The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-12-10
HOW TO LIVE ON A SMALL SALARY


In Sensible Letter.
The following letter, written by st.
Paul lady, appeared in the columns OF
the Globe short time since. lite plain.
pointed and entertaining, and THE IRISH
STANDARD takes pleasure in reproducing
it. She says:
How to live on thirty dollars week is
the substance Of letter written by a
you g matron of New York and published
in the Sunday Globe some few weeks
ago. Housekeeping and the means suf-
ticient to support a wife comfortably and
keep the establishment on firm basis
are the questions that trouble many a
good honest young man not little; and
I may say also his fiance. What revela-
ton it must be to the average young maa
whose salary is probably from tento fif-
teen or twenty dollars week, and who is
eagerly looking forward to the day when
he will have accumulated sufficient from
the savings of his hard-earned salary to
furnish cosy home in a BETTING man
ner for the dear, faithful girl who has
promised to preside over that home nest
as his wife and lifelong companion.
Great encourag cement, indeed, must it be
to such one to know that he can exist
on thirty dollars week. Now, my dear
young man, do not be down hearted at
the prospect of having to delay your
long 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, great deal depends on
your choice of helpmate; if you aspire
to marry one of the sheltered ones"
who have never known what it is to have
a whim ungratifed, whose soft white
hands have never formed the acquaint-
anoe of housework, and who all her life
has had the care of 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
flowers that rival her loneliness. If your
aspirations in that direction should sue
coed, and you convince her that you can
manage to- live on a moderate salary,
With strong hopes for q future raise-all
good and we'll; your love and devotion
may I'LL the deficiency for some time, but
it won't be many months or even days
before your mistake Will become appar-
emit to both.
To the one who has gained the consent
OF the dear, sensible little girl, who has
many q time shared her mothers bur-
dsns in the kitchen who can cook a
good, wholesome meal and care for q
house in general to such one I wish to
confine my remarks. In the first place,
you must use common sense and judy
ment; you cannot afford to pay $35 a
month house rent; you must be satisfied
With q home and surroundings according
to your means. Furnish your house ac
coraing to the same plan and it will as
tonish you how easily and with what lit
tle il oan be done. az course, on q salary
~ $40 81 $l5 . week you cannot afford
the; luxury of 9 servant, but BY arrang-
Ing her house systemati cally the young.
sRife can dlisp 81 it yery easily House
work for swo, oond Quoted IL such man
|lie,iIs not iiniinre her, but the con-
ttaiy, viii give suIl oyment Is,
nm, and mind and
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