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Durham Chronicle (1867), 9 Apr 1908, p. 7

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April 9 tnt. go to woum TO PAY UP triptions to) the Chronic” tiff hat ent. See th Sons .vorld anted he House f Oualitv The Harnessmaku’ are FOUNDRY soft hat tion to (3350' epairs. 10.98 sole can H" 813, 311‘: WWWMH The Job . is . complete] Tm? 33°33 1,6. Hutton EYE. EAR; fHROAT nose Sat Diseases of Eye. 5 J F GRANT, D 1s PUBLISHED Ky THURSD iY MORNING L Onic/e Printing House, Garafrax Street, Jamieson flaclaurin ".0 AND RESIDENCE en The Flow with a record Show t1 Arthur Bun, lacmne on and Coal onuways h! 5”“ Tm: Cnaomm will be sent “1 any addresa. free of postage, to; . $1 ooper year, payable inadvm ,,. chargefil if. 1103. no id. The date nmprietor. Lil-111N011 Street Dr. w. 0. Pickering Dentist. Over J. 8: J. Hunter 9. “as ordered by strangers must vance. ' fur year-.y advernsements fur. fitinn to the office. «In-Ma. to ensure insertion in muld be brought in not later than 1908 c. P., LONDON. ENG. LATE of London. N and C hicazo. )mial Directm. AN AND SURGEON, OF- ie New Hunter Block. Ofice i) a. m., to 4 p. m. and? :09 at attention given to diseases ad children. Residence op- vterian Church. N D ities 1 RM. London Ophthalmic Hos. L) (1(1) >q. Throat and N080 HOB. SPECIALIST . . IRWIN ,\.\‘D PROPRIETOR. DR. BURT. .md examine. pp Hon :h went so Durham. the 23‘] h. Hoursâ€"14 tun. npletely stocked with all TYPE. thus aflording fac- for turning out. First-class RESIDENCEâ€"COR. :‘ueorze Streetsâ€"North of Ofiice hoursâ€"9413111., Telephone No. 10. 'ost St., 0W6!) Sound. ADUAI‘E. UNIVERSI: P_ Telford. W. J. McFadden. Directory K. LICENSED App e. 613§6x1§éie 'Ofiice. lu-u- v :0. Gradizfite ROY“l runs of Ontario. ll its Branches. (4:. over Post 0509 Dunn, SOLICITOR Jackson. lhznaous. )LICITOR ETC Lower Town COMMISSION 52c .ver Standard ’3 Hotel, Durham No trouble to must CON - Money The Making of a Successful Husband A Discussion of the Very lmportnnt end Delicete Mute: of Domestic Financesâ€"It I: a. Fm! Mistake to Began Mes-tied Life by Assuming the Entire Finenchl Control. JO _ tual necessities. their own from one year’s end to an other. Tommy’s righteous indignatior was something fair to see. “Give 5‘01fl wives an allowance, boys.” he woulé say. “Let ’ém have money of thei. 0WD to spend. My wife has had an allowance ever since our marriage. ano l tell you it pays.” Well, after awhilt we were astonished to hear one dag that Tommy’s wife had sued him fOl divorce on the ground of nonmainte‘ nance. and in the proceedings whic! followed it developed that his mucl boasted allowance was the sum of Si 3 week. out of which Mrs. Tucker wan required to clothe herself. He doesn'l belong to our club now, but his ches is as obtrusive and his tile sets at tha same angle as of yore. A Very Important Question. This question of an allowance is i pretty serious one, and the disposition of the woman in the case enters large ly into its consideration. Some womel never get beyond childhood mentally and prefer to be treated like children __ -ALi... Who must gravel. on their knees 10" I‘ll. 6:? ion some uncomm- BUTTER’ all their lives. They know nothing ‘ about their husbands’ incomes and can a less if they keep them liberally sup . plied with the luxuries their childish I natures demand. With such womer ‘ there is only one course practicable . and that is the ancient and time hon ored one which is based on the theory ings and are to be considered property ‘ of a higher sort, to be fed and clothed ‘ and perhaps regarded with a degree Ol ! affection. but not to be treated as wen i tal equals or to be given any active l part in domestic administration except . as upper servants. The great trouble . is that there are so many wives who i are treated in this manner who do not ' _ deserve to be. The human dolls are, in 3 r fact. a mighty small minority of woâ€"i i mankind. The supposed limitations 0! 7 l the sex have been fixed in the mascu- line mind by the customs and preju- dices of centuries. and it is pretty hard to change its attitude. but the change is being made and made more rapidly in this country than in any other. We have learned that the average woman to be a subtle difl'erence . in their mental equipment which en- ables a woman to reach an instant con- clusion by means of something we call while man arrives at the intuition. ." Same point after m) 3‘ a laborious proc- ELK ' 833 Of reasoning, rust; -. , i diflerence is ac- _ , ! tually physiolog' ’ ! ical or a curious result of ages of mental repres- sion we are um I 3- .able to say. .9 I am wandering it And that reminds me 8 used to ride a circuit tion, “but you notice that I- never g over the same road. and one text is a - .. _.... h... sight of i [Copyrizhn 1915. by C. S. Yost.) By CASPAIL S. YOST. lsed to ride a circuit down in southern [llinois and who a the same text. “I like to start from a (It labor. an equal division of responsibili- ties and an equal division of financial returns. The woman’s labors and re-' sponsibilities should be within the home; the man’s. for the greater part. outside of it. Success in her realm is of as much, if not more, importance to both than success in his. A business failure is a small aflair when com- pared with a domestic failure. The me is a mere matter of money; the other affects body, mind and soul. The wife should be supreme within her sphere. but with that supremacy she should accept the responsibilities that belong to it and be held accountable for results. On the other hand. she ; should not interfere in his province. but each should ask for and receive the advice and help and encouragement of the other. But you ask how can this theory be put into practical application. By ap- plying ordinary business principlesâ€"- principles which, I regrot to say, are very seldom applied to domestic affairs in the right way. The trouble is that the average business man runs his home as he would his store. consider- ing his wife as a simple item of ex- penseâ€"an expense which he pays in ”With: proper modification the very same system may be applied to the do- mestic partnership, the husband hold- ing the position of senior, the‘wife that of junior partner. The husband’s de- partment is his business; the wife’s is the home. The one produces revenue; the other does not. analogous to the ' selling and accounting departments ot § the commercial concern. But the home, I like the accounting division, is an es- i sential factor and. like it again, may 1 be the means of saving or losing . money as it is properly or improperly i conducted. I don’t want to tire you, 5 but I am very anxious to get my ideas i into your noggin straight; then if you | don’t like ‘em you can do as you please | about ’em. You remember the story about the white man' and the Indian who went turkey hunting and divided , the game in accordance with the white ' man‘s proposition. I won’t repeat the story, but you will recollect that the E white man got all the turkeys. Some 3 business partnerships and a great L many domestic partnerships are man- : aged in this way. and that sort of thing i usually ends in a dissolution. If you E succeed in life. you’ve got to play ; square with your partner, and partic- ularly so to the one with whom you‘ve ‘. made a life contract, solemnly signed i and sealed in the presence of the rep- 1' resentative of the Almighty. Give her , control of the home and let her under- 5 stand that she is responsible for its 6 . management. square ularly made and se: resenta In C5 Responsibility makes character in u '| woman just as it does in a 1mm. Let . her have :1 fixed sum every month to i pay the household expenses as well as ‘ to provide for her personal requireâ€" ments and allow her to expend the honey without question or interfer- ence. She‘ll come to you for advice when she needs it. She’ll come to you for more money when she needs it. but if the amount is rightly fixed sue will seldom have to do that. She will take a pride in keeping within her limit and more than likely will save more money than you will. In the matter of small economies a woman can beat a man every time. but she must have a per- sonal interest, in the saying. must feel that it is hers without restriction. She will probably spend most of it on you or will surprise you by digging ' up a roll as big thy if she is M The You can doasyuu A, A‘.‘ n htnfll ' ,Rm_ trusted. The You can do 0‘? l/W ’ “Oh, I guess he won't reau u. um... please “I’M" “‘““ said his friendâ€"Catholic Standard and man’s point is . to make her feel that there is no string Times. tied to the amount given her. that it is; An Insult. hers absolutely. but that she is ex- pected to meet certain expenses. Deliaâ€"Ye didn’t stay long In yer new Sit Down and Figure. ‘ 91309, M33338. . Suppose, for example. you figure up M®:£${ lletdgemtéhugg self nr fixed char-0a, as the railroal man "59"“ they yo ° ( had the keyhole of ivery door In the l sa . Under this head will name won d y L house nlnggg .flgelphla Press. An equal division of labor. nmnce. servant’s hire. etc. Make . iberal allowance for indefinite ex- .enses. as provisions, clothing. car fare. .nriur's hills. repairs. and so on. Take 1mm yourself the payment of all ac- mints except the current fluctuating axpeuses of the household and the per- mm! eXpenses of your wife. That mum give to her the responsibility for rulers and other table accounts. as 2'9” as her own clothing. etc. Then Livi 2e your salary in proportion to the Native expenditures of each. If you [SSUHIQ one-half the expenditure, di- vide your salary equally. If your part of the expense is three-fifths or three- fourths. reserve that proportion of your income for yourself. That is the plan 1 have followed for many years. and it has worked well. Another plan which has its advanâ€" tames and which is based. like the oth- B THE DURHAM CHRONICLE {Ilfinem of all the bills from the zm-er. the butcher. the milk and ice Give your wife the responsibility for the payment of household bills. er. on the partnership idea is to place your salary each week or each month. as you may receive it, in a common re- ceptacle at home. Each of you should have free and unquestioned access to this fund, and whatever is left can be 1 deposited in the bank from time to ! time. A memorandum book should he Kept with the money, and all withdraw- als should be properly noted. The {lil- mntaae of this system is its simplicity. Its disadvantages arise from the dan- gers of loss by theft or otherwise and I from the fact that it lessens the indi- i vidual responsibility and the stimulus e to individual saving when compared 2 with the first mentioned plan. But it’s l a good scheme nevertheless and vastly ‘ superior to the mendicant or allowance I N ' 'ARE eunuc- ’e I'. [EaglAvAgfuT‘ 1' \ n I \ \ ‘d n- ! m" '1" ' It reverses the positwn W: on of mendicancy. cu 1" LL -_:‘.‘ methods. Don’t Enslave Yourself. 1 never believed in the plan of giving 1 all one’s salary to one’s Wife any more than I believe it right for the husband to keep all of it himself. In the first place, it throws upon her a burden that pr0perly belongs to him, in part at least. and, in the second place. it makes it necessary for him to ask her for what he needs, and too often he may be required to explain his needs in de- tail before he gets it. Some men are so weak that they need restraint of this kind, and for such this method is com- mendable, but for a man with average backbone it’s humiliating to have to ask his wife for money even if he has voluntarily placed himself in durance. It reverses the position of mendicancy and is harder on a man than a woman, because in her case it has the sanction of the ages. I believe in woman’s in- dependence, but I don’t believe in re- versing the traditional relations of the sexes. It is possible to give your Wife DVRVUQ -v w r- freedom without enslaving yourself, and a certain amount of starch in your spinal column is just as important un- der the conditions I have suggested as in any other situation. domestic or oth- erwise. I know a man whose wife allows him barely enough to pay car ...â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-q, fare. and when ‘ " l ECIVE- (E0139635A6513T6Q MéiiitLLE' he wants U‘I'e ' he has to make C an itemized req- :‘ . _â€"-' uisition. She is unquestion- ably his superi- or as a financial manager and is is unhappy. Her thrift SDOUIU we a blessing to him. but blessings may become curses if they are worked overtime. He might have taken ad- vantage of her greater thrift and at the same time preserved his self reSpect if he had reserved to himself a sufficient amount for his necessary personal expenses and a margin for the unexpected. \y utavâ€"râ€"vv Now, my boy. just one more word before I toddle 0113 to bed. Consider your wife as your equalâ€"in every re- spect. She may not be in some, but she is entitled to the consideration. Consult her about your affairs. tell her your troubles that are worth telling at all and take no liberties yourself you are not willing to grant her. And now, with love to your dear girl. much for yourself. I will bid you good night. Affectionately, JOHN SNEED. He Knew. Peteâ€"1, too. have been a great duck hunter in my time. HUUbVL I” “OJ '.....__ Dickâ€"Go on! 1'31; don’t know a wild duck from a tame one. Peteâ€"Yes. I do. The wild ones are the ones that always get away from me, and the tame ones are what I bring homeâ€"Cleveland Leader. Ambiguous. “Yes." said the would be author, “the editor sent my manuscript back, but he inclosed a nice note saying the rejec- tion of the manuscript ‘did not neca- sadly imply lack of literary merit.’ ” AL-..” manager and is saving money. a feat he never reverses the pnsition was able to ac- 0' mendicancy. cumplisb. 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