Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-02-13

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wise planning and systematic manag-
ing. 1t makes her the helpless slave
to his moods and his emotions.
In arranging the division of the fam
lily funds the two. knowing the income
upon which they may reasonably
count. can figure out together what are
the absolutely essentiai expenses that
must be met-rent. food. Insurance and
the i%ncidenfals Of The household-in-
Guiding what business men term an al
lowance for depreciation. for wear and
tear. This ans1unt Should be set aside
weekly or monthly md assigned to the
wife for her management In addition
there should be IN allowance for her
clothes on whatever scale their social
standing demands. She should further
have some amount. decided upon be-
tween them. for her own private purse.
her personal spending money to use
Just as she chooses. 1t is Il minimum
amount for trifles that increase her
comforts, convenience and pleasures.
It is to be all her own. without in
quiry. inquisition or interference.
In arranging the domestic finances
the question of saving for the future.
Of accumulating a reserve for emergen-
cies, should be carefully considered by
this house committee and the method
accepted that represents their united
wisdom. The whole problem is sim
plifed in many homes by the wage
rne turning over to the home treas
urer his weekly money and receiving
for his personal expenses what his
needs demand and the income war
rants. He has not that petty feeling
that he Is being placed on an .'allow-
ance,'' for he is merely being relieved
of a responsibility. He knows that
whatever he gives will be wisely con
secrated to their united interests. a
fund administered by for the hap
piness and good of both.
But business men, handling larger
sums for use. investment and more
ambitious planning. must be custo-
dams of the bulk of their resources,
leaving the stated income to the dis
erection of the home treasurer. Sweet
conference on expenditures outside of
the usual routine or on special econo-
mics in times of stress and storm makes
a joint session of the home partners a
new Strengthening of the bonds of
unity and confidence.
There are husbands, generous by in
stinct and impulse, kind. loving, atten-
tive and genuinely solicitous for the
comfort and happiness of their wives,
who by some strange kink in their
mental working would no more think
OF providing them with spending mon
ey of their own than they would Of en-
downing a home for aged canaries. The
wives may have charge accounts In
half a dozen stores and the bills may
protest and hardly a glance at the
items. The household expenses may
all be met on a scale of equal liberality,
but of ready money of her own the
wife may have little or nothing.
She Is living a life of poverty in a
de luxe edition. She may have to wait
for her carriage because she has no
money for a car or a cab. She receives
little favors from her women friends
and feels Inundated at not being able
to reciprocate. She foregoes the luxury
of little charities except they may be
manifest in some form that she can
have charged"
She may borrow from her millinel
and have the amount of the loan dis
guised on the next bill as feathers"