The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-22
My Wife
Judgment
BY DWIGHT NORWOOD

10 me that nettled me. IL was that
she had much better judgment than !,
and If we got on In the world 1t would
be owing to this fact
Now, while | love my wife dearly
and appreciate her good qualities,
confess don't like this decrying OF,
myself by comparison with her ! nd
nit that she has on certain occasions
advised me as to investments, and
her Judgment in the matter has turned
out to be quite correct. But these
persons who set such store by Judg-
ment seem to forget that there is such
thing as luck. When proposed at
one time to spend some money in adj
vertising a scheme | had in view Mar
earet said to me, you will not get
single reply" and it turned out that
she was right 1t was piece of luck.
Then, too, when ! proposed to 80
into business with certain man she
told me he would leave me In the
lurch at the first opportunity. When
asked her on what she based her state
ment she said she didn't like the shape
of his. nose. The member was not
shapely, | admit 1t was altogether
too small for his face, but do protest
against any woman condemning man
for such reason. That the fellow
relieved me Of $1,000 does not alter the
argument in the least.
When submitted this case to wo-
man friend of my wife she laughed
and said, THAT is reason enough for
any woman, and when ! indicated my
surprise at such nonsense she claimed
thatsI had no business to ask my wife
TO give reason for such an opinion.
Margaret had such run OF luck in
proving me wrong In certain Instances
that she came TO believe she was very
much my superior. True, she never
said she was my superior and relied
on me entirely for certain things about
which she was very stupid. When |
asked her one day, wheh my passbook
was returned TO me from the bank,
balanced. to see II the balance in my
eheckbook agreed with the balance In
the passbook. she replied that she
didn't know how and couldn't learn.
A nice person that TO advise a man In
business matters. But this is not the
worst. on one occasion when ] was
on a trip and Margaret needed money
from the bank she wrote a check, and
instead of signing my name by her
self or her own she forged my sigma
ture. The check was paid. but Mar
garets stupidity raised laugh at the
bank Mt her expense.
MY dear" | said to her when in
formed of what she had done. 81 hope
hereafter shall hear no more OF your
superiority TO your husband
"Oh." she replied with toss OF her
head. indicating that she considered
the matter one Of the most trivial i'm
portance. II naturally supposed that
IN signing your name ! should make IL
look like yours. They must be very
particular nj your hank. ! should not
he surprised II you lost everything you
have there some day"
VERY particular indeed" l replied.
'Do you consider forgery a matter for
banker 10 pass lightly? II they so
regarded il at my bank | should have
good reason TO believe that ] might
lose money by them"
who could imagine such blind luck
as followed my wife's prediction? Six
months after Il was made the bank
was obliged to GO into liquidation. But
luckily | lost nothing by the failure.
shortly before II occurred Margaret
took II into her head TO buy n number
OF expensive household articles. which
had necessitated using up all my bal
ance.
Il told you sor' she said when an.
bounced the banks trouble
Told me so" retorted impstiently.
"Do you refer 10 what you said about
my some time losing money by the
bank
"Of course I do"
"wnl YOU kindly inform me how
you. who don't know enough 10 write
check without committing q forgery.
knew about the banks weakness"
u knew that Mrs Burton. the cash
ier's wife. was = very ambitious wo-
man"
suppose she was what has Mrs.
Buttons ambition % d. with the
banks railurer'
Everything But she didn't set any
Of our money. took care of that
Took care ~ that"
yes. ] put IL into rugs and furni- I
furc"
Nov. was not this the most remark
able piece n impudcncef Bechuse she
happened 10 spend this money ~ this
time she claimed 70 have saved q n
tentiousIiy
I vas telling Quiriev at,ouf tbs one 4
dsy soon after q eccurred. To my sur- .
Prise. be turned upon me and said
Rob you're the biCEest fool J ever /
knew
what a. you mssnT
"r,nnt Won know that Burton wHs
the cnuae ~ ths hsnk's failure ara Be
was ruined ~ his vIfs
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