New Britain herald., 1922-01-06
ANCIENT WIFEA
 BUSINESS WOMAN
Some Men Home So Seldom They Don't Know Their Own Children


 John l., Davis, last evening, "Not that I'd wish the baby any harm" Inc continued, but I'd like to show the average man what his wife is ur against in the home"
 Was Busincsswoman Then,
 Rev. Mir. Davis took as his theme the ideal wife, basing his address on the thirty-hrst chapter of Proverbs tenth verse, which tells of the virtu- ous woman. According to the book of Proverbs, as interpreted by the minister, who leads the Bible class bearing his name at the Y. NJ. C. A., the virtuous woman of King Lemuel's time, referred to In Proverbs, was q business woman. She earned her liv' ing by buying and selling real estate and making and selling linen to the merchants of her time. "A lot Of fellows think a woman has no busi- ness ability and can't do anything Why in the average home the woman does about 90 per cent. of the buying and household business management, he said.
 Dying From Lack of Variety.
 Speaking of the freedom and hap
 
 and the woman who takes an active part in public life, he continued Many woman is dying today be- cause she is going through the same old round of routine things day after day and year after year. Never go- ing out, never seeing anyone and never having any social life. Many men are so grouchy they will be out all day and when they come home at night they are so glum they sit around and never tell thing theS saw. The wife loses interest in things as she goes the same old round year after year and sooner or later she becomes uninteresting. Get your wife interested in church societies or some other social work and she will be the better for it.
 Wasn't a WasherwOman.
 The yirtuous woman in olden days didn't have to wear herself out over the wash tub to be a good wife. She was a good business woman and earned good clothes for herself and children by doing business with the merchants. She wore purple and me linen. If she were here today she would wear Russian sable and drive a limousine.
 Husband in Politics
 Her husband was one of the or fcials of the city because of her neat ness and efficiency in the home. He probably was known as the husband of Mrs. So and So.' She wasn't afraid of the future of her business either. I ot POO0S. she was straight and honest,
 Children Blessed Her. Her children call her blessed. What a splendid thing it is to have home where the children will rise up and call you blessed. Many a poor woman is wearing herself to death, scrubbing and cleaning and drudging and doesn't realize she is missing the best things in life.
 Ancient and Modern.
 The ideal of woman in olden times was to be married. When she was single she lived at home. Her father and mother gave her clothes and what money she had. Marriage to her meant freedom. She would have a home of her own and manage it herself Freedom to the modern woman means single life. She works, earns her living, pays her board, buys her clothes and is independent. She doesn't have to be bossed by any body. When she gets married she enters servitnde and dependence. She doesn't have cent to call her own,
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 Sox and Other Things.
 She has the same feeling you would have if you had to stay home all day and never see anybody. Imagine a man staying home all day to darn sox If I had to darn sox all day I'd darn something besides sox before l got through. That's why America leads the world in divorces, the women won't stand for it.
 Who Owns the Baby?
 To some men home is a place where you go to change clothes when you are going somewhere else. If some fellows were suddenly held up and forced to stay home and take care of the family they would have to have the children pointed out to make sure which were theirs and which were the 
 Wives Are Different Now
 Some young fellows get married to- day and think their wives are going I to slave like their mothers did. If you | have any such idea young fellows you | had better not get married. They f simply won't do it. Some women spend | their time in society and only see their a few minutes a day. They let the governess hear the prayers of the children. They rob their children of mothers love. Later on in life they are broken hearted because they E are robbed of the love of their chill lren. I tell you men, there is no other woman on earth good enough to hear the prayers of your children but their mother.
 Home Controls Everything
 All our sorrows and woes and all Y he hell in America is coming out of Inc home The home life in America U Is being destroyed and our national II fife is dependent upon the home. Then cts make the home what it ought to 1e."
 Amos Was a Socialist
 Tn announcing his theme for the