The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-11
SHOULD A WIFE GET
WAGES? OR SHOULD
S HGET EvN SPLIT7
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mother.
What relation did shis giving
and taking % money presaoe1

"nst fetsttor uto WIS giving
and taking o. money presspe1
Her husband had given this
money pridcfuliy II was. suhtIy.
the act ~ kindly maaior-largess
To a pretty slave.
liow. asks June, do wives get
money from husbands do they
smile and ~heedleg or do they
weep. or bully. or nngg or do they
and their husbands regard mar.
rtaga as an equal partnership
June foreseen that this union into
which she has entered IL not 10 be
an equal partnership. Her husband
II good man. She Is In love with
him. But
obeylng an impulse. she leaves
the train AZ way station aud
catches another returning 10 New
York. her husband. properly fran.
tic. in hot pursuit.
Beard projects himself into the sit.
uatiOn, and the trouble starts.
NY wife gets u ALL
! mean 10 cay. when I get my
envelope on Saturday night
turn Il over 10 her. and she
gives me car. lunch. tobacco
and beer money.
This does not mean that my
wife 10 the senior member Of
the firm. I do not even admit
at least. 90 her---thst she 10
the superior fraction OF the
combination.
We regard our partnership
as an equal one. But years OF
the most Intimate relationship
have taught vs our respective
qualifications.
You wouldn't put a mechanic
In the office and a bookkeeper
In the shop. would your Well.
thenl
can earn money: my wife
can't She can save money:
can't.
I'M A sPENDrHRlFT.
SHE'S A TiChT.WAD.
! am not contendiBE that our an.
swer 10 the biggest question in the
world In the right answer. | only
say II IN n pretty good answer.
II IL not the perfect answer
from the husbands point OF view.
Because. now that we have mon.
ey I'm bank. my wife points ont IN
those rare moments when we are
In Disagreement you couldn't
save money before we were mar.
ried Ergo. you would be broke
now but for me. Saving is more
important than earning"
II does not do to point out that.
II one does not earn. one cannot
save. The wife points triumphant.
ly TO the bank account and leaves
mt without a leg to stand on.
do~not advise young men ap.
preaching matrimony TO adopt this
method. especially II they be nat.
ural born spendthrifts.
Many of my men friends do not
approve OF my method. The, speak
OF my money" MY house" my
business" my automobile
my wife"
often they are generous toward
their wives. Hut II Is generosity.
do not know II their wives feel
degraded. as does June Warner.
My only purpose in projecting
the Boalt method into the discus.
sion is 10 excite the interest OF you,
the married readers Of The Star.
The Star and the management OF
the Colonial theatre want YOUR
answer TO this biggest question in
the world.
We do not want the views of
bachelors or spinsters.
We want the husbands and wives
TO write The Star.
The Colonial theatre man.
ssement vii pay s25 for the
best letter.
Make your answer to the
question, DOES A WIFE
EARN WAGES7" short-not
more than 200 words. Tho
best OF the answers will be
printed In The Star. Tho win
ner will be announced Sstur.
day.
You must. therefore. " down
and write--rlght nowl
Also, the winner OF the contest
will be filmed by Jacobs. the pho
tographer. and the picture Will be
shown AZ the Colonial colnoident
with the showing OF Runaway
June" on Sunday.