Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-11-23
GIRLS USING MONEY.

We remember hearing q man or high
business reputation once say that he
had found great advantage in giving
his daughters an allowance. 1t was
gia flying to them. 1t taught them the
use of money, and it taught them econ
ony. For many things which they
would not have hesitated to ask of him,
they found that they could do without
when the money came out OF their own
pockets.
We have opened to us here sub bjro'
of great importance. Tho young man,
UPON marriage, finds not unfrequcnl."
that his wife has no knowledge what
ever on the subject of money. Its pur-
chasing power she is quite ignorant of.
One dollar and five dollars are much
the same to her, and whether she Is
living upon the scale of one thousand
or iiyc thousand II year, she has no idea.
She knows, it may be, that she has been
restricted in the part. But she has not
probably looked forward to marriage
as the time when these restrictions are
to be removed. Then she would be i'll
dependent and have what she wanted;
thus the husband finds himself in Il
strait. He loves his wife and is anxious
to gra ify her every desire. But he
tinl, it will take all he can earn, and
more, to accomplish this. What the
result is, many history shows, often
failure itself and no end of unhappiness.
Or, if success be finally attained it is
only after much bitter experience, and
some of the best years of life wasted.
We insist upon one thing. The poor
girl in this instance is but very partially
to blame. Why should she have been
forced to grow up with no jud; d;;mcnt
and no intelligent self-control on u sub
ject so important? The parents arc
chiefly to blame for many such an un-
happy history. And until they begin
to apply the right principles of reason,
and are willing to take some pains in
the matter oi educating their children,
such cases must be expected often to
occur.
The young girl should have her al
lowance ut as early an age as the boy.
BY the time she is ten or twelve years
cd, she should be but under the super
in:endence OF her parents, i'll part charge
of her own expenses. Some portion of
needed things she should be intrusted
to buy. She should be taught how
little money will do in these days, and
how important it is to save, in order to
accomplish any do sired object. Especi-
ally in the case of boys and girls, the
use of their allowance should be made
n means of training in the true princi-
pie and spirit of giving. The church
will have a greater need of this grace in
the future than ever. The early years
are those in which it should be taught.
But it cannot be taught effectually so
long as children give away the money
of others. They must have their own
allowance, and give at their own ex-
pense.
1t is too much the fashion in the ed
tication of girls to sacrifice the womanly
to the feminine. A female is the coun-
terpart of the male. But the woman is
the partner of man. Which is the no
bier? Let us train up woman, if it be
possible, having their full share of all
that is best in our common humanity.
Let them be educated to breadth of
mind, to good sound sense, to practical
Judgment. And, as the most delicately
brought-up girl may have one day to
earn her living, and possibly her hus-
bands living, let her be taught what
money is, what it will do, and how to
use it.