News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-05-13

o...,-L, fusion. diScOrd dis
satisfaction, de
ception and disunion to the square inch
than any other subject in the yocabu
larry of matrimOny. 1t can be settled
for lifetime in Il single hour.
Before the honeymoon reaches its first
quarter this problem should be quietly
promoted from the ranks of the I'm
solved. In spirit of loving confidence
and conference, in the interest of their
united happiness, this question of the
wife's settled income should be clear
ly and definitely understood between
them. The amount of money involved
= may be only trife but the principle
means justice and justice is no triae,
! She seems in an atmosphere of sweet
| thOughtfulness and loving watchful-
ness over her happiness when he is the
one who proposes this plaza regular
| income for her as household queen,
! with a private purse of her own. But
| should he just driftingly let it remain
! in the realm of the unspOken she should
{ not permit pride to make her an ac-
complete in his silence.
When a man says at the marriage
altar, with all my worldly goods
thee endOw," and two months later
makes it necessary for her to resort to
diplomacy to get 70 cents from him to
pay the iceman his memory needs re
pairing.
When man puts his wife'S love and
her respect for him in pawn for So or
any amount of money he is likely to
lose the ticket and be unable later to
redeem the pledge. When she fears to
speak to him about money and under
goes sacrifice self denial and humiia-
ton to avoid the ordeal her love is
scheduled for adjournment. 1t is true
that perfect love caSteth out fear
1t is equally true that perfect fear
finally casteth out love.
The husband who dolOrOusly dOleS
ont dollars under protest on the in
Stallmcnt plan to meet family expenses
as if they were reluctant contributions
to an outside charity is viewing home
from a wrong perspective. When he
requires his wife to mark down in
little hook every item of expense-not
to guide her in wise management. but
for his personal satiSfactioR-and then
goes over it as an auditing committee
quiZZing her in civil service style on
the wisdom of this expenditure and
the reason for that. he is mistaken
about wanting a wife. What he needs
is-a housekeeper without pay. To be
consistent he should set up a cash reg
lister in the kitchen and have every
purchase rung up and a voucher put i'm
the drawer.
When he leaves on the corner of the
mantelpiece in the morning just
enough money to last through the day
while he is selfshly humoring every
within or wish of his own there is a
suggestion of running Il home on the
slot machine principle-the mechanical
delivery of scant supplies through
small investments for immediate use.
There Is an irritating assumption of
in mans managing of
money and a cOwardly insstence on
woman's responsibility and eXtrav-
agance quite characteristic of some |
men. If a wife can be trusted with |
their guardianship and training and |
the management of his home. surely |
she should be trusted with whatever |
amount he can afford to run the house. |
not to be extracted from him by daily |
but by weekly or month
~ allowance that will permit her to
take broad view of income and ex-
Denditure, to plan wisely and prudent
v. If she be extravagant she must be
taught economy through money re-
She can never learn by
my other method.
The husband who splashes money in
he home one week may let the weeks
ollowing be as dry as the bed of a
mountain brook after a long. parched,
ainless summer You cannot keep
he house wheels running by the wa
err that is past With this spasmodic
upply OF domestic funds there is
an air of conscious generosity
$ if he were donating this money TO
is wife as n personal gift for which
he should be grateful. In reality
much of it may he already pre-empted
v bills: the margin left for current
may be little. He usually
as a vivid memory of the amount Of
is contributions. hut fine forget
illness Of the long intervals between
hem.
She may have to face. too. that most {
and most mean Of all ques-
Ions I'm home management. What
id You do with that SO | gave You in
ebruary?" This method means IN
ealthy alterations between extrav-