The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-09-23
My Wife $
Judgment
By DWIGHT NORWOOD


tile remark Of friend was repeated
to me that neftled me It was tha
she had much better judgment than |
and II we got on in the world ii woulC
be owing 70 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. | ad.
1 nit that she has on certain occasions
advised me as to investments. and
1 her judgment In the matter has turned
| out 20 be quite correct But these
/ persons who set such store by judg-
ment seem 10 forget that there is such
thing as luck. When | proposed at
one time to spend some money in ad.
vertising II scheme | had in view Mar
garet said 10 me, you will not get a
single reply" and it turned out that
she was right II was piece of luck.
Then, too. when | proposed to go
into business with a certain man she
told me he would leave me In the
lurch al 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
shapey. | admit I was altogether
too small for his face but do protest
against any woman condemning man
for such II reason. That the fellow
relieved me of $1,000 does not alter the
argument In the least
When | submitted this case to a wo-
man friend of my wife she laughed
and said. THAT Is reason enough for |
any woman. and when | indicated my |
surprise at snch nonsense she claimed |
that ! had no business 70 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 10 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, when my passbook
was returned TO me from the bank.
'htfNhNf'As w HNt ~ Nit bflldINt III lily
'hcckbook agreed with the balance in
he passbo0k. she replied that she
lidn't know how and couldn't learn
4 nice person that 10 advise n man in.
BUSINESS matters. But this Is not the
worst On one occasion when ! was
N trip and Margaret needed money
rom the bank she wrote check. and
nstend Of signing my name by her
ielf or her own she forced my sigma,
ure. The check was paid. but Mar
.arcfs stupidity raised laugh at the
ank nj her expense.
MY dear" ! said 10 her when in
orned OF what she had done. II hope
crcafter shall hear no more of your
to your husband"
on she replied with a toss OF her '
cad. indicating that she considered c
he matter one of the most trivial i'm r
nrunce, II naturally supposed that 4
signing yopr name / should make it !,
OK like yours They must Ice very
iuirular NJ your bank should not
: surprised II YOU lost everything you c
I've there some day"
''Ncry particular indeed" ! replied o
20 yon consider forgery a matter for Il
banker 10 pass lightly? If they so II
surdcd il at my lhlnk ! should have u
'od reason 10 believe that might =
SCI money by them"
Who could imagine such blind luck 81
followed my wifc's prediction? Six
mths after Il was made the bank
Is obliged to 80 into liquidation. But ~
rGilr lost nothing by the. failure. :"
ortly before It occurred Margaret 9
nl II into her head 10 buy q number re
expensive household articles, which TO
d necessitated using mp all my bal W
&c ey
7 told ron sor' she said when an. OF
upced the banks trouble. TO
Told me so, +" | retorted impatiently.
10 you refer to what you said about or
' some time losing money by the ey
nk?~
or course do" II
VIII you kindly inform me how 20
u. who don't know enough to write no
heck without committing forgery.
ew about the banks weakness? 2"
I knew that Mrs, Burton. the cash 20
$ wife, was a very ambitious wo-
m"
Suppose she was. What has Mrs. int
rtons ambition to do with the sh
lk's failureg"
Everything. Bur she didn't get any qu
our moNey took care of that" Tb
Took care of that scr
Yes. put II into rugs and furni- she
O." f.l
low. was not this the most remark arr
e piece OF impudence? Because she shc
opened 10 spend this money at this sh,
e she claimed 80 have saved 1t In wr
tionally COL
was telling Quigley about this one as
soon after II occurred To my sur wr
se. he turned upon me and said: sca
Bob. you're the biggest fool | ever or
wv
What do you mean?" bor
Don't you know that Burton was 7,
cause of the banks failure and he mn,
; ruined by his wifeT' onr
You don't mean It," -,
ometimes ! think it's pretty hard to .,
n Foundation for ANYTHING in this