FIANCEES AND FINANCES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 3

FIANCEES AND FINANCES.

.'AtVthe'; International-C6uncii. ; of,' Wohien' l JoSti passed,'-whiph: should .command .the^'..attention-,of■';womeni.-on ; bpth';.;'sides, ! 'of'.the ,;Atlantic, js'ays fan':- English:'writer.pXlt 1 concerned the..financial, position;'of : ■ wives;;which,Vif.:riiide , .'.mbre clear:at. the.Very. : outset:'pf;'raa'rrie'd'lifei:-6r; : indeed,decided Juponi before; '..the.-'-v .v'nlter -is • actually■reaohed,'.;,would 'prevent.Yniany'-misunderstand-' ings.'which;now;occur,..and- 'aj'great deal of iuu- ■ happiness'-; an'd f : ; ■w6rryV',^v.■'.■Many,'•■':womehVincUr , ': .debt, simply ; : because .they, either -do',' not: know/ ; exactly ■ , ;or ; because'Jh'eyiare' dcled;sut;supplies : of'imQney-' ; only '.when; the^ '1 are silked; f or :, and't6 ; be;(coiu-;-Vpfclled the grain.'!Such'ia : .fliaeeeding»nbt.: unnaturally makes; a'woman;;feef further-' more,,ydo6s':;''nofc l^lp.i'her';to."understand'*how': .much jshe'visVexpected'to :'dev6te-' : jknsoWv.Maiiy:,;w-.omerifon;the ; verge, of. matrir' , mony'do'not; like', to 'speak'.'of la: .'personal -Allow.-'' -ance.-lest;,they*shbuld,Jbe\'thought'toi.' sb m'er-? .'cenaryi/.but'.if^ lipye ;it, Jit .is'■ very; much more sensible'and very; much nipro-likely; toimake.-for/their ''future' liappi_ness-.;fpr/theni/.to. come., to:a;right .understanding .on" this point. /All men/cannot make; .marriage ; ;'settlements,. butievery. .ries.".canr : ;say,';."This/ much/ w-ill-, Ii allow, you for ypu'r pwh.pripte.,purse;: to/be' used - for 6UchY. - and-such purposes,";, and the (.amazing; thing is : that-any iw'pman-should.care- to'enter .upon hernew/; life / with-, its /'responsibilities' /and- ; calls,' without-insisting ,-uppn.such 1 -an -arrangement, jinless,..,6f -cpurse.'/she -has. private '-.- means of her...own.:''.There■;cpmes ; a .time when every, girl; and', bpy; -is/given/so";mueh;';pocket. ; -mbhey- : h.: week,//which/; he/6r- : she .'speeds .■according .to; fancy;;pr^needs.;.How.much' morei'"should['a ; wifo> 'have/ ppeket money' as : a',matter .of course..;' Oiie jdoesC not'think," the least. "advanced" '.womah : could ; |maintaih 'that/this was real .rightj.or.-.that; the 'most ■ virulent ma}e :bp-ppnent-;to;;placing,;,the.;;sexes,:'on an equality' • codld'find that this was giving-an'inch,which ,would/lead. tdUhatakihg.'bf.the proverbial;ell.■