Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01

assume one-half the expenditure, divide
your salary equally. If your part of the
expense Is three-fifths or three-fourths, re
serve that proportion of your income for
yourself That Is the plan / have followed
for many years and it has worked well.
Another plan which has its advantages,
and which is based. like the other, on the
partnership idea, Is to place your salary
each week or each month, you may re-
celve 1t. In common receptacle at home.
Each of you should have free and unques-
toned access to this fund. and whatever is
iert can be deposited in the bank from time
tor time. a memorandum book should be
Kept with the money and all Withdrawals
should be properly noted. The advantage
of this system is it's simplicity. Its dtsad-
VantageS arise from the dangers of loss by
theft or otherwise, and from the fact that
it lessons the individual responsibility and
the stimulus to individual saving when
compared with the aforementioned plan.
But it's good scheme, nevertheless, and
vastly superior to the mendicant allow
ance methods.
l never believed in the plan of giving ali
ones salary to ones wife any more than 1
believe it right for the husband to keep all
OF it himself. In the first place, it throws
upon her burden that properly belongs to
him. in part at least, and in the second
place, 1t makes 1t necessary for him to ask
her for what he needs. and too often he
may be required to explain his needs in de-
tail before he gets it Some men are so
weak that they need restraint of this kind
and for such this method is commemorate,
but for a man with average backbone it's
humiliating to have to ask his wife for
money even II he has voluntarily placed
himself in durance. 1t reyerses the position
OF mendicancy, and is harder on a man
than a woman, because in her case 1t has
the sanction of the ages. ] believe in wo-
mans independence, but I don't believe In
reversing the traditional relations of the
sexes. 1t is possible to give your wife free
dom without enslaving yourself and GER
tain amount of starch in your spinal col
umn is just as important under the condi-
tons / have suggested In any other
situation, domestic or otherwise. | know
man whose wife allows him barely enough
to pay carfare. and when he wants more he
has to make an iternized requisition She
is Enthusiastically his superior a finan-
cial manager. and is saving money. a feat
he never was able to accomplish But he is
unhappy. Her thrift should be a blessing
to him. but blessings may become curses II
: they are worked overtime. He might have
taken advantage of her greater thrift and
at the same time preserved his self-respect
If he had reserved to himself sufficient
amount for his necessary personal ex-
penses and margin for the unexpected.
Now, my boy just one more word before
toddle of to bed. Consider your wife as
be In some but she is entitled to the con-
sderation. Consult her about your affairs,
tell her your troubles that are worth tell
ing at all. and take no liberties yourself
you are not willing to grant her. and now,
with love to your dear girl. much to your
self. / will bid you good night Affection
ateIy, JOHN SNHED.