The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-17
THE END.
COST CT REARING a FAMILY.
Here Are Some Extracts from the Diar
Of n Father Who Speut SAC 600

Here Are Some Extracts from the Diary
of n Father Who spent $40. oOO-
What does it cost TO bring up q familyl
A gentleman whose experience will be
recognized as having points in common
with other hou4eholdor1 has preserved an
account OF the Expense to which he has
been IN Cearfng a family N four children.
He entercf the following statement in his
diary. It might be valuable statistical
fact for tEeicsEsus tskers:
To-day close my diary. Twenty-si
years sEo-LOdzy undertook TO keep an &C
cuEate statement Of all my earnings and
expenses, soyrhat | miz1x know actually
how much II Gusts TO live IN the married
state. Then ell was Gpation. / and
my young wife counted our resources and
our expectations. / received SIS a week
with a promise of more ! owned a h0use
comfortable enough for frugal young PEG
pie to begin life in. We were spared house
rent, therefore, and our expenses have
never included this item RetrospeCtiyeiy
/ see that we have brought up four chill
dren in comparatively easy circumstances
MY health has been gOed.and my earn
inGs have been constantly received ] now
receive $50 a week, and we still own the
homs stesd without any great addI' Ous to
its wealth. except in an increased cunt
Of furniture. ! have little more InoDeJ
than bad when first married. Perhaps.
all told, have s., 500 now Of assets; then l
had perhaps 81 80 We have never want
ed for bread. Sometimes wa have felt In
need of more money. Three Of the chill
dren are now making their own way. The
fourth graduates 1t the high school bav-
ing received the same schooling that the
others have had, and will begin TO look cut
for himself
Il shall not necessarily be ct any mora
expense on account Of my children, add
the diary properly ends now. Would Do
willing 10 &c through the same experience
again Of resrlng q fanily' | asked my
companion. who had borne the greater
part, this question, and | know that abe
spoke with heart full Of love, out vas
compelled To Say, Not for a. that noDsy
could suy would GO through sgAin what
has BEN necessaTy 70 rear n family
"ExprcSsSd q doIlErs the totals ars these.
In twenty SIX years We have resolved from
ny wzsrs and lach,catal moneys that
came through sy xIfe and the chiidren
90 gOo-0F sly 80, oOo-besides the aDSun.
a plant Of about 8. hos sOd tvvo employees,
a man ADD wife, it has taken. therefore,
about 80, 40 70 each man produced This
Of course tL-cluda al sTnpI0yes' expe1Ses-
The plant Is slightly e-aznced IN vS1ns.
but the employs lave sas tbsir bess dzyz.
The quality & the goosLs ia yet 70 be DEN
onstratsd Pro-2ects happily poiT1 70
CESSATION NJ Lzoor AID a. increase Of 10
oeiVts, but there s. 10 Certainty about this
The employs re v-o-d of their work, bui
don't wz-lt aa.Eaer 60
Sane ot lie ieezs II eZperse have been
these. DocIs-s' bis (tTsatJ -ssvsa yeArsD J,
g. 10 and az pad. probably tlzs only In
stance On rs,S-dy, yTooeTies, zvSz2se per
week ars+ Gvs jean, s.. next torse, e.; re-
rztnder q the sS>GtJ- aI Yzzrs, az a
week For Ten ysa-s !, ha1 taken on an
average Of ere pair az Eho-s pr week hcr
he family. Including Eyssn and VII.
The ncst Annoying tAlnZ ! bSEs ever
known = to- Tari5usJ Nh which ehl3rrn
wezr oct tho4L Only ere thing aP-
proAShes it-ths high pTi-s CO ehli9rr1's
skoas- I never oon1 tnderzszad how.
with al tbs civilization 81 tSss aga, sns
the demand fer cheaper r~zsuits. c.zia1<kE =
shoes have nex e@cl reduced IN Zkses. ] -
human shoe "a . failure. 10 Ezn ~ rlch
can aEOrd 20 by shoe for Z -ifJ, 4zc Z
! lad i 20 do I would 70 % -lra o2ctoo.
vhsrs neitheE horsss. E-Ele2g GEES Eos
Co a. 500 -A--.-@-zSs-ss $3.50