Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-09-19
The HetherStOn importing Co.,
BOSTON, MASS.

dollars, TO use as sno pleases, as l navo 10
three times as much.
"Why, man alive, my wife Is splen-
did fnancier. She was brought up TO
handle money, while had TO learn. You
see my father was rich man and hand
cd mo any sum wanted at any time
Then there came a day when he lost his
property, and when began reading law
l had not a cent to call my own II was
pretty hard, tell you, to keep down my
extravagant tastes. had to begin at
the foot of the ladder and work up. But
Amy helped. But now my business Is
on firm footing and there Is no moro
need for her to use her own money.
rebelled against 1t at tho time. What
she has Of her own Is safely invested.
with the understanding that she shall
have what she desires for her own ex-
pcnses."
Dick Rosenberg listened attentively,
interruptng with a word now and then.
When lie came to 60 he said. "Tll try
your plan, Tom. with my wife. always
somehow felt as II woman was no,
made for business. In fact Two most
always been with Belle when she made
purchases and paid for them myself"
My word for 1t, Dick, you will have
more money ut the end Of year II Mrs.
Rosenberg buys her own things
That evening there were no callers,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Rosenberg stationed
themselves in the library with books and
work. Tho lady Of the house worked
ftfully, watched the flames In tho glow
ing fire, hesitated, opened her mouth TO
speak once or twico, at last gained cour-
age and gave utterance:
"Mrs. Franklin camo in CHS afternoon
to ask me to 60 shopping with her TO-
morrow morning. She has seen some
goods she would like to consult mo about,
and as I said l needed dress, she sus-
gestcd that get it at the same time. l
didn't know whether It would be convcn-
ient for me TO have any money now or
not. II it is not, perhaps | can have
enough for car fares, and then can help
her with her things."
Belle trembled as her husband began.
Nrss no laid down his paper and pushed
1t aside.
"The very idea of your having to come
to mo for car fares No, don't mean it
ISN'T right, as he saw the moisture gather
In Mrs. Rosenbergs eye IL have been
meaning (ho did not say for how long) to
have little talk with you upon the
money question. Belle, always thought
1t was the mans place TO manage oil the
money. will tell you how 1t was In
my home. My father was q poor boy.
He was cent out ut 10 years of ago 10
shift for himself. lie did oil kinds of
hard, cold work, and received hard, cold
treatment. Ue tried several trades. and
at last decided to go into factory, learn
oil thero was to learn about tho business,
and get up by degrees into good busi.
ness. He did so.
"In my early years he had quite q good
,alary-eeveral thousand dollars n year.
But there was ono thing I always ob,
served, and that wos that though he
gave literally and spent lavishly him.
self, no never trusted my mother with
much money. Ho trusted her, but those
wero not days when women were ex.
pected TO control things. They always
asked their husbands what to do and
what to buy. Anyway, It was 30 In my
fathers family, and I'm his brothers fam.
Tiles, and other families knew about
"Why, my mother had no pocketbook
Of her own She always went to my
father for every cent
"when I married. supposed that ]