The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
WOMEN STINGY?
Why Men Are Inclined to Have That
Opinion.

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The latest correspondence in the daily
newspaper on the everlasting man-and-
woman subjec. asks if women can live
more cheaply Than men. There appears
to be a general impression that they can.
Most people believe that women are
naturally more close fsted-more stingy
than men
In proof of this it is pointed out that
woman viii tramp miles through the
shopping district to save 5 cents on a
bargain. She will give a waiter B.
cent tip where he would exact a dime
from a mai. She will pay the taxicab
driver his exact fare and no more. Men
are more lavish than women about this
kind of thing. And lavish isn't the
most expressive word to use. Prodigal
would be letter, because a mans ex-
penditures " not represent, as a rule,
the proper Equivalent of the value he has
received and he knows it. Whether he
can really fford it or not he pays a
ridiculously high price for his lunch. In
the matter OF other personal expenditures
he regulates his payments more on the
lines of generosity than of justice.
A woman .lways asks the price of an
article before buying. If it is too dear
she simply won't buy, but goes else
where looking for a better bargain. I'm
agine man doing that
A mans method OF spending money Is
frequently of great business Importance
to him. He has to know the right PEG.
pie, and he his to go to places where he
will meet than. The restaurant where
he dimes at mon is the only place where
he can get "a opportunity to meet Mr..
So and So, md if the price is stiff it
must really h regarded as a legitimate
business outly.
AS a rule, a man regards debts very
differently frm a woman. The average
domestic-mined, well-brought-up wom-
an has a naive horror of debt. If a
man wants rady money he seldom goes
without it, occurring it by the simple
means of letting some bill stand over a
while longer. By this free use of the
credit systemic manages to enjoy his
money much more than woman does
hers, who waes up in the night 90 re-
fleet that shemust pay the butcher and
her old gloves must just do A woman
deals in penres where a man deals IN
dollars. She has 20 be penny wise be-
cause she ,s{dom has the chance of
being pound bolish.
Women are taught economy and the
value of mony from their cradles ex-
travagance an miserliness are matters
of Temperament, but prodigality and
thrift are Largely matters of sex training.
Many women ire perfectly conscious Of
a free-handed nature within them. long
ing to spend money lavishly and care
lessly and roydly, and yet held in check |
by their training, their knowledge of the |
value of economy and their farsighted- !
ness. which ees next weeks books |
looming beyora the blessed pause Of |
Sunday.
A man may have his big worries in
tha office or N the of her hind ha NAV
just transact The ordinary routine of +
work, but it is the wife WHO has to go |
through all theniggling, huniliating de- 7
tails of housebld money matters. No |
wonder she leans to regulate them care,
fully, and to ieny to otter workers
more than theiI fair wage AS a worker
herself, and ole dealing in tiny sums,
she realizes, al a man meier can, the |
Importance of Ihese small mounts.