The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31
WOMAN'S WORLD

toanlv upon the subject of money all
,ovance than the woman who is about
"a make a plea to her sex for resolu-
tion to do the thing which may mean
Il .o-,fort to her and do it at the right
time That there is need for the plea
exactly 1ifty-two letters lying before
me- in a formidable package testify.
Every one of the fifty-two is wall
from a woman who is daily humiliat-
Oh bv the lack of pocket money which
her husband is amply able to give her.
In some cases the writers have at
tempted to earn money for them
solves. and have lost health and 9TH
o. desirable things in the effort. Some
j times the husbands love and compan-
ionsbip have been the payments, but
do not consider them such loss
when they were about all the hus-
4 band supplied.
Love 1 do not cry down, for it is the
4 hest thing in this world-when it is
unselfsh. Companionship does not
4 count for much when it is a constant
reminder of humiliation and discom-
fort. I am not sure that l would be-
STOW my company upon a husband
who did not place my continual
watchfulness for his welfare at a
monetary value. Sordid it may be
TO weigh love with money, but money
I we must have in this life: love will
not pay the expenses of living.
Not until children. boys and girls
81 alike. are trained in money matters,
81 as IN reading and spelling, will the
care OF money and the judicious
spending of it be general. When rich
men and women consider 1t necessary
to teach their offspring the value of
dollars by placing them in a position
to earn them and expecting as much
from them as OF other employees, there
must be crying need for similar ed
ucstion in homes where money is
scarce and that is precisely where it
is lacking.
Practical education is the only kind
that makes a deep and lasting impress
sion. Give a boy 25 cents for his
Fourth of July celebration or his
Christmas money, and make him
clearly understand that the rest de-
ponds upon himself, and he will make
every cent count in noise and danger,
in gifts which will make a showing,
at least. He will have more real pleas
ure in spending that money and get
better value than if he knew that ia
theirs pockets would supply little
extra change if his supply ran short
There are lots of girls who stretch
a snail income to marvellous proper
tions merely by planning with care
They know its exact size, and that
there is not the smallest chance of get
ting another dollar. But generally they
are girls who have no guardians or
girls who earn their own money. Very
few fathers or husbands ever think
that girls want money, even when
they make ample provision for the
BOYS
I feel that I am fitted to speak upon
this matter. for was one of the for
tunate number of girls with an al
lowance. My mother, the only parent
left to me after I ceased to be n baby
gave me 10 cents a week. beginning
with my fifth birthday. One
year later the sum was raised to II
cents then to 10, and so on till my
twelfth year, when I enjoyed week
ly income of 80 cents, which kept me
in ribbons to tie back a curly mop of
hair, and pretty handkerchiefs, for
which / had a taste
When l reached the dollar mark
was informed that the sum was ex-
pected to cover all but my clothing
hats and boots Stockings, gloves and
small things l bought and a fine COL
lection l had, too, I assure you.
All the girls would do as much, I
feel sure. il they had the chance, and
then they would not hesitate to in
form the men who desire to wed them
that their comfort depended upon in
dependence in the matter of pocket
money. That is the mistake women
mako for tha hahifG Of ed 60
are formed during the first year, and
If wives go one year without money!
men cannot see why they ever need
1t.
I never could understand the false
delcacy that prevented women from
stating their position at the outset.
can call to mind the case of a girl
who had earned q handsome income
for years, singing and teaching music.
She had admirers by the score. but
temptation TO change her life never
touched her until she met q. wealthy
man with a keen appreciation of her
talent. 1t was love at sight, and when
he proposed early marriage she closed
her career and agreed to sing only for
pleasure.
One year went by and the woman
was pining for her old life, while low
ing her husband as well as ever. She
had made the mistake of ignoring the
allowance question until her money
was exhausted. and when she did
suggest that a weekly sum of stated
limits would be acceptable she met an
unexpected phase of her husband S
character. He did not believe in the
feminine ability to take care of mon
ey He would give her money to spend
when she asked for it and explained
the pucOOSe for which If was intended
provided he approved it.
You can imagine the effect this had
upon a sensitive woman. She went
without things she really needed and
began to pine for the freedom of her
own life.
Finally they quarreled and he said
things for which he was destined to
De sorry. She made up her mind to
earn money for herself in the way she
pest knew music, and they drifted
apart one in the eyes of the world,
put divided in interests. Neither is
happy, but he is too obstinate to
throw UP his prejudices and make gen.
erous amendment and she is too proud
10 tempt another rebuff. They are
missing the best part of life on ac-
count of few paltry dollars which
ne would never miss and which are
very necessary to her comfort.
49,
When the cost is considered of every
Individual thing that is in daily use
by the rich, says the New York Tri-
pune, and often it's exceeding rarity,
making any replacement in case of ac-
cldent next to impossible, it is a Won
Ger that guests are so careless, and
ieel so little responsibility in the hand
ing Of such costly articles, their only
excuse being (and, after all, IL Is no