she be sympathet-
ic, helpful and genuinely interested or
not, should know at least the amount
of the husbands income and whether
the business is prospecting. How much
more she is told rests with him and
herself. She should know this in order
to gauge her expenditure and to direct
properly their living.
The world often condemns a wife as
being extravagant at a time when her
husband is passing through a period
OF business stress and storm. She
who should be the first to know of
this may be the last. She may believe
that her husbands income and posi-
ton not only justify but practically
demand her living on a certain scale.
1t may be the husband who really sets
the pace. and she merely follows. She
may be not only willing but anxious to
live the simple life and would gladly
lower the key of their spending If she
realized it would help him.
A wife may believe herself provided
for in the event of the death of her
husband. but when this sad hour
comes may find his insurance policies
-- have lapsed. his
business is mort
gagged. his credi-
Iss 49, tors are practi-
A5NMIlI cally in possession