The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-16
AND ELL Q # JACOB TO TREMENDOUS GROW

M1d. "BiII. didn't mAxSx
and I didn't marry Tor \
didn't marry for rood loo31d
What did you marry for 4
well. my wife had ths
Of balng the best worker u
~ in this part Of the CT
raid, II knew q fellow dOWas
souri, that bought = mule On
Recommendation"
Men have done 4 good
the world but women h43S
t~nsselss9s7 SaSab 1f vertsGesGse1
: man wouldhte have &m6dntaeS
hill Of beans X II hadn't be4ny<
little woman behind him n4e8t
on to do something. Yes, hos
full we ought to be that God k6f
woman for ~. And X you
got yours, its not her fauits~ss@s
Oh, ywo admire her fotIhSEE
and her wit: we respect her fQ1EEHs
virtue: and we love her, wS3k
cause we can't help IT Wcnn
always been found in the f0rx21
and the center Of everything
and noble. II she is In the mEk9
bet your life, some brute ~ a
that deliberately plans to GecSix1y;31
u a BIZ aUA ESAA N8A 9%X
SLAYER ought to be shot on the
Now, II / was on the jury. tirSA
would carry me through th9 k16S
before 1 would free him. ThAxa9sa
way I feel toward a fellow ~
sink to sell the virtue OF q Gkrk
monte her. She has AlwHy4
the inspiration, bless God, 0xs
world, from the making 81 Nnd
and blankets for the Eskimo AA&y
making OF mosquito nets for tN4sx
tentots to going without btTet9GsH
her bread to send the Eoepef.st8
heather. and you can't get tnfGsHS
second chapter of anything ~o061
! she is not there with bells and GN
les On. No sir! No sir!
Woman, Dear, sweet WOnsGIE
And she has sold all the 4N
soup; she has baked all the benN1g
all the sponge cake; and she has
the church steeples from
down from Manhatten to the G
Gate. . God bless her. She hAi@
all the bazaars and all the rpfm&
sales. She has sold all the 0
tickets. and she has kent the MD
of Zion afloat. She has taNE33N@
how to love. how to pray, hd<H
| sing, and how to make our f1tit&1
| Heaven on earth, and Ii she 9hAAa3
handling OF the money the
would be on crutches with both
out.
/ That's why some of you f4S0l
looks as though you had beans III
shoes when she asks YOU for
cents. Now. you let your ytfe. w.
some money to do whatever
pleases with 1t. without mAkim
accounting to you. and you ,gfNG8
SO much a week to run the house,
then you give her what Is lAfts
and when you are shy Shell ~
some to loan you at ) per. CHtke
Say. take q tip from me Gtva
a chance to know something
your business, and when you
sofne" good-for-notffng shark1r vi
be able to skin her and the kid
OF every dollar Of it before you3
cold. 4ss
Now, I will say this. and the1
am done. / just got through thu
PRODUCTION. but I'm going to quit "
way. Every good wife would rAX
have the flowers that's gotnG 04zs
put ON her coffin scattered th11
life while she can admire them
will tell you another thing: IfklN
there r too many big roG9Ss
caskets. tube roses. anchors. =
ajar, wheels with a spoke hrok(a1S
Of them, bought with m0n1Y +
ought 10. have spent for a hired =
. Many an old reprobate hides
Twife's coffin with flowers who
gave her five dollars In his ltfe.NN
+ will tell you: The only resa6xs
spent 20 much money ut the fn1l
was to try and pull the wool q
some-other Woman's eyes.
! would never have another wife.
And there are q lot OF man
never say anything good about G.
wives until they have It carved e.
tom bsfone. Oh. the mockinE
OF carving on = tombstone s.Ats1e1
when the poor slave was woTA09|
death: #S
Then, I would rather have q rCe15
while I am here to see. s.
Than have the costliest flowers sbllE1
on my coffin for me. M
I wouids rather have a fuse64f11
tribute of today, *sA
Than have the richest iaurels W34l
have passed away.
I would rather have a kindly
oh. from hearts forever tx64s
Than tears shed round m54s
form when earth rye bAdl
l would rather have the
words that o be said
Than fiattered when my heaFkd
and life has ceased to tUtf3ssa4
Then, give me a rosebud, -
i pink OF red. s2xMN
I'd rather have just one touigh&a
ten million when I'm doaNxTsssS