The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-13
INTH A r do Y 0 u |
w think? Write Gym |
thia Grey, care of The
Seattle Star.


fdmiiy TO run around With
other men, than / can find for
the married man 1CItO sights
his rife and children TO as
socidte NTH other Women.
"E." stated quite plainly IN
his letter that he did not re-
turn TO his rife seUeraL times
because he felt that he would
benefit in any Uay, bit be-
cause he Wished TO rear his
son IN a home dominated By
both father and mother.
My Dear Miss Grey: "A Bachelors"
letter In this evenings edition
clinches my decision to write a pro.
test against the letter Of the woman
who claims that she and her husband
and son can live and save on si25 a
month. Such testimony does an i'm
calculable amount OF harm.
II reminds me OF my early married
days, when some misguided preyari-
Gator told my husband how they
lived WONDERFULLY and saved on much
less than we did II is much like
this IL cents a day business Who
wants 10 live on corn meal mush
three times a day. II they can avoid
Il?
Anaiyze this woman's expenses
and see for yourself. Rent alone, ss5:
gas and light IS; violin lessons at
~ per week: total. IS per month.
which makes a grand total OF SIS. An
expert tells us that we can be well
fed at As cents a day per person.
That Is 1880 a month, or $1,000 for
three. Personally. find &, takes SIS
cents a day per person, but grant
the lower figure for argument. that
leaves $3.50 for clothes. and they
dress rather well. according to her
account OF dress. suit. theatre. etc.
story. According to my budget. &c
takes $50 a month 10 dress three Of
us in about the same circumstances
or rather. I get about the results she
mentioned. and do most Of the sew.
ing. Then. there is Insurance.. say
ings. pleasure. doctor. dentist and In
cidentais TO figure In.
i rather think the lady win havo
TO come again" and prove what she
says. / have my figures for the
past 10 years, and can show whaa
has become OF my house allowance
My husband has never made under
siS5. and at present his salary n
s2I5. outside OF payments ON our
home and a big life insurance, also
accident and sickness. We are not
saving anything. We live comfort,
ably. but carefully.
FROM MISSOURI
Dear Miss Grey: I noticed a letter
in your column. the writer Of which
signed herself "Still interested"
! agree with her on the subject
that the way girls dress determines
the way they are treated / know Of
case where the girl dressed as she
pleased. went when and where she
pleased. and now she Is paying for.
IL.
She often complained TO me about
the way in which the men stared at
her and treated her. tShe wore short,
tight silk skirts. very thin waists
high heeled pumps and silk stock
ings) She attended dances-that
would have been all right had they
been the right kind, but they We're
not The crowd she went with never
attended an invitational dance. They
were always the free-for-ail kino.
She at last noticed she was losing
her high school friends She tried
TO stop, but the girls Stunned her
and she had to have young company,
so returned TO her would.be COM
panions.
This might have all been prevented
had the parents taken the right sort
OF interest in their child. Some par
ents take little or no interest in
where their daughters go or how they
dress after they go to high school
Boys who are not trained strictly
when they are young. and up to q
time when they are able to think
and act wisely for themselves, are
invariably the ones who make
thieves, tramps, etc.
! do not mean that girls shouldn't
wear thin waists or pumps with high
heels and silk stockings. but / do
mean that they should wear plenty
Of cou'non sense under garment ',n-
der them.