WHICH SHOULD HOLD THE PURSE?

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 136, 30 May 1908, Page 3

WHICH SHOULD HOLD THE PURSE?

il I 111! Wile is ly tjle | jUrsl ., ( l u . jiuskiciii lie holds may very justly be translated as a eoii!i«Mon of weakness I'" the husband's part. Vet 1 have known eases in wlueh men wliu were ijuile strong enough to ileal with their own tiiianeial alum- voluntarily ha.Hied over their earnings lo their wives to dispense a>. they deemed hesi. ,\ou this I eon->iiivr not only a mistaken eomve of jiroei'dtire, hill a reprehensible "iie. iii c transferred lo lII.' wileV >houhhr„ i, untair. and, also, too heavy a one lor In r to hear. tonsiii'iuious, 10 a degree and by nature |i-->imistie. she wiit be bent sole', ly upon keeping well within her mean. iMiii"' .'"r ■,!!"? a I. ,• J,l o «'i iili hazards n.-r lilo 'ftter—wi i

irrr:* •« i,i # i ' " iM'S UinVli ihc <| ra |, l.l p liHiij (,i ],i ( . uiyiliicr, „.,n , Mr i" m " ui ' i '" rw! :i i" which lo stray trom ih- path of ,iniv in order to pluck iJio iiowera ot pleasure that blossom in the liokls. What a picture! But now regard tin. obverse side. Here wo liavo a wife j M « Wtewiilious, ,10 iloubt, but oi an uptmilslie spirit, in her opinion money » o.irued only t « be s p,. nt . iSlie lik( to 1,0.11 her liusliand'r, praises of Jicr Tu«l"!. I f "r aI T-l' | tlad . : ri ' joia '" "' h( '' l her 0H :l •mil Ini children s raiment is admired Imminent | 0 a fault sk( , wuu|d nUhi^ mil up lulls than deny liei clear oiks •un tiling; and so lar from saving mon- >'} • she dissipates it, anxious to exlraci all the benelit. she can out of it. to the utmost farthing. If I were a law-maker, 1 should de- . free that a certain proportion of ■> | man s earnings be handed over to his

wife lor housekeeping mid dress in order that the slave custom of importuning him for every penny should be onee and for all done away with. But to saddle her with the monev-hai's— oh no! « n • AXOTIIIO! Ol'lXlaV lo dei-iile this important i|iies t i„„, lio .should hold the nioney-liags. Ims•aiid or wife?—a question that uiideri»'s the Inundation of dome-lie haimi-u<vS-one .should go 1H.f0.-e an miiunial jti'lge and aeerpt. l,i- verdict. J here .should lie no ipie-tion ~f se:; the management ol inonev" tin. J'" l --'' u " ul 'l '''•«•*<•<•- "The one lo hold the niuiley-hags is who will administer the pounds, shilling-, and pence with economy. If either partner is care- • ""systematic, given to extrava-

gances. i|,., n )„, j. , (l tile pliratt/' On looking votuid at the average husIwnd and considering the way in whicit he manages his income, one is struck witli the fact that, unles* lie keeps strict acc-omit Of every penny, he is apt to muddle away quite a considerable part of his earnings in foolMi trilled lie will tip far out of proportion lo his income, he will buy lliin;:.- for the >ake of buying, he will live in a more expensive locality than he can all'ord. and In* will lend money when, in the inter of hi* wife and children, he lias no l'i/ht to do -o. 1 maintain that llie average wife iniore e.-oiiomical and lc>s extravagant than the average husband. <-ive her the holding of the inoneyhaps and .-he will plan out the "f the wlnde income and make it twice as lar. She will allot a personal allowance to Iter husband, will portion out -o mueh fo r housekeeping, dress, education of the children, and will never fail to save *omethin;r al the eml of the \car. It i rt well known that frenchwomen j are the best bu*ine>- women in the I world. If hu>baud> would but | acknowledge (hat the trail is inl»>rn in i their own wives, and would »rant tlmmm ! the -ame opportunities of developing it. ' up their daughter* to learn the of money, then the tabof domestic misery wouhl lie le«>ened. and fads wouhl prove that tli' 1 wife llle I'ijiht ]M i r-t'n to Itold ibe immey-ba^s.