The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-09-22
PROPER USE OF MONEY.
IN Important Part of the Educa.
tiOn of Both Sons and
Daughters.

1t is, in my opinion, not very far frorA
4 crime to bring children up and
aunch them upon life in absolute ig-
norance of-the best way to use money.
During my business career 1 have seen
many children grow up and begin the
world for themselves. l have always
1oticed that the child that was taught
the proper use of money was much
more likely to have prosperous after
,areer than one who had to learn the
lesson by sad experience. 1t has been
said that no man could accumulate a
:ortune until he had failed once in
business. / am willing to advocate that
theory in the case of young people who
have not been taught the proper use
Of money. We had in the community
family well off for this worlds goods,
and fortunate in the fact that the
parents were exceedingly practical and
sensible persons. There were half a
dozen children, and when they arrived
at certain age, each was called upon
% manage a certain portion of the
business of the place, There were no
fuss or feathers about it. The parents
simply directed them to do this, that
and the other, as the case might be.
When the oldest daughter was 16, she
did all the marketing for the house,
and did 1T quite as well as her mother,
unless there was something unusual to
De selected. When the son reached
the age of IS his father sent him on
an important business commission,
which he executed to the satisfaction
Of his employer and the astonishment
of the entire community. The next
daughter conducted greenhouse. She
began when eight years old with four
sashes, rugged over cellar window,
where the heat from the furnace kept
the atmosphere above freezing point.
Here she raised violets and other cold
mir plants, and became familiar with
the theory and practice of the cold
frame. AT IL years of age she was re-
ce1ving a small, but sure, income from
hot beds which she managed herself,
with the assistance of man to do
the heavy work. The next daughter
had a poultry business-sm but
practical-and the son next in order
raised pigeons, and his SQUAD money
more than kept him in clothing, books
and toys over and above expenses, and
eft trifle for the savings bank, which
all of the children visited every week.
That youngster when he was ten
years old could tell you the name and
value of every pigeon known to Or
binary fanciers. He knew to an ounce
what squad would weigh as soon as
he picked it up, and what it cost to
keep it until it became pigeon. He
bought his own stock and found Gus
toners for his own products, bought
his food and other supplies and paid his
bills.
All of the children had their own
ledger and account books and knew
precisely what they were for. 1t is
needless to say that none of these chill
dren found it necessary to fail in bust
ness either once of twice before ac-
cumulating competence. They are
now among our most solid citizens, and
such q thing as failure has never
been recorded against that family, all
Of which I attribute to their early ac-
quaintance with business and their
knowledge from their early childhood,
OF the uses and value of money.-Mrs
N. S. Stowell, in Ledger Monthly.