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S I S SS' SS S' S I Il an ti thed ul I h by ono One ot of my f readers genders It if married nl d Hl women who whoso whose p husbands can enn support them thOm should l continue or become members of or th the tho army of or wn wage e earners outside of their thell homes My ly reply is if emphatic C Certainly not non In Iii the tIle place women should tl not marry men who are unable to provide pro pro- ido vide tr rr comfortable living t for r them themselves selves and their theiu families No o matter I how strong th ona existing l bo- bo o- o I tween men inch 11 and women th tile they have ha no I right jo t lI marl marry If there is an any doubt i about tho the ability I of or th the juen men to support support sup sup- up- up port their families I In lit the n next place the wife wic as the i cannot pm possibly fulfill the duties of oC an any position which requires I her het attention from froni cl eight ht to ten ton hours each da tiny day awa away ay from her house hOUBe anti and I at tho the same time properly attend to to her het home borne duties I INo No matter how liberal the compensation I thc there te can eRn be bp no economy in the matter or of financial Income because o of od odthe the loss that Inevitably Ine follows the failure of or one to give p personal attention atten- atten I lion tion to domestic affairs Perfect servants servants ser ants may be secured yet ret without in individual individual in- in 1 dl supervision lon the they are always expensive pense pens e to say ay nothing of or their I wages room board and amI the general wear and tear they cost per capita Then again paid services can n never ver bring the game BUma happy results that How from those O rendered b by loving hands Neither will will- willan an manifest the thc same game Interest and thoughtfulness as that of an interested party One must feel a proprietorship In everything undertaken to Insure con constant tant an and wise action and profitable returns I S J It is 5 impossible to serve er two mas mas- No o woman can do justice to mas-I mas her employer and amid her husband at the same ame time One or 01 th the other oilier must be sacrificed sac sac- rl rifle rifle-ed ced too toe frequently to produce harmony harmony har bar mony and anti success I V We al' al are all creatures of or habit and andI habit becomes second nature To be obliged erl to put aside wifely and perhaps per per- I haps hap maternal duties to fill obligations obligations obliga obliga- lions imposed through financial engagement engagement en- en I en-I j nt will ill sooner or later deaden en I tho the keenness of a womans woman's affections and delight ht In the special duties for Cor which God intended womankind j Another potent reason why a wife vIf I should not attempt to share in earning monc money outside of or her home Is that I eventually the husband ma may begin to depend pend upon lieu her earnings s In his cal- cal j dilations for tor household and anti family expenses ex- ex exI I I and In consequence male make less less less' exertion himself It would be he for Cor one to recall a n. single Instance I where once the wife wIre earned or mone money that it did not affect ct tho the hu husband most unfavorably He lie either cither I becomes more extravagant or Ot less en ener energetic en- en er tlc and industrious The The- most serious however howe of or all aU I reasons wh why the wife should devote lieu her whole time to her home homo and her family Is that by this means mean she can I keep her hu husband band and and- children loyal and anti faithful ii to her and to the home I It Is rather discouraging for tor a husband j to go to his home hom when his labors in inan I I Ian an any field HeM are arc done to find the house i In disorder er hi his wife as weary wenry as ar ashim himself himself him him- I self ell from froni h her t work orl outside tho the mea meal late and often orten r repulsive and unsatisfactory I and anti the very ver atmosphere dl disagreeable I He usually gets out as soon toon as ns possible possible pos pos- sible slide and goes goe to his club or some somo I more harmful ren rendezvous to spend hf his hiI leisure H u. u has has- probably probably abl ably to feel fool lila hIs society Is Js not riot y to lO his wife's happiness happiness' c and andI I that through lu r own Income lade inde- I Pon of or his l efforts she I Is growing ro I Indifferent ti lo to him and their children n If the they have hav an any l S SNo Xo No amount of or wages wages- or ci salary c. c can canI n I compensate for lou th the ct destruction of tho the thoI I peace and arul happiness s ot of nn any homo honto It Iti i i Is I b better tam far aJ to live 3 tho the fimpler r I and practise e the tho rigid economy that 1 may rou be he unavoidable una to 10 keep the tho- ex- ex within th the husbands husband's ll's or fathers father's fath fath- u I Cr ors ers resources 1 It t is lt bud enough for tot women to- to tobo tobe be bo thc th their Jr winners before they marry experiences almost almo t without exception are sufficiently trying They come come- cometo to look upon Ji life l aa as u a desperate struggle gl gle and find lo lost lone t much of or that delicate 5 touch of sentiment so essential to a womans woman's hoppin happiness happiness' Most f t women omen rc e reve- reve In romantic ideas and when hen the thee e mire are nil all taken taleen out nut of or their minds thc they rebel and become er very resentful against aln l t the dl dissolution of ot their illusions Ions hence it I Is well to protect them themas thema a as lon long as possible from the slings and arid and shots of or a n. wage wago earners earner's life liCe It Is time enough for women to put on their armor an and go forth to battle with the world when stern necessity drives them Into fields where thc they must do or die for themselves es a and d those dependent upon them Women omen have c proven their ability to win victories vic vie tories over o almost Insurmountable barriers but spare them as long as po possible from fromn the combats of ot life independence Is 19 a n thought If It ones one's environment is galling but It Itis Itis itis is naught In comparison with the love 10 and tenderness of 01 a a. worth worthy devoted husband who crib is read ready to shield a a. wife front from all harm and conflicts Let It be the ambition of American women to make malc their homes home be the they ever o so humble the tho dearest spot on onearth onearth earth to th their ir husbands and children Let the men b be the tho hewers of or wood and drawers of ot water while whilo the wives an and mothers brew and bako bake and make tho the home a place for rest ret gand and ml be b brave recreation Let the men and true and scorn to share in Inthe the theo plenty derived from the sweating of ot the brows of the gentler sex S |