Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1917 — Troubles of Wives [ARTICLE]

Troubles of Wives

Gen. Sir Sam-Hughes said at a dinner in New York’: r “The wife of a Canadian soldier and 'the wife of a South African Soldier met in a London boarding l|puse. “ ‘lt’s very hard bn us poor married women in South Africa,’ the latter said. ‘I live with my husband on an ostrich farm, and it’s nothing at all for him to be away two whole days at a time on an ostrich.’ “‘Humph. What of that?’ said the Canadian woman. ‘My husband is often away twjo whole weeks on a lark.’ ”