El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-11
"a Home Of Your Own"
Foolish Young Man Who Has n Good
Thing and Doesn't Knox 1t,
O-ccs Some Advice.
- By Dorothy DIX

TT is strange that people DO not seem
able TO cooperate in family life, no
matter how much it is to their
interest to do so. Men go into bust
ness partnerships with each other. and
work together tremendously for the
mutual good So do women. but the
minute they try TO keep house to-
gether they give a living picture OF
the Kilkenny cats
There is nothing truer than the
adage that no house was built big
enough TO hold two families, yet there
is no more practical way to solve the
high cost OF living than for several
people to unite and divide the cost Of
running an establishment
4 Large Family More Economical
If a cook is kept. she VIII cook for
four just as easily and for the same
wage as she viii cook for two. while
in those houses wnere no servants
are kept the division of The house
work among TWO women make it mere
play instead OF druCScry Tor each
For Two married couples TO live to-
EetheE almost doubles the income of
each 1t enables them TO live great
deal better and have many luNUfies
ard indulgences that they cannot have
II they maintain separate homes. and
Yet II appears TO bee sucn an lmpOssI-
Dllity for two families TO get along
+ together in peace and harmony that
they would rather live in poorer house.
have poorer food, do more work. ana
go without good clothes and amuse-
menL than to make themselves pleas
ant and agreeable TO q house partner.
y curious illustration of this point
Of view has just been presented to me
in g letter that have received from
young man who says that living
"a. 80 H#HHHH las
into neryou prostration, although he
admits that not a word is 10 be said
against his in-laWs. and that they
nave treated him with Sreat Kindness
ana cOnsI Iteration.
His wife's parents are welltodO
people, have nice house, and keep q
maid. so that the women OF the family
are spared all drudgery. In the family
there are only the falneriuIaW and
moJherinlaW and himself and his wife
his wife is an only child and her
mother an invalid. who clings most
tenderly to her daughter. Living to-
Sether the expenses of the yong man
are very light and he and his wife are
enabled TO have pretty much all they
want, and yet save some money.
The young husband. however is de.
termlned to set up a house of his own.
To Maintain own Home Expensive.
lie says that he earns $50 q week.
but ne thinks they can get along nicely
on that by his wife doing all the
Homework and taking care of the
baby that is about to arrive
Livery man has right TO set up a
home Of his own If he want TO. and q
right to expect his wife to follow him
to it. He has also an inaIienable right
to do fool things and il looks as if in
this case that he was taking advan-
taSe of his opportunity.
He doesn't like TO live in the house
with his lnlaWs, ana he wants a home
Of his own.
Believe me. there are many things
about having his own home that ne
won't like either, especially around
the first Of the month when the bills
come in 1t sounds fine to talk about
the privacy of your own home, but
along with said privacy comes the in
ulVldual expenses of running il.