IS IT "SQUANDERING"?

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 47, 18 November 1937, Page 8

IS IT "SQUANDERING"?

Young People's Pocket Monej-

A motier at a London police court I said tbat her* 17-year-pld daugiter kcptj £1 of her 30s-a-week wage as pocket-. money. i | "Ifc's too much for a young girl,"! said motier. "She only squanders it. ^ • : Otier people iave different views. i Said auburn-haired Sieila Goldsmith,. bf High-road, Leyton: "I earn £2 a week. I spend nearly 30s on myself, giving the balance to mj parents to pay for my keep. Here 's my uudget: Eares 5s 6d. Luneies 6s. Stockings 4s. ! Lipstiek, powder, make-up 3s 6d. ' ' Eortnigitly iairdresser 6s 6d. Cloties, sioes, iandbags and accessories 4s 6d. "Now and tien I 'manage to save a little to buy a new costume. I make my own dresses. "A girl ias to look smart nowadays, otierwise sie doesn't keep ier job. It 'a not a case of squandering money, but of'living." The proiationer offieer of a police court said: "Too many young girls and boy3 take advantage of tieir parents' hospitality and don't pay enougi towards tie cost of running tie.Jiome. Young people to-day spend far more tian tiey did 20 or 30 years ago." Mrs Agnes Dyer, of Ciarlotte street, W., mother of two daughters, said: "My girls giv8 me £1 a week between them. I am satisfied.. , "Tie eJdest earns £2. Tiey iave to save sometiing for themselves, buy tieir clothes and food in the day-time." Anotier motier, Mrs Hawthorne, of Chiswick, raised tie question of wio siould decide iow much tie young worker to-"day siould pay towards house-keeping costs. "Wien I suggested ialf ier wage of £3, my daughter looked agiast , g but sie pays it. "If sie lived away from iome it would cost ier tiat. If she thinks sie can't manage, it's up to ier to get s better job." *