The Washington times., 1918-12-07
Let Your Wife Save Your Money
SHE Isn't Good Fellow, and She Never Wants to Be
Zone of the Boys"


him through the week
he is married man, this editorial is for him. If he
is not married he probably will be day. and are
writing this for HIM also.
And every who is wife or expects to be wife
may find here few suggestions that she make Of
the time she gets conversation about the family
finances.
The man who is working for wages or for salary has
FIXED AMOUNT of money upon which he must maintain
his family
may not be large amount but he at least knows
acy what it is and with reasonable he could LIVE
WITHIN IT.
But the average man is not money saver.
The old customs of being 'good fellow and Zone of
the boys have strong hold on him.
The money he is carrying in his clothes suggests to him
the interesting possibility Of buying things with fittings
that he doesn't need
BE has many foolish notions about keeping his end
up and spending much the next fellow" and by
the time he has nduged those notions the weeks pay
dwndled aarmng, and he hands what is left to his
wife with hang dog face and promises to do better next
week.
You must remember that we are talking about THE
AVERAGE MAN
Here and there are husbands who know what to do with
their salaries, who spportion them wisely and
JUSTLY giving their wives and children their full share
and saving SOMETHING from every dollar that is spent
UnhappiEy men like this are in the minority They
sve only examples to prove the general rule Of mprov
dence and wasuness among who responsible for
the future Of their wives and children.
In every family the question of MONEY is the one
subject that makes trouble
Day by day the wife sees her husband sell his years
to another man and GET NOTHING FOR THEM BUT HIS
LIVING
Night after night she wonders what she is going to do
when she is old and her husband is DID, and his time now
commanding fair price, is worth nothing to anybody
And yet when she suggests that she be allowed han
die the money she told that she and therefore
foOshly eavagant that she knows nothing about bust
ness and consequently would only squander what he has
given her and get no results from. it.
The exact reverse of this is true.
It is the wife who is most directly interested in her
home and her children 1t is she who first speaks of the
hope that her husband may have home his own some
day. 1t is she who the visions of her children growing
mp around her In comfortable house. getting good educa
tons and going out into the world to be useful citizens
Her MOTHER LOVE is far deeper than the pride her
husband has in his children He would like to have house
that he might point out to his friends tribute to his
business ability SHE shelter her children and
them O-O N'-' " piO''''
However eXtravagant woman may be- however she
may love fnery. she will save money SHE HAS TO- and
she CAN SAVE 1T.
No necessity to be good fellow or one of the bows
moves her to tter the money that ought be going
into savings bank or, better still into HOME.
She knows the exact needs of the household and under
stands just how much money must be spent groceries
how much for meats rent the clothes for the children the
Incidental 0ocCorS the other necessities of the
household that LITTLE MAY BE LEFT AT THE
END OF THE WEEK
OF course, she could SPEND the money If you ever
become possessed of gigantic income you will find that
your wife knows how to SPEND it well how to save it
but her thoughts for her children will be greater than her
thoughts for herself and she will save it long she
MUST.
womans life is long self sacrifice She spends
as much time taking the trouble Of others her ra shou
ders her husband does getting rid Of the troubles that
rest on his.
And because she thinks and plans and for others
she learns 10 money she learns the dozen or
trades she must master In order 10 be good mother
y0u can't save your money Owe YOUR SALARY
10 YOUR WIrB-take u home 10 her before you spend
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