Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-18
THE NISERLY HUSBAND.

Icavrn only knows ! give up the
,od,,ndrum II | could solve it. | wouiu
,o, onlv hc a female Solomon, ou' tne
,r-at,at henefaCtor that my sex fins eve!
-, f,r there 10 no other ore thing that
s,a.La ,Le matrimonial happiness oi
woman than parsiinony' .;o
Ihc first time that many rotneho9
hr,lc d,ssovrrs that her t.oi has ,ee' W
.laV ia when she has TO reaoh '1' "s
,,oekethnok. and finds out that u nas
Sale lock q IL that II 'sker an expet' pu's
ar VI h - jimmy pry oINn "''e
a. got a few pennies out oi u
1t, ,nrn thank Cod are generous 10
,h.,, v,vos Some are even too iaV'sh'
sal s,ve their wiN>s more than they can
sN,rJ tn vivr them. but there ~ no uehY-
,ar that there are a large uumber on men
,,h, sup,,ort their families grudgihgF'
anI Who make their wives livcs torment
IN thcm through their stIngncss.
TLesc mrn nrver give their wives m
auT,u,,rcc They have everything charged
- L,lls oo Nhirh they keep m eagle eye
all vh,o tho first of the moath arrives
.,l ,hr bills come in. there are scenes ahu
storms and abuse. and vltupersson 'na'
lr,rbten the ponr wives han 20 dea'h'
These prp aci rs Il thcu wives hau ea''n III
.vsr, part,clc of food on the grocery ~,
anil monopollred al the light ana neat
rahrcScnted on the gas bill and 'ha' Wy
,.'s,,,,s,blr for the children wearing
out their shoes. and getting SICK a''u nv
iak g. have the doctor ~
Wby men. who are not willing !" pay
,ot 10 unk sep ~ a horne and the necessary
.,pansos ~ / family, ever get married IS
,,Es..,, They do however, and theif ni,-
Z Ultimate wives nre expected 70 WORK
,,I,.,lr. and 4et good tallc and present
. good appearance without money ~"
,thou, COS, and when they 1911 70
,,b,.vc Tho impossible. they have to bear
,II, bru,t a, their lord and master 5 agony
at,o,t,,g with whai Is dearer @ nm theh
L,s hearts blood
In the end man has to pay the ahso-
~, necessary household expenses tof
n family The law camrels that, hut y -
i, ,aa,,re the number of men who never
+ ! thpir wives q cent 80 spend rs theN
rIease and for which thcv DO not nave e.
rI,r - account
90, hundreds of letters Year from
,,-,, ,,ho toll me- that thcy have never
.ta d.Uar II their own since they were
,Ja,r,ed some If them say that Their
l,sl.ona. orc r,ch and they hevo old
.tlo,s ~ s,.k sisters that thev wolld
Ill balp Eut cannot Others SOY thar
ILL.,, Lusl,erdl ,lress frclv lut they have
, ,,.ko ,bcir own clothes end look So
baIJ, 40. thC,r husl,a-dl nre Ssh mod
IL I. so.n nv With theru ard all TESTIFY
:, ,hs Lun,,llattrc ani degrading scenes
tI., bavet, o. through when they ask for
m.tn,V
Net theae women all wuk IN their
bhnes Tho, cook ord clean and srrub.
4, 4 aav patch md darn epd hunt bfr-
r4,ns and ralsc fawlll"= ami peri"rm
a4r,ices ~ varied aud greet thnt = wouid
.I,st man hurdrei= If d"liar7 ? month
Nh have done ~ substitutes i d"esn
take Inrr &, nun w lnll for household
lbl,o, tbesa days when competent cooks
set fror S2n a week m. and vaeh-ledies
demand - ~ = dav and trained nurses
and hehy specialists are worth their weight
HI mild and seamstressea arc pearls %
rrlce
THIS makes All the more unjust the att
.,de " the man who N common pariarce.
Eol3s on, on his wife. and refuses 70 give
H., tho money that she has earned N he
,,vp kitchen ami nursery to SAY nothing
II The hlsher olligationa he he's towards
Her aa her husband
IN. as Mr. Cleveland airlv observed,
u i the condition and not The theory that
dor fronts us Here Is the miserlv hus-
hand and here IS his deirauded wife, and
ahe wants 70 know how she can 80 about
collecting Whist u owed her
The best wav t. deal with tIghtwad
husband Is not to marry him at all In
ncLiae ont a husband one OF the things
= oirl should he s,lrest about is e. ere that
she isn't getting ? stngv one. observe
h.,u q Young man reacts towards money
II he cerres his pennies in 2 change
rb,,r.r il he haegles over every cen on
bIl.,f he le YOU pay your car fare when
ba meets YOU on the street car, II he IS
alusvs ., slow IN getting out his pocket
hook that he lets somebody else IN the
crowd nav. II he carries little hook and
nuts down IN II every cent he spends pass
him IN lie viii make one of the kind Of
husbands YOU have TO chloroform before
,,,,, mart hlm from the price Of a hat
Then a girl Is fool who deserves all she
Gets II she does not have a definite money
understanding with the maa she narries
before she marries him Don ask a me n
III he = sure he viii ALWAYS love YOU and if
he v-ill never marry If YOU die Ask hlm
how much Of his salary he thinks man
should give his wife to keep house on, and
what ere his views IN regard to a wlfe's
having her Own Individual purse.
But many a man who Is lavish spender
during his courtship IS n mlserlv husband.
NJ AtlN man IIlhktS itlN " AZ lsfN ~ l'titNiA
INC economies after marriage, for the gifts
snd good times he gave her before mar
mage How is such a woman 70 deal with
her close-h ted spouse
Generally such man pride is his weak
sDo' He trusts 10 his wife being ashamed
70 let other people know how niggardly he
~. and nine times out Of ten his wife could
make him come across beautifully by as
surinQ HIM that she would go out and get
Job. even if she had to cook in some
bodvs else's kitchen, rather than haggle
With him over every penny Instead of
getting appropriate clothes, at the price of
her husband abuse, let her shame HIM
hv her shabblness and tell their friendl
that he refu'e To give her any dress
money, snd he will save his face by hand
ine over decent allowance, for no man
want 20 endure the withenng contempt
~e al feel for the stingy.
II these tactics fail, woman is justified
N leaving a tlghtwad husband and going
20 work for those who will reward her
services with pay envelope She has
everything 20 gain, and nothing to lose
by ~ doing, for the hardest work, and the
worst pad in the world, is working tight
wsd husband