" Pin Money " and " Nest-Eggs."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 6 March 1906, Page 4

" Pin Money " and " Nest-Eggs."

It is very well for husbands and fathers to pay the bills of their wives and daughters when they are presented in due form, but such a mode of procedure is not half as satisfactory to the fair ones as H they were provided with tho ready cash with which to settle for their purchases the moment they are made. Thero are women whose fathers are millionaires, and whose bills are paid without'question, who arc compelled to wait for the carriage, whatever their errand or its distance, because they never have even a few pence with which to pay for an omnibus, Invaiiably these women are reckless'in ex* travagance. They rarely nsk the prices of things they order, as it is a matter of no concern to them. Yet with the rare and precious shillings in cash that came their way ihry were economical to the verge of stinginebs. The moral whereof is plain, If men would have their womanfoik economic eal, let them handle money and learn to respect its value. The girl/ who dress and keep themselves within the limits of n stipulated allowance arc usually the best dressed, ye! their bills are invariably smaller. If is to their interest to get at! they can i'or their lnoii'-y. Ju the humbler wall;.-; of lite, where the husband's earnings are so seanl.it is incredible thai they can cover ihe ii:< i an fcitkrt of life, tlmse household* nre unitnnniy mor;'ihiij'ly where the husband turns omt his entire earnings to his v.ii'e. JSiU how she manage, tMMipply their want* :uul to keep Ihe hills paid, and somewhere, though he cannot see just how she does it, them's a nest-egg growing by hard-saved pence and shillings for the inevitable " rainy day."