MONEY FOR THE GIRLS.
Is not a certain injustice in. money matters done most giris who, after twenty- . one, remain in a father's house? It is so bard for the fathers to realise that the girls are grown up, and that dependence, even on one who loves you, has its trials. Many a girl feels keenly this bondage, especially if, as often happens, she must, in asking, tell for what she k wants "money, thus subjecting her desires to another's judgment. "I- can have all the pretty gowns I like." a girl once said to me-^-a girl of taFentj-six-r-" but; father can't -understand that I'd rather have books than gowns, and so I don't asfc." V-.'- •■-•■'' It is a- haTd,.^ess^n .t» learn. *»t a little to spend, aa ; ..^e^pleaßes- may be more delightrnl tlian ;^;,good v deal spent as another pleases. . .One:.i?' so > p6rveisely inclined r.o v^P_^ J?<^ pfl^a^ii^; j^idly affectionate and
berality by such limitations ; and to them, therefore— since not the heart, but the head/ is at fault— might a brief exhortation w«!l be addressed. Realise that your little girl is grown up, a reasonable and sensible being, r "if ste I ,!]^ cognise your boy's independence at twenty- , one; why, in less measure, perhaps,' since ■ she stays at home, should you riot y6ur girl's ? Indulgence and justice ' are very different things ; and in money matters all women of sense prefer the latter. A fair recognition of their claims is 'dearer to them than a thoughtless and spasmodic generosity, and, the trust involved is the sweetest compliment to their good sense. ?' , Give her, then, some money of her very own, hot more than you spend on her now, , perhaps not so much at first, since one inasfc provide for the chance of her spending fc*4-' ishly, and needing to be helped out of tils consequences. A little bank account, oefhaps later a small piece of property given, her to manage; whose profits shall tie her allowatfce^'to many a girl would be ' tlia sweetest proof of a father's 3ovel" r • ' '
MONEY FOR THE GIRLS.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 6496, 27 May 1899, Page 3
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