El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
PROSPERITY SOMETIMES FATAL
Quarrels Over Money Matters Estranges Married
Couples Who Have Suffered Much in Common.
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

sCIATHAT kills married lOvee" An
w unhappy woman put the CUES
ton 20 me in a letter the other day.
and then proceeded to answer it.
Money is the chief cause OF domes-
tic unhappiness Other married woes
may be endured with dignity. pa
thence, resignation. but there IS some
thing degrading about the disputes
that arise over money"
Ny correspondent then went on
TO tell me about her own case. She
and her husband had been through
everything ogether-pOverty. sick
cess and prosperity. But breakers
were now ahead, because they could
not compromise their differences on
money matters
The wife insisted she was not ex-
trayagant and to prove her claim.
years she often did all the household
work, besides caring for the children
and doing the family sewing.
and now that her husband was
prosperous, even more than prosper
Gus. she felt that a little ease and
she went on 10 say. she allows me for
household expenses but little more
than he gave me in our direst pow
erty- He still expects me TO do q
great deal Of the homework. and
gives me no personal allowance
at all
The matter came to a climax when
she ordered some necessary clothing
at a department store. and had the
bill sent 70 her husband, who prompt
ly refused 10 pay IL: she appealed to
a woman relative who settled the bill,
and now the wife expects 10 sue for
separation and maintenance.
Prosperity Is Fatal
An extreme case, you VIII say and
very probably IL IS, but variations
on this distressing and sordid theme
disturb the peace of far too many
American families. The amazing thing
is that people can face poverty to-
gether-they can scrimp and save
and do without-but prosperity will
upset the domestic ship in seven
cases out OF ten
People who have been through
everything together. as this woman
says, sickness and the death Of a
child viii turn and rend each other
FOR a few miserable dollars and some
sticks OF worthless furniture.
Love, trust, comradeship and the
blessed responsibility shared in the /
care Of children are gifts OF God /
hat all the money in the United /
States treasury cannot buy. They are ]
he best things in life. the most up /
fitting forces in the world.
Money, household goods. clothes, |
eWelry and success come: in acquir- I
nE them we realize how much more /
.nuring was their pursuit than the I
.ctual possession. But love and trust I
.nduro till the end. il they are nos
'uthlessly done to death.
In an extreme case, like that Of
he woman who wrote me. doubtless
he ingrained habits of squeezing
very penny till il does the work Of
wo, necessary TO lift a man from
'overty TO success, leaves its imprint
N the character OF the individual In
his case it seems TO have left so
much Of avarice that II is difficult
o find anything OF the real man.
Love OF Money Usurps All.
The boarding OF money takes the
lace OF wife and child; there is no
oy in life comparable to Juggling
money that IL may yield a few more
ennies 10 be invested. put IN the
ank. the old wOrsted stocking. or
wherever else the miser keeps the
srling OF his heart
Take the case of our most famous
liser among the captains Of finance
( q generation ago, The boarding