New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-06
A GIRLS ALLOWANCE


decidedly approve OF an allowance for girls 1t
should commence at early a period or NE as
tbav can be made IN any way 10 understand or
be directed how expend their money. This period
depends greatly upon the characteristics OF the
child which often are manifested at a very early
age Pin money should pay for any small personal
treat a light purchase q present. and a girl
should be taught to save portion OF 1t. no mat
ter how small II IS well too TO advise religious
contribution for the influence II will have upon her
3 future life AS a girl advances IN years, this al
Iovyancs OF course must be increased until II
covers all her personal necessities. save her edu-
catonaI expenses which generally remain IN the
care OF her parents
This course teaches girls the and value OF
money-a most necessary lesson. and a difficult one
Our money. as indulge in n shopping excursion
vanishes like a breath We have to learn judiclous
expenditure by our needs. and not by our eyes
Money viii go only far
A monthly allowance brings with IT Independence
II is Notifying a woman to be obliged FOR
every dime she needs. TO go 70 her masculine sup
porter, whether husband. father or brother Like
honest Peggotty in David Copperheld.' many have
TO make up regular little drama In order 10
obtain money for Saturdays expenses. in which
to supply the Sunday dinner. Many have to resort
TO means which are moral degradation.
Think of the independence OF the woman whose
husband intrusts her with regular allowance for
household expenses and then an amount for her
own personal Therefore begin right with a
girl. and when she is grown and married the heart
OF her husband will safely trust in her.
An allowance teaches girls generosity. II is very
easy 10 be generous with other peoples money-to
ask for a contribution to the Sunday school Ii
brary for a present for a poor child. for some
candy for a friend
was with two sweet girls one Christmas who
were anticipating the festival with the utmost
delight Their JOY as they brought out their list
OF presents not what they should receive, but
what they were 10 give and their well hlled money
for every one in the family and for many friends
FishIdn. Duchess Co.. N Y
To Mrs K H O.. of Newark. N. J.. the House
wives Exchange Is indebted for the three following
welcome contributions on the corset, THE Gouty
Merchant and the Thief" and allowances for young
people: -
must still hold to the belief that tho corset
Is neither unhealthful in any unoon-
Portable and that 1t is beneficial. especially to the
weak and the stout. L 7. L. in The Tribune OF
May 81 speaking OF the corset OF the present day
as compared with that Of our grandmothers. says;
Our grandmothers' corsets only restricted the
waist. but compress the hips WE'LL We
may be speaking of different generations when
speaking OF our grandmothers," but have a
very vivid recollection OF the corsets OF my grand
mother They had board down the front, which
was about two inches WIDE and shaped 10 the
figure somewhat This board was called a Dusk
The corsets were very long all around-much longer
than any one of the present day-and withaI laced
in the back ror there patent clasps at that
time). and were drawn as tightly as the LAGER had
strength to draw them
The authority cooking whom L T. L. speaks
OF having attended dissections in early Ilfe
where In almost every the stomach was
crowded out OF place. may have attended clinics
when the corset just described In use; though
so far my grandmothers were concerned their
corsets did not to affect either their own or
their childrsn'x health The children and grand
children OF both families were unusually hearty
and robust and the grandmothers always seemed
Wgorous-one having lived be over eighty
The corset OF to-day has = straight front which