The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-13
MRS. SANGSTER ON WlFE'S PURSE

tates woman In her own eyes to explain
where the last supply went and why sit i
was 30 soon exhausted IT; $55s5
Az for those husbands who are stingy
mean and close. who grudgingy furnish
their wives with funds tor their own or Z
their children's needs, It Is useless to APP
peals to them. They are excep tional thank
goodness. WI th most OF men fortunately.
evil is wrought by want OF thought, and
not by want OF heart: this evilScsrtainly.
Every home has some sort OF income
unless It be q home OF iutter squalor.# The
budget for the year is as important an
item in the domicile OF the clerk on al
small salary as Il in the mansion OF the q
millionaire Eacl, man has to purchase
for those who bear h Is name. or are de-
pendent upon him.. the essentials OF foods.H
fuel and dress TO see that they have n
shelter. TO give tho children schooling
and books. and to pay doctors and dentists
Mt need. #$ 5s#s3 ssIs
The point is this: AS ia certain sum Is 4
Imperative, regulated according to the
IA nnty style OF living. the wife must know
Its amount and help in itsdisbursement
II the husband IS = n receipt OF a fixed i
salary It is not difficult for31lim to appor-
ton II Justly and to meet the separ ate roe I
quirementn OF his home. az. q ;s
II the man be in business with a fuctil-
ating income. som etimes troubled i o keep
his head above water, his case Is more
complicated. Nevertheless, he and his
wife together may and should arrive at y
an Intelligent conclusion as TO what they
may and ought to spend.
~ Once n week or once q stnonth the Wlfc'S :
purse should be replenished People whose
means arc small sl1oulf pay as they co.
Running accounts run away with peace
OF mind, comfort and independence they
also run away with cash. Have no bills +
unless they can be settled $imme diately7
on resentation.s fssl5 e 5i9S e TT sa4#
Marketing, purchasing OF clothing for
herself and children, payment OF hired
help. and every expense that falls within
the province OF home economy belongs
to the wife. Money for those purposes z
ought not to be doled out, but freely given.
SO that she may carry on her share Of the
households flnnnclerlng. j'g. III
Beyond this sshe should have a sum.
small or large as may BIO. for her little
Individual expenses. sometimes to balance
what her husband spends for cigars and 4
newspapers ana other little things ny
the way. li3i ~
TO the husband belongs the duty OF pay
Ing rent. Doctors bills. coal bills ana 8
whatever appertains to the external y.
of thahone. II the home isEowned as it
Is we'll that It should be. by Its occupants.
attention to repairs. to papering, painting
and the like As the part Of the man OF the 3
house, lij{s
No wife IS foolishly or recklessly ex-t
trayagant who has been trained In the
right use OF money. Treated rs n child,
and seldom trusted, she spends her inconl.s
nee6lessly, But no wife does this who Il
is treated like an equal, a partne N
bllsiness. .l, FL
John trusts Jane with tire management
OF tho household. the lphringlng Of thn
children and the good name Of the fam
ily. SYhysnot trust her with her sla re os
the money? Why demand that she shall
make bricks Without straw? i5l y y not
fair. 3, Y.
More conjugal In felicity Is directly eau
ed by the nenurlous and unjust attitude
Of good men toward the. vi fe's purse tnanN
nv any other or the miserable causes that
cron In 10 our sl,fa mo IN the stories ct
marriage slipwrecked on the shore ct
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and inconlpat ibllity,
DIED.
Following are tile deaths reported yes,
terday to the Health Department OF the
city; rs IS. s
George 4 suffers. male, seyenty-nins
years {of age. q i f ,s4
coLoRE p--
sisse yenable, 7 female age unknown,
1 South Twenty Street. ~
II MedlIn Brown female, twenty.ieven
years, an5, College Street. 45
Celia IIutchersoil, female, eighteen
years. 23s East J ackson Street,