St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-04

This very bright, sensible letter. is
intended as all offset to one published
in the SUNDAY GLOBE two weeks ago.
1t seems that these young people. and
young people of culture, too, think it
possible for young couple to live on
the salary that ordinary young men
receive.
How to live on thirty dollars week
is the substance of letter written by a
young matron of New York and pub
liShed in the SUNDAY GLOBE some few
weeks ago. Housekeeping and the means
sufficient to support wife comfortably
and keep the establishment on firm ba-
sis are the questions that troubles many
good honest young man not little;
and | may say also his fiance. WHAT a
revelation it must be to the average
young man whose salary is probably
from ten to fifteen or twenty week,
and who is eagerly looking forward TO
the day when he will have accummu-
lated sufficient from the savings of his
hardearned salary to furnish cosy
home in befittIng manner for tire
dear. faithful girl who has promised to
preside over that home nest as his wife
and lifelong companion. Great en-
couragement, indeed. must it he to such
one to know that he can exist OH
thirty dollars week. Now, my dear
young man, do not be down-hearted
at the prospect of having to de-
lay your -looked-for happiness
on any such basis. There are many
young married people in St. Paul living
comfortably and happily on good deal
less than that. To begin with, a great
deal depends on your choice of help
mate; if you aspire to marry one OF the
sheltered Ones" who have never
known what it is TO have within un-
gratified, whose sort white hands have
never formed the acquaintance of house,
work, and who all her life has had the
care OF a dollhouse plant-then, of
course, your Interest will wane as you
read. Your salary alone can never do
it. Why. bless your innocent heart. it
would take every cent of it to pay the
bills for manicuring those pink finger
nails, the necessity of French maid,
her tickets TO the matinee, and the flow
ers that rival her lOvelineSS. If your
aspirations in that direction should sue
coed, and you convince her that you
can manage to live OH a moderate salary,
with strong hopes for future raiSe-all
good and we'll; your love and devotion
may fill the deficiency for some time,
but it won't be many months or even
days before your mistake will become
apparent to both.
10 the one who has gained the con-
sent OF the dear, sensible little girl,who
has many a time shared her mothers
burdens in the kitchen-who can cook a
good, wholesome. meal and care fdr a
house in general-to such one | wish
tn IN
place you muStruse common sense and
Judgment; you cannot afford to pay $50
month house rent: you must be salts
fed with home. and SnrroundingsIac-
cOrding to your means. Furnish your
house according to the same plan and it
will aStoniSl you how easily and with
what little it can be done. Of course,
on a salary of $40 or SIS a week you CALI
not afford the luxury (?) of servant,
but by arranging her house systematic
ally the young wife can dispose OF il
very easily. Housework for two, con-
Quoted i'll such manner. will not in
jure her, but, on the contrary, will give
sufficient employment to produce a
healthy body and mind, and by
going about it in the right way
it will prove labor of love instead of
drudgery. You can afford to have your
capable woman to come in once a week
and do up your washing, ironing and
scrubbing, the horrors of housekeeping
are avoided. Now that some of the bug
bears of the wife are explained away,
we will enter into few details for the
benefit OF the young husband.
Select cottage in a good neighbour
hood-it is not necessary to be fashion
able one-of five rooms; you will find
that roomy enough, when ii comes to
taking care of it,. 1t is far better than
a fiat, for it is more homelike, being
your exclusive property, with no other
occupants to remark your actions or
your manner of living. Who ever saw
young people act as senSibly as old, eX-
perienced hands? and what neighbor-
hood will you find that does not take an
active interest in every move or turn
that the bride and groom makes? So
by taking detached cottage you avoid
running the gauntlet of Well-meaning
occupants of flats. With five rooms
you have parlor, dining room, sleeping
apartment, spare room and Kitchen.
You can furnish it neatly and costly,
according to the amount you have laid
by for the purpose, and your love, con-
tentment and happiness will make up
for the Injuries OF more fortunate (o
couples who possess the mighty dollar
that you lack. Right here let me sound
a warning note above all things, do
not be tempted to run in debt; you may
have strong temptations to do so, but
resist them effectively. Going into debt
without seeing a clear way out has
been the Scylla and Charybdis that
have lured many a matrimonial bark to
certain destruction. If you cannot at
ford to pay as you go along, have the
courage and self will to do without until
such time when Fortune will smile on
you more blandly. Don't eclipse the
bright glow of your honeymoon by the
black shadow of unpaid SillS and fears
of humiliating duns. There are many
shoals and breakers ahead OF which
you must steer clear, but this is ons OF
the most important: AS soon as you
are duly installed in your home make it
rule to bring your wages home
promptly and have it as a common
fund in the house. 1t will encourage
the young wife to make it last as long
as possible, and it will soon surprise
you TO see how far she can make dol
lar go. You will find, by economy and
wisdom and mutual help, your salary OF
$40, SIS or $40 will do very nicely, and
when it reaches s25 or $50, you can not
only exist. but lay away little for a
rainy day besides. II
OLD-FASHIoNED GIRL. 81
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