South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-23

- NNTtlHf. I Wild. W llA gDAA
4 TO doubt occupies the minds
next months bills come In.
"Darued hard living within the
asks young Newiywcd of old Ions
Never tried &c." confessed Lonely
Jet me."-strikes go0dly number
morously either
Thrift is the instinct cf self-pres
cIared woman who, after years Of
value OF the word and though / ns
the term think this IS the best an
know that a discussion OF TINS
ar-iss for there are numerous men
thefr needs. yet feel that I am pay
fur each one OF you a delicate COM
uHnent in addressing you exclusively
upon this important phase Of daily
living. 7 have learned that the Wo-
men OF the United states handle
Jointly far more cash than does the
gentleman at washington who sup
cruises the national purse. There
fore are not women largely the
guardians Of the American pocket
book
Thrift does not call for pinching
economy. for absolute self-denial
60. Instead thrift means wise expen-
diture. The woman who faithfully
practices thrift receives more for her
money and mas more money 20 spend
and a surplus TO save. Women
that ls. real women. not human but
ferfIies. are wiser spenders than men.
The man who really wants 20 get
ahead. fixes his attention on his
business. his position or his job
whichever IT, may be. while the
problem Of the home maker is to
supply the needs of a family within
"a fixed income IL depends usually
solely upon the wife and mother TO
see whether those needs are met
sufficiently or whether that income
81. spent thoughtIessly on non-essen-
tails that the family could wen get
along without.
The woman who does not earn the
money but who has the responsible
ity O.. spending it sometimes faces
the more difficult task Men usually
are as blind as bats when dealing
in commodities food. clothing and
shelter. yet the foundations Of So
clety depend largely upon this task
of providing and making attractive
homes. Woman is the agent for en-
phasizing the importance of nOurish-
inc food. adequate clothing and a
comfortable home over fancy con-
fectiOns. frivolous adOrnment and a
ceaseIess round Of pleasure. Upon
the general proposition of spending
woman holds the key to the situa-
zion as far as thrift is concerned for
90 is she. rather than man, who may
loosen or tighten the purse-strings.
There are thousands of unhappy
discouraged women trying to keep
ND appearances" who realize fully
daily and hourly that they are play
ing a LOSING game and that before
them and their families stretch no
prospects except dependence and
debt i'm the future On the other
hand there are many women who
have found great sOlace and comfort
i'm the thought that. If anything
should happen" life would not find
them unprepared nor would their
children want for the necessities of
childhood True-prepa can
cope with misfortune and win out
every time and that knowledge
brings repose of mind and heart-a
mental state that every woman needs
and many would give a great deal to
possess
Woman may display her opportun-
itv for wisdom in personal as well
,as family expenditure. tt isn't al
ways the woman who spends most
who is the best-dressed Tt is a
false impression that 10 be becom-
inelv attired means expensive and
showy garments. The woman who
sacrifices the needs of her home the
personal needs of each individual.
the security of her familys future
for the sake of wearing costly
adorument is a most unworthy or
ignorant creature.
ON the streets of the small town
as wei as those of the big city one
sees the fact impressed over and
over again that many women con-
slider only the eNtravag0nt I'm dress
an index of reius wen sowned. The
truth is however. that some women
dress more iu The manner of a gent
lev0mau ON five hundred a year than
others on an allowance very much
greater than that sum When wo-
men learn that simplicity I'm dress is
fts greatest charm they VIII develop
good taste and common sense fin the
selection OF their clothes and they
viii find q modest allowance wisely
extended sufficient for their needs.
rt Is trae that not every woman i'm
this country signs her husband s.
checks nor has free and equal
partnership N his bank accounts. yet
even though she may regulate her
household expenses on the tradition
a allowance she may be en- fact the
financial manager Of the entire es-
tabLsLmeu- extending her influence
consciously or uucousciously 10 all
tha affairs OF The family and its So
called head
Thrift practieed in the expenditure
a. the home shames a man who
otherwise might spend recklessly
outside that home and stimulates 90
greater activity the man who Is
working only at half speed IL IS this
sort or thrift that inspires a success
fIi man 20 says 81 owe much 20
my wife So man has ever been
IA seG 10 CHER plane or standard
of living bv rhe foolish expenditures
az sqendthrift II he succeeded he
did So irspite Of her. rot because OF
her 40 poet from the days OF wise
eln- Solomon down to the present
age has ever considered &c feasible
20 chant favorably of the feminine
was.er nor has any monument been
raised as p memorial 20 her rare
virtue
r. is the natural failing of youth