Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-05
FOR An ALLOWANCE
PLEA FOR SCHOOLGIRL TO
HAVE OWN MONEY.
Erl Who Receives Definite Allow
ance Regularly Learns How to
Spend Money, How to Save 1t
and How to Give It Away-Train-
ing Girls to Buy Their Own Cloth
ing-Borrowing and Lending.
BY MARGARET 3 sANGsTER


any great good fortune come your way? |
fairy godmother? l know you have |
just had birthday dear"
Indeed | have. l am 16 and / feel
Rwfully old. No, haven't heard from |
my fairy godmother but father has
increased my allowance, and mother
says that from this time onward !
am to buy my own clothes, as we'll a.
pay my other expenses"
jeanne and Julia. who happened to
be sitting with me, lifted their hands
in dismay.
You poor Sue, you can never do it,
In the world no matter how large
your allowance is
Then I'll have to go in rags" re-
! piled Susan, "for father and mother
say that they have thought Of every
thing. If l spend all my money on
the first day of the month l shall have
no more until the next pay day. II
| 1 waste it l am to be the sufferer.
Mother says so. And l know I'LL
about it. Last February l bought ny
Angora cat when my allowance came,
and don't you remember, l had to
trudge through the snow without car
fare the whole of that month? l am
forbidden either to borrow or to COM
plain. But really as l have liberal
! allowance l ought to keep within 1t.
l an satisfied. However, I'd much
rather mother should buy my clothes
than leave it to me. ! don't know the
1 II. l,s, = Nn0 oil
ly and hatesthe bother"
Il am In debt the whole living
time, said Julia, but l watch my
opportunity and when daddy is in
good humor 1 put my cheek against
his and with my arms around his
neck tell him my woes. He pretends
to scold and frown, but l kiss the
frown away, and it ends by his say
ing: Run along, little girl. Your old
dad will help you out, of course!
Then he gives me plenty to pay up
everything and begin all over again"
Susie laughed.
well, my father isn't like that.
He's the dearest father, but his char
acter is like a rock, and he never yet
has given me anything for kisses and
coaxing. 1 should hate to bride my
;, father in that way. l beg your par
don, Julia!'
ooh, never mind" said Julia, dane
ing out of the room. Il don't care
what it is called, so long as l gain
my point"
| sighed as l looked after her, for
saw breakers ahead. A girl brought
up on that plane would never learn
! the value of money, nor any response
bility about its management If she
married, she would probably exceed her
> income, involve her husband in debt,
and have a more or less wretched
home life.
/, Jean had not spoken after her first
. exclamation. But she had something
to say.
? 81 never had an allowance. Now
and then at holidays or birthdays
papa or Aunt Jane gives HE bill OF
a gold piece, but mother does moi
think l need money. / ask for II
when ! want to buy candy or note pa
per, and have car fare and lunch,
con money. of course, but I've, never
= had an allowance. l envy you, Su
. san"
! Most girls would agree with Jean
A girl who has a definite allowance
promptly paid is a girl to be envied
q She is more Independent than hei
friend who receives little sums as il
may happen. She learns how to spenC
money, how to save it, and how Il
give it away, each lesson an alEtmpoT
= tant one.
a But she learns none of these valR
!. able lessons If she has an easy-gOfnl
n father and mother, Whe permit her 4
4 be reckless and extravagant. One ma!
i be reckless on a small sum as vel
q rs on a large. Whoever CONSTANT!
a exceeds her income is extravaganza
|, whether she be 16 or sc, daughter O
9 mother.
% Every young girl should. II prSS
a ticable, have an allowance. At frs
y It should be very small. Just suf1eien
Z, to cover her little expenses. AS sh
. grows, olderrit should be annually in
n creased. She should know what she /
4 expected to do with 1t, and she Shout
& be trained never to Spend next month
Ie payment before 1t is put in her hand.
A friend who successfully broUgh
up a large family told me that he
giris began TO buy their own elothin
!. when they we're 10 years old. Sh
L went with them to the shops, an
,a taught them what to select. how niue
A to buy and everything about the myi
81 teries OF purchasing, considering it q
b necessary part OF their education q
a anything they learned in schoo
:. After a little tral atng, she threw thel
e on their own RESOURCES, II they mad
AG mistakes she told them not to be di
e couraged Each girl learned the diH
q cult art OF shopping intslligently, a.
8. by fine time a daughter was 30 q
n was at TO undertake the manageIaA