Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-01-08
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There are some things Il DOESN'T
pay 10 tn get" said vics-P President
Marshall In recent address. TOR
instance. Il doesn't pay .. man to got
20 much money that Ne becomes
ashamed OF, his old-fashionsd wife
and no longer wants 70 trot N her %.
ciety." t.-r H as tss&sS Al
Not long ago man Who abandoned
his wife and who tried In eyssysway
to provoke her 70 get Z divorce from
him % hs could marry . young a1d
attractive Girl. plainly told her that
she was not sood.looking or stylish
enough for him. that new that. BE- bad
money he wanted . wife b who could
Showso6 h 'society. KS i !. .s,js,k Z.
4 This poor woman had made al sorts
Of sacrifices In their early days Of
struggle with poverty. For years she
had worked and deprived herself of
necessities to help her husband get .
start In the world. and to care for
and bring up his children without .
nurse or maid. She made . drudge
sof herself, but when he had become
prosperous he had no use for the
WORKOUT wife, with her burned-out
beauty and her wrinkles. which had
paid the price Of large part Of bis
prosperity; he wanted to cast her
aside for . young, fresh and attrac-
tive wife. sF5 fts5 81 =
ri In the trial the wife said: II
worked from seven in the morning IN.
I'll eleven o'clock ut night. But now
that am no longer needed In the bust.
ness. he has heaped upon me insults
untold. He has neglected and failed
10 properly provide for me. ,$
He repeatedly told me that was
mot fashionable enough for him." the
wife concluded. He liked ,dressy
women. He took me to one place and
pointed out Miss K. and said he had
spent $500 wining and dining her"
II The world will never know the tor.
lures, = thousand times worse than
death itself, endured BY wives Of
prosperous husbands. who 20 often
prefer suffering to scandal and en-
idure . living death rather than ex-
pose their husbands, who have been
fascinated by younger and more IT.
tractive women.
~ One Of the most pathetic spectacles
IN American life 10 that OF the faded,
outgrown wife standing helpless, In
the shadow OF her husbands pros.
,pesity and power. having sacr1hcsd
her youth, beauty and am billion
nearly everything that the feminine
mind holds desr-to enable IN indif.
sferent, selfish. british husband to get
70 start In the world.
Il does not matter that the wife
sacrificed her own opportunity Tor. .
career. that she gave up sh6f most
scherished ambition In order 70 make :
ladder for her selfish husband to a.
cend b.. 4 When no has once gotten
I to the top, Ike = willy, diplomatic
politician, he often kicks the ladder
down. He wants to make . show n
the world; he thinks only Of himself,
His poor, faded. WORKOUT wife, stand
ing in his shadow, is not attractive
enough for him now that he has got
ten up In the world ~ ~ WI T. ~ =
The selfish husband thinks that he
should have clear track for his am
sbition, and that his wife should be
content. even grateful, to be allowed
to tag on behind and assist him in
every possible way IL what he con.
siders the grand life work OF both OF
them-to make him the biggest man
possible. It does not even occur TO
him hat she could have I'm ambition
yelling up within her heart. . long.
ipg to answer the: call which runs IN
her own blood, and : ysarning to ex-
press Il In some vocation ~ we'll
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1 do not believe that the Creator
Z Has limited one-half 81 the human race
practically to one occupation. while
the other half has ! the, choice Of. :
thousand. ~: 81 .ss;5 ~ &. s: !. u .3 /.
But, many Of, our men readers
will say, lis there any grandsr pro.
fession Ia the world than that of home
making! b Can anything 10 mors slim
ulating. more :elevating than home
making and the tearing OF childrenl
How can such vocation Be narrow
Ing, monotonous :" III X. d. .5; u u u
OF course it IS grand. There II
nothing gsander In the, universe than
the work d! q ,true wife, q noble
mother. l,ut Il would reauirs the Gun.
stitutionf 81 = Hercules, u Infinitely
greater patience than that Or j JOS,
to endure such work 4 with alipoSt ia
!. change Or outside variety, year. d and
year ont es multitpdes of wivssss aud
mothers do no. 8 q Il .s s,::s ~.
The average man does not A,,prs.
ciate how almost devoid 81 incentives
to Observation-Disclosures. to many.sid I'd.
ness. to liberal groy y, the home hss
of many women
The bushes man aud the profes:
sional man are really ii q perpetual
school. a great, practical university
He y continually, coming tn contact