Mexico Missouri message., 1905-10-19
by MARGARET y. sANGsTER.

Eltl - AuDueIdAt dilpUauCe IN CASH 10
cover her expenses by the week or the
month. Please notice, girls, the force
OF the adjective. ! would not bestOw
on schoolgirl so much money that
she would be prompted to rush wildly
OF TO spend her little fortune the mo-
ment she received IL, nor that she
could buy all the sweets she craved, or
even take unlimited rides in trolley
cars, or indulge in any other pastime
10 her hearts content.
Nothing is so bad Tor most of us as
20 be able TO crafty every wish with
ont some self-denial. Whether you
know il or not, the greatest misfor-
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 a good deal of excite
ment in going into q shop and buying
pretty things right and left, and once
in a while IL Is a satisfaction to be
Just a little bit extrlvagant, But the
one thing beyond others tnat you need
20 know, and the one habit you ought
20 acquire before you are much older,
is that OF living VOL within your in
come, whatever II 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 It. as tho woman who has
a deep purse and counts her wealth
by millions. A girl without an allow
ance Is a pensioner She Is not neces-
sarily a mendlcanr 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 pocRetbook Is
well filled: sometimes when she looks
especially pretty or has taken honors
in school, or her father is in a very
bountifui 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 drlblets or flung out by the
handful, but given her in a business
like-way on the frs. of the month, or
ptI Iuupb every lbElulallAs
II were you and were living in the
beautiful season where the years are
approaching the teens, or under 18, I
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
10 L
This is gradually increased as the
children grow older. A girl of 70
should, II possible, have a weekly or
monthly allowance large enough to pay
her car fares and travelling expenses
back and forth to school or town, 10
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 trifies
such as ruching, ribbons and bits OF
embroidery which make the delicate
fnishings of a young girls dress. II
might and should also include enough
TO buy stockings. h9ndkerchiefs and
other requisites of the wardrobe.
II 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 a sum In bank. She
often has a bank book and a check
book, and learns practically how to
keep accounts and manage her small
AFFAIRS to advantage.
The daughters of a certain we'll
known hnancier have their allowance
paid them quarterly. II 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 the 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, il one is to have an allowance.
Parents must not be too ready TO make
mp a deficit
A frugal girl eontriVes to have some.
thing left untouched on the last day
of the month. An improvldent girl IS
often 70 deeply in debt that her money
is anticipated and she has to pay 1t all
out almost as soon as 1t is IN her
hands, which is very bad way of get
ting along.
II you are permitted TO have an al
i0wanee, confer with your father and
understand precisely what you are to
do with 1t. Then make up your mind
firmly that you will never overrun the
sum IN your pocketbOok by so much as
ave cents. Provide yourself with a
blank book and peacil You do not
need an elaborate system OF book
keeping. but put down carefully and
leSibly every day all that you have
spent and subtract the sum from your