Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-11-09
BY MARGARET +. sANGsTER.

Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
II had my way would give every
girl moderate allowance in cash to
cover her expenses by 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 for most Of US as
to be able to crafty every wish with
out some self-denial. Whether you
know it or not, the greatest lnisfor-
tune that can befall young girl when
she is growing up IS to be able to
spend money foolisaly Just because
there is pleasure in The spending. To
be sure there is good deal Of excite
ment in going into a shop and buying
pretty things right and left, and once
In a while it is . satisfaction to be
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 vail 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, 50 long as she does
not exceed 1t, as tho woman who has
. deep purse and counts her wealth
BY millions. A girl without IN allow
ance is a pensioner. She is not neces-
sarily a mendicant. 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 filed; sometimes when she looks
especially pretty or has taken honors
in school, or her father Is in a very
bountiful mood, he throws her bill or
q coin Of gold, and she is temporarily
rich. But her lot Is not so envtable 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 the first of the month or
perhaps every fortnight.
If were you and were living In the
beautiful season where the years are
approaching the teens, or under IS,
would persuade the powers that be to
give me an allowance.
Some parents begin when their chill
dren are very small, and the first al
lowance Is only lew cents a week.
This is gradually increased as the
children grow older A girl Of II
should, If possible, have . 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 tribes
such as ruching, ribbons and bits of
embroidery which make the delicate
f1nishings Of a young girls dress. It
might and should also inclWde enough
to buy stockings. handkerchiefs and
other requisites Of the wardrobe.
If a 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
O. 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
Is she would on a sum in bank. She
often has . bank book and . check
book, and learns practically how to
keep accounts and manage her small
affairs to advantage.
The daughters of q certain we'll
known fnancier have their allowance
paid them quarterly. 1t is by no means
immense, although 1t Is ample to
cover the requisites Of young women
In the society of small town. Should
they spend tie 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 ono is to have an allowance
Parents must r,ot be too ready to make
up y deficit.
A frugal girl contr1ves to have some