And neither is conscious of the cause of its becom- ing attire. Such a query belongs to the days of our grand- mothers. And yet, while the world moves, there remains always a portion of humanity who seem unconscious of it. In the next quarter of a century, if such speci- mens of humanity are found, they will be classed with the fossil remains of a lost race. There is no doubt that many, perhaps the greater number of women, are inclined to use money unwisely.
Men begin in early boyhood to buy and sell, to make bargains, and to learn the value of money.
Women in the past were accustomed to having their purchases made from childhood to wifehood by their parents, and afterward the husband held the family purse. It is not a matter of wonder, if a woman who has lived half her lifetime without handling money, attempts to become a financier, that she makes errors of judgment. It is not surprising if her desires outran her bank- account. The same peculiarity is often observed in the sons of rich men who, being unused to responsibility in money matters, finally come into the possession of fortunes. Every daughter of parents in comfortable circum- stances ought, at the age of twelve or fourteen, to be given an allowance for her small needs.