Show 2 9 fd IT 11 IS a good Idea for tor chIldren to have small allowances PIn money was the name given to allowances which were meant to be spent on trifles This was when hen pins were VI el e scarce and worn wom women en wanted anted money with which to buy them PIns were not considered essen but desIrable luxuries which in Indicated ted Incomes abo above aboe e the necessities or of life To have pin monEY was a amark amark mark or evidence of riches Today with pins a corn com comm m o 0 n commodity and necessary ar tidies the term pIn money has bee b e e n superseded 4 by that ot of allow allow- allowance ance I hn have ve d dwelt elt on the name pin money partly b be cause mothers can help theIr little folk to earn rn their allow ances by pick pick- picking Ing up pins When I I was a little girl I was given n a pen penny penny ny for each six pins I picked up oft off the floor Pins f rom r o m anywhere else could not be included Needles counted a penny each They were scarcer and consid- consid considered ered more dangerous to have where they could be trodden on and perhaps ps broken brohen lou can Imagine how clear the floors were ere kept hept from both pins and needles and how ho E w e children rev rev- reveled reveled In the dais s a when the seamstress or the dressmaker er came to the house to work loda Today cJe cleaners can be damaged bt b gatherIng up pins and needles so why hy not let the youngsters earn some pin money by keeping the floors free from pins and needles needle and thereby hElp fill their wee purses or banks with the proceeds of their labor labOi Moth Mothers Mothr r Helpers Mothers can make mahe theIr little folk foIl feel they are makIng mone money and this Is so like grown ups In the business world that they rather relish the Idea At the same time she can be getting the youngsters to help her In her housework For I know of one mother who used to put n a penny on the window Indo sill of each bedroom where she wanted the beds made The penny went to the child who made the bed In the room I can assure y ou the beds were ere made earl In the day The mother Inspected the work and corn com on It when hen the beds were well made and made suggestions sug of how to Improte c the making when she was not satisfied She did not find fault but made helpful suggestions such as telling the child how to smooth the under bedclothes well to tomake tomake make the ead smooth etc There are always some ta tacks ks for lit little littie tie tle hands to do and thc they Win will be will willIng tag Ing hands tr if the thet get some for tor their labor After After all this Is Isone isone one way ay ot of helping children ren to learn what it means to be self supporting It Is a method which works to the ad advantage vanta vantage e of the employer el who ho Is moth mother mother er In this else and the employees who are arc the chIldren The W Worker orter and Work Once upon a tIme when hen there was no depre depression ion at the moment n a great thinker John wrote No amount of pay pa cnn can et e eel el maI make e a good goodsoldIer goodsoldier soldIer a good teacher n a good al ai I or a good workman It Is a sa saying that con contains wins an undeniable truth It ItIs ItIs Is not pay which makes any work good although good work Is worth good pay Just what good pay Is de- de depends depends upon the age or era For exam exam- example pIe in the World war prices soared to phenomenal heights In the recent do do- pres ion prices were ere extremely low Just now there Is the gradual return to the normal But whatever the pay for tor the work its excellence should not be Influenced The worker should endea or to retch reach a high level ot of ex excellence excellence and maintaIn it The underlying Ing idea In the saying Ing quoted is easy to find There Is a per equation In all work orl whether hether It Itis itis is craftsmanship cool cooking carpentry plumbing and so through all trades and arts 1 the he worker decides er ho he will do his or her best best or VI whether heth er It shall sh be good only when the pay Is hIgh The crudity of making the money alue the criterIon ot of excel excellence excellence lence Is recognized In a moment And yet there are persons who ho slight theIr tasks unless pay Is high e Bell Syndicate Syndicate |