The Washington times., 1922-04-18
BY
HUSBAND, SHE
L|vES|T down
EmbezzIer's Wife Makes Good
In Business--Advises Women
To Learn to Work.

CHICAGO, April 1s.-what can
a woman do who. being used TO
luxury, finds herself and daughter,
through no fault of their own,
fighting the disgrace left behind by
a fugitive husband who stole 81 ,000,-
900 from bank OF which he was
PRESIDENT
Mrs. Myrtle spurgin. of Chicago,
is causing discussion of this prob
lem by the way she faced the pre-
dicament in which her husband left
her
Mrs. Spurgin, as a social favor
ite, was used TO luxury and every
attention to her slightest wants
by maids and buffers In her rich
household. She gave sumptuous
dinners that rivaled the feasts of
Lucullus and as hostess she
shined with a special brilliance.
Thrown ON Own Resources.
Then recently her husband. War
rem c. Spursin, disappeared; also
81 .000. 900. some OF IL in cash, most
in securities, vanished and the proud
wife OF an erstwhile respected bank
president was thrown upon her own
What did she do? How did she
do IL? What happened to her pretty
debutante daughter, Vivian, who had
been looked on as fine matrimonial
catch and who had been Graded in
the lap of luxury and sent TO a
fashionable girls seminary?
Mother and daughter felt keeniy
the effect of public opinion. but
fought IL. An inevitable, though un.
deserved, stigma attached 10 the
wife and daughter while the police
hunted the profligate father In every
State and overseas.
Public sympathy was extended TO
the little family, but every one
agreed that Mrs. Spurgin and her
daughter could never hope to pros
per in the city of the bankers crimes.
gin. She decided TO fight it out
In her own town, to live down the
stain on the family shield.
Goes to Work In Bank.
And she has succeeded. How
well she has succeeded may be
better understood by the fact that
she Is earning comfortable liveli.
hood--in bank Mrs. Spurgin
is an executive in the notes and
collection department OF the Con-
tinental and Commercial Bank.
Smiling happily. she chatted with
a reporter about her own career
and, the progress of her daughter,
but never once did she mention the
name of her husband, who has
not been seen or heard from in the
last ten months. Nor did she even
refer TO the shadow from which she
and Vivian have struggled out
into the sunlight. Instead, she said:
"The independence of making
ones own way is certainly delight
ful," and Mrs. Spurgin smiled hap
PLY over her new job. Women
should be independent financially
and not have TO depend upon the
male sex for their income. It's all
TO learn to do something and earn
their own way In the world. / ad-
wise them TO keep that indepen-
dence whether they marry or not.
Intuition Big Helpmate.
II firmly believe that women's
intuition VIII do more for them
than mems training in business
ever did. They will use that In
tuition to very great advantage.
The men just haven't 1t. Women
so often get instantly what men
couldn't get after business careers
and long years of hard work"
sMrss Spurgin says her daughter
Vivian will re-enter Chicago Uni
versity in the spring and take a
course in secretariai work, so that
she will be able TO command a sal
airy that will make her self-support-
ing.