Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15

In a recent address before the
Washington Bankers association
meeting, Mary f. Rausch, assistant
professor of Home Economics of the
University of Washington, gave a
J very interesting discussion of the
vital topic Family Prosperity" Part
of her discussion is here given for the
benefit of Banner readers:
"All work becomes pleasure when
we have a special education for it.
The geologist breaks rocks all day
and is happy. The laborer breaks
rock and is unhappy. And it is the
same work. The geologist has the
broad vision and the laborer the mar
row one. The prosperity of this
grand American nation depends on
the home After all, daily duties and
earning daily bread are about the
sweetest things in life.
mo woman is more adaptable than
the American woman, but she has
not had the chance to learn how to
spend money wisely, carefully, and
economically, and this is just as i'm
portant as to save money. "A great
deal of the wealth of the world is
consumed in the household. Did you
ever hear of factory, railroad, a
store, or bank run on the inspiration
plan? OF course not, and neither
can any household be run on such a
plan. There are many problems that
confront us today with the growing
wealth of the nation and the conse-
quent increased luxury in living. 1t
is just as necessary to spend money
for recreation and improvement of
the mind as it is for bread and but
ter. The whole attitude of women to-
ward housekeeping is being changed.
We want the men to help us. Let
every man see to it that his wife
runs the home on a budget plan and
that his daughter, even if she is only
10 years of age, has her own allow
ance and keeps account of every cent
she spends. The bankers can help us
very much. Thousands of women
have no idea what to do with cou-
pie of hundred dollars when they
have it saved, and so there is no in
centive for saving. Every state bank
ers' association should have a woman
who would lecture all over the state,
telling the woman how TO save and
what to do with their money when
they have saved it. The question of
household financing which is the rock
on which so many homes are wrecked
is an absolute necessity for a high
standard of life. We want TO show
our young girls that every woman
may live content with small means;
| to seek refinement rather than fas-
hion, and elegance rather than luxury.
Every girl should have the use of
money before she is married.
1T is often the little things that
count. The business Of every day
life is not done with fifty-dollar bills,
but handled with small change. We
can not all be rich, and money does
not always bring happiness. In many
homes no money at all is saved. A
woman who can spend money wisely
can nearly double the value of her
husbands income. We all love to
have a beautiful home, but it it not
beauty to put lot of useless things
in our home to add to the burden of
those who care for them.
eff you adjust your living to your
income it Is easy to keep out of debt.
When we think that IS per cent of all
men earn less than 81 900 year, and
that at So years of age fifty out of
every one hundred men are dependent
on either the city, county, state or
some relative who Is not able to take