Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-18


| OF the changing battle-mOrn;
! And one was tressed like the bird of night
| And one like the ripening corn.
! Then OurspOke she of the raven locks,
And her dark eyes glowed like wine:
IF he Stay the foe, the knight ] know.
He shall win this heart of mine!
But softlier she of the yellow hair.
And her blue eyes gan to fill:
Enough he gain or lose, the one / choose
lie shall be my true-IOve still
Austin DobsOn, the Century.
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Ignorance Of Domestic Finance
Miss Grace Pitman of Passaie. n. j..
who lectures on domestic finance before
schools and colleges. had an interesting
experience the other day when she lee
tured before fashionable school for
young women She happened to have
Just been reading something about the
army, and noticed that the salary of
heutenants is $500 So when she stood
up before her audience she announced
| that she would explain TO them her sys-
| TEN of administering an income of $500,
| which was the salary of a lieutenant in
United States army A smile ran round
the room, which became almost IA litter
| One girl right down in front of the lee
| turer had a very rosy face. but did not
| look at all happy Miss pitman divided
up the income, showed what such n FAM
lily would have to have. and hat the
1 things would cost. She could 0,low only
$40 month for service. and that. she
showed, would secure only one pitiful
greenhorn in the kitchen. III 10 turer's
scheme allowed only S7.SS a week for
| food, and she showed what could be got
for that amount. 4 young housekeeper.
she said, could hardly be expected TO
feed her family for less than so week.
but an experienced housekeeper could
do it for So
As the lecturer continued the girl
down in front looked more and more So
Der. That evening she called upon the
lecturer and explained the cause of the
cheerful smiles of that afternoon. She
was engaged-as all her schoolmates
were aWare-to lieutenant, and expect
ell to marry him as soon as she was
graduated in the following June But
now she was frightened. She did not
know whether she would marry him or
not
she had actually" said Miss Pittman.
had no idea of what it meant to live on
SlJUO year. She was planning to keep
three servants. She had no idea that
three servants could not be kept on this
SUN, and her mother was allowing her
to marry this man with no conception of
what it meant to live on his salary.
Talk about SO week for food. Twen-
~ dollars Il week would not have StIf-
hced for that girl. She would not have
known rib roast from fresh ham. Ii
was not the girls fault. 1t was the way
she had been brought up. As soon as she
heard my lecture she understood the
state of the case, and she came to ask
me 1t there was no school where she
could learn these things
1t has been shown by investigators
that the money sense develops In chill
dren, especially in boys. at Is. 1t is then
they begin to want to go to work. to
want money of their own. and to think
about saving. At Is | think ever boy
and girl should have an allowance that
would cover all their expenses except
food and shelter. They need not neces-
sarly handle all the cash. because they
might not have the judgment to buy all
their clothing, but they should be taught
to keep a regular account of every cent
expended on them They should know
exactly what it costs to keep them, and
MS fast as possible they should expend
the actual cash. There is many a girl
of Il who has never bought herself a
dress. Her mother has always done il
FOR her. Boys and girls from - on
should keep household accounts They
should know what it costs to run the
house, to buy the food, what the inciden-
tal expenses average month. what can
he got out of a given income in the way
of life and comfort The household ex-
penditures can be made a great means
Of education but this is hardly likely
when the mother herself never keeps any
household accounts and does not know
what she spends for the various necessi-
ties of life in the course of a year"
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Cooperation She Alone Can Give.
Dare | confess to a sneaking sym
pathy for the ''nagging" wife? For,
whatever else she may be, at least she
is not Indifferent to her husbands we'll
being. Have we a right to assume that
it Is always tact and self-control that
prevent a wife from nagging? May it
not also be the result of mere inditfer-
ence which feels no responsibility, IN
dures no anxiety? The secret fascination
of the other fellows wife" often lies
in this very aloofness from responsibility.
which gives no occasion for making
herself disagreeable!
Since nagging is really ,vifeiy interest
mtsdirected. how best can we direct it
so it will become effective? There is
implanted in most women 4 delight in
he lives of others; perhaps
1t would not be unduly rash to say espe-
cially Of men. Hedda Gabler envies
Thea for having her fingers in mans
destiny as she tersely puts it. Those
are marvelouSly keen studies of mis-
directed feminine energies. Both women
fail in real helpfulncss because of their
egoiSm, which leaps ut the thrilling deed.
the spectacular effect, but is quite I'M
equal TO the Self-effacemcnt of true nc
Unfortunately, the aliute-
ment Of influencing others is apt to van
ish if it is withdrawn from the lime
light. 10 influence another dramatically
Mt a certain definite crisis, to be spoken
of as having made n husbands career,
that seems very thrilling" much more
so, alas! than to stand ny in the wings,
unseen perhaps unsupported, save by
the one concerned and quite possibly not
always by him.
To offer a husband sympathy and en-
enlargement in times of failure and
weakness to hold him to his ideals when
the worlds standard grips him, such
would seem to be the most obvious If
wifeiy privileges, and yet these are
but rarely The only privi-
lege the wife may be quite certain of
having is the one she is apt to under
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