Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-08-30
rnE FAMILY PURSE.
EACH NJ NIB sR OF THE FAMILY SHOULD
HAVE MONEY TO SPEND AND sPEND
IT TDEPENDENTLY-DI
ING THE ISCoME.

Half the trouble In family life is
:auSed by want of separate purses.
If there is any one thing that boys
and girls, men and women crave alike,
it is Independence in money matters.
Homo affection lessons almost In
prop Jrtion to the dependence Of Its
grown up members upon one purse.
What IS right for little children ii de-
Dendence is unwise for adults. Many
fathers deuds themselves with the
notion that, as one of them expressed
it, they could have more hold upon
their daughters affection as long as
[ as they were dependent upon their par
| ents.
"Let US 60 into Fera's and have an
Ice cream, 'ssid girl who had yearly
| allowance OF $500 to a friend.
"Oh, can't go there. never have
| money except for car fare,'' replied the
pthar, the daugher OF a millionaire.
1 must 60 where father has bill.
Come with me to Weber's," and they
went.
The same Boston millionaire gave
his daughter, this same girl, an oil
painting.
"Thank you," she answered, without
enthusiasm.
"Well, / suppose you don't like it as
| nuch as water color, but you know l
! won't have water colors in my house."
ne observei.
sis not my room my own?" she asked
with sigh.
"Well. yes, Isuppose it is-tn kind
Of way.'
''lf I oaly could have some thing all
my own of my own choice" the young
woman thought as she kissed her father
cool night.
EARNING MONEY By RICH GIRLS.
1t is said that rich girls ought not to
earn money, as by doing so they deprive
oilers of livelihood.
IL should be remembered that the
dependence Of children. rich or poor,
often 30 CALLING that they wish to
escape 1t. IF they received fixed allow
ances their financial dependence is not
constantly brought before them.
Humllating is it for a girl of twenty
five or forty to ask for money for this
or that. know one woman of fifty
her father called her his girl-who
never had an allowance CT any large
sum at any one time, but who was
SOu'pcileu ~ 30 W ItE pdTtuIo lOI
ZACH daily expenditure.
Boys outgrow this pecuniary depend-
'hce much sooner than girls. An
allowance Is art Of early manhood,
though lot SO very long ago sons ran
'way from home .canse they were
treated as family appendages.
PARENTS DUTY.
An allowance, or a separate purse
for each member OF the family is not
@ift as much as it is one part of that
Income, which the man In virtue of
being husband and father, has under
taken to provide for his family.
1t ls a recognition OF the individuality
and of the right of each child TO re-
ceive from bis father.
A father owes money to his children
luSt as lie is bound to give them an
education. Neither Is go largely a free
gift rs it is the fulillment OF an I'M
'igned deed, by which parent pledges
himself to care for his children for
ever.
Parents often give their little children
"pOcket money"
Why not at once call II ''allowance?"
Then If they wish to make presents |
they first have tie pleasure of planning |
and then of self-denial, They learn |
while young to balance one purpose |
against another and to practice econ !
omy as a fine art and 10 understand |
the worth of things.
1t TOO often happens that parents
wish their children TO spend their allow |
ance as the father and mother think |
best.
MIS-. Cheswlck believed in separate |
allowances, but she also believed in |
stylish clothes. Her daughter spent |
much of the money allotted her In buy
ing the illustrated catalogues OF the
Paris salons and photographs, and wore
such III ibby dresses that her brothers |
ScOl1ed. When she left school her |
mother wanted her to know how to
make her own dresses. So she divided
her allowance for her-so much for
purchase of material, large sum, and |
a very little sum for dressmakiug. But
aS julia had no vanity and Gisllked
sewing, she bought little. She felt as
If she were being cheated, for she was
entitled to do as she chose with her
money, and she in turn cheated her
mother out of her plans.
HOW MUCHP
How much each boy or girl shall
have depends upon family circum-
stances; but let it be fixed sum for the
year.
If they get into debt and waste 1t, 1t
is part of the experience by which they
learn wisdom. The parent should
neither make up to them what they
have lest nor advance the next quarters
income.
tt ey should be gradually trained to
The use of dollars. First give them
enough for little extras, then enough
for the small things of dress and books
and lastly enough for all purposes.
Then GIL Of 20 may choose music
to u journey, and a boy may prefer
large subscriptions for athletics instead
OF an expensive room at college. a
separate purse cultivates the habit OF
niie choice.
1t is bad plan for children to pay
board to their parents. 1t is not a
home when they do so.
If, however, the parents need help,
there is no reason why children earn
Ing wages should not contribute toward
The general support OF the home. If 1t
amounts In cash to as much az board
the feeling underneath is different.
wIFE's PURSE.
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