The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-21
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A Few Facts and Figures That May
Boom the Parsons Business.
From the Pittsburo DfsDatnh.

Boom the Parsons Business.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
An acquaintance of mine remarked to me
short time siuce that be would like to get
married, but that a W oman was so expens-
i've creature that he was afraid TO chance
it. He is bright young fellow, earning
say $35 week and saving none of it. I
took him to task for hbeling the fair sex.
Let us figure little, and presuming, Of
course, that man is wiling to do his part
by giving up his idle, useless, expensive
and enervating habits, see il the expert
ence Of many men will not bear out my
results.
To say that woman rs an expensive
creature is, in the abstract untrue She
is naturally economical from the highest
to the lowest type. Man is the opposite
What does it cost to keep young lady,
not in the Four Hundred, nor among the
slums, but the daughter OF we'll TODD
man, who moves in good society! Let us
see:
Two new dresses year. one $50, one S25 8 rs
One outer coat and wrap. .........,. ....... 35
Two pair OF shoes .......,......... 70
summer dresses, linen, hose, gloves, etc 49,. %
Millinery and repairs Of hats and bonnets =. 20
Services OF seamstress and incidentals. 10
Iotai' .....'.................' $3.50
That is S15 per month. IL looks small
doesn't it'll Ask some bright, honest young
lady to give you the figures from the actual
experience of a wear, and see how far wrong
they are.
THE INCREASE OF EXPENSES.
Now, suppose you get married. Let us
gee how much you increase your expenses.
You rent q small modern house for say $50
a month; your wife, IL she has been reared
n
month, and can furnish your table with
better meals than you have been accustomed
to get at boarding houses for S35 month
l will not go into the details of this item
but it can be verified in the experience Of
many. Your fuel, light aud incidentals
will cost you the year round say S. month.
Now, what have we:
Rent for year ....... ...................S $50
SERVANT. ........................ $50
Iaoio..." ....'.'......... .........,..,.... 400
ruel etc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 60
your wife ................. ............ 1870
Total .-.............. .,................S 81, 200
The living have figured on here is oom-
paratively luxurious, better than is en-
joyed by most people, and it presupposes
q life OF ease and comfort and good cheer.
1t can be modified very much, but l am
figuring on the young man with 81, 500 a
year who cannot afford to get married,
Let us see what 1t costs him TO live. 1t
seems waste OF time to 90 into figures, for
at the end of the year it is easy for him to
tell you what 1t costs-Sl 500, possibly
more. Nothing from nothing-nothing re-
mains.
YOUNG MANS YEARLY ACCOUNT
Two suits of clothing a year, one $50,
one S3O. ..-.......... ................,S 90 90
One oyercoat year. $50 one year, $40
another. average .'....... -. :. 5000
Half dozen shirts, Sl2; one dozen col
lars. SO so; half dozen cuffs, g. SO:
scarfs, 50; hose, 50; underwear, Sll;
handkerchiefs, 81: shoes, sl5........ IS 90
Laundry, $50; shaving. S2j bootblack,
sis; cigars, 500; billiards $50: thea
tiers. S25; bar bill, $3.50. incidentals,
$50. ................. ....... 4S5 90
Boarding at u week .......-.......... $50 90
Total ............... OiO 90
l VIII not include any other figures. But,
young man, look these over and see how tar
on they arei Your wifes expenses viii not
be as great as have put them-after she is
married-and your expenses will be greatly
lessened by her care OF your wardrobe, your
saving lin laundry bills and in useless ex.
penditurss which you will drop when you
have a home OF your own. And az the end
OF the year you will have bad comfort,
peace, happiness, good health, and you will
have money. Talk about women being eK-
traVagant, why, a woman will 90 away
for months visit with railroad ticket
and - and como home with money A man
viii go away for two days with t2j and
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