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Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-29 | Page 7 | The Home Budget

Type issue
Date 1926-11-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title The Home Budget
Type article
Date 1926-11-29
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 7
OCR Text 4 THE HOME BUDGET By Mrs Christine Frederick y What Part of I Income come Should go for Advancement Copyright 1923 New York Evening Evening Evening Eve Eve- ning World Press Publishing Company Advancement Is the sixth and last division of the home budget Just what it means should be clear and yet a number of people do donot donot donot not always understand what it In in- in eludes If we take out food shelter shel shel- ter clothing operating and savings sayings sav say ings what have we left lert There is still a large group of widely differing differing differing dif dif- fering expenses which we must class somewhere and so we provIde provide provide pro pro- I vide for them In this blanket term j advancement Whatever expenses are connected connect connect- ed with 1 health and mid sanitation 2 with education 3 with amusement 4 conveniences conveniences conveniences con con- and luxury 5 with charity or organizations these organIzations these can canall canall all aU be classified under advancement advancement advancement advance advance- ment b because cause they advance or improve the status or standard of ot the individual al or or family Advancement Is possible only on a fair Income which first providEs provides pro pro- vides for all the necessities of ot liv liv- lly- lly ing In many families with children the sums spent on education form the largest share of this di di- di vision This may be a musical or school education payment for in instruments instruments instruments in- in special lessons etc Whatever it is here is where the amount must be classed Again many persons spend a large share of this item on amusement all out of ot proportion to the theother other Items of their bu budget I had a stenographer stenographer stenographer once earning 18 weekly whose food and shelter and many of her operating expenses were paid by me since she boarded in my home The whole 18 she dIvided di divided divided dI- dI vided between clothes and amusement amusement amusement amuse amuse- ment often spending as much as 10 out of the 18 on theatres and dances And of savings there sayings were vere none The total amount for all aU advancement advancement advancement ad be held between 10 and 20 per cent of the total Income in income income in- in come In the usual typical family If it is higher than this proportion proportion proportion tion then some other budget item will have to be squeezed down Money Ioney for the usual vacation must also be secured out of this dIvIsion division dI- dI vision and all club and church dues gifts and that large laige group of ot small smaIl expenses which I call the cost pf pt comfort For example Ifa If Ifa Ifa a man spends on a barber shave 50 cents then he has been guilty of ofa ofa ofa a luxury So too has the woman who pa pays s 's 1 for tor a sha shampoo poo whIch she can do herself or the person person person per per- son who takes a taxi for a few blocks which he could probably walk as well Another small smaIl group of ex expenses expenses ex- ex which must mut be included here Is the cost of ot stamps letter letter letter let let- ter paper phones telegrams and all toilet goods Using UsIng the phone frequently seems a harmless necessity necessity necessity ne ne- ne- ne but I once knew the promInent prominent prominent nent president of a women's or organization organization organization or- or who made it a rule never to phone but to send a postal postal- and she ghe shedid dId And sInce she has hasI I recently built a residence residence resi resl- dence I presume that the man many 4 cents she saved on each phone has helped her do It What w we must do here is stop and ask ourselves Is this expenditure expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- ture a true advancement or is It after all nIl only a luxury The sharper we make the cleavage be between between between be- be tween what is necessary and what is pleasant but could be done without without without with with- out the themore more likely we are to have an inheritance to leave our children children chil chil- dren or a savings protection against our old age The treasury department says if it you are earning these In Incomes Incomes incomes In- In comes you can spend these sums for the last item of your budget advancement What do you think about It Spend for Advance Advance- Earning ment Monthly Monthly Bachelor 14 1400 00 Bu Business iness gIrl FamilY ot of two Family of two 1600 Family of five 2000 Family of five 2500 of the five
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