The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-05

1I1DDTIHUts ana puts them HSlug Wnlle v
Tie attends to "nore serious" matters.
AZ II anything could be more serious
than the needs Of the man or woman
dependent upon Il small hnrd-earncd
fncoine
More Frequently, however believe
the fault Of these neglected DIS lies
with women OF wealth.
The husband expects his wife to at
tend to such details. and when mad
anne Is called upon she Is busy WITH
visitor, or taking nap, or DRESSING
for reception, or going to net on
charitable committee for building o.
now hospital or church, and she sends
word to "call again"
So small mattcr can walt. If the
bin Is presented too often, however
presumption" She does not like to
be "lmportuned" In such n matter.
II ought to be made a law that all
people of wealth should be posted on
the street corners in large red letters
when their petty bills run longer than
two months.
1t IS criminal for the dispensers Of
large charitlcs and expensive hospl..
talities to ignore the needs Of small
tradesmen or workmen or women VINO
are dependent upon their little earn
ings for daily necessities
How to Regard Debts.
One OF the first principles to tnstill
into the mind OF q young boy or girl
j
matters. Teach your children to re-
pay loan of a postage stamp as pune
tiliously as they would a 500 note.
Make them feel that Saturdays sun
should never go down upon an unpaid
ibll. Talk about the subject In their
hearing.
children absorb ideas gained by lis
tening to the conversation Of their
mons directed to them individually.
If you are forced To let a bill or q
debt run any length of time. spea4. OF
| 1t In the presence of your Children as
a misfortune which you hope to avert
occurring a second time.
Show that you arc anxious about the
matter. and that you feel they Will be
ready to deprive Themselves of some
you In wiping out the debt and saving
| the family honor
| Bring them up with the idea that
I patches and old clothes are honorable
when they save the wearer from in
curing debts.
No matter how brilliant and gifted
i a man may be. no matter how beauti-
I full and accomplished a woman. both
Of all right-thinking people II they are
negligent about their financial obllSa-
tions.
Hundreds OF unhappy marriages can
be traced to this one fault in either
l husband or wife.
There is nothing more humiliattng to
a woman Of refinement and delicacy
jof feeling than the knowledge that
her neighbors and associates know
her husband disregards his money OBJ
Iligations and that tradesn1en are need
| ing what he uses for other purposes.
/ There Is nothing hurts man Of
\ good principles more than to find his
! wife inconsidcrate of the rights of her
creditors.
The moment a man and wife begin
TO have discord over money from any
| cause the bloom is gone from the do
should learn something OF her lovers
/ methods in these matters before she
becomes his wife.
The man who makes light of flnan,
cial obligations is the man who will
make light Of his marriage obligations.
4 There is n streak of dtshonor some
i where in his makeup.
] The right sort of a father or mother
could overcome and eradicate such a
trait by beginning early. but it will
! prove difficult task for a wife.
/ The thoughtless girl Is more easily
nodded by a high-principled and care
4 should steer cupid's bark far away
from the course of the fair voyager
who left port with unpaid bills behind
/ her.
Start your children out in life with
fixed high ideals on this subject and
rest assured they will not wander Far
away. Too many boys and girls hear
/ poverty and economy preached. but
upon the disgrace of debt. Once q
4 young mind associates debt with dis
honor, the foundation of right princi-
pies Is laid.
L It is your business to do this for
4 your child 1t Is better fortune to
bestow upon a son or daughter than
4 100000 and loose or Indifferent ideas
4 Of honor in the use of other peoples
money.
i Copyright. 1910 by the New York
4 Evening Journal Publishing Coz