Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-13

is in good humor and easy in body and
purse, she gets money ION call. II
one or all Of these conditions be want
ING, she goes without 1t. She learns TO
dread the asking for it long before she
leaves of short frocks, and as early learns
10 wheedle and manUuyre to obtain sup
plies. When she IS married the off
ficulty becomes a complication. Papa
owed her living. legally and naturally.
John is transmogriGed from the suitor
whose Joy and pride found inadequate
expression in lavish gifts, into the judi
ciQus aud judiciaD holder OF the family
purse-strings. "Pin money" with the
average wife means that she cannot buy
row Of pins except with her husband s
money ana consent. She suffers hnmilia-
ton IN her own eyes, and. she fancles,
in ms also, whenever she prefers request
for the sum necessary for the sup
ply Of the daily wants of the household
She cringes like whipped slave under
his comments on the rapidity with which
money mclts in her fingers. and II high
spirited rescnis his suggestion that she
fought 10 keep an expense book and
learn the worth Of "a fellows earnings
rs reflection upon her honesty For
every instance IN which the estate OF
wifehood is proprietary there arc one
thousand where 1t is oloemOsynary.
VIRTUAL PAUPrMsM.
The effect Of tins virtual pauperism is
the history Of irregular charity the world
over. Ii demoralizes the financial con-
science and begets shiitlessness rather
than Thrift As a rule IT Is only Old
maids aud widows vino have mdcpend-
cut business concerns to manage. Should
property and responsibility fall upon
them IN advance of age they have q
chance 70 test feminine ability to con
duet business scnsihy and successfully.
Even then the noyitiate IS painful.
"Such pity that Jane should have
the mauspcment Of her husbands es-
tate '' coudded James cousin to me.
"Onlv think million dollars left to
her IN fee simple, and when John died
she did not know how IL write IA check
or even that money was deposited IN
bank for sa'c-Eeepius and convenience.
She thought it drew interest, and that
1T was "a pity 10 disturb 1t until the
July dividend was declared.
" Ghe more shame for John =" ] re-
joined. " First to make her helpless,
AMI then crush her with untried cares
How was She So learn these things II not
from h,r husband az home? "
Even she had giimmerlng conscious
ness OF savincs-hluk laws and adyan-
taecs. Thousands OF women live and
dio without that much.
Another and an older widow, also left
sole legateo ana exccutrix of her hus-
bands estate, was thus spoken OF by her
son, her adviser:
d" In effect, run the whole thing as |
would for a two-yearold. She, dear
s,ul doesn't know coupon from n
check, a bond from bill. # were TO
tell her that she would better be some
what economical for few months, she
would half starvc herself and walk to save
car-fare. Were 10 assure her that she
has enough 10 maintain her comfOrta-
Div. she would buy diamond necklaces
for my girls and fast horse for my
boy"
Here, again, the blame should fall
upon the foolishly indulgent husband
who kept the woman he loved in infan-
tile ignorance during his lifetime, carry
ing her in his arms lest she should touch
her dainty toe against n pebble, then
dropping her suddenly among shards,
bouldcrs, and pitfalls.
The cashier OF the Hfth-Avenue Bank
IL New York city has issued most
sensible little pamphlet, entitled " Bank
Accounts for Women" from which l
gratefully extract the following:
Many husbands and fathers give
their wives and daughters a certain
amount each month with which to run
the house or for pin-moncy. BY de-
posting this in bank. carefully paying 1t
out by checks, and knowing what they
have spent and what they have
ahead, they learn how fast little
sums added together make great
sums and how small economies
accumulate into great economies.
1t gives women business habits and helps
in fitting them TO take care Of property,
il at any time 1t should come into their
possession and, best OF all, for married
women, it relieves them from the neces-
sity of so frequently asking their hus-
bands for money. 1t also saves the hus-
band much care and annoyance in the
midst of his busy and anxious life for
the presentation Of small house bills Is
often "A confusion and an irritation.
Presuming that there Is the proper
confidence between husband and wife,
n bank account and check book be-
longing TO the wife will save both par
ties much wear and tear. and IN our eli
mate and social condition everything
which makes life easier and more tran
quil is to be studied"
The writer Of the foregoing had looked
at the subject from all sides, giving the
result in terms SO fair and succinct as to
command the respectful attention of the
most prejudiced husband, obstinate in
the dogma that women have no head for
business. All the idea and use they have
OF and for money Is 10 spend il faster
than men can make it.
How foul libel this is upon us we
will let our cashier say in his official ca
pacity.
The truth OF the matter is this 4:
With lar less technical training than q
man requires, woman becomes the
keenest and most accurate Of business
managers, excelhpg particularly in those
departments which make the severest
demands upon an intuitive judgment.
All over Great Britain the largest and
best hotels are to-day managed by wo-
men; in Berlin, Dresden, Leipsic,
Magdeburg, Zurich, aud IN many other
great cities OF the Continent-especially
in Paris-great 'magasins and shops
can be found admirably directed by
women in all details and in New York
city the banker and the capitalist will
tell you Of sound and conservative
Judges Of business questions and enter
prises among women Of refinement,
social standing, and domestic tastes. "
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
To this. the unqualified testimony OF
en expert, lot me, as woman of affairs
and domestic tastes add that after
years given 10 calm and careful study OF
tie subject / hold and practice the belief