El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-01

husband and left the store. The pro-
/ prietor, who had been watching the
! transaction, observed to a friend:
! That's the kind of woman that makes
abscOnding bank cashiers That wOm-
ans husband is a good, hard working
man, but he'll never get ahead because
every. time he gets a raise in salary
his wife goes out to blow 1t He's al
ways paid her bills so far, but it's an
even gamble that therell come a time
when he can't do it,
Waster is Always a Shfrk.
The woman waster is always a shirk-
She shirks every duty and response
bility until her own life becomes the
biggest waste of all. She shirks all the
pain and responsibility of child-bear-
ing and the duties of managing a home.
In the boarding house or hotel where
she lives. she is a brewer of discomfort
among all those she knows Not con-
tent with merely wasting all of her
own time and substance she cOntinu-
ally eXertS her influence toward eX-
trayagance and idleness upon the part
Of other women. Usually she tries to
discover some form OF social diversion
TO serve as an excuse for her failure
in the things for which a woman
should be held responsible.
often she tries to imagine herself an
invalid until. having wasted unlimited
sums Of money upon physicians, both
legitimate and quack, she has so
wasted her physical resources that her
1nValldism is partially real. All her
amusements and diversions constitute
ly income She is a good patron of
the afternoon tea room where women
gather to regale themselves with IN
wholesome VlandS at eXtOrtiOnate
prices and to discuss scandals, ques-
tiOnable plays and books which the
busy, healthy woman has not
even time TO think about
Money Spent for Beauty Treatments
One Of the newer methods by which
the woman WaSter manages to dispose
Of considerable portion of the family
Tr1n fe hf~ h Of h.
beauty specialists whose parlOrs al
ways are thrOnEed with women OF her
type The Waster is always vain and
is seldom satisfied with her personal
appearance. If she was born a bru-
nette she wants to become a blonde
and the chemical blondes so frequently
seen are examples Of the success Of the
exchange in cOloring- If she is slender
she desires to put on flesh. and if she
IS plentfuly supplied with adipOse
tissue she must try 70 reduce herself
always is to be found for taking treat
ments which consume both time and
money.
One Of the worst effects Of the wOm-
an waster IS upon the tradesmen de
pendent upon her for support. The
grocer IS the greatest sufferer. The
waster always runs monthly bill as
large as the grocer can be inveigled
into permitting her to contract. When
she has wasted in other channels the
money which should have gone to pay
for the family food. she seeks another
grocer. leaving the old one unpaid
According to published trade report
fully 95 percent Of the grOcers who
went into bankruptcy during 1912 were
forced into it by the bills which wOm-
en- failed TO pay. These bills undOubt-
edly were higher than the same amount
Of goods could have been purchased at
elsewhere for cash. because the trades
man has to consider the risk of un-
paid bills in fixing his prices In this
way, also. the woman waster has a
strong influence in increasing the cost
of living for others as well as herself.
TOmOrrOW-WOmen and Marriage