Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-09
PROPER USE OF MONEY,
an Important Part OF the EdEeao
.s.-4l. zion of Both Sons and
/ SIS: :ss Daughters.

It Is, in my opinion, notvery far FROM
q crime to bring children up and
launch them upon life in absolute ig-
norance OF the best way to use money.
During my business career have seen
many children grow up and begin the
world for themselves. have always
noticed that the child that was taught
the proper use Of money was much
more likely to have q prosperous after
career than one who had TO learn the
lesson by sad experience. It has been
said that no man could accumulate a
fortune 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 We're half a
dozen children, and when they arrived
at certain age. each was called upon
70 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 it quite as well as her mother,
unless there was something unusual to
be selected. When the son reached
the age Of is his father sent him on
an Important business commission.
winch he executed to the satisfaction
Or his employer and the establishment
OF the entire community. The next
daughter conducted {; greenhouse. She
began when eight years old with four
sashes, rugged over a cellar window.
where the heat from the furnace kept
me atmosphere above freezing point
Here she raised violets and other cold
AT plants, and became familiar with
The theory and practice of the cold
frame. At 12 years Of age she was re-
ceiving small, but sure, income from
not beds which she managed herself.
with the assistance of q man 10 do
the heavy work. The next daughter
had poultry business small, but
practical-and the son next II, order
raised pigeons, and his SQUAD money
more than kept him in clothing. books
ana toys over and above expenses, and
lett triflc for the savings bank, which
I'll OF the childret visited every week.
lhat youngster when he was ten
years old could tell you the name and
value Of every pigeon known to or
binary fanciers. lie knew TO an ounce
What a squad would weigh as soon as
ne picked it up, and what it cost 10
Keep it until it became a pigeon lie
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 "a thing as a failure has never
been recorded against that family, all
OF which I attribute to their early ac-
qualntance with business and their
knowledge from their early childhood,
OF the uses and value Of noney.-A1rs
y. 5. Stowell, in Ledger Monthly.