St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18


(3sA kaS5Sr to keep accounts?
HsT S5 And if they did
..S# study the art at
III school they are
u not allowed the
N benefit of putting
what they learn into practice during
their school days, for the reason few of
them are encouraged to do it or have
regular allowances of money. A father
of large family of daughters said that
he did not give his children allowances.
He did not like the idea, as he thought
it made them feel like boarders in the
house. He preferred that they should
come to him when they wanted money
and ask for it. A very pretty sentiment,
but in these practical days it would be
better if every girl had a fixed allow
ance for dress and were made to keep
her accounts in the regular business
way.
There are numbers of women doing
business OF various kinds who did not
know how to make out bill. when they
first started out in trade, and who keep
their own, an incomplete one, and
there are many little sums paid out or
received that never get into their &C
count books at all. They manage to
add up the larger sums they receive
and spend; but the intricacieS OF book
keeping are unknown to them, and fire.
quently at the end of the year they are
surprised to find that they have spent
more than they have received. Just
where the fault is they do not know,
and so they stumble on blindly.j
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In the matter of investments, too,
women generally show little judgment.
Many of them have a wild desire to own
land, and will grasp at the opportunity
of buying lots at a low price with the
expectation of realizing fortune in
few months, or years at most, by its
rise in value. In many instances the
taxes and assessments have been more
than the price paid for the land, and
the unfortunate woman has been
obliged to sell at loss. This desire to
own land with prospect, or hope, of
one day building home for herself, is
natural and laudable. But the investi-
CATION of titles is expensive and trouble
some, and unless a woman has a large
sum to invest it is best to let real estate
alone.
Savings banks are, probably, the best
places for women to invest their money,
A savings bank pays fair percentage,
and it is the least troublesome way for
woman to invest her savings. The buy
ing of stock or other securities necesSi-
tates the care of bonds, which is some
thing that few women are capable of
undertaking. For with the best inten-
tions. in the world, and great amount
of carefulness, women do mislay or lose
very many important papers.
Among the minor arts that add much
to the happiness of life is that of leav-
ing gracefully after you have paid a
visit. 1t may seem small thing, but it
is really large one. Who does not
know the individual who rises to go,
and then stands talking for an
hour? And the host and hostess
if they almost drop with fatigue, and
when the visitor IS finally gone they
give sigh of relief and sink into their
chairs. Pay your visit, say what you
have to say, and when you get up to go
do not linger by the way. Do not stand
and talk and keep your hostess stand
ing. You have enjoyed your visit, and
so probably. has she; go, then, while
the enjoyment lasts, and do not linger
until it departs, and she wishes you
would do the same. Some wise man
has said that it is better to leave behind
you a wish for your company than
safety, OF words to that effect.
Men understand this better than
women, and here comes in the adj
vantage of a business training again.
They appreciate the value of time more
than women do, and when they have
finished a call they go without the
tedious lingering and interchange of
commonpiaceS.
1t is claimed that cases of contagious
disease, that could be accounted for in
no other way, have been communicated
through the fingers. In the constant
touching of door-knobS, baluStrades,
and especially money, which are things
that every one frequently handles,
there are innumerable chances of con-
tracing diseases. Typhoid, scarlatina,
diphtheria and smallpox may be taken
in this way, ana it is little surprising
that more instances are not heard of.
The hands should be frequently washed,
and especially before eating, or before
touching anything that is to be eaten.
Care should be taken, too, that the
fingers are not usea to rub the eyes after
handling anything that has been han
died by many persons, particularly
paper money; nor should money ever
be held in the mouth. Women are apt
to hold money between their teeth
while hunting through their pocket
books, but 1t is dangerous practice.
Young ladies. if you come in from
boating or driving very much sun
burned, go to your room, cover your
face with vaSeline, wipe it Off carefully
with soft cloth, wash your face with
warm water. dry it, then cover it with
! powder, letting it remain for an hour or
longer. At the end of that time wipe
off the powder, and your face will be
of its natural tint.
And when your bangs become straight
powder them slightly and curl them up
! in soft paper, and at the end of an hour
they will curl tight enough to please
any one. The powder on blonde hair
scarcely shows; this advice is not for
| brunetteS.
This is the season when young ladies
give their yachting friends sofa pillows
I for tine cabin. Such gift is never
! comes amiSs at sea or on shore. But the
Yachting pillow is covered with dark
| blue satin, and is laced Oh either side
with white cord and tassel, producing
a very nautical appearance. On one
| side is embroidered with white or
colored silks the name of the yacht, and
Oh the other an anchor or the owners
| initials A much more particular at
tention is to give the yachtsman a flag,
with his initials OF other design worked
on it. MISS PALFREY.
Her Bonnie Brown Hair.
I Such q thing as wearing different
sorts of bangs on various occasions is