The Washington times., 1919-03-07
If You Were "A Wife" What
Would YOU Do?
We Invite Our Women Readers to Answer Very In
teresting Letter.

We print below letter that will appeal to all our
women readers.
The writer whose name she properly requests US not
to publish pictures condition that good many wives
have to face.
She asks: what can do to break my husband of
this awful selhshness?"
That is question for a woman to answer.
We shall ask Beatrice Fairfax who writes so wisely
on feminine topics to devote articles to this
appeal for advice.
We invite our woman readers to write what they
would do if they had ga Wife's problem to solve.
Her letter. neatly typewriter, reads as follows:
Editor The Times:
One of your writers whose articles are printed the editorial
page under the heading Once Overs discussed the other day
the question of housewO and warned us about getting dcon
tented when obliged through force OF circumstances 10
undertake the dudgees of keeping house In opinion your
writer's conclusions should apply only to the housewife whose
not begdge every copper she spends for personal
things
have been married fifteen years and unfortunately have
children have done all of my in that tme including
washing ironing cooking sewing for the two of we'll
as boarers at different and taking in sewing Ny
may claim them uch would sound better to say my
allowance averaged $500 per month in all that time
This would not worried about had my cooking and
other things suited but they did not There that eternal
nagging until dreaded his coming He sampled my cooking
before he married. that being the second time in all my life
that had prepared meal and of in his estimation
cooking perfect
Twenty months ago told that if did not get out and
hustle would get nothing from him. and the few things that
possessed mostly the handmedOwnS from my family, were
about worn out got out and hustled started out at 1900
per annum and am making 1900 In that time have
bought all of the house. have clothed myself have
helped pay his personal debts and last but not least have
saved $500.
How much have | gotten from him in the past twenty
months Five dollars? No. not five cents Then you tell
that am not wasting my time when doing hOuSewoTk. If
IT were appreciated would love it, but matters stand get
more out of life in the business world Why Because
drudgery making old of me- do not have to
humiate myself by accepting small pitance from who
is selfish meet and whom talk to and forget
my troubles do not have to worry because there is not even
cents for recreation fact the last twenty months has given
back ten years of my youth.
NV husband not brute Far be it from that He is
selfish extremely He works hard does not leave home at
night does drink and let add does not money and
in every way model husband and could stay at
home without having accept from him. could be of the
happeS women in this beautiful world.
the $500 that have saved he has found place for
If do give to him he will say that do not love him. and
if he gets he will tell within few months that have
never been of any help to him since he married
Now if you nudge of men, will you tell what to do?
him. but my respect growing less day by day and feel
myself slipping from his reach When tell him this, he only
laughs and saws that him we'll for anything like that
What do to break him of this awful SelfshneSs?
"A WIFE"
Washington February %.