Show THEIR PINMONEY I The Allowances New York Millionaires Million-aires Make Their Daughters I have only an allowance of 10 a week for pocket money said the daughter of a millionaire in confiden lull moment the other day to a New York Journalman Papa has such an idea of money yon know and he thinks I am wildly extravagant to spend that small amount on candies flowers novels and hcater tickets Mamma orders all my clothing you know and so of course I do not have to buy anything any-thing that I really need It is said that Jay Gould very generously gener-ously allows his pretty daughter 525 and with this she not only supplies her own little wants but gives to most of her small charities Cornelius Vanderbilt and Elliott F Shepard allow each of their six children a certain amount of pocketmoney each month and they are required to keep cash accounts and present them to their papas the first of the month The amounts are not large and are given more to make the little millionaires million-aires understand the value of money than aught else Willie K VandfiiJURs three children are allowed plenty of pocketmoney but are fined heavily for all misdemeanors misde-meanors Theydine in pretty little room adjacent fb the great dining saloon sa-loon and if a tiny drop of any coffee milk or win is spilled on the snowy cloth the offender is fined 25 cents for I each offense A glass of water knocked over or a dish let fall on the floor brings a fine of 50 cents to the culprit a d all the fines gO to the foreign and home nvssions What do I do with my 20 a week said an only daughter of a Fifth Avenue Ave-nue millionaire when aSKed the question ques-tion Well not always the same thin Last week I spent every cent of it on a lIvely new parasol to carry at th caching parade and then after all my troUble it poured rain I generally purchase my flowersyou know I bust have a fresh corsage clusttr of violets every dayand they cost 1 a cluster The bonbons soda chocolate and those little trifles come to about 5 and a couple of matinee tickets tea for my old women at the Home of the Aged new music and papers use up the rest I am fearfully short sometimes some-times and I draw in advance and then forget to pay back dont you know Papa used to allow me so much each quarter for my wardrobe and maid but I was always in deepwater deep-water Now I order what I want and w have the bill sent to him have I fo not think that the wealthiest NeSS Ytrkers are more thin liberal in allowing pocket money for their Hftusbter said the principal rf a very dal1 f hionable up town scheol My pu f > U are most of them daughters of mil Hnniires and yet they have seldom enough for their many little wants It ZOiQdom not meanness on the part cf is ciarent I think A |