The morning call., 1893-01-12

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l-& YEA h hundred dollars a
ib&/SA ~ month. The woman who
yM VIII accepts him would be
ETA r. IN actuated more by an
EsA p admiration for him as
RE H. r an individual than by a
me- t. desire to share his
I'm VIZ E-CE worldly goods, and con-
u " s. seQuently may be con-
sidered willing TO make
some sacrifices for his
welfare. It is in the nature OF every
womanly woman, and all the higher educa-
tiOn cannot knock it out Of her, to look
after the creature comforts Of the man
whom, with certain reservations suited to
the ideas OF the present age. she has prom
Used 10 love. honor and obey.
How can she best do this on one hundred
dollars month? is the problem that con-
fronts the ideal wife.
How can she do il On one hundred dollars
a month and yet secure a maximum OF COM
fort and leisure for herself? is the problem
that confronts the egotistcal girl, and Of
this latter girl the married life. even from
the outset, is menaced with diSillusl0n and
dIsappointment.
.Shau we room, board or rent ?" ask the
dollar bark.
Rooms can be had in plenty. furnished or
unfurniShPd, e l...........-...........-.-.-
within their income, r. -..,-,.. -
and il the couple like
TO use their dwelling and restaurate
merely as a shelter
from the winds and Is rarely
the rains, they can
eat out at restaurant feiishaOle-
ana be spared nearly
all the cares Of house
keeping There are restaurants to suit all
purses, and as far as economy gOes-ihat
economy which counts nothing but dollars
and ceniS-they would make distinct say
ing by this manner Of living. Their income,
however, wOuld not permit OF their patron
iZing iTSt-ciass restaurant. Sec0ndclaSS
restaurants Ia san Francisco are excellent
of their kind. but they stop short of the
miraculous; they have many expenses. such
as rent and service, and cannot sell dinner
for merely the first cost Of the food. In
time a system Of SeconG-clasS meals must
tell Oh tie hardest digestion.
Indeed, in spite Of its eheapuess, this
DOmadic manner Of life has distine. disad-
yantages.
To go out, shiYering and breabfastless. to
restaurant on a cold and rainy morning,
is not pleasant experience. and q cup Of
coffee and a plate Of mUsh hastily prepared
in rooms without proper convenieBceS for
cooking is no meal 10 prepare a worker for
his days toll.
Restaurants are excellent in their places.
For man or woman loo busy 10 so home
for a NEAL for the unfortunate being who
has only a cherries, lonely room 20 call
home, they are necessities; but few people
viii deny that the young wife who pur-
chases immunity from domestic duties by
condemnmz her husband to feed with
the other lions in a secOnd-class restaurant
has not the highest conception OF her Wiley
duties.
A hundred dollars a month will easily
..........,.,.............e enable a young mar
red couple to board
The blessings Of in San Francisco, nat
.-s, urally not in the CON-
O''' ling Portable and cOmmO-
sometimes turn diOus manner in
which people blessed
TO bores, with many times Their
..................: income can board, but
still, for sum vary
ing from $50 to So month, they can obtain
one or two rooms in 4 regular boarding
house or in q private family. For less than
$50 they cannot expect to obtain "all the
comfort of home"
Whether the couple inhabit some little
top room in better class boardlng-house
or whether they seek larger apartments in
a less pTetentiOus establishment, the eX-
pendituTe Will be about the same-a little
more than the rooms and the restaurant,
little less than housekeeping Tor themselves.
In a clearinghouse the wife has nothing
20 do. and Ten chances TO one if she does
not know already she soon learns how TO DO
Il excelently.
She will probably learn to envy Mrs. AS
gowns ana Mrs. BIS diamonds, not to
speak Of Mrs. C.'s japanese pugs that are
just too cute Tor anything.
Tie poor little wife may even fall to wan
dering Why she only drew hundred-dOllar
prize in the matrimonial lottery when other
women, not half so charming as herself,
have drawn grand prizes.
To console herself for Mrs. AS gowns
and Mrs. B.. diamonds she may even learn
to relish spicy bits Of gossip about these
matrons.
It is lucky for her if she draws the line at
hearing gossip, and lives free from the
breath Of scandal herself.
A woman WHO has nothing TO occupy her
time, who has 10 more absorbing occupation
than gOssiping and shopping, is apt, IN talk
ing over other peoples affairs, 70 discuss her
own also. and frequently to obtain well in
tentiOned but bad advice.
Bow often does not some little rift wit
IN the matrimonial lutte occur. rift that
silence and fOrbeeranCe would close directly
but that under the influence Of gossip and
injud cious advice slowly widens until IL
silences the music Of two lives.
To say that clearinghouse life is not al
ways conducive to the felicity of a young
married couple IS not TO condemn those es-
Establishments. clearinghouse like restau-
rants are necessities.
To thousands Of women who are too busy
or too delicate TO make a home they are
extremely pleasant necessities.
There are many private families In San
Francisco that having more rooms and
larger table than they require are willing TO
snare both with outsiders for q consideTa-
ton.
All the comforts Of home without the
worries and anXieties are what a young
couple hope 10 obtain when they board ia
a private family. It's not long before they
realize now much depends on the family.
In some places they are at home and are
comfortable. in others they are not at home
and are extremely uncomfortable. but more
or less they always have the feeling Of
Arabs, who can fold their tents AMI depart
10 fresh fields and pastures new whenever
they are offended or bored.
True. IN the eyes Of many people this life
has its advantages; the wife Is a lady OF
elegant leisure, and the couple know ex.
acty what their living expenses are an.
can safely calculate upon having some
thing left over every month.
But this something left over. that In
housekeeping might be invested in beautify-
ing the home, the couple who hoard will
probably spend in theater.tickets or candy
Half the trouble that leads to the
divorce courts you ............,..............
can trace back to the
want Of home lfe," Housekeeping is
observed an eminent: r-,4
divine tie other day T"l'Seu Oy 'hose
to the writer, and be of the
went on to add that
house keeping, al Happy home.
though a little expen-
siye at the outset. is '''''''''''''''''''''''''
eventually cheaper for a couple beginning
life.
''They are more likely TO save and to
practice economy" be said, ''for house
keeping teaches one to be careful Of the
cents"
Few people will deny that a wife, be she
rich or poor, should be a housekeeper. III
tie girl who maIries does not understand
housekeeping il is better for her IT, learn al
once, when a halo OF romance still ciings
to her and makes her husband think that
even her shortcomings are virtues