The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03


School Girl-Every Girl Should
Have Her Charities.
BY MARGARET T.. sANGSTER,
Copyright, 1905, BY Joseph B. Bowles.)
1t had my way I would give every
girl moderate allowance in cash to
cover her expenses Ivy the week or the
month. Please notice, girls, the force
of the adjective. I would not bestow
on schoolgirl so much money that
she Would>be prompted to rush wildly
off to spend her little fortune the mo-
ment she received il, nor that she
could buy all the sweets she crayed. or
even take unlimited rides in trolley
cars, or indulge in any other pastime
to her hearts content.
Nothing is so bad Tor most OF us as
to be able to crafty every wish with
out some self-denial Whether you
know it or not, the greatest Inisfor-
tune that can befall young girl when
she is growing up IS to be able to
spend money foolishly just because
there is pleasure in the spending To
be sure there is good deal of excite
ment in going into shop and buying
pretty things right and left, and once
in while it is a satisfaction to be
just little bit extravaganza. But the
one thing beyond others that you need
to know. and the one habit you ought
to acquire before you are much older,
is that of living we'll within your in
come. whatever it is.
A girl who has an allowance has an
income. and she is therefore on exact
ly the same plane, SO long as she does
not exceed it: as tho woman who has
"a deep purse and counts her wealth
by millions. A girl without an allow
ance is pensioner. She is not neces-
sarily a mendicanr. Her father, her
mother, her guardian would be most
reluctant to put the little daughter in
that position. Nevertheless, she is a
pensioner Sometimes, on birthdays
or at Christmas, her pocketbook is
we'll filled; sometimes when she looks
especially pretty or has taken honors
In school, or her father is in very
bountiful mood, he throws her bill or
a coin of gold. and she is temporarily
rich. But her lot is not so enviable as
that of her friend VINO has something
regular on which she can count, and
whose spending money is neither doled
out in driblets or flung out by the
handful, but given her in business
like way on tie frs of the month, or
perhaps every fortnight.
II | were youhand were living in the
beautiful season where the years are
approaching the teens, or under 10,
would persuade the powers that be to
give me all allowance.
Some parents begin when their chill
dren are very small, and the first al
lowance is only sew cents a week
This is gradually increased as the
children grow older. A girl of -
should. if possible, have a weekly or
monthly allowance large enough to pay
her car fares and travelling expenses
back and forth to school or town, to
pay for her stationary, pens and pen
ellis, to cover little presents she wishes
to give, and dainty articles for her
toilet, and to purchase the trifes
such as ruching. ribbons and bits Of
embroidery which make the delicate
finishings of a young girls Dress 1t
might and should also inclvde enough
to buy stockings, handkerchiefs and
other requisites of the wardrobe.
If girl has been carefully instruct
ed in the art of spending money, by
the time she is Is she should be able to
select her own clothes and take entire
charge Of the outlay for 'frocks, wraps,
hats and Shoes. Few girls are taught
this art as they should be. It is at least
as important as music or French.
A girl away at boarding school usu-
ally has an allowance which is depos-
tied with the principal of the school,
and on which she is allowed do draw
as she would on sum in bank. She
often has bank book and q check
book, and learns practically how to
keep accounts and manage her small
affairs to advantage.
The daughters of a certain we'll
known tinancier have their allowance
paid them quarterly. It is by no means
immense, although it is ample to
cover the requisites of young women
in the society of Small town. Should
they spenG t11c entire amount the first
day after receiving it, no more money
would be forthcoming from papa's mil
lions until quarter day should come
round again. This is an important
feature, if one is to have an allowance.
Parents must 1-,t be too ready to make
up deficit.
A frugal girl contcives to have some
thing left untouched on the last dav
of the month. An inlprovident girl is
often SO deeply in debt that her money
is anticipated and she has to pay it all
out almost as soon as itais in her
hands. which is very bad way of get
ting along. ~
f. If -~a- -se1ts ~s-se.z assazz.-tz~.,
If you are permitted to have an al
lowance, confer with your father and
understand precisely what you are to
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