Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
WOMEN STINGY?
Why Men Are Inclined to Have That
Opinion.


The latest correspondence in the daily
newspaper on the everlasting man-and-
woman subject asks if women can live
more cheaply than men. There appears
10 be general impression that they can.
Most people believe that women are
naturally more close hSted-more stingy
than men.
liz proof of this il is pointed out that
a woman will tramp miles through the
shopping district to save : cents on a
bargain. She viii give a waiter =
cent tlp where he would exact a dime
iroin a man She will pay the taNicab
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. prndigal
would be better. because mau's eX-
pendIturcS d. not represent. as u rule
The proper equivalent of the value he has
received aud he knows il. Whether he
can really afford il or not he pays a
rldlculouSly hisk price for his lunch In
the matter of other personal eXpcud. lures
he regulates his payments more ON the
lines OF generosity than OF Justice
y woman always asks the price of an
article before buying. If il is too dear
she simply won't buy, hut goes else
where looking for a better bargain. I'm
agine man doing that
y mans method of spending money Is
frequently of great business Importance
to hlm. He has to know the right PEG,
pie, and he has TO 20 To places where he
will meet them. The restaurant where
he dimes at noon is the only place where
he can get an opportunity to meet MIR.
So AMI So, and if the price Is stiff it
must really he regarded as i legitimate
business outlay.
As II rule, a man regards debts very
differently from a woman. The average
dOmeStic-mInded. Mathematician wom-
an has 4 native horror Of debt. If n
man wants ready money he seldom goes
without 1t. procuring il by the simple
means OF letting some bill stand over u
! while longer. BY this free use of the
credit system he manages to enjoy his
money much more than woman does
hers, who wakes up In the night 20 re-
tiect that she must pay the butcher aud
Der old gloves must just do. \ woman
| deals IN pennies where a man deals IA
dollars She has to be penny wise be
cause she seldom has The chance of
being pound foolish
Women are taught economy and the
| value of money from their cradles; ex-
travagance and mserliness are matters
! OF temperament, but prodigality and
| thrift are largely matters of sex training.
Many women are perfectly conscious #
| n free handed nature within them long
! ing to spend money lavshly and care
essiy and royalty, and yet held in check
| by their training, their knowledge of the
value of economy and their farsighted-
ness, which sees next weeks books
looming beyond the blessed pause Of
Sunday.
y man may have his big worries in
| the office. or, on the other hand, he may
! just transact the ordinary routine of
work, but it is the wife who has to 20
through all the niggling. humliatiug de
tails of household money matters No
| wonder she learns to regulate them cure
fully, and to deny to other workers
more than their fair wage. As worker
herself, and one dealing in tiny sums.
| she realizes, as a man never can, the
! Importance of these small amounts