The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-30

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Ia SENATOR NAHpEnsoH.
= mrs. Henderson, wife Of the senator from
NeOfss ka, says that personally she has
never found IL necessary to request anv
regular allowance from her husband. as
sne and the senator make up the family.
ana - everything b left to her discretion.
0ne tninks. however. that the importance
ol trusting wife with regular sum. ac-
corning TO the means Of the individual. is
700 OBVIOUS to be considered for moment.
An 1ne nrst place." she said, s.the very
possession Of means. no matter how lin
ited. gives woman : feeling Of self-reii-
ance and IN ambition to prove herself
worthy Of the trust have
never seen m exception to the rule.
u that there IL domestic comfort and har.
mony IN families where the wife Il not
simply In name, but in deed, the honored
nelpmeet Of her husband. Such confidence
IL, think. the true secret Of economy.
Many years ago was deeply interested in
ne bringing up Of two girls, both cousins.
Inc families Of both were In weIl-to-do
cdrcnmstances, bat they had widely differ
ene systsms. In the one case the parents
lavished every luxury upon their daughter
and her slightest wish was gratified 70 the
fullest extent. In the Other case the child
wO taught from comparative infancy to
appreciate tbs value Of every penny and
never % encourage waste in the smallest
Measure. A regular sum of money, sufi-
Gent iof the Rrarhcstion Of all reasonable
cnnoisn WARTS, was placed every week to her
sccount' ana strict account required to
ue Aeps u every penny. She was taught
= snop. ana consulted In the selecting Of
nef Own caotnes. often considered which
w. the oester q the two systems. and
looked annousty Tor the results. Today
Snese cousins are both grown and students
= coheGe. In the frst instance, the woman
mas reaped the results Of her lack of early
training IN > helpless inability to manage
Tor herself In the very simplest matters of
pracucai importance. She Ut times actually
wears herself out IN the effort to decide the
common qunsaCns OF every day occurrence.
her more fortunate cousin. on the con-
uafy. en10ys the satisfaction OF understand
Ing thoroughly how to manage her affairs
IN any and every emergency. / think, in
TACT, concluded Mrs. Henderson, every
one is happier for having been carefully
Taught the Importance OF attention in
money matters, and you may say that /
sppfove mostemphatically of giving young
women an opportunity to test their talents
N practicaa manner.
TEE OPINION OF THE ATroRuKY GENERALS
WIFE.
Mrs. Attorney General Miller said: at
consider the question one Of vital impor-
tsnce. It is not only domestic. but It il
also nation q issue. To realize its full
significance, one has but TO take an exam-
pie Of young girl. frush from the careless
experiences Of school life, without the least
practical knowledge. and ell unacquainted
with the problem of how to make both ends
meet. Plunge such . girl suddenly into
the whirl Of fashionable life with its thous-
and and one demands upon . generous
fatner's purse. Then marry her of-hand
to some ambitious business man possessing
. comparatively moderate income. and see
what sad tangle she viii make Of domes-
tic matters and IN doing 30, how easily she
will ruin her connubial happiness.
II believe" Mrs Miller went ON. sthat
more than half Of our unhappy marriages
are the direct result Of this neglect. and the
sooner husbands and fathers seriously
consider the importance of granting def
mite allowance to their wives and children
the sooner will . reform be brought about
in the sxtravagances Of the present age. 1
believe every girl should Be trained from
the time she enters her teens to understand
the value OF money. NO matter how