Show I I WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR HUSBANDS HUSBAND S BUSINESS BUSINESS' I Copyright ht 19 1912 by tho the Press Publishing company tho the New York world I I BY llY SOPHIE IRENi IRENE LOEB T of the law excuses no noI noI I I I man man iuan before tho Judges In liko Jlko manner Ignorance of her husbands husband's business excuses no woman And now another failure Is chronicled chronicled chroni chroni- cled In the courts courte wherein the wife ac accused accused ac- ac of at extravagance extra a claims she did not hot know the condition of or her husbands husband's business an and con consequently where to put an nn end to the tho spending At the same sarno time prominent business women claim that this Is no unusual circumstance and ami that the lie average home woman knows little or 01 nothing about business principles In In fact docs does not know how to make mako out a n check that check that man many women uro entirely c Ignorant of at their husbands husband's en- en s and ancI that failure often orten surprises the in and finds them unprepared That this charge Is 15 true In a great many cases eases goes gocs without sa saying But that lint all tho the censure should bo be put iut on th wife Is anything but fair tair to tho the fair sex Theres There's many a man that thal still clings 8 to the old fashioned Idea that business is not for woman to bother about anti and that woman should know kno but hut little hero here below and not nol know that little long lie argues ar nr- ar- ar gues that ho lie must run his own affairs and amI that as long a as ai ho provides plo the cash no questions need l lo c asked askell So It often otten comes to pas pass that her desire for tor many things Is gratified r b by the tho man In tho Ito case to tho stretching point and she eho I never ne knows know until It Is Js too late Thus often orten tho the grievance must be bo placed to our lords of or creation Of ot course there Is the little woman who does doos not only attend to the he domestic realm but butIs butIs butis Is lawyer chief n a In er to her husband In tho the matter of or discussing and advising ad ways and means menns for tor the per perpetuation of at his business therefore business therefore she sho knows Then there Is tho tim other woman who Is aware exactly how much will be In that pay par envelope at the weekly counting and so 50 stretches her dollar accordingly she accordingly she knows These Thew are arc the tho gleaners that th garner garner gar gar- ner ncr their own grain In the summing up But that there aro are many many daugh- daugh ers of oC Eve who either cither through disinclination disinclination diem diem- or Indifference know little as asto asto asto to how far tar the they may go JO until they have havo strayed from the fold told of oC safety Is Js not little measure for consideration Every er woman should make mako It her business to know something of ot her husbands husband's bus busi ness flees In truth ns as one woman puts It It should be put Into u u. part of tho the marriage ceremony so 80 that she who runs may mayrend read rend and understand Sinco Mother Eve Evo divided the fateful fruit with Adam lam there have been various ways n devised b by h her r granddaughters as ns asto asto to the division of or the family exchequer Somo Some of these have worked ked well and others oth- oth ers erx have worked out But the successful partners are those who know approximately at least when the high water mark Is r reached anti and swim s out In time before the undercurrent carries curries cur car ries rice them too far It Is unnecessary for Cor figures and files lies to bo brought to the tho family hearthstone where they were not Intended ed to come But even en a a. woman minding her hor own business need not miss a little of at her husbands husband's Socrates says Know thyself But Bul Socrates did not live ll In the age of Imported Imported imPorted Im Im- im- im ported pannier dresses and arid willow plumes else ho would have said Know thy th husbands husband's purse |