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

he unmarried casually: Tvs keep
pretty good table ct our house,
puf, mother. notice that your damask is !
much mar and prettier pattern than ours
MOI long afterwards he said, We are
anxiously considsring . new carpet for the
parior, and have NOT been ablesto come to
decision whether It shall Be body brussels,
OF something equally as effective and less
expensive think the boy Il getting quite
- valuabls An education through his
housekeeping - through his books. and
doubt not that il will make him better
husband and better business man. /"
WHAT NM. RoBERr r PoxTEa rHISKs
One q the brightest women Of the pres
ent administration is Mrs. Robert r. Por-
ser. the wife of the census commissioner.
one has decided opinion upon the allow
ance question. and she believes girls
should be given fixed weekly sum from
tne time they are in short dresses. Said
sne: An allowance lnculcates self-reli-
ance and develops taste and judgments
DeLeve that child of years can profit by
H. and weekly allowance at that age. if it
% only 10 cents, or better, s, could teach
the child great deal. As the girl grows
older the sum should naturally
Increase, and when she is 16.
with Judicial mother TO guide and
consult with. her allowance should cover
the cost of her wardrobe, with . destined
portion. no matter how small. set aside for
individual pleasure and charity. II she
prefers to buy books and photographs in
stead Of bonbons and ices, so much the
better, and # in spirit she is little sister
of the poor, it viii 60 for better purpose
still When girl Who has been brought
up In this manner marries. she win use her
husbands money e wisely q she had her
fathers
About an allowance for married wo-
menf"
well, you know there are questions. such
a. love and religion. that are difficult to
discuss without touching on something Of
ones personal experience. In this cues
ton ones opinion is naturally the result of
experience, and any apparent lack Of taste
In abiding to it must be pardoned. Ihaye
fixed, as every woman should do, who Is pos
sessed 81 common sense and respect for the
money which represents her husbands
brain labor. ON weekly sum which covers
the household expenditures. and use INV
own discretion In the spending of it. NY
personal expenditures never allow to 90
beyond certain limit. and they are kept
quite distinct from household accounts.
We have no bills, and have never had oc-
casion to ask NV husband for money.
This is thing. By the vav. that no woman
should be compelled or asked to do. 1t
puts her in . false and humiliatinp posi-
ton. and 70 = woman Who has been inde-
pendent, would be intolerable. Neither
would man of fine or delicate feeling per-
NIT it."
NRs. JUSTICE LAMAR oBJEcrk
Mrs. L. Q. @. Lamar is the only dissent
ing voice in the universal verdict, and she
speaks from her lifelong experience Of the
Southern 0pen-handed generosity. Said
she: 1T has been my experience that the
women of the South, with few. If any ex-
ceptions. make the very best Of wives, and
though generally educated without thought
OF the little questions Of economy which
figure 80 conspicuously In the domestic
management Of New England house
hold, they seem to possess . ma
turai instinct for management When .
Southern girl marries young man in
moderate circumstances. she invariably
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