ney and
make it possible for her to have some of the luxuries and pleasures that
she coveted and to which her husband was completely indifferent. They
stuck to their own interests, and while they lived in the same house and
while they had children and while they were never separated in a formal
way, they could not have been further apart if they had lived at the two
poles. I question if the children ever knew what it was to feel a
community of interests in that home.

It would be well if men realized the need that some women have for a
little financial independence. Occasionally marriage is wrecked because
the woman feels that her work at home is as much a financial
contribution as is the man's work out in the world. She finds no
recognition of this in their relationship or in their environment and
becomes more and more restless and dissatisfied.

I remember one woman saying rather bitterly to me once that she made
more money by saving and good management than her husband did, but that
he seemed to think the generosity of giving was all on his side,
forgetting that she gave her strength and her time. The work which she
did she might have paid someone else to do; and her careful buying
actually put in the bank money which her husband could use in his
business.

As a rule, the woman spends the major part of the family income, but if
it is given her for the house and she has to resort to subterfuge to get
any personal pocket money out of it, it is not a happy arrangement. Of
course, when two people are planning together every penny of
expenditure, the case is different; but when a man has any money which
he calls his own, a woman should have some also in recognition of the
services she performs for the home. She is more apt to make her
housekeeping a good job and to be happy in her family relations.

In many cases a woman who holds a job feels that she is a better
companion for her husband because she has more individuality and comes
to him more full of different interests when they meet. She may not have
the kind of temperament which makes it possible for her to bring up her
children herself. She may find that even with less time to give them,
she can really do more for them. All these things are subjects for the
individuals to consider and decide together.

"Why do you work?" I once asked a friend of mine who seemed very weary.

She smiled and said: "I work because I found that when Stephen came home
at night, I h