The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-04

or knowledge of financial matters iroh'
the skies-that thrift and WISDOM III
money affairs which count SO much ior
human happiness on this terrestrial
globe, and especially after marriage!
The schoolgirl should most certainty
have som. pocket money of her own, out
a, the same time the possibility Of waste
fuIness must be taken into account. The
mother should preface the gift OF the
allowance with little admonitions as 10
the uselessness of this or that expenol-
ture. she should advise the girl 70 keep
an account book and jot down every
purchase, every cent spent for car rides
and sodas and fudge. Best of all, 1t
would be wise for her to make 1t PLAIN
to the daughter that something Is eS-
pected of the pocket money-dress &C
cessories such as gloves, neck nxings
and ribbons. the little presents the girl
gives, and so on. When girl knows
that all the extra fiXings and fun she
is going to have must come out Of her
own purse she soon learns how TO man.
age its contents. The real danger or ul-
innate extravaganza, in fact. comes IN
having nothing of ones own, Tor II
everything is done for you. you soon
lose sight Of the preciousness and gen.
eral scarcity of the coin Of the realm.
Little children have no knowledge OF the
value of money and many a married
woman is in the same fix. Yet the gift
of tin penny bank would help to train
the child in this important manner. Just
as a little pocket money. with careful
advice as to the proper spending OF it.
will help to train the young girl VINO
will probably marry and settle DOWN
with a family of her own.
But kind and just as it is for parents
to allow their young folks money just
because they are their own young 1olks'
better results sometimes come from CIV
ing the young people to understand that
the allowance is for services rendered in
the household; or the sum might be Dig
enough for the buying Of all the ward
robe, or be in the way OF commissions
for judicious family buying. On SO a
month a girl can dress quite prettily II
she has natural taste for clothes.
knows how to sew and gets the chance
to cultivate her prudence in the matter
of buying only what she needs. If she
is paid a regular sum for mending the
weeks laundry. or for making the bread
and cake the household will consume, or
for trimming the family hats. or for
keeping the household books. think what
good training all this would be for her
own housekeeping by and by, what fine
discipline for her taste and thrift and
good nature. For if you can only get
money by doing things they are likely
% be done well after awhile. and with
practice the tasks get easier and easier
and the mind more serene and sure OF
itself.
Apropos of girls making their pocket
money with little home work, I know
If two young maids who not only do 1t
f,,n, hat hcyn q n - aH
small bank accounts on the surplus OF
their earnings. One girl left school at
Il. and as she was to be home body.
one of those privileged beings who are
not expected to go forth for the winning
Of bread. she persuaded her mother to
allow her to take the place OF nurse
girl hired at so a month to take care
IF her small sister and two little broth
nrS.
The children were big enough to take
care of themselves to a certain extent.
nut they needed to be bathed and dressed
to be taken TO ard from school. to be
put to bed at night. have their prayers
listened to. their mashed fingers kissed
and their home efforts with 4 B c and
the spellng-book supervised. All Of
these things Miss Phyllis attended to
with the utmost fidelity. and when the
end of the year came she told herself
that she had made $40 by doing nothing
At all. Moreover. she had learned how
to manage small children so as to keep
their respect and affection. and as Sister
Phyllis was always there to be respon-
sible for small manners and morals the
ia mily reprimands grew fewer and few
or. What has this girl done for herself
in this year of tender home service? She
has taken her first lesson in true sister
hood she has learned something of the
responsibilities of motherhood, she has
earned her money with honest labor and
so she has had the true enjoyment Of the
wage Garner in spending and saving Il.
Above all things. she has been. and Is
still. an important factor in the peace
and sweetness of family life. As to the
money she earns. she dresses out Of II.
pays for her matinee tickets and every
other little pleasuring. so as the board
Of the nurse girl would have been includ-
ed with the monthly salary of SO she
has literally earned her grown-up place
in the home life.
The other girl was just entering in on
her first term at college when she found
out that college life needed smarter raj
ment than high school life. So to help
out her two very plain school frocks and
her several old blouses. she began to
learn how to make the neckwear she
was always needing. t1itHeI anu yum shc
got the bits Of material required-bar-
gain remnants always-and when she
found that she could make her own
neck fxings as neatly as any Of those in
the shops she began to take orders from
her school comrades for the same dainty
fineries. Her family caught the wish to
encourage her. and now she has quite a
little private business for the supplying
of smart and novel bits of neckwear.
Everything IS cheap-it has to be for
her clientele-but she gets her materials
for next to nothing. and as the work is
done at odd moments, and Is agreeable
to her, she does not count it as any
thing. Her need OF little dress smarten-
ings and her good sense in knowing how
to get-them have Unexpectedly resulted
in a generous supply of pocket money.
She has learned a trade while still at
school against the time she may need II.
and what a good trade the making Of
womens neckwear is-what a dainty.
feminine one!
There are hosts OF things a girl can
do to earn her spending allowance. but
whether she makes the money or gets
II "just So she must keep her book &C.
counts and her moral ones. Once she
has her own money she must be square
with the rules of fnance-pay back every
nickel borrowed from family or friends.
learn how to be generous judiciously and
always prudent.
Money, indeed, is a tremendous factor
In the making Of character. So give the