The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-02
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
A Tip to Wives as to How Their
Husbands Get Rid Of
Cash.
a Little Here, q Little There, and q
r Fortune vanishes From
Possession.
Daily Expenses of some Men oil MODERATE
Income-No Trouble Whatever
to Spend Money.

declare. 1 can't tell where all my hus
bands money goes, lie Is not eS'rasaRah'
vet he is always short"
A handsome middle-aged lady said TIN
on a Walnut Hill motor train the other ga,
10 a Indy friend and in the heating of ~
Omaha World-Herald reporter. 1t is vel
known that no lady can realize how easy l
il for the average man to spend money l.
he has it in his pocket. She will go dowr
town. spend SLIGO and q delivery wagon Wi
have to haul the things she has pufchaset
home. or she will spend q quarter for can
dy or oysters for he! self aud economlae foi
. week.
In order to find out how most OF the men
spend their money, the reporter made a few
INQUIRIES among men of all classes. lake
first an ordinary business or professloha
man. He rides down in the morning ahu
back in the evening for ten cents ah0
purchases six cigais. for WHICH ne
nsvs 80 cents, and before going
into his Office he feels dry and takes
a drink. which costs Is cents. AT
noon he eoss to the hotel, club or tashlcna'
bic restaurant, and his dinner costs nm
fully 81. lie tapers it Oft with a glass o.
light wine that he pays 10 cents ~. h hs
chances aye that during the morning ne
went over to the bar for q small drink,
met several friends, and consequently
spent 81, Alter dinner he reallZes the Aact
that he will not be down on tue street
again. and as he may run SHORT py reaeon
Of some ore dropping IN, he purchases sA
mora cigars for so cents. When ms long
davis work is over, he may decide on q SO
cial game Of ca, ds. pool or billiards at ms
clnh ar nriyate rooms with a few friends,
end # he csesues for less than 81 he is IN
luck. Bafoes ne goes home ne PURCHASES
mn evening World Herald for hve cents.
THIS is a very low estimate o. NC "'aa+
ace e,l.to-ao-mau, and yet rs mas spen1
tie sum OF a5.45, which amounts IN one
week to S2e.7 10, and in II year to $l'4S4.4o.
Ta;e ia = sang sum, and does not include
his jannarv and barber bills, friends he
takes TO lunch with him., furnishings,
l~nicE-kuecks and stuff he takes nome ana
never enters on the fanny eApense oooA,
fruit and a hundred other innings 'n"' JULIO
no in the course of a day.
take another man who ls a CLERK III an
,e6,e ar stoye. He gets SID per week, has a
wlfe and child and himself to support pays
house rent and has other expenses. ne
likes to spend money just as we'll as the res.
OF us, but he has to go pret1y SLOW; :
takes a great deal of rustling to make both
ends meet. He is poor and lives IN the
snhnrhs. go it costs him 10 centa
~ car fare; he eats at
the e ehsp house and pays Is cents
for tho meal. He likes a smoke and buys
three eliza for Is cents. lie may arlna a
glass OF beer or a soda water cossins ASe
cents. and when he goes home at night ne
buys a paper for Ave cents. Ills total ex-
nenses for the day nave been but 80 cents,
but in one week it mounts to S3, winch IS
quite. a sum for a man in his circumstances
as it coants up $l56 in one year.
This list of a mans daily expenses ooes
not include lodge and insurance cues, Doots
wear, and new shirt, collar buttons and
other necessary articles of jeuelry, a shave
three or four times a week, hair cut twice a
month, shoes shined by a bootblack,, extra
ride on the cars, n little fruit now ana then'
repairing shoes and cleaning clothing, some
repairing on your watch a ne" nae ol cap
or pair Of gloves. Aside, any man OF a
family will carry home at night something
from thu baker or grocery which ne does
not add to the journal of family expenses.
A single man who has any life In him and
moves in society and has money, Will double
discount the business man on q weekly ex-
pense account and appall the poor clerk.
Suppose he is tie son of q rich man. he
"cuts herr lust about as he pleases. de has
all the expenses OF bis father, amounting to
$3.50 per week, and ntd 80 this about SlO
extra for "riotous'' living, and you have
sS39, 20. The son goes nSCclety and the car
rage and flower bills will amount to $50 per
week, incidental expenses will amount to $lO
every week, making a grand total of S64.7O
a week.
1t is no trouble whatever for a man to
spend money. Let him be as economical as
possible and his weekly expenses will amount
to So, and if he lets out a link or two he can
easily spend $40, $15 or $50 in a week, and
if he spreads he can come very nearly reach
ing the S75 Il week mark.
'"The matter is just like this about a man
spending money" said a gentleman to a re-
porter, "a woman has no habits as an aver
age man has. That is, shs does not smoke,
drink slightly, pay cards or pool. shake
dice for cigars, with hait n dozen other lit
tie things that n-asiy avary man has and
cannot help. 1t il these it'll" expenses that
amount to SO mu"h. @ud which it would be-
an impossibility lor one man to quit. 1t is
one, too, GU of which l3s derives his sole
enjoyment and rest from k. A woman
comes down town md simply does hel
shopping, taking, perhaps. a glass of fod'
water, a box of nuts OF e'ndy, OF somethin;
not costing over a dime. She has nee'
down all afternoon, and sAe has had Z GooC
time, but she has not spent ss much as
man would in five minutes"
This short article will %enliGhten wonder
ing wives how their husbands money dis
appears.