Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
Don't overwork the Apron
Strings.

band sparingly and then only in pri-
vate. Men have more courage in busi-
ness ventures, but women are more
cautious and more opposed to
changes. If more men would listen
to their wives fewer of them would
|fail in business. A man covets the ad-
Joining farm; he wants to keeps more
stock; he gets into more things than
Ihe can carry through. Here the wife
who knows as much or more than the
husband about the family business
can be a real help-a balance wheel.
Business judgment, sense of values,
a grip on details, methodical habits,
power to read character, ability to
handle .help, courage and caution
these and many others fine traits that
help to make successful business ca
reer do not depend at all on sex.
Some men have them, some do not;
some women have them, others do
not. All the brains that you and your
husband combined can apply to your
business of getting wealth out of the
soil will be needed.
It embarrasses man dreadfully if
the neighbors get the impression that
he is tied to his wife's apron strings.
The husband ought to appear publicly
and privately as the representative
of the family. However, know one
successful old farmer, noted for his
shredness, who can never be drawn
into any deal of Importance in a hur-
ry. He always says, "I'll see what she
says about it." Many wise man
says, "Il think it over and let you
know in the morning" That short
sentence means: 81 want to go home
and talk it over with my wise wife
who is as true as steel every day in
the year to what she believes to be
the best interest of me and my chill
dren-the; faithful life partner who
again and again has shown finer
prudence than my own; the dear wo-
man who not only has given her dow
ry, but herself, soul and body, to
making me an honored and successful
man." That short sentence, cpl think
it over and let you know in the morn
ing" means in the mind of a good
husband: "I will make no important
move that involves our common prop
erty without her knowledge and con-
sent. She always advises with me; l
will play fair and advise with her."
Spend Your Husbands Money Wisely
Sit down and talk things over. 1t
takes time for the simplest PROPOSE
tion so to sink in that it will result in
action. The larger policies as to stock
and crops you ought to understand.
The rotations your husband is using
YOU should master. Have him chart
the different fields and then name or
number them. The very fact that ne
has TO go carefully into detail in these
matters will be a real help to him,
making him do good, ,ssharp thinking.
The questions you will ask will make
him think through all sides of every
proposition. The farmer is usually
handicapped by having to do his work
alone. Most business men have a part
ner or partners. When one member
of the firm wants to try out some
thing new he must convert skepti-
cal partner, who will put him through
a cross-questioning that will show the
weak spots in the policy. Two points
of view are always broader and safer
than one. What he fails to see you
might see. ="
You are the principal spender of
the family income. The clothing, the
food, the furnishings of the house,
the repairs, are for the most part left
to your judgment. Convince your hus-
band that you are conscientiously put
ting in your time and best thought to
make every cent he earns go as far
as possible and he will trust you more
and more. If you can show him in de-
tail where the family income has
gone and can tell him ahead just what
and when other expenditures are
coming you will put heart into him.
He will not feel then that he is work
ing away in the dark. have known
number of homes where the income
was turned over to the wife and she
kept the books and looked after the
purchasing. 1t was practical division
of labor. The firm-the family-was
just that much more efficient. Much
of the work of the average farm wife
f6oes mieht. he done as we'll or almost