The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-09
Copyright, 1920. BY the Wheeler Syn
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We have long recognized that mar
riage is a partnership in which man
and woman enter into life contract 10
pool their money, their labor. their IN
telhgence and good will and strive
together for the common good OF the
firm. H.,
Heretofore woman has been silent
partner in the concern. Her work was
all done on the outside of the store OF
office. or factory. All that she had
was invested in the business but she
had no voice in Its management Cen
orally she was kept In complete lgnor-
ance of what it was doing. Nature
ordinary financial ability and executive
efficiency, but she never had chance
to use her talents, And she shared
in only such of the profits of the firm
as the senior partner chose to give
her II it succeeded. while she went
down into bankruptcy II it failed,
The entrance OF so many clever ana
capable women into the business world,
and especially the marriage of so many
men to these aforesaid clever ana cap
change this left-handed matrimonial
partnership into real partnership IN
which woman Is not only man $
wife, but his business partner as well.
Formerly when a man married a
highly trained business woman he
dumped neT GOWN lllU a hiiNlNh NAVAN
she was miserable and where he ascsr-
tanned that being a cracker jack
stenographer does not necessarily make
one good free hand cook nor does
lightning calculator enable one to al
ways have meals on time.
Now, when he espouses the efficient
secretary who leaves her employer tear
ing his hair when she gets married,
or when he leads to the altar prize
buyer, or head saleswoman, Mr., Wise
man. instead of wishing the gas range
and stationary washtubs on her, IN
vites her into his own office, or sets
up "A little business with her. The
result is the woman is happy and in
terested in doing the work she has
fitted herself for and likes, and the
man prospers, and matrimony becomes
grand. sweet song. with two people
working shoulder to shoulder for the
same end.
so universally successful have been
these firms of husband and wife that
they seem to offer a solution of many
OF the social problems of our day, They
provide an outlet for the energies Of
women, for one thing. 1t is having
nothing worth while to do that makes
women peeVish and nagEy and discon-
tented, for the time has gone by when
women with brains in her head can
find sufficient occupation for life
time in punching holes in cloth and
filling them up again, and going to
pink teas and bridges, and realize her
highest ambition is winning the blue
ribbon at the church bazaar for the
angel food Many man who has a
wife who is hard to endure as a do
mestic partner would find that she was
an invaluable asset as a business part =
ner II he took her into his office or
store and gave her the big construC-
tive work that her body and MIND cry
aloud for.
Also the organization Of the firm OF
Benedict & Co. will enable thousands of
young people to marry who other
wise would be compelled to remain SIN
gle. 1t Is all very well to say that
a man should be able to support the
woman he marres Under present
economic conditions the average man
can not afford the luxury OF an lute
wife before he is mddleaEed. and by
| that time he is so set in his ways
and case hardened in selfishness that
he is not tit to marry.
But there Is no reason why any
| capable, industrious young couple, VINO
are willing to work together. should
| not organize business and matrimo-
NAL partnership while they are young
| enough TO have the blood running red
| in their veins, and the wings OF ro'
| nance lowering over them,
Moreover the business partnership
| win come nearer to solving the divorce
| question than anything else. The rea-
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| because they have no common interest,"
| to hold them together The man Is abb
| sorhed in his business, Of which tn,
| woman knows nothing The Woman''
| days are filled with dress, with 50.
| cirtv with clubs of which the HUSBAND
| knows nothing They are so little II
| touch they haven't even anything t
| talk about. and they are so bored al
home they seek affinities abroad
But the married couple who are bust
ness partners have the strongest Of al
| bonds tieing them together, They
have a vital mutual Interest. The!
| sneak the same language They hav,
| something they can endleSsly discua!
together. aud you will lind no husbands
| ard wives such Chums or so united
as those who work together.
| The business partnership of hus
| band and wife also eliminates strb,
over money from the matrimonial part
nership,
with a tightwad husband, nor an,
| running OF a generous man by eNtrav
aganCe when the wife shares equal!
| With the man in the profits of tn
arm and knows exactly what they cal
afford to spend and just why the!
can't buy car or do over the hous
this year, .,
,,an lived over his store he always go
Ian They say now that whenever
,.ife works with her husband they be
come rich The idea OF the domesti
business partnership is only new to VI
In This country. They have practice
It Tor centuries in France. and it