The Iola register., 1891-02-13
ADvIGEr THE NEWLY MARRIED.
Of the Earnings and Start Bank
Account.

of the Earnings and Start Bank
Account.
To board or not to board? That is
the question that is agitating the minds
of many maid and youth who are all
but ready to join their hands and hearts
in the bonds that make them one, and
of many young peolpe who have already
taken that important step. The favor
ed of fortune have only personal incli-
nation to consult in settling how and
where they shall spend their honey
moon and the many moons that succeed
it, but where dollars and cents must en-
ter into the calculation, and that very
intimately, especially where there are
fewer dollars than cents, then inclination
must be weighed with these conditions.
Take the case of the young clerk or
mechanic who is going to marry the
dearest girl in the world. He earns
fair living wages, and has, if he is not
too youthful and has been provident, a
hank account that would not, perhaps,
pay a millionaire's cigar bill for the next
twelve months, but which is, neverthe-
less, tidy little sum. He has, more
over, his health and a trade or business
training that puts money value on the
labor OF his brain. plus two hands. The
maiden whom he will receive at the
alter will have supported herself, very
likely, up to that time, but the chances
are that her attractive little trousseau
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fingers, will cost pretty much all the
money she has laid aside from her earn
ings.
She will have no dot, as does the
French girl and from the day of her
marriage she will look to her husband
for maintenance, for every penny that she
spends, whether for pins or pencils,
picked lines or parasols.
This is the average state OF finances
at the average wedding. For every
couple who begin married life with
more wealth, there is another couple
who have less.
VITAL QUESTION.
On the face of things, it is easy to
see that the question of where these
two happy, hopeful hearts are to take
up their abode is a vital one. Some
bad beginnings have been converted
into fair endings, but the chances for a
life of comfort and contentment are
multiplied many fold by starting in
right.
Will they board or will they keep
house? That is. will they live in one
room and eat at table common to a
great many people, with the privilege
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together with a house full of boarders;
Or will our newly married pair have a
home of their own?
Which is less trouble?
This is the next question usually.
Well, if by trouble work is meant, as
suredly housekeeping is work, especial
ly for the wife. A woman who boards
has, by comparison, nothing to do.
OF course there are many married wo-
man who continue business in stores
and factories after marriage, but | am
sspposing the equally common case OF
the wife who gives up her trade or pro-
fession when she marries. A woman
who does not work for living" may
work like Digger Indian in world
wide philanthropies, but the poor mans
wife cannot afford the luxury of giving
away all her time.
The right wife for workingman will
not want to board, unless because only
in that way can she attend to remuner-
atiye employment. for the reason that
boarding gives her life of of idleness,
putting the whole burden of their sup
port upon the husband, and she fails to
be the helpmeet that she should be.
HOUSEKEEPING Is REST
But is not boarding so much cheaper
than housekeeping that it is advisable
even if only lone side of the house" is
earning? Experience shows that the
answer is in the negative. The cost of
keeping house is far less than the cost
of similar accommodations in board
ing house. 1t is easy enough to see
why. In boarding you pay for sleeping
accommodations, food and shelter. and
the profit charged by the person who
invests his capital to furnish the house.
etc. more than covers the savings
theoretically effected to you by being
catered for ar1ong a number of others.
In addition you pay for the work which
In ones own house would be the wife's
contribution toward the cost of living.
OF course If one has money enough in
pocket to pay the board bill, no further
preparation for boarding is needed,
whereas no one can set up housekeeping
at such short notice. Nor with the same
lack Of capital, says some one. Well.
that is true to some extent; still, in
these days of sharp competition and
wide variety it is possible to begin
housekeeping in comfortable fashion
on small means, and once the "plant" is
established it grows almost unconscious
ly.
Househould effects do not fly in at the
window they do, however, sometimes
Hy out, taking the window with theml,
but, in all seriousness, once YOU have
begun housekeeping your possessions in
crease without half the appreciable. eff
fort made to get the first few into place.
A BoTTOMLESS CHANNEL.
But suppose Jack-so many nice men
are named Jack-haS but a few hundred
dollars in the bank, shall he use that
to furnish the house and leave himself
themselves, for their will be two of
them-with nothing for a rainy day?
And would it not be better to board un-
til he can ''see his way clear" etc.?
meaning he can save money enough to
begin housekeeping in lavish fashion. |
Again the answer is in the negative. |
In boarding, everything is extra and
meager accommodations for two cost
from week to week about all the man can
earn, and he never sees his way clear"
His money flows out and away to a bot |
tomless channel. There is never any
return, but there is when it is paid in
to building up his home about his fam.
lily.
Jack will be wiser to reserve a little |
nest egg out of his fund. 1t Is easier To |