South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-02
SAY HOME SHOULD Be
MANAGED As BUSINESS
Wife Should Have An Allow
anCe and Keep Systemic
Accounts Say Members of
MiShaWaka WOman'S Club.

A household should be operated on
a systematic basis just as any bus
mess. Budgets, allowances, accounts
and similar financial terms have no
terror for the modern housewife
That seemed to be the concensus of
opinion among members Of the Do
nestle Arts department Of the Mish-
awake WOman's club at its meeting
Monday night in the parlors of the
Methodist Memorial church.
The program was devoted 20 pa
pers on the various phases of house
hold management.
shall the Wife Have an Allow
ance2" was the subject of Mrs. NOyes
In part she said, NO one who has
ever actually studied the problems of
home and it's management will dis
agree with the theory that the apEli-
cation OF business principles TO it's
various affairs Will materially assist
in solving some Of its difficulties
There are some rules of scientific eff
cheney which should be studied and
used in the household For efficiency
If it means anything at all, means get
ting things done with minimum
amount Of effort consistent with thor
Oughness and the amount of money
one is able TO eXpend.
Every girl who has a fair educa-
ton, a certain training in money mat
terS. who has been brought up to eX-
pend wisely and save a little and has
a proper knowledge of the value of
money is pretty sure TO manage the
household finances well and should
not need to beg for money or prac-
tice deception"
THE systematic haldning of
finances pSfiT1l9 HE 70 a
Ulated household as any other bust
ness. y hOusekeeper who is careless
in these matters does a great injUs-
tice TO herself and family. There is
no greater aid to economy than the
regular system of keeping accounts
of household expenses" said Mrs Ar
thur Middleton in her paper on The
Ideal Budget"
Speaks on Expenses.
Household Expenses was the
topic of Mrs. A. NJ. Mecklenburg. The
subject sounds simple enough" she
said, but after studying for some
time on my own experience and trying
To make system out of chllos l turn
10 the book, The Cost of Living, by
Ellen Richards, the reading of which
I would advise to every woman in the
business of home making and espe-
cially to those expecting to be en-
gagged. as ii is from the latter's view
point that the writer of the book ex-
poets the best results in systematiEiEg.
The great trouble with women
from my Uoint Of view is her unwill-
ingness to make a correct financial
statement of her part in the alliance.
She never undertakes. too often eX-
aggerates the amount required. n
wife should not have an allowance
who is not trained in household af-
fairs, as that would mean shipwreck
and financial embarrassment" said
Mrs. William PrObascO in shall the
Wife Have an Allowance"
Mrs. V +. Ludwig, in a paper on
Household Accounts" gave one of
the most interesting discOurses of the
meeting. She gave a very concise ac-
count of her own personal expert
ences. She stated that she had been
trained from childhood to live on her
own weekly allowance, and when
girl began a system of bookkeeping.
After her marriage she continued the
same system in her own home and to-
day the records and checks on the
business in her household are as COM
plete as those of any business concern.
she gave an outline of her system TO
the women of the club.