The Washington times., 1920-01-22
Saving Money in the Home
Little Tricks For Women
in Household Economics
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By ELIZABETH LATTIMER.

- doing useful work at home.
or by contributing money toward
his expenses, or both.
Boys and girls who are taught
TO spend wisely will soon learn
one OF the fundamental business
principles OF life; they will know
how to conserve money, clothing.
energy, and to make the best and
most efficient use OF all their re-
sources.
Children who are taught TO spend
wisely soon learn to save regularly
and systematically. They will de-
velop definite objects In life and the
saving habit will thus be encour-
aged and stimulated. making the
children more useful to themselves
and valuable units OF society.
There is no place where children
can learn sound habits OF living so
we'll as in the home: no teachers
are so good as parents.
II the boys and girls Of today are
to become useful and prosperous
men and women OF tomorrow they
must be taught the fundamental
business principles of life without
which there can be no real success
and little happiness.
Experience has proved the wis
dom of the family council or round
table, where the general needs of
the household are discussed, where
plans are made. and budgets are
drawn to insure the wise expendi-
ture OF the family income.
Children, that Is, as soon as they
have attained a responsible age,
should always be included in these
conferences. II gives them a more
intimate insight into the meaning
Of home life and IL adds a whole
some responsibility which tends to
develop character.
Every member Of a family should
contribute to the maintenance and
operation of the household. These
contributions consist of money,
work. or both. That member OF a
household who contributes nothing
Is q drone and a dead weight upon
the others, adding to the burden
without tightening the load or as
suming any responsibility. Such a.
person instead of being an asset
to the household Is a liability.
Opportunity should be provided,
whenever possible, for children to
earn money. They may do odd Jobs
around the house, plant or tend q
garden, care for poultry, run err
rands or do any of the thousand
and one things by which children
can make themselves useful. If the
child is able to earn a regular in
come. no matter how small it may
be, it will develop a sense OF re-
sponsibility; it will teach him the
value of money; he will learn the
advantages of wise spending and
the value of regular saving.
The principle of the wise use of
resources will not apply alone to
the child's use of money. The child,
without being prudish, and with
out losing that care-free spirit
which is the joyous heritage OF
childhood. will be more careful and
saving of his clothes and play
things. The child will learn that
! one of the most evil of all habits
is that of wastefulness and that
the best way ito have is to save.
This training will At the child in
his older years to take more
serious view of life and will make
him more valuable as a citizen.
From saving small amounts, but
saving regularly and systematical-
, ", he will learn the advantage,
when he grows older, of saving
, large sums. lie will soon realize
the value of having not only an in
come from his daily work, but
sn income from money invest
ed. He will realize the tre-
mendous benefits which come
from having funds invested SO that
, they will be safe and profit yield
ing, such as in Government bonds,
! Treasury Saving Certificates. War
f;aving Stamps and other standard
securities.
children should learn that the
habit of saving is not for it's own
: end. They should be taught that
saving is not miserliness. It does
mot mean going without what one
needs; 1t means going without
what one does not need IN order to
save for those things which arc
really useful and necessary.
Each child should be encouraged
tto keep simple accounts: that is, a
record OF such income as he may
have and the purchases made with
the money. The child will soon be
. surprised to learn how much fur
{ther money goes and how easy and
y NDItdSdHl IL ~ " save II TeCOTOS OF
oil transactions are carefully kept.
{ Parents may provide little bank
books for their children at trifling
tcost. In keeping these books each
child will learn valuable expert
tcncc which will be helpful in later
years.
by teaching children to care for
itneir own property they will learn
to take care of the property OF
= others. IT appears to be a human
failing that people, whether they
he children or grown persons, feel
but little responsibility for prop
crty OF others. They did not buy
,it: they are not charged with it's
maintenance, and they will not
,have to replace It when it is used or
destroyed. Public property, espe-
,cially, seems to be nobody's prop
lCrty. Recent repairs necessary In
one OF the New York parks, for in
stance, are said to have cost the
icity $4,000, all of the damage hav-
ling been done by careless or
,thoughtless' persons. Children
should, therefore, be taught to be
even more careful with the prop
erty OF others than they are with
those things which belong to them.
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