Money Boxes for the Married.

Thames Star, Issue 10422, 15 May 1909, Page 5 (Supplement)

Money Boxes for the Married.

FUNDS roMPOSEib OF LEFTT. :' OVEIR MENG& •

The couple " whose furniture, carpets, and ourfcajria are quite new finds it difficult-to imagine a time when they will become frayed and shabby. But that dtteadM day must come, although it may he warded off by care, and that proverbial stitch in time which" saives nine

J* is a splendid plan to put by sundry small suma for ai keepjng-up fuaiid, for there are times in housekeeping when there is a surplus of a few shillings at the end of the week. This would be an, excellent fund to apply theml to. A good housewife should have several little funds, sucfe as a keep-up fund, an emergency fund, and an amusement fund. • IX small box should be devoted to eaoh. object, aaul scjidry scins an they are available should be dropped tin, just as children use their moriey-txaes. -

•N!obod|y who has not tried this plan can realise how those odd sixpences and/ shillinsjs which have bepn dropped into a box mount Uip, and wha* delightfully substantial sums are forthdomingi if they are required in a few months time. .

■Ai' certain Sfjndney womam annexes <lega|%; and witih cheerful cpmsent) all her huelband'si pencf at the enr? of each day—those unconsidwed pennies which: the 1 well-to-do busin^sa mani thinks to be of no account. She cailsi this her "houee-linen fund." With the money it totals at the end of each month she is able to replace anything that is w^rn out, and k?ep her table niapery in Buoh a perfect condition that it is the admiration of her women friends. She has worked on this syßtaml for 1 years. The result is a linen-oupboard so well stocked that it is a substantial proof of the old saying; ihat 'Temce make funds."

It's "a bad business that won't re-r?-.r>T.d tn ndveriiung. -