Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-08
His Office Wife!
An English Viewpoint
London Home Chat

, surprised and sorry some day when then
| find that old Mother Nature has take
| them nj their word
The sisters exchanged slightly astonish-
! cd glanccs.
when there arc so many girls who
would have made good wives and mothers.
! and who will have 10 keep single all their
! lives, went on Dick, III doesn't make one
| feel over joyful about those who have
married for whim, or because they don /
want 10 remain n miss, and yet seek to
cvadr all the responsibilities of a wedding
! ring
I ooh. he's been listening To mother"
! declared jess
NO. he hasn't, then, replied her brother
rising; he's been listening 10 the opinions
of the men out thcrer'
Rhoda took her arguments to the office
Single and married discussed II all over
the tcacups with such tervor that anv letter
ever Wuttcn to the paper about Afternoon
tea In Government offices was for once
fully justified
They won't look at our adc OF the
question" declared the Eva with a hus-
band from the East
Is il likely that after being so jolly here
with all YOU girls, acknowledged 20 have a
money making BRAN. with n wallet never
empty Of the cash that cheers that | pine
TO dust flat. 10 peel potatoes 10 be alone
there all day messing around doing plliilng
thing>, waiting till Billy comes home at
night
4 can't cook for nuts, and hate house
work Why not pay someone who can
do these things properly. while come out
and do something else that Is rcmuncra-
TIVE and congcnla tnd which makes
me "A brighter, more contcntcd Wlfe for
Billy
f}c>l,lcs. she sad. he's learnt 70 spend
IN the Army. and vc learnt TO spend out
side IL. and I can see friction coming II
suddcul, IN these expensive times We both
haze 81 consider pennies Why not let
us both work 4 httlc Whllc we can. and
get COSY ncst-cgg while VIC re both free
"Of course. # there wcrc children ~
commenced little Brown
Children exclaimed Iva Why
docs everyone keep harpuC on that note
surely companIonshIp Is tho idea u mar
rage
Well. If that, the object hc gct, Tot
of vours. considering YOU leave before
HIM III the morning and arrive after mm
Al night. declared httlc Brown >plrltcdiN,
that's what that would lead 10 SIC MAY
nut up with Il FOR a while. hut the average
man wants wife who makes a hane.
He can pay anyone 70 keep rooms c,can
and send his laundry
You need not worry little Brown.
declared Nam Nam with q husband o"t IN
Sal onkl some may y an 10 keep on this !
office stunt but the ma Jertv with husbands |
will bc only too thankful - forget the lost |
Years. and Slad, tal,a up home litc and /
housekeeping
With p nnd pinnei down to cradles /
and rookinC chrlcd ln Ia
Nan quietly looked III her direction |
There d PROBABLY hc more happiness |
10 that home than Il tic wife pinned her |
mind 10 lace and lcdccrs'' she said
What ycu arc all arguing about I
don know came from a tall faIr girl
Human nature Is the same ;.s ever
homes viii have always i greater pull than
offices and only a very exceptional woman
could run both without either suffering
These Office wives are gong 10 be the |
standby in many eases where the man
comes home and has 70 yet himself cs-
tahlishod all over again in his business.
Hes going to bless the woman who can
keep the pot a-boilInC while nc gets on his |
feet again but you mark my words, She |
gong to give II up very gladly when he |
can do al the boiling himself.
These arc the things tho girls rcsaying |
nov wadays
The wives Of today have been married |
IN novel circumstances All kinds oi new /
ideas about married life are seethina in /
their brain~ Some have 4 secret fear, |
and some have an openly expressed fear,
81 the monotony OF ordinary marriage |
Some are purely selfish IN their desires. |
while Others ask for the home life by all |
means with. if You please, just a few !
modern alterations
None of them want the old humdrum |
existence that made 50 many unintcrestirg |
women.
What do they want?
They can't exactly tell you
What ,hey get, however will depend |
on themselves All the future is theirs, !
To- make Or mar Wonderful opportuni- |
lies are there many pitfalls too