FOR AN ALLOWANCE
PLEA TOR SCHOOLGIRL TO
HAVE OWN MONEY.
Girl Who Receives a Definite Allow
ance Regularly Learns How to
Spend Money, How to Save It
and How to Give It Away—Train
ing- Girls to Buy Their Own Cloth
ing—Borrowing and Lending-.
BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
“What has happened?’’ I asked Su
san, w ho had run in to see me on her
way home from school, looking pret
tier and brighter than ever. “Has
any great good fortune come your way?
Have you had a present from your
fairy godmother? 1 know you have
just had a birthday, dear.”
“Indeed I have. 1 am 16 and I feel
awfully old. No, 1 haven’t heard frotn
nay fairy godmother, but father has
increased my allowance, and mother
says that from this ■time onward 1
am to buy my own clothes, as well as
pay my other expenses.”
Jeanie and Julia, who happened to
be sitting’with me, lifted their hands
in dismay.
“You poor Sue. you can never do it
:n me world, no matter now large
your allowance is."
"Then I'll have to go in rags.” re
plied Susan, "for father and mother
say that they have thought of every
thing. If 1 spend all my money on
the first day of the month I shall have
no more until the next pay day. If
I waste it 1 am to he the sufferer.
Mother says so. And I know all
abom it. Last February 1 bought my
Angora cat when my allowance came,
anil don't, you remember, 1 had to
trudge through the snow without car
fare the whole of that month? 1 am
forbidden either to borrow or to com
plaiu. But really as 1 have a liberal
allowance 1 ought to keep within it.
I ant satisfied. However, I’d much
rather mother should buy my clothes
than leave it to me. I don’t know the
first thing about doing it economical
ly anil I hate tlie bother.”
"I am in debt the whole living
time." said .Julia, "but I watch my
opportunity and when daddy is in a
good humor I put my cheek against
his and with my arms around his
neck 1 tell him my woes. He pretends
to scold and frown, but 1 kiss the
frown away, and it ends by his say
ing: Run along, little girl. Your old
dad will help you out. of course!’
Then hr* gives me plenty to pay up
everything and begin all over again."
Susie laughed.
“Well, my father isn't like that.
Her 1 lie dearest father, but his char
acter is like a rock, and he never yet
has given me anything for kisses and
coaxing, i should hate to bribe my
father in that way. I beg your par
don. Julia!”
' "Oh. never mind,” said Julia, danc
ing out of the room. "I don’t care
what it is called, so long as 1 gain
my point.”
I sighed as I loot:, d after her, for I j
saw breakers ahead. A girl brought
up on that place would never leant
the value of men y. nor any responsi
bility about its management. If she ;
married, she would probably exceed her
income, involve her husband in debt,
and have a more or less wretched
home life.
Jean had not spoken after her first
exclamat ion. But she had something j
to say.
"I never had an allowance. Now
and then at holidays or birthdays
papa or Aunt Jane gives me a bill or
a gold piece, but mother does not
Think I need money. 1 ask for it
when I want to buy candy or note pa
per, and 1 have car tare and lunch
eon money, of course, but I've never
had an allowance. 1 envy you, Su- 1
san.”
Aloi. girls would agree with Jean.
A girl who has a definite allowance
promptly paid is a girl to be envied.
.She is more independent than her
friend who receives little sums as it :
may happen. She learns how to spend
give it away, each lesson an all-impor
tant one.
But she learns none of these valu
able lessons if she. lias an easy-going
father and mother, who permit her to
be reckless and extravagant. One may j
he reckless on a small sum as well |
as on a large. Whoever constantly i
exceeds her income is extravagant. I
•whether she be 1C or .‘>6, daughter or
mother.
Every young girl should, if prac
ticable. have an allowance. At first
ft should be very small, just sufficient
to cover her little expenses. As she
grows older, it should be annually in
creased. She should know what she is
expect d to do with it, and she should
be trained never to spend next month’s
payment before it is put in her hands.
A friend who successfully brought
up a large family told me that her
gins began to buy their own clothing ,
when they were Id years old. She
wen' with them to the shops, and
taught tItem what to select, how much J
to buy and everything about the mys- j
teries of purchasing, considering it as !
necessary a part of their education as
anything they learned in school.
After a little training, .she threw them
on their own resources. If they made
mistakes she told them not to he dis
couraged. Each girl learned the diffi
cult art of shopping intelligently, and
by the time a daughter was 20 she
was fit to undertake the management i
of a home.
* A schoolgirl's allowance usually is ’
large enough to insure her a margin j
after she has bought her daily lunch- j
•oos. paid her care fare and purchased
pencils and paper, ribbons and pins,
and the little luxuries that she cares
for.
There is the temptation to spend too
much gn sweets. Creams and cara
mels run away with money to an
alarming extent. There are girls who
never realize that ten dimes or twenty
nickels or one hundred pennies make
a dollar. They spend the little coins
wastefully, and then wonder where the
dollars have gone. An allowance
should always cover a girl's chari
ties. A certain portion of it should
be laid aside as soon as it is received,
so that if there is sume call for
money in the King's Daughters’ Cir
cle, or the Settlement, or in a poor
family in the neighborhood, the little
pocket book may have its fund set by
to help along/
A thrifty girl will try to save a lit
tle each month for a rainy day. It is
a good plan to have something left
over and not to reach the very last
cent before the new allowance is paid.
It is not a comfortable thing to be
wnat is called "hard up.”
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Another caution may be given. Do
not borrow' or lend, If it can be
helped. 1 would not have you sordid
or stingy, but the girl who lends too
likely may be in straits herself, and
the girl who is known to be a bor
rower is alw'ays an object of suspicion,
lu boarding schools, especially, the
student who constantly borrows and
seldom pays promptly is little liked
by her mates, and no wonder. She
gets for herself a shocking reputation,
and gradually her principles of honor
and honesty are undermined. If you
are ever forced to borrow make every
sacrifice that you may pay your obliga
tion. The amount of an allowance
must be determined by a schoolgirl’s
parents, with due regard to what it
is to purchase during the month.
(Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
A VERY PRETTY BLOUSE.
Charming Waist Made of Light Green
Voile and Trimmed with In
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Pale green voile makes up wTelI in
this style. The fronts are gauged sev
eral times on each shoulder and again
just above the bust.
Down the center front are three
straps of insertion. The center one is
laid over the others; both its edges
are trimmed with frilled ribbon, and
the outer edge of the side straps. The
sleeves are gauged in the center to
form two puffs, and are gathered just
below the elbow into a band of inser
tion edged with frilled ribbon.
Materials required: two yards 4G
inches wide, two and one-half yards
insertion, four yards frilled ribbon.
THREE FRENCH GAMES.
A. Game Called “Portrait” Interesting,
“Falling Soldiers” Lively, and
“the Singe” a Joke.
Some time ago a correspondent re
piested games such as young people
day in France. These three amuse
nents may answer her purpose:
In the game called “Portrait” one
person leaves the room, while the oth
;rs choose the name of some one they
ill know. The persontfeh entering the
•oom has to guess the name selected
>y asking questions to be answered
jy “yes" or “no.” For instance: “Is
s a man?” “No.” “A woman?” “Yes.”
•Is she married?” “No.” “Have I
;een her to-day?” "Yes.” “Has she
air hair?” "No.” Sometimes the
company choose the one who went
jutside for the “portrait” and the
guessing is more difficult.
The “Falling Soldier” is another di
version. The whole company stand in
t row like soldiers. The order is to
. 1. fcicnroKrl tVion
the left one; second kneel down on one
knee only with the arms still out
stretched; then push your next neigh
bor and the whole tile will collapse
like a house of cards.
The ‘'Singe” (the monkey) is a pop
ular game among young girls who en
joy a hearty laugh upon one of the op
posite sex. In fact it is really a prac
tical joke. The monkey is the mau
selected to leave the room. When he
returns silence reigns among the
whole company; puzzled by the seri
ous attitude, he naturally asks: “What
is the matter?” They all repeat in
chorus, “What is the matter?” The
“monkey" probably says, “I do not un
derstand,” which is chorused after
him. This continues until the monkey
sees the joke which of course he ac
cepts good-naturedly.—Madame Merri.
Marking Silver and Linen.
A correspondent asks how table sil
ver, and linen should be marked when
intended for wedding presents.
Custom decrees that everything given
before the marriage ceremony should
bear either the full name, monogram
or initials of the bride. On silver the
date may he adde.d, hut it is not nec
essary. Madame ile . ri.
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The fact that some girls spend from
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A Cup of Garfield Tea before retiring
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When a boy begins fussing with a neck
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Covered with Crusted Scaly Eczema
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Take Laxative Bkomo Quinine Tablets,
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Irnvel broadens the minds of some act
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HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR.
Thousands of Soldiers Contracted Chronic
Kidney Trouble While in the Service.
The experience of Capt. John L. Ely,
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chronic case. At one time L had to use
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will interest the thou
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kidney trouble during
the Civil War, and the
occasional attacks fi
nally developed into a
back was lame and weak, aim besides
the aching, there was a distressing re
tention of the kidney secretions. 1 was
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A man seldom loses his confidence until
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